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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30
Economy In Good Roads.

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Between half billion and a billion
dollars would be saved annually in the
United States if. every state would improve
its main highways to the highest poiut of
efficiency.
Calculations ojust made by the. United
States Office of Public Roads show that to
affect this enormous saving throughout
the country it will be necessary to i'm
prove only about 20 per cent. of the roads.
There are now about 2,I5o. 900 miles of
road in the United States. Two hundred
thousand miles. or about 9 per cent. are
improved in some manner. To bring
the number of miles up to 20 per cent. it
will be necessary to improve $50, 900 more
miles. While this task may seem stupen-
dous, it is estimated that it can be ac-
complished by probable average expen.
diture of $1,000 mile, pr $I,75o,ooo 900
for fairly complete system. Were each
state to put 81, 900, 900 into the improve
ment of its roads, the work could be ac-
complished in a very short time.
IA complete system of roads. said
Logan Waller Page, director of the
United States Office of Public Roads, in
discussing the road movement that is
sweeping over the country, sis an eco
nomic necessity"
The ,uaar ord taar ~, vah ;c1as nc a -
suit of bad roads, is nearly IS per cent.
A complete system of improved highways
would cut this loss in half.
1.-THE great saving in transportation of
all kinds of products, including those of
the mills as we'll as those of the soil,
would amount to many millions of dollars
annually.
Wherever new road is built or an
old one improved, the value of the near
by land rises automatically. This in
crease in>itself is sufficient in most cases
to pay for the improvement. The profit
from the country from this source would
be almost inestimable. In fact. it is a
very conservative estimate that the saving
throughout the country. from all sources,
as result of the improvement of 20 per
cent. of the roads, would be somewhere
between half billion and billion dollars
every year. And this saving could be &C.
complished byan expenditure of $4,000
900 in each state the first year and a
,,,,,ch a,.,allar e,,.,, aocl x,aa~ tharaaftar
for maintenance. The whole thing de-
ponds Of course, upon specialization and
all the. states working together. but it
would seem that the era of road building
that has begun is tending toward these
results p
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30

ted equally among the rich and poor, but
that while waiting to inaugurate the new
laws be will call upon the governor and
other officials Of the states to see that
small landholders and merchants are
taxed lightly, while the heavier burdens
are put on the larger owners. Capitalists
of foreign nativity are to receive absolute
protection, but Madero hopes that they
will not attempt as formerly, to try to in
huence the governing authorities in any
way TO secure special privileges, as he
says it will be useless. He assures the
people that justice will not be for the
fortunate and privileged alone, with in-
justice for the ordinary citizen. as hereto
fore, but the poorest worker will have the
same rights as the rich employer.
He promises to Investigate the doings
of the Diaz administration. and that which
is being done not in accordance with the
law will be remedied and the guilty as
far as possible, will be punished. He
recommends to the revolutionary soldiers
that they treat. the defeated rebels as
brothers, as in the course of the whole
war the federals sympathized with the in
surrection movement and believed that
the triumph Of the Diaz government
would be calamity for the country
Naturally, says Madero, the federals had
little interest in winning battles. aAd the
federal army was not really defeated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30

The action OF Governor Tener, of Penn
sylvania, in cutting the appropriation for
dirt roads in half has caused storm of
protest from the farmers of Chester
county. In many townships in the county
the taxpayers conformed to the law,
which provided for a cash return by the
State to all districts which levied a cash
road tax in lieu of the old method of sell
ing out the mending of the roads by sec
tons. In many instances the State has
been in default in payment under this ar
rangement since 1909, and part of the
1907 payments are, it is claimed, in some
cases unpaid.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30

The present agitation in New Jersey by
Governor Woodrow Wilson for the extern
sion OF the scheme of municipal govern
ment by commission has caused con-
siderable interest in the results of the
plan as tried elsewhere. Three years
ago the city of Des Moines, Iowa, chased
out the ward heelers and cast its lot with
the commission government. 1t has
never regretted the change. and today it
would be impossible to drive the citizens
back TO the old Mayor-Aldermanic form
of municipal rule,
Under the new scheme FIVE Councilmen
are elected without regard to party lines
and five departments are in charge of the
entire work of administration, while over
all the Mayor acts as general superinten-
dent Among the benefits that have &C.
crued are a reduction of tax rate, in.
creasing efficiency Tin all departments,
advance in wages of city laborers. pay
ment of salaries of Mayor and FIVE Com.
missioners by interest realized on public
funds, adjustment of "red light" district,
starting of new million dollar viaduci
over the railroads of the city. after the
Council under the old plan had tried fol
20 years to get such an. improvement
launched.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30

the enormous reservoir of knowledge
which he had at command, and thus
his works never grew stale, and he
was ready instantly with a hundred
illustrative lights on any point whiVf'
CHANGED to crop up either In conve
sation or In the course Of his reading
Exchange
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30
The Governor A Good Governor.


From the Maryland Independent Republican,
La Plata, Charles Co.
While the Democrats are casting about
looking for suitable candidate for Cover
nor. they, if their desire be to serve the
people, should not overlook the fact that
the present incumbent of that high
Office has made the best Governor, from
strict business standpoint, this state has
ever known. and demads consideration at
their hands, We are not concerned in
the dabble, further than to demand the
peoples rights, that only good man be
nominated, so that perchance he may be
elected, the Chief Executive of the State
will be of a high order of humanity, but
it does seem to- us, in common Justice,
that merit should reap some reward.
Governor Crothers is partisan of the
FIRST water, and sometimes we are inclin-
ed to think Republican looks pgly to
him, and in his partisan zeal, he has at
times overstepped, in hoping to serve
that end, the bounds of propriety, in not
removing the Democratic Election Super
visors of this country, for instance. who
are standing under indictment in a
Federal Court, for crooked election work,
but he has nevertheless been an industri-
Gus, efficient and faithful executive and
much stands to his credit on the balance
sheet of his accounting with the people.
The good roads proposition will ever
remain as monument to his good work;
the shaking up he gave the Police
Department of Baltimore City stands
to his credit as the good work of a
brave man, prompted by the sole, desire
to serve the people of his State. II is
true no one was convicted, but the
searching investigation he made showed
that much ineficiency existed in that de.
partment Of Baltimore City and it gave
the management thereof, in effect, to
understand that it is not what such a de-
partment of great City ought TO be, and
improvement is already to be seen.
Much legislation passed at his sugges-
ton is reformatory as well as progressive,
He has kept watchfnl eye on the State
Treasury and taken a most decided per
sonal interest from desire 40 help the
farmers, in farming matters and in every
work conducive to the common good Of
the people that has come along. His
latest effort is to have the Southern Mary
land and Drum Point Railroads complet-
ed and put into use.
These worthy efforts standing to the
credit of this Public Official and apparent.
" unselhshly performed should in the
judgment of the fair minded deserve
some notice from the party receiving tbs
glory Of his labors
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30

A bill has been introduced in the
United States Senate by Senator John
Walter Smith. OF Maryland, to create q
national park and forest reservation be-
tween Baltimore and Washington. 1t is
the purpose that the park shall ultimately
contain more than 5000 acres, and it
would undoubtedly in time be one of in
estimable value.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30

Duveen, the importer who confessed
that he had swindled the government ont
of many millions by smuggling and
bribing government employees, was
fined SIS, 900 by the federal judge. This
looks like offering a premium for big
robberies. Why was be not fined twice
the value of his imports like poor
rogues are2
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30
ereat Writers and ereat Readers.

Great Writers and Great Headers.
Macaulay was quite contented If he
turned out two foolscap pages as his
actual completed task in mere writing
for one day. he was never tired of
laying in new stores. and he per-
sistently refreshed his memory by
running over books which he had
read oftentimes before. The books
and manuscripts which Gibbon read
In twenty years reached such an enor-
nous number that when he. attempted
to form a catalogue Of them he was
compelled to give up the task in de-
SPAR. He was constantly adding to
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30

It looks more than ever like Baltimore
would get the National Democratic Con-
vention, as chairman Robert Grain, Of
the finance committee appointed to secure
subscriptions to the $500. 900 guarantee
fund required to bring the National Con
vention TO Baltimore, announces that the
necessary amount has been subscribed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30
cause and EMeot.

'.rhere are many delightful dishes to
be made from left over food"
'That's nice" responded the young
bride There's a great deal Of food
left over since began doing the cook
ing"-Washington Herald.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30

Francisco Madero has issued another
manifesto Il the Mexican people, in which
he says thaf the taxes are to be distribu.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30

the five hundred thousand automobiles in
use in the country is employed in inter.
state travel, Senator Simmons, of North
Carolina, today expressed the opinion in
speech in the Senate that million
dollars annually can be raised for the i'm
provement Of wagon roads by imposing a
license fee of $40 each on such machines.
He also prophesied that the Improvement
of the roads would have the effect of
greatly increasing automobile travel aud
therefore of enhancing the fund.
The proposition for an interstate tax on
autos is embraced in bill of which the
North Carolina senator is the author and
which proposes the appropriation of
81, 900, 900 annually for the benefit OF the
roads on which the rural mails are car
ried. Mr.. Simmons contended for the
equity of the general scheme because of
the use of the roads by the government
and also because of the benefit that would
accrue to the farmers of the country. The
argument was advanced that the national
government was under as great obliga.
ton to aid the farmer as TO aid other
classes and manufacturers. The Western
railroads and the rivers and harbors were
mentioned as instances of the benefit
of government aid.
I'VE have" the Senator said, 'the fin
est railways in the world and the poorest
highways. The government has helped
to build these railroads and develop this
splendid system of long distance trans
portation. Why should it not help, 10
build the equally important system Of
short-distance transportation-.th the country
highways. over which the product of the
farm must be hauled before it reaches
these national highways"
Mr.. Simmons said that of the ALSO, ooe
miles of dirt road the country was using
one million in carrying the mails and
contended that il was under obligation to
the farmers in maintaining them. The
saving made by general improvement
OF the highways was placed at $40, 600 DOC
to $4,000, 900 annually. He estimated
that the proper improvement of the wagon
roads would save the farmers 5000, ooo,,
600, to $500, ooo, 900 in the cost of trans
porting their crops.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30

An investigation of the campaign con.
tributions in the general elections of 1904
and 1908 is proposed in resolution in
troduced today by Senator Culberson
The proposed investigation would be
made by the Committee on Privileges
and Elections. with instructions to report
methods Of curtailing subscriptions
and combining them to proper and legiti-
mate objects.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-06-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.

inquiry into the relationship between
Mormon Church and the American Sugar
Refining Company, begun Thursday be-
fore the House committee OF inquiry into
the Sugar Trust, disclosed that Henry o.
HaveDmeyer's first dealings in the beet
sugar business were with the Utah Sugar
Company, in which the church of Jesus
Christ and the Latter Day Saints was
interested.
The committee also inquired into a
conference between Michigan beet sugar
men and President Taft, then Secretary
Of War, held in Washington prior to the
Presidential campaign of 1908. c. B.
Warren, president of the Michigan Sugar
Refining Company, denied that any
general sugar tariff schedules were dis
cussed. He said Taft had discussed the
Philippine sugar concessions and had
solicited his aid in allaying opposition
to free sugar from the Philippines.
Thomas R. Cutler, of Salt Lake, vice
president and general manager Of the
Utah-Idaho Sugar Refining Company and
former Bishop of the Mormon Church
appeared before the committee as the
witness of the church's connection with
tie Trust. He disclosed that, of the ap-
proximately $1,000, 900 paid-up stock Of
the Utah-Idaho Company, the American
Sugar Refining Company controls "A. 60
$50 or 465,o5o shares; Joseph F. Smith,
president of the Mormon Church, as
trustee for the church, 4e.8I5 shares; the
estate of Henry o. Havemeyez 23,I74
shares, and the balance is owned by in
dividual stockholders.
Cutler said the Mormon Church be-
came interested in beet sugar first by in
dorsing notes of the original Utah Sugar
Company and purchasing bonds, and
later was induced to buy stock.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-26

cusing Knox, Max Levy, J. w. Manka,
master of the Blakely, and others
connected with a sailors boarding
house of a violation of law.
Hawkins today engaged as his at
torney State Senator DANIEL Landon.
Landon said that he would file libels
agains the ship for S746 in wages with
held and $1,000 for damages.
81 have no doubt that shanghaiing,
though done under the forms of law,
is practised here" said Landon. The
payment of allotments to crimps gives
rise to much injustice. Men are sign
ed on when drunk and consent to the
allotment without knowing what they
are doing" -
Hawkins was told today by Assist
ant United States District Attorney
w. G. McLaren that he would have to
wait for the arrival of the Blakely
here the latter part of August. with
corroborative evidence before issuing
any warrants against men declared by
Hawkins to be members of the syndi-
cate. McLaren declined to take any
action against United States Shipping
Commissioner James Knox.
Hawkins declares that he will foAl
ward charges to Washington against
Knox and against the district attor-
ney's office, and that he will wait here
for the arrival of the ship.
81 am an American Citizen" said.
Hawkins" and any charge that make
must be taken cognizance of. l asked
for federal grand jury to investigate
the facts and this was refused"
SAILOR FAILS TO GET
WARRANTS FOR KNOX.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August /.
w. G. McLaren, assistant United
States district attorney, yesterday re-
fused to issue warrants for the arrest
of Shipping Commissioner James
Knox and ]. w. Manka, master of the
schooner Blakely, charged by Henry
o. Hawkins, seaman, with being in a
successful plot to shanghai him on
board the Blakely several months
ago.
Hawkins was informed that under
circumstances such as he described no
warrant would be issued for Commits
siner Knox by the Seattle office, and
Continued of page fifteen)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-26

another man to fill his place. That
is the position | was in with this man
Hawkins. He was sea lawyer that
was all.
Worse than this, Hawkins caused
trouble all along the line, not only
with the captain of the Blakely, but
with the United States representa-
tives at South American ports. He
lied by stating that he was born in
the United States, and then admitted
that he had become naturalized. 1t
was under oath that he stated he was
born in the United States. He has
made charges against all with whom
he has come in contact, from the cap
tain of the boat to the Consular Of
ficials at various ports, down to the
clearinghouse masters at Seattle,
and the sailors with whom he mingled
on the Blakely."
Published Some dope"
His story in the Seattle Post-Intel-
llSSlCSI lllduG me
1t was as below, and naturally it
drew forth the scorn of Captain Man
ka. In modified terms, he explained
the contempt in which he held the
author of the article, and then passed
rapidly on to the standing of news
paper that would publish such state
ments:
Seattle Post-lntellingencer, July 30
That shanghaiing' is regularly prac-
ticed by a syndicate operating in this
city and Tacoma and that United
States Shipping Commissioner James
Knox is in league with the syndicate.
are assertions of Henry o. Hawkins
who sailed from this port March 9 as
second mate of the schooner Blakeley,
mailed charges to United States Dis
trist Attorney Elmer E. Todd from
lquique, Chile, and arrived in Ia
coma Friday as quartermaster of the
Norwegian tramp Tricolor.
Hawkins yesterday went to the Of
flee of Todd to ask for warrants
against j. w. Manka, master of the
Blakeley; Maxey Levy, Peter McIn-
tyre, Tommy Wilson and a man named
Bloom, of Seattle; Bill Ryan, proprie
tor of the Sailors Home, in Old Town.
Tacoma, and a man known as Peg
Leg, connected with the boarding
house The charges sent from Iuuipue
were produced from the files in Todd's
office, but the latter was out of town
and Hawkins was directed to return
Monday morning.
Just the story of a drunken sailor"
was what Knox said last night over
the telephone from his home in Ia
coma when told of Hawkins tale. He
owed the 'crimp' Tommy Wilson, SIG
or so for board and this was taken
out of his wages. He is sore about
this, and that is all there is to his
story"
A "crimp" is a sort of maritime en-
ployment agent. He supplies sailors
to ships and runs a clearinghouse. He
is not a shanghai man, and his occu-
patton is recognized in the federal
regulations
Tells Clear Story.
Hawkins is plainly a man who has
seen better days. His language is that
of an educated business man. He told
his story clearly and wildly. When
his attention was called to these feat
ures he said that he had once been
in business in Minneapolis, having
been a seaman in his early days. He
Insisted on leaving his better past
closed chatter. He is a Scandinavian,
md was naturalized in North Dakota.
lie exhibited papers stating that he
had been master of vessels on the Gulf
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-08-26

Oh MEXICO anu Jne AJldnJlC coast. Ills
story in his own words follows:
Il came to Seattle from Hot Springs,
Wyo., in the last week of February
this year. On my arrival here, in
saloon on Washington street, l met
man, Tommy Wilson, whom l after
yards found to be crimp or runner
for sailors clearinghouse.
HE told me of just what I wanted, a
trip to South America, to Chile This
was on Monday. He told me would
have a chance to go aboard the follow
ing day and sign. The saloon in
which l met him had a sign over the
door, Deep Water Sailors Wanted.
I do not remember exactly where it
was.
81 said, All right
He said: We have a boarding
house in Tacoma. You go over there
tonight and tomorrow you will go
aboard at Port Blakeley.
Keep Intoxicated.
4 went over to the boarding house
and was kept there with other men for
"a week. We were supplied with all
the whiskey that we could drink, so
that we were so intoxicated all the
time that we did not know what was
being done with us. At the end of the
week we were Lut on the Flyer and
brought over to Seattle and taken up
to the shipping commissioners office.
A clerk in there refused to sign us on.
1--WE were in charge of Peter Nc
Intire Mclntire said that the ship
ping commissioner was a friend of his
and that he would make the clerk get
down on his knees. Then l began to
have suspicious.
Next we were taken aboard a little
steamship and sent over TO Port
BlalIeley, put aboard the schooner
Blakely and signed on.
From the moment that we were
signed on we were prisoners. Mclntire
and a man named Jackson were in
charge of us and not one of us was
allowed to go ashore alone. was sec
ond mate and | could not go ashore to
buy paper of tobacco without having
man with me to watch me. This
Jackson is a former bartender and
prize fighter.
eve stayed at Port Blakeley one
night, all prisoners. The next night
were towed to Port Townsend and an.
chored about two miles from shore.
Here Jackson and McIntire left us.
Then we were towed to Neah Bay and
put to sea.
AT sea I and the rest of the crew
were subjected to brutal and inhuman
treatment
After we had been at sea two
weeks and were off San Pedro the old
man got very drunk one night-he was
drunk more or less all the time. At s
O'Clock ! came on watch. At II
o'clock it looked very bad. We had
all sails set and | thought that
we ought to take in our light sails.
Il went down to tell the old man. | f,
went into the forward cabin and called
him. / heard a tremendous blowing
and putting in his room like a locomo-
tive pulling a heavy train up grade. !
He would not come out and | went
back on deck and tackled ship.
Then he came on deck and called /
me everything possible. | called him
up short and told him that he was out
side the limits. He then called me
down into the forward cabin and told
me that he would have me put in |
irons. ! said go ahead, but he could |
not get anybody on the ship to put me
In irons. Then he said that he would