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Evening star., 1912-09-02
Anglo-German Conference Planned.

"FfIEn CORRESPONDENTS OF The SUIT.
LONDON, August "a, 1912.
An Anglo-German conference is to be
held III London from October 30 to No
vember / to discuss the question OF the
promotion of friendly relations between
the two countries. Representatives
OF both nations will speak during the
conference, and all the different societies
for promoting international peace will
send delegates.
Evening star., 1912-09-02
Four Thousand Centenarians.

ofelgn correspondence vi lHF s@ihA.
SOFIA. August To- 1912.
According TO official statistics Bulgaria
boasts the largest number Of centena-
rians in the whole Of Europe. out Of a
total population Of 100000 there are
/ op persons VINO have passed their cen
fury Germany can boast seventy-two
centenarians at present.
Evening star., 1912-09-02
SICK HEADACHE2 TONGUE COATED? ''
IT'S YOUR LIVER! CASCARETS SURE

harsh physics that irritate and injure. Remem-
her that your sour, disordered stomach. lazy
liver and clocged bowels can he quickly cleaned
and regulated by morniSS with gentle, thorough
Cascarets; 1Ocent box will keep your head
clear and make you feel cheerful and bully Sor
months. Get Cascarets now-wake up refreshed
feel like doing good days work-make
Yourself pleasant and useful. Clean up. Cheer
M
Evening star., 1912-09-02

which they have been found successful
in other states. An open and aggres-
sive enemy to popular government is
less dangerous to our cause than a
covert opponent who pretends friend
ship, but seeks to emasculate the ini-
tiative and referendum by limitations
and exceptions which make them inef-
fective.''
Evening star., 1912-09-02

The old Sandpatch tunnel, on the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, near
Cumberland Nd, has been finally
cleared and trains ran through Thurs
day. The trains operated through the
tunnel were freight trains exclusively
The passenger trains will follow the
Western Maryland line as usual.
Evening star., 1912-09-02

You're bilious. You have tnrohninS sensa'
ton IN your head n bad taste IN your mouth
vopr eyes hurt your skin Is yeiio" with dark
,inys undcr your eyes your lips are parrned.
No wonder you feel ugly. mean aud iii-tempcFed
Your system j. full Of bile and constiputed
waste not properly passed on. and what you
need is 4 cleaning up inside. Don't continue be-
ing Il bilious constipstcd nuisance 10 yourself
Evening star., 1912-09-02

AS Americans have we'll defined and
not overcomplimentary views concern
ing Mexicans, SO they have certain
views about us that do not show us
as through our own eyes. In the first place,
the Mexicans look upon US as a nation
Of land grabbers. They recall that prac-
tically one-third Of the territory of the
United States was secured from Mexico,
that we own about a million square
miles of land that once was theirs. In
other words they feel that we have taken
a million square miles of their territory
and have left them only 767 600 miles.
They feel, too. that much of the best
land in their original domain has come
to us with the million square miles of
territory, and that acre for acre the
land we got from them is worth more
than the land they have been permitted
to retain. They think that the independ-
ence of Texas was brought about by
Americans who wanted to make it a part
of the United States. and that, however
it may be viewed, we have proved to be
a land-hungry people who have taken
advantage Of them whenever we could.
Nor do they find much hope that our
land-grabbing propensities have been en-
t1reiy Outllved. To their mlndS our an
nexation of Hawaii. our retention of the
Philippines and Porto Rico. and our
quarrel with Colombia all demonstrate
that the occasion Is the only thing need
ed and We will make another grab. The
Spaniard and his descendant is by nature
suspicious; he never fails to assess at
full value the usefulness of the past in
projecting a forecast of the future. His
suspicious more often than not lead him
to over appraise rather than to under
estimate any evil-ninded designs that
seem to lie in the hearts of nations and
individuals.
Therefore. today all Mexico looks upon
the United States nation of good
impulses which goes wrong the minute
there is a. chance to grab bit of terri
tory. And that is why the specter of
intervention haunts them. 1t is why the
reports are not to be believed which
have 1t that OroZco wants to force in
tervention 1t is why intervention would
be a signal for federals and revOlutionists
to forget their own differences and unite
against the common enemy from the
north.
II the average Mexican has fear of
the United States as a nation he has no
Evening star., 1912-09-02
Boy Gains His Point.
Boy Tied to Tail Of Bull.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

PARIS, August 80, 1912.
An act of unusual brutality has been
committed by natives at Isler. close TO
Palestro. in Algeria. boy OF ten. All
Ben Said, was walking in the fields close
to his home when he was seized by shep-
herds, who tied him to the tail of a bull.
The terrified animal took TO flight. drag
ginc the child Behind him. The boys
dead body was found by his parents next
morning some miles from home.
Evening star., 1912-09-02

dangers and privations inevitable in the
opening of a new country, how the men
had trusted to the wisdom and heroism
of the women time and again, and had
not been disappointed. they felt that the
men of South Africa had need to under
stand the real desire Of their women for
enfranchisement, and to take steps to
give 1t to them. In conclusion, she made
a strong appeal to women to join the as
sociation, and declared for fight to
finish.
Evening star., 1912-09-02

Clarence f. Cooper a carpenter OF
Knoxville. near Frederick. Nd. was in
stantly killed by a Baltimore and Ohm
railroad train. He had been to Brunswick
and returned to Knoxville on n freight.
His mangled body was found on the crosse
inE.
Evening star., 1912-09-02
Typhoid Epidemic in Sicily.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
MILAN, August

MILAN. August 10. 1912.
serious epidemic Of typhoid fever has
broken out in Sicily. No fewer than
100 persons have been stricken in the
village of San Giovanni Gemini, near
Cammarata. alone. At first the outbreak
was believed to be collective poisoning,
brought about by criminal intent, but the
government commissioner, Prof Man.
fredi. of Palermo. has traced the origin
of the infection to polluted wells
Evening star., 1912-09-02

I'm the campaign which is now pro-
ceedinE in many states for the election
of members of state legislatures who
will be called upon to vote for the sub
mission of initiative and referendum
the friends OF popular gov
ernment should not be deceived, but
should insist upon the submission OF
such amendments in practical form. and
count as enemies of popular govern
ment candidates who refuse to pledge
themselves to the support OF the inftia-
tive and referendum in the form in
Evening star., 1912-09-02
Reforms Are Probable.

AS a result OF the war game" played
under the trained officers OF the regular
establishment. numerous reforms proba-
bly, will undertaken In the remodeling
and readjustment of the militia armories
throughout the country. Many glaring
abuses have been discovered, prejudicial
to the morale of the citizen soldiery.
Many Of the buildings. especially those
in this city, have been found to be wholly
unsuited to the uses to which they are
put, others are so badly unsuited that
the property Of the government is not
Evening star., 1912-09-02
MARTIAL ENTHUSIASM
: SWEEPS OVER COUNTRY
ManeuverS Have Aroused
Great Interest in Ranks of
Citizen SoIdiery.

The wave of martial enthusiasm that
swept the United States on the declara-
ton of war with Spain seems again to
be setting in, according to the proof Of
fered to officers Of the War Department
in the few reports already received on
the recent countrywide maneuvers. The
reports indicate that the militia estab-
lishment is more enthusiastic and of
greater force and effectiveness than has
been the case since 1893. The regular
army, also is more effective fighting
force than before because of the Texas
mobliza ton and its participation with
the militia in maneuver camps.
Regular army officers attribute the
greater interest being taken by the militia
arm to the frequent rumors of trouble
with Mexico, Nicaragua and other coun-
tries of Latin America. At such times,
say the military authorities, the coun-
with the result that in both strength and
personnel the militia is the gamer.
Get Interesting Problems.
There is undoubtedly another reason,
also,' said Capt. Dana T. Merrill Of the
militia division of the War Department.
"and that is to be found in the more
liberal regulations now laid down for
duty in the joint maneuvers. We have
endeavored to eliminate the drudgery of
these camps, reduce guard duty to the
lowest, and do away practically entirely
with parade and show affairs. The men
now get work and problems enough to
keep them interested and enthusiastic"
In the absence OF the official reports
from the umpires who officiated at the
various problem maneuvers. including the
attacks on New York and San Fran
cisco, military experts are not prepared
to comment at any length on the lessons
learned from those exercises. 1t is ad-
mitted however, that the unofficial re-
ports disclose some grave defects in the
defenSes of those seaports.
The maneuvers. which lasted through
out eight days, cost close to 100000, of
which the federal government provided
81 $50 OO0, the various states whose mi
litia participated making up the balance.
Approximately 5000 officers and men
took part in working out the military
problems presented, and general officers.
many of whom had never before had the
opportunity, assumed command of bri-
gades for the first time. OF that army
more than 0O0O men were from the
militia.
Evening star., 1912-09-02

sufficiently safeguarded. while others Of
fer no facilities for drill. These defects
will be pointed out to the adjutant gen.
erals of the several states affected. and
recommendations for changes will be
based on the annual report of the militia
division; now in course of preparation
by Capt. Monroe C. Keith.
Evening star., 1912-09-02
BOURNE MAKES APPEAL
FOR NEW PARTY TENETS
Warns That "Pretended
Friends" May EmascuIate
Initiative and Referendum.

Pursuing a popular government cam
paign commenced more than two years
ago. Senator Jonathan Bourne. jr., presi-
dent of the National Progressive Repub-
lican League, today issued an appeal to
popular government advocates to guard
against the emasculation of the initiative
and referendum by pretended friends. He
says:
Enemies of popular government, real
izing that this movement has gained such
headway that its ultimate success is GER
tain, have turned as last resort to the
expedient Of accepting the principles, but
defeating their purpose by hampering
their operation. Friends of popular gov
eminent must. therefore. he on their
guard and fight uncompromisngly against
efforts of this kind.
Cites Three Expedients.
Three general expedients are resorted
to, to defeat the initiative and referen-
dunn. First, by making the required per-
centage Of petitioners so high as to prac-
tically prevent the filing of petitions for
either the initiative or referendum; sec
ond, by exempting from the referendum
all measures that bear the mere declara-
ton OF the legislature that an emergency
exists: third. by requiring that measures
submitted to a vote Of the people under
the initiative shall not become effective
until ratified by an affirmative majority
of all the votes cast at the election.
Experience has demonstrated that
the initiative or referendum powers are
practically nullified If the number Of
required signers to petitions be materi-
ally greater than per cent for the ini-
tiative or 8 per cent for the referendum
Experience also shows that some of the
most meritorious measures that have
been adopted under the initiative
would have failed of adoption If the
constitution had required an a rmative
majority of all the votes cast at the
election. Each measure should stand or
fall according to the majority of votes
cast thereon.
Evening star., 1912-09-02
Mexican Natives Hold
No Love for Americans.

There are two things which contribute
to this state of feeling. One is the Ameri-
can who goes to Mexico. The traveller
sees thousands of these American pill
grims to the land of the MonteZumas.
Some Of them win friends for themselves
and for the American people in general.
But the vast majority make enemies for
themselves and for their country. The
Mexican is a polite individual, whether
he be Castillian, half-breed or Indian.
He may feel like stabbing You in the
back, but he hides it with a suavity and
Difference that needs only to be appre-
ciated to transform his concealed enmity
into sincere respect.
But the average American starts in
with contempt for the Mexican. He is
nothing but blankety-bla greaser,
says this American, and he passes
through Mexico with the supercilious air
that that expression indicates. lie
abuses his landlord because his hotel is
not up to the standard of the famous
with the waiter because the course din
ner he serves has three kinds of meat,
one vegetable and no fruit. He finds
fault with the poor coachman because he
cannot talk English or understand where
he seeks to be driven, through the signs
that are as mystifying to the American
spectator as they are to the Spanish
speaking jehu.
And so ne goes all through Mexico. with
never q minutes federation for ways and
languages that are different from his
own. He becomes less gentlemanly than
the cabby in the street or the mozo who
looks after his room at the hotel. He is
the rule with the Mexican. The man who
comes with an appreciation of the fact
that other peoples have as good a right
to their customs and ways as we have is
the exception. There are SO few of them
that the Mexican reaches his conclusions
about Americans as individuals from
what he sees Of the other kind. And as
he is the greatest practitioner of reciproc-
Evening star., 1912-09-02
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

Like other parts Of the world, South
Africa hss its woman suffragists, al
though, happily, they have not yet re-
sorted to the peculiar methods which
have gained for the movement in Eng
land so much notoriety. A vigorous or
ganzation has been formed. and most
Of the principal centers in the union
were represented at the first annual
conference, held the other day at Bloem-
fontein.
The president. Mrs. Macintosh. Of Port
Elizabeth. declared in her address that
the association had already done good
work in bringing the question of women s
suffrage prominently before the country.
She strongly deprecated the attempt of
some prominent politicians to becloud the
issue by raising extraneOus questions.
such as provincial qualifications and the
color problem. 1t was impossible, how
ever. to stay the progress of the move
ment.
1t was especially unthinkable, said Mrs.
Macintosh. that the right to the parlia-
mentary vote would much longer be with
held in South Africa. When they con-
sidered the history of South Africa. how
from the beginning women had shared the
Evening star., 1912-09-02

II the average Mexican has a fear of
the United States as nation he has no
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-06
eve have bee

Eve have been married for
twelve years now" said a devoted
wife, "and on each anniversary I
have baked you a cake. Do you
remember them, dearest?" en-
deed 1 do replied the husband.
They have been the milestones
of nay life
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-06

of his, does it. He gives Mary
three years.
Mary exits out of Act I, telling
the judge she will get square
when her time is up. In Act II
her time is up. 1t has been up
for some little time. Mary is an
honest, Woodworking crook, with
a good lawyer, and she is living in
swell apartment, with couple
of assistant crooks. They are
robbing people of huge sums of
money, and doing it just as legal
ly as the Standard Oil Co. or the
shoe trust.
The lines of Mary's given
above are a fair line of samples,
but they by no means indicate the
extent of Mary's activities. She
pulls very fine siren effect on
the son of the prosperous gent
who sent her to jail, and marries
said son, without letting him
know that she has done time for
robbing his pas emporium. When
pa learns about this he is very
cross.
Mary makes boobs of the po-
lice, puts it all over her pop-in-
law, and finally surprises herself
by falling in love with her hus-
band.
But her big hit is swindling
people legally. People would like
the show here, even if it wasn't
good show. But it is.
-O-O-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1912-11-06

NEW YORK LETTER
By Norman.
New York, Nov. 6.-"Certain-
ly l got the mans $4,000. He
was trying to swindle me, and I
beat him to it. A partner has a
right to withdraw from the bank
and appropriate all the partner
ship funds. / did it. l was with
in the law. You can't touch me. :"
'My dear girl, the last time you
tried to separate an old gentle
man from his roll, you got into
jail. Now just leave this to me,
and we will get $4,000 from Gen
eral Hastings by perfectly legal
process, without the least danger
of any trouble"
Certainly he shot the man,
But a man who breaks into
house at night becomes by his
act a burglar, and the man who
lives in the house has a right to
kill him"
Lines from about as interesting
a play to Little Old New York as
has come along in a north of
Sundays-"Within the Law" A
most ingenious (and melodra-
matic) exposition by Bayard
WELLER of how one may be a crook
without being criminal, if one
has proper legal advice.
Mary Turner, who works in a
department store, is arrested for
stealing goods. She didn't steal
them. Another girl did, and hid
them in Mary's locker. But
~ .n-,2A r,.-n,ra AhnA yThn n.nn1 |
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1912-09-20

iticians strain a point when working
to an end. They all tell some truth
and an abundance of untruth. But
the voter must be able to pick out the
truth, or in other words, separate the
good from the bad, and to cast his
vote for those men whom he believe
to be the better prepared and mostly
inclined to the fair thing for the peo-
pie. To do this requires thought. 1t
is necessary that the voter read the
different views expressed; that he be
posted on the different topics of the
day, and that he have the courage to
support his own convictions. If he
cannot do this he has no right to vote.
There are many things to be con
sidered, but the principal thing and
the most vital thing that every Ne
gro in Tennessee should consider is
what is the best thing for the people
of Tennessee? What political party has
put forward the most plausible plat
pltform and the kind of men they have
nominated to run on that platform.
1t is possible sometimes for the plat
form and the kind of men they have
men running on it to be weaklings;
and then it is possible for the men to
be all right but to be on a platform
that is faulty and misleading. It is
necessary that the different platforms
that have been put forward in Tonnes
see be studied together and then the
men be put side by side and their cour
age and ability compared. And fur
ther that the constituents of the lead
ers be compared.
We have had four years of confu-
sion in Tennessee; all brought about
by a split in one party. For the last
two years we have been living under
a fusionist administration. What the
voter must decide is: Can Tennessee
thrive best under a ~fusionist admins
tration or a clear.cut administration
of some party?
This is political independence, and
this is the opinion that is fast taking
hold of the affairs of this state and
this nation.
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President Gates.

Nashville receives with many re-
grets the intelligence that DR.. Geo. w.
Gates will not be able to resume his
work as President Of Fisk University.
DR.. Gates is a ripe scholar and a nan
of extraordinary attachments along
educational lines. 1t was considered
very fortunate that Fisk University
could command such a ripe scholar
and one who had so much experience
in school work. He was a man of
great force and determination. He
had his peculiarities, it is true, but
above all of that he was eminently
sincere.
There were some who differed with
him on public questions and many as
to his methods of running Fisk Uni
versity, but no one has been known to
doubt his honest intentions and his
great desire to make Fisk University
the greatest institution in the south
for the higher education of Negroes.
His many friends hope that he will
finally regain his health; that he may
give to the world the benefit of his
thorough training and many years of
experience.
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strides in the march or progress.
Hands to the Chronicle and hearts to
the Colonel.
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EDITORIAL CLIPPINGS.
ARKANSAS TAKES STAND
AGAINST DlSFRANCHlS-
ING.
INHa-Aso N,.sIz
mosaic Guide.)

The partial returns from Mondays
election show that Amendment No.
II, better known as the Grandfather
Clause" has been defeated. This is
a signal victory for the Negroes,
not only of the State of Arkansas,
but for the Negroes throughout the
country. The battle was a hard
fought battle, but the Negroes have
won. The Grandfather" clause was
sdvicated by such men as Senator
JEFF Davisn9 Governor George w.
Donaghey and many Prohibitionist
leaders throughout the State. The
liquor men assisted the Negroes in
the defeat Of the amendment, and
the Negroes in turn assisted the
LIQUOR men in the defeat of state
wide prohibition. Both amendments
have been defeated, and today Ar
kansas stands out as a State that
believes in a square deal for the
Negro. This Is the second State in
the country that has turned down such
IN amendment, the first being Mary
land, two years ago, when it took
the Catholic vote combined with
the Negro vote and the assistance
of the President of the United States
and Maryland's United States sena-
tor. The Negroes of Arkansas de-
serve much credit for the great fight
they Rave made with the leadership
Of such leaders as J. E. Bush, S. A.
Jones, DR.. E. c. Morris, Prof. Jos. A.
Booker. DR.. n. B. Gaines and others.
AS never before the Negro turned
cut to The polls and there defended
his right to franchise. The largest
Negro vote ever polled in the State
Of Arkansas was polled Monday, and
many Negroes who were away from
home came hundreds of miles to be
at home on Monday. that they might
cast their vote against this amend
ment. The Democratic convention
refused to place, the amendment in
their platform and many Democrats
throughout the state came out against
it. The Republican convention con-
demned the amendment, as did the
Socialists, but the Prohibitionists re
fused as a body to take any stand
pro or con; but the same individuals
who were touring the State, advo
eating the adoption of the prohibi
zion clause were also advocating the
abolition of the Grandfather" clause
This only tended to increase the Ne
gro's interest and he at once went tt
work harder than ever, determined
with the assistance Of their man.
, white friends to defeat the clause
and the following is the result b!
counties. This will only show a par
tiql return from some counties. bu
t is sufficient to insure certain defea
t Next week We will give the oficia
y count.
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conklina Simmons.

Col. Roscoe Conkling Simmons, the
gifted editor and orator, IS moving to-
wards the South at a c~ommendable
rate. He has got as far as Chicago,
and that is some distance from New
York. The Illinois Chronicle is to be
congratulated that Col. Simmons has
taken hold as it's editor. Chicago is a
great city for colored people, and it
ought to have a great journal. Under
the touch of Roscoe Conkling SIM
mons. the great advocate Of race up
lift. the Chronicle should make great
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