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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01
special Correspondence Of The star.


NEW YORK. September ~. 1911.
wv I c51aa n '"''''@" mot
MAJ Answer. When he's a
wv uian-o'-wars man
y man-o-war's man, that
is to say. on Chinese man-o'-war. y
Chinese steward or mess attendant OF
galley cook serving on board an Amer
lean man-o'-war remains always dis
tinctIy and Enthusiastically Chinaman.
But Il Chinaman on board Chinese
man-o'- wa is
But II is better to illustrate.
Several tnousands-one might almost
say tens Of thousandS-of New Workers
OF all sorts and classes visited thu Chi
nese cruiser Hal Chi. which, after being
anchored off Riverside drive for ten days
or so sailed for Cuba the other day
amid q shower Of gift roast pigs and
other toothful things from the Chinese
population Of New York
Naturally. the New Workers visiting the
cruiser took IL for granted that all hands
az The <hfp'S cOmpanV of The Chinese
cruiser were laundryInen. rs one often
thinks and says. yoIr true provincial is
the New Yorker. Also yoJr New Yorker
is victim Of fixed IDEAS And 80 to
him going OF board Chinese cruiser.
an hands of the crew simply had 10 be
coolies Of the washee- waShee class.
\ crcrp of pretty girls c!inhed over the
.augxav ~ the cruiser from motor
boat Thev were joy-rId-ng motor boat
girls chaperoned by the engineer OF the
craft.
> 4
\ very spick-and-span Young ieftenant-
not lieutenant. as in our own naval serv-
ice-stepped forward 20 receive the young
women lie made them beautiful cap
bow. even coirE the length OF pressing
his can against the left side OF his chest.
which was something worth seeing; a
Chinanan. even spicA-and-span ore. N
that attitude Of grace. ! mean
The girls siggIed. OF course. 10 them
the leftenant was merely a uniformed
ironcr Of collars. How could he be any
thing else? And how. POSSIBLY, could tHeY
converts. with him, s.nce il was out OF the
question that lie possibly could KNOW
anything of English except the plosHl
variety thereof
, But one of the tlttering girls took
CHARGE.
Heap nice cIeanee-cIeanee-wa shiied
topside boat amt IL" she said 10 tht
Iii
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Among the few Europeans of wealth re
siding in TripOl one finds Of course the
same refinement of living that exists else
where. Lights are good old-fashioned
kerosene lamps. and sonnet mes one finds
candies. The streets are but family IL
Illuminated and the shadows in the narrow
thoroughfares loom black and fearsome
after the setting of the sun. Though so
cougestcd, the streets are fairly clean
and are frequently swept, by hand. with
long bundles of twigs. Sanitary condi-
tons are ordinarily far, but there are oc-
caSional outbreaks of cholera during the
summer months, the last epidemic of this
disease beng in 1910. Considering the
open sewerage and the oriental indiffer-
ence to sanitation. the health of the city
Is good and Europeans have little to fear.
During the past winter the gendar-
merle were being reOrganized under the
supervision of young EngliShman, a
captain in the British army. who had
been sent ont a the request Of the Turk
iSh authorities to Superintend the work
These native police a fine looking lot
of men, soldieTly and capable appearing
in their uniforms of khaki, with high
boots and brownsh caps something the
shape of fez. Two of them had been
detailed to accompany two woman tour
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man-o-war than this Chinese cruiser
The ship, fore and aft, was every DIT as
trig, clean, FURNISHED and sWanbed as
any American or British mau-o war ana
of course the sh ps of these two navles
form the standard for cleanliness, II not
for most of the other essentials The con
dit'on of the Hal Chi was an OBJECT les
son in the progress the Chinese nave
made within a very few years. was on
board some of the Chinese memo war
that were smashed in the war win
Japan. The Chinese WarShlpS OF tIidt ga
were tlthy-as bad as Spanish memo
war-than which nothing worse could he
afd
It was odd. though. TO see the yolnS
officers drinking brandies ana SOFAS III
their messroom. That sort OF tnlhS 90 :
not go in the naF!es Of the western ma
tions any more The Off ers. OF course.
OF the white-race naYies are able To stt q
bit Of drink now and again. put tneE
don't do Il openly; that sort or thlnS
belongs to the past. But here were the
voungsh officers OF the Chinese cruiser
dredging into the extremely stifhsh hrahdles
and soGas. taking three or Tour OF thehl
on end and Al as n perfect matter OF
course None Of them showed the ieaSt
sign of drink the effects thereof. All
he same. one couldn't help thinking tIiil
the hrandy-and-soda number was M
matter that would have to he cahceieu
sooner or later in the meSSroom AT OF
the Chinese navy. \ lot % very profound
wisdom was at the hack OF tNe abolitinn
oil that h!IlJ OF lHiuS III iie iiN-'N ~
Europe and America.
= =
Most of the New Workers who visited
the Hal Chi were of the distinc; impress
sion that all of the members Of the ship $
company. fore and aft, must naturally
and as a matter of certainty be hop
smokers''-that is. persons who leaned
against the old bamboo" more explicitly
still. consumers of opium through the
medium OF the pipe. And hordes of these
visitors went shifting about the cruiser 10
catch the fumes of the done suppos:ng
that the crew hit the pipe all during their
time off watch.
They were disappointed. There wasn't
a man on board the Hal Chi VINO ever
had taken one draw out of a hop p.pe in
all his life The higher grade men OF
the new China don't hit the pipe any
more-only the older generation of them;
and of the new crew for'ard every man
had been strictly examined before en-
lfstrnent 10 ascertain whether he was or
ever had been addicted 10 opium And 50
there wasn't a grain of tine poppy saivc
on board the ship. This. too, shows prog
ross for even the Chinese members OF
crews of American warships door did
until very recent years toy with the
bamboo and the yen-hok during the hours
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revolves upon its aX1s-thls ioI'! Sou' VI
sterling worth who smiles when paying
taxes
The official sitting at the desk thus
adorned is Tax Collector c. c. Rogers
and if there IS any one in the city
ear able OF Judging the sterling worth
OF taxpayers it is surely Mr.. Rogers
There are still about 1909 people who
owe the District money, the sum asgre-
eating around $lo0Go.
IF a person in business required by
law to pay license refuses TO do so he
is arraisned in Police Court" said
Mr.. Rogers. IF real estate bill
is not met the property is sold at
the annual tax sale. No building can
h, erected on repaired without first hav-
ing obtained and paid for permit. II
people fail 10 pay their water bills the
water department turns their supply off
And it is the Same way with Sds. eiec-
trcty and the majority of other things
But when il comes to collecting personal
taxes YOU have to coax it out of peo-
pie
According to Mr. Rogers the number
of heroeS fulfilling Walt Nason's stand
ARDS are few and far between Pay they
do when they are forced to. but smile
never. II is only Mr. Rogers who Is iefc
to 90 that
taxes are due in MAY, continued Mr..
Rogers IF at the END of that time they
are not laid the law provides that The
collector of taxes CT his deputy may
attach sufficient personal property 10
satisfy tile Districts claim. This prop
erty 1nen attached has TO be advertised
for sale sold at auction and the pro-
ceeds used to pay the debt.
There are persons in the District VINO
owe the District for personal taxes Tor
several years. They think that by eVad-
ing the issue they can do away with the
necessity of meeting the bill. The as
sessnents are made several months be-
fore the taxes are due, and when we at
tempt to collect them we are often con-
fronted with the task of locating reople
They have moved or LETT the city or can
not he found. Zach year this class or
work is quite large.
In collecting personal taxes many
amusing incidents happen. No better idea
of the way In which some people regard
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would be stimulated. This hope appears
have been illUsory. and in the absence
# an American mercantile marine there
: no likelihood Of other result. Save
for an. occasional cruising YACHT. the
imerican -ftag j. practically never carried
nto the port over 80 per cent of the
nell commerce OF T'ripoii with the United
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Since Mr.. Rogers has begun to make
seizures checks and cash have been COM
ing in much more rapidly than before.
While Mr.. Rogers himself admits that
were he to make seizures inaall cases 1t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-01

The Italian for years have striven to
ntrench themselves in the country by
ne esta blishrout Cf commercial enter
7rises, ard they now practically control
he general trade o. the port. The great
Hanca d Roma. which is reported to
nave a quasi-governmental status, en-
cages in banking. commerce and trade Of
every sort. apparently less with an eye
20 immediate Profit than 20 ultimate con-
roll Its TripOiitan business for the past
year is reputed 10 have shown a large
financial deficit. The exports. excepting
7s7arto grass. which goes mainly To Eng
and. are passing more and more into
Italian control ana here is 10 question
1ut that Italian interests far outweigh
hose % any other nation
For many years the United States was
without consular representation. but
about ten years ago the consulate was
re-estahiiSled IN the hope that trade
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Philadelphia

Philadelphia in It's h3FbOT fepruafy No.
1894
Tarabolos eI Gifarb-Tripoli Of the
west-kUown To Europeans Tripoli-in-
Rarbary. the capital of the Turkish villa
vet of Tripoi. * situated on promon-
tory which stretches out into the Mediter-
r1rean ON the north coast Of Africa about
south of Malta. forming crescent-shap-
rd hay with water from fifteen to
twenty-fOur feet deep. Reefs make out
ror some distance. creating a natural
HreakWate- and protection on the north,
hUt a dams rous merace for the unac-
luanted mariner. and as the city lies
about = % miles off the chief routes OF
sca travel. the harbor is not well known
- merchantmen. The desert comes TO
,hc- gates OF TripoIi on the west and
south, but on the east stretches the great
oasis of a million date palms, to which.
and to It's haTboT. the city owes its To-
ratiOn- Tripoli formerly independent. is
Tow a mere province Of the Ottoman en-
Dire. administered h. functiOnarieS of the
porte, the chief being the vail. or gov
srnor.
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Lieut.. Decatur, with a small party of
volunteers, entered the harbor and burn
ed and sank the captured American
fir gate Philadelphia, under the fire o.
more than a hundred guns. Decatur. after
brilliant service in the war of 1872, and
in various expeditions against the pirates
of the North African coast fell in duel
with a fellow officer. Barron. at Bladens-
burg. After the suppression of piracy
Tripoli ma ntained a position OF semi
independence until about eighty years
ago when il fell To its present status as
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Stirring times appear 20 he imminent in
Trpoli. but the country Is no stranser
to scenes Of conquest. bloO6she.i and sud-
den change OF power Orig.ua Is settled
by the Phoencans, it came successfully
under the control of Greece and Rome.
and today many ruins % these former
occupations are stiil n existence E.S-
tensive excavations are beng tawi"d on
and rich finds have been made by
party Of American archeologists in the
ter member Of the party lost MS
lie in "A mysterious attack by n couple
of natives After the Romans came the
Nandals. and i'm 1910 the ciis Was taken
by the Arabs under the flag of Islam. In
the twelfth century ii was pillaScd by
the Norman conqueroTs Of Sicily and.
after again falling iuto tho hands OF the
Arabs. was occupied by the Spaniards
for most Of the FIRST half Of the six
teentn century. beng cedel hy them 10
the knights of St John whom the
SaracenS had success iVely driven from
Jerusalem and Rhodes 40 Malta. Ii soon
again fell into the hands Of the Arabs
and Turks. who have retained II To the
present time.
To Americans the most interesting part
of its history il that OF the early portion
of the nineteenth century. when il was
one of the strCnsholds of the corsairs
who at that time We're the scourgc OF the
Mediterranean. and who levied tribute on
most of the nations Of the civilized
world. In 1904 ii was the scene of one OF
the most heroic adventures of modern
naval warfare.
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the women always walking II is mNs-
terions. allgrng fascinating. n pro'cc-
tion Ia the city and a lure 10 lead one
from IL.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-13
lis My River Nothing"

Captain Robert Kane, the gun ex-
pert who gave such favorable testi-
mony for the defense, was recalled to
the stand and made this claim.
Had No Trouble.
w. e. Moses, who is an employee of
the Chippewa Lag and Boom company
was one of those who drove the logs
out of the Thornapple at the start of
the Deitz controversy, testified that he
had never had any trouble with Deitz
although he had worked about the
farm a long time.
Otto ]. S. Boberg, pharmacist and
chemist of Eau Claire, Wis, was placed
on the stand by the state after per.
mission had been gained by the court
and the defense. or the admission of
testimony which they had intended
saving for rebuttal. He testified to
the weighing of the Harp bullet and
the weights of 1920 caliber Winchester
bullets. Deitz passed over the testi.
mony with brief and colorless cross.
examination.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-13
HoFFsTor TRIAL Is RESUMED.
Former Telephone Operator to Be 4
Graft Case Witness.

Pttsburg, May 10.-The trial Of
Frank NJ Hoffstot of New York. bank.
er and car manufacturer. on charger
growing out of the councilmanfc graft
scandal, was resumed In criminal
court before Judge John c. Haymak.
err. The first witness was Mrs. Alice
Tanney, who as Miss Alice Mansfield
was telephone operator in the Second
National bank.
The prosecution, in outlining the
case, said Mrs. Tanney would give
the details of telephone conversations
held by Mr.. Hoffstot In New York and
James Young. cashier Of the bank,
concerning an alleged proposition to
secure from the bank a contribution
Of $21 900 to be sent to New York and
later to be used in Pittsburg in con-
nection with the desired passage OF
the banks repositories ordinance.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-13
AUTO RACE DATES ARE SET.
National Motor Contest Circuit An.
noinrAe Eu>nx.

National Motor Contest Circuit An.
nounces II Events.
New York, May ia list of the
meets to be comprised in the national
motor contest circuit, the first expert
ment in grand circuit automobile rae
Ing in this country, was announced
by Samuel M. Butler, chairman of the
contest board of the American Auto
mobile association.
The dates assigned by the contest
board include II contests in nine diff
ferent states.
The circuit complete is as follows:
expedition. Capt. Bartlett announced
May 80; Algonquin, hill climb. June
8; Milwaukee, state fair, June 1914;
New York, Brighton Beach, June "a;
Riverhead. L. l., road race, July l.;
Port Jefferson, L. l., hill climb, July
(; Worcester, Mass. hill climb, July
IL; Philadelphia, Belmont driving
track, July 20; Detroit, state fair,
Aug. ~; Elgin, Ill.,, road race, Aug.
1926; Indianapolis, speedway races,
Sept. 4; Minneapolis. Mimi, state fair,
Sept. 8; Syracuse, N. Y, state fair,
Sept. Is; Lowell, Mass, road race,
Sept. %; Philadelphia, road race, Oct.
z; Atlanta, speedway races, Oct. 10,
20, FL; Savannah, light car road race.
Nov. 4.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-13

dents OF the town appeared III Tue
streets and the insurectos began a
continuous uproar of shouts. The in.
surrectOs began to collect thousands
of rounds Of ammunition from the fed.
era( barracks and they easily have
made the most valuable capture OF
the revolution. They now have two
mortars, three machine guns and two
field pieces. Their ammunition belts.
somewhat depleted during the attack,
are filled again.
The town Of Juarez has been mauled
by bullets and shells beyond recogni.
ton. Several houses have been
burned to the ground. Numerous
adobe dwellings are roof1ess, some
have large holes in their walls expos.
ing to view wrecked interiors.
Repairing the City.
Telephone wires were soon being
repaired and shattered telegraph poles
replaced. The insurrectos now are
trying to make their new capitol a
habitable place.
Happiest among those who were
about the streets were the prisoners,
liberated from the Jail during the day.
Many OF them claim to have been in.
nocent of any wrong doing. James
Monaghan, whose address is Philadel.
phia. a student in Swarthmore col.
lege, who went sightseeing in ,Iuarez
on Sunday. says he was arrested as a
spy and since then has been in prison,
being forced frequently during the
fighting to carry water from across the
street to the federal soldiers who
fought from the top Of the Jail.
The sympathy of the people in the
state Of Chihuahua is with the rebels
and if they march southwark toward
Mexico City 1t is most certain they
will recruit thousands Of men.
The probable course of action of the
insurrectos now will be to determine
whether the government is ready to
make definite peace concessions. Ne.
gotiations for peace probably will be
resumed in day or two but the rebel
demands probably will be much stron-
ger than before. Erstwhile peace
commissioners and rebel political
chiefs were in Juarez last night con-
ferring with Madero.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-13
HEAVY WIND STORMS.
Vicinity of Fargo Visited by Destrue.
tive Breeze.

Fargo. May 1.-two dozen houses
and barns blown down and many Of
them carried far across the country.
hundreds Of shattered windows, a de-
moralized telephone and electric light
service hurt is the total claimed by a
heavy wind storm. approaching cy
clone in magnitude, which struck each
side Of this city.
The storm first struck west of this
city at Marion and vicinity in the after
noon causing Il panic. The sky grew
dark, and it was necessary in Moor
head and Fargo to turn on the electric
lights. However, the wind had its ef-
feet here also for the lights were soon
put out OF commission and nothing but
gas was available.
At Marion and the section in that
neighborhoOd people rushed for their
cellars to escape the debris and flying
timbers. No reports OF fatalities were
sheds and some small houses were
taken bodily from the ground and car
ried a considerable distance. At about
l o'clock a heavy rain set in at Itch
vile and Iucca in southern Barnes
county. followed by a terrific wind
storm. A number OF valuable horses
and cows were killed by falling debris
and flying timbers.
Ono large barn in Marion was tax.
en- UP by the wind and carried over a
dwelling house. doing no further dam
age than to take Off the chimney. One
of the largest barns in this section,
built last summer by Jacob Schroed-
err, was totally destroyed.
The storm from reports jumped
Fargo and Moorhead and struck again
shortly after o'clock at FELTON,, Mimi,
20 miles north of Moorhead Here all
of the windows in the town In both
residences and business places were
blown in. large barn belonging to
Andrew Peterson, living two and one
half miles west OF FELTON,, was carried
into the air and totally destroyed. Pc
terson was in the barn at the time and
as the barn was carried away drag
cling timbers, struck his head causing
deep cuts and gashes. He now lies In
serious condition at one OF the 10.
cal hospitals.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-13
OHIO SENATORS FIGHT PRoeERs.
Defeat Ant-Immunity Bill and Dc.
nounce Their Accusers.

nounce Their Accusers.
Columbus, May FOLLOWING an
exciting day, marked by severe do
nunciation of the press, detectives and
those pushing the criminal investiga-
ton Of corruption in the legislature,
the senate by a vote of 2 to %. de.
feated the Greeves bill, which would
have annulled the immunity provision
Of the law for inquiries by committees
of the assembly. This is the measure
the house passed hurriedly Tuesday
after the members became aroused
over the senates action in appointing
committee of senators, for what
representatives considered white.
washing purposes.
The two senators voting for the bill
yesterday were William Green, Demo-
cratic leader, former state president
of the United Mine Workers, and
James Reynolds of Cleveland. Ohio.
The senate debate was marked by
bitterness. Senator l.. B. Andrews Of
Ironton, one Of those indicted last
week, denounced the detectives whose
testimony had brought about the in.
dictment. He charged 1t was most
damnable conspiracy"
The Irish standard., 1911-05-13
Carver, Minn., Mother and Daughte
Victims Of Single Bolt.
ruo Rescues 3 eaIIoonists.

Philadelphia, May 10.-Blown over
the waters of Delaware Bay and head,
ing rapidly for the Atlantic ocean. two
men and a woman, passengers in the
basket Of the balloon Philadelphia IT.:
were rescued by a tug and towed ur
the Delaware river. The occupants
of the basket were: DR.. Thomas +.
Eldridge, president Of the Philadelphia
Aeronautical Recreation society; John
H. Neggle. president Of the Pennsyl
vania Chemical company, and Mrs.
Ada Turner Kurtz, all of this city.
The Irish standard., 1911-05-13
Whitewash Plans Thwarted.

Columbus, May 10. -. Aroused by
what they termed an effort to conduct
whitewashing investigation by SEN
ate committee, members of the house
received and passed the Greeves BILL
by which immunity is taken from
members Of the assembly who testify
before a Legislative probing commit
tee. A short time before, the senate
had gone counter to the wishes Of Gov
ernor Harmon in providing for the ap-
pointment Of committee of 10 Of its
members to make inquiries into graft
charges.
Carver, Minn., Mother and Daughter
Victims Of Single Bolt.
Carver, Mimi, May 10.-Mrs. An.
drew Larson, aged Sc, and der daught.
er Alva, aged 10, were instantly killed
by bolt of lightning while they were
planting corn in the field.
There was no rain and no other sign
Of electrical disturbance. the bolt fall
ing, apparently, from a small, dark
cloud.