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Evening star., 1912-08-31
BANKER AND RANCHER
MEETS TRAGIC DEATH
SoIoman Luna, Millionaire,
Perishes in Vat of Sheep Dip
in New Mexico.

ALBUQUERQUE, n. NJ, August 81
Soloman Luna, millionaire, banker and
sheep grower. for sixteen years republi.
can national committeeman for New Mex.
leo and who refused to accept the elec.
tion to the United States Senate at the
hands of the first state legislature, met
a tragic death at Horse Springs, Socorrc
county. seventy-six miles from Magda.
lena, at an early hour yesterday He
fell into a vat containing thousands OF
gallons OF sheep dip after being at
tackled with heart failure
Probable Cause Of Death.
Becoming i'll during the night. il is SUD.
the dipping vat few yards from the
ranchhouse to get water and was strick.
en- with sudden heart failure, falling into
the mixture of lime, sulphur, tobacco and
water.
Camp employees saw body floating in
the vat early yesterday. The boiling wa.
ter had peeled the skin from the hands
and face. The body was not recognized
until one of the Mexican herders de.
clared it was that of Mr.. Luna.
Soloman Luna was f1fty-four years old
and was the wealthiest man in New Mex.
leo. His wife survives him. The body
will be brought to Albuquerque on a spe-
cial train today.
Man Without Enemies.
Additional facts show that Mr. Luna's
death was accidental. He did not have
any enemy in the state, 1t is believed
and was on most cordial terms with his
employees.
His financial affairs were in such ex-
cellent shape as to discount any hint OF
suicide. He was worth no less than
81 .O00. 600 and had several large projects
under way and in contemplation. He
had suffered from a hardening Of the
veins for several months and to those
close to him his sudden death was not
great surprise.
Evening star., 1912-08-31
VISITORS INTERESTED
IN WESTERN MARYLAND
Foreign Experts in HorticuI.
ture Inspect Orchard Farms
Near Cumberland.
Special Dispatch TO The star.

Special Dispatch TO The star
CUMBERLAND. Ma, August 31-The
wonderful adaptability of the soil Of
western Maryland-especially in the Green
Ridge section of this county. where F.
Mcrtens' sons of Cumberland and Wash
ington are establishing an orchard on a
stupendoLs scale. was voiced by three dis
tinguished foreign horticultural experts
who stopped in this city last night They
were Prof. Geralomo Molon of the depart
ment of horticulture of the Royal Su-
perior School of Agriculture, Milan Italy.
who is accompanied by his wife: Prof.
Netls Esbjerg. superintendent of the po-
mological experiment station at Esbjerg
Denmark. and Prof. J. W. Crow, chief of
the department of pomology of the On
tario Agricultural College at Guelph, On
tario. Canada. The pomological experts
have as their guide DR.. j. p. Stewart ex-
perimental pomologist for Pennsylvania
state College Pennsylvania The trim is
being made by automobile
Observing Experiments.
The visitors have been touring some OF
the orchards of Pennsylvania to observe
the experiments on fertilization and
cultural methods. Mr.. Stewart said he has
rad eight experiments in progress for six
seasons and ten experiments for four
years. The foreign visitors were particu-
1arly anxious to see the orchards of west
ern Maryland. about which they had
heard much. Yesterday morning was
spent at the big Tonoloway orchards near
Hancock. and the afternoon was given IN
the Green Ridge orchards in this county
property embracing fifty square miles
Prof. W. l.. Amoss. former director of
Maryland state farmers institutes and
now the aSriculturist at the Green Ridge
orchards. took charge of the visitors dur
ing their inspection OF the property, and
accompanied them TO Cumberland last
night.
The visitors We're charmed by Maryland
hospitality. as they were amazed by the
magnitude of the Green Ridge property
where already several millions of dol
lars have been spent DIR. Stewart said
they We're pleased with the possibilities
nf fruit growing. both in the Hancock
and Green Ridge sections
Speaking of experimental work. DR.
stewart said the results were published
yearly by his station, and the reports
were attracting great attention. Many
foreign governments were taking notice.
Visit Many Orchards.
The visitors attended the summer meet
ing of the Pennsylvania Horticulture
association early N the week. They
have since visited many orchards in
Pennsylvania and Maryland and viii
end their trip at the state experimental
orchard at State College, Pa. tomorrow
in the meantime visiting the orchard o
Mrs. S. B. Brown at Buffalo Mills ant
Joseph r.. Sleep at New Paris, Bedfort
county. Pa. Neither Prof. Molon nor hi
wife can speak English although Mrs
Molon can write ii sufficiently to trans
late for her husband. The experts ar,
much interested in the food problem o.
future generations. and partial solu
ton by making two apples grow wher,
but one grew before, is being demon
strated on the present trip, the result O
experimental work.
Evening star., 1912-08-31
Number Of Flights.

There We're number of flights at Col
lege Park yesterday. 1t was a good day
for small accidents, and there was plenty
of repair work accumulated for the
mechanicians, but none for the doctor.
Lieut.. McCleary of the student avia-
tors made a rough landing IN which he
smashed the running gear of his machine,
and Lieut.. Harold Gedger broke the wing
tip of a Curtiss machine he was driving.
There were a number of other flights
without accidents.
Lieut.: Harry Arnold carried Capt. F. B.
HenneSSey as d passenger. Capt. lien
nessey is the pilot of one of the Curtiss
machines but he is starting to learn the
control Of the Wright machine. This Is
a thing that several of the other officers
have done. so that they are capable OF
flying either type of machine
Evening star., 1912-08-31
|FL|ER MEETS TESTS
THEN HASTENS AWAY
Lincoln Beachy, in Curtiss Ma.
chine, Complies With Gov
ernment Requirements.

After making final climb for alti-
tude in the weight carrying Curtiss
aeroplane at College Park yesterday,
Lincoln Beachy, who has been demon
strating the aeroplane for the War De-
partment, left Washington for Ham,
mandsport, n. Y, without waiting to
see whether the instrument had re-
corded the full official height. Blachy
had made several other flights in the
big machine
Tn yesterdays flight the instrument
showed enough margin over the neces-
sary 1000 feet to make it practically
certain he had fulfilled the government
requirements. So Beachy did not wait
for official confirmation, but took the
train north.
Corrections to Be Made.
There will be meeting of the board
of officers at the park today to apply
the necessary corrections to the
record and make officially certain
whether it is satisfactory
The War Department has several baro-
graphs at College Park. but they are no.
particularly satisfactory for such a small
altitude as 2.0G0 feet The record the
instrument makes is small and with the
corrections the figuring out Of record
is worse than a game of chess.
1T has been proposed to have some OF
the instrument makers Of the department
construct a larger instrument that could
be calibrated by the bureau of standards
and used on all acceptance trials OF new
machines
Evening star., 1912-08-31

John W. Hurley had an interesting trip
to the upper Potomac Saturday and Sun
day Saturday he went to Millville on
the Shenandoah. but muddy water greet
ed him and he returned to Harpers
Ferry, later going TO Sandy Hook and
giving the fish trial
LAS usual he remarked, 1.-The biggest
Evening star., 1912-08-31

The Post Office Fishing club. which has
Just returned from it's third annual out
ing 20 Piney Point. Md. reports that it
had a most successful catch of fish this
year. 200 trout and 100 spot and perch
being the total. OF course, besides fish
ing. the club devoted a portion of it's time
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-15
VIEW OF WARDEN HELLSTR0M
Would Strengthen Temperance Laws
in Every Way and Teach Chill
dren Folly CT Liquors.

F. o. Hellstrom, warden of the state
penitentary of North Dakota, IN an
address before the w. c. T. q. OF
jamestown, said:
4 would strengthen the temperance
laws in every possible way. l would
start in by teaching the children in
the schools the folly and evil of the
use of intoxicating liquor, drugs ana
narcotics; instii in the minus oI the
youth that nothing but shame, power
ty, degradation and crime can pos
sibly result from their use and the
traffic in them l would make laws
with the aim and object to completely
abolish the traffic There is not one
word that can truthfully be said in
favor of the business. II | had the
power to draw the veil so as to expose
to view its evils I could show you the
Shiny coils of hades, intensified mil
lion-fold worse than the mind Of man
can imagine. You can see and mag
inc the crime and wanton abandon
ment, but a true picture of the evils
would cause your imagination to pale
into insigniflcance. To sum up, will
say that 1t is beyond the power OF
man to invent a lie that will in the
least libel the traffic in intoxicants,
opium or other stimulants unless, per-
chance, something good should be-
said"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-15
A Device of Man.

God no more made liquor" than he
made a faro table, or resort Of de-
bauchery. He no more made it than
he made the tools of the burglar or
the vile inventions which the customs
seize. He made it only in the same
sense as he made the dynamiting
bombs OF the anarchist thugs. Wheat
and corn and rye are wholly useful
and wholesome food as nature yields
them, but by the devices Of man
strong drink is produced from them.
and it ruins men if they take too
much of it, as many Of them do if they
drink it at all. Instead, therefore, Of
putting the responsibility for liquor on
God, we advise the clergy to lay the
whole blame for it on men, as a dan.
gerous luxury which God compels
them neither to produce nor to con-
sumo any more than he compels them
to do anything else.-New York Sun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-15
NOTHING GAINED BY WORRY
Oppose Depressing Thoughts With
Good Nature and Hustle, and
Note the Results.

Sickness may come; death may be
At the door; but the man who does not
give up cuts down the doctor bills and
cheats the undertaken altogether
Business deals may go wrong and
financial disaster may threaten, but
the man who takes stock in himself
and remains on the Job seldom enters
the bankruptcy court.
Poverty may be at the door, and
hard luck may bring adversely, but the
man who takes his fortune with a
smile will be at the dock when his
ship comes in.
So, why worry?
Worry saps vitality, brings gray
hairs, produces wrinkles, and It can
turn a sunshiny day into a dreary
one.
Without cloud in the sky. worry
can make one believe there will be a
downpour any minute.
Worry discounts bills receivable,
adds interest to those which are to be
paid, and disturbs the scheme of
things generally.
1t never won a battle. It never
cleared a situation. 1t never solved a
problem.
Its antithesis, good nature, and its
lifelong enemy, optimism, have many
victories to their credit. It's antidote.
hustle is responsible for many good
things which man has enjoyed.
So again. why worryf
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-15
DRINKING MEN ON THE SHELF
Railroads Do Not Want "Fuddle-
Grained" Engineers to Run Trains
and Endanger Lives.

The passing of fuddle-brafned
kings and Undetermined generals, and
fuddle-brained engineers and book
keepers and mechanics, is One O. the
sure achievements of the century"
says Rev. John F. Cowan. in a
'straight-from- the-shoulder" article in
the Christian Endeavor World.
"The handwriting on the wall today
is against 'fuddle-brain.' The rail-
roads do not want to put him in their
engine cabs. The electric companies
dare not trust him where the reckless
handling of a switch may send thou
sands of volts Of energy on death
dealing errands Uncle Sam cannot
trust Captain Fuddlebrain to navigate
the delicate machinery of his dread
naughts. Bankers and merchants can,
not have their accounts kept by
young fellow who comes back from his
lunch cupid with beer The insurance
companies and fraternal orders do not
want to insure a cigarette heart or
beer Kidneys Even the docks and
mills do not want him to handle pig
iron or shovel ore.
Not only in athletics, but in bust
ness and in public life, young men
are being weighed in the balance on
the score of their self-control."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-15
Breeds a Proper Pride,

We are warned against the sin OF
pride. Now whisky is the best thing
to destroy pride that l ever heard Of
When a man is sober he likes to have
clean food, respectable-looking cloth.
ing and a comfortable bed. When he
is drunk he isn't a bit stuck up; 1t
matters little for him if his clothes are
ragged or dirty. whether his home
boasts Of one pane of glass or of five;
when it comes to sleeping he would
just as soon lie down in the gutter as
any other place, and thinks a curb
stone quite as good as a pillow
Janette c. Beach.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-15
IeT1Pela al 2 :
q -9sSgt{I5H}

Conducted by the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union0
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-15
Public Sentiment In Iowa.

Iowa has 90 counties Sixty nine of
these have outlawed saloons for all
time Thirty are battle-ground, de-
claring now for the saloon. now
against it. The last few months have
seen a steady current toward prohibit
ton in these so counties. When Fort
Dodge, that hitherto stronghold of the
liquor traffic, outlawed her saloons.
the hand writing on the wall was
visible to everybody. Iowa will vote
on constitutional prohibition within the
next four years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-15

Paris, August II.
One of Pastor
RuSSeiI'S address
es today was from
Psalm viii, i,
what Is Nam
He remarked that
although lie haa
been several times
in Paris this was
his first public adj
dress thereon III
vitation of the 10
cal Class of Bible
Students ASSocia
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-15

It is the duty of government so to
legislate as to make it easy to do
right and difficult to do wrong
William f. Gladstone.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-15
BUT WHAT IS MAN?
Till: 5..3-Et: ANSWER
Man Never Fell From The
Angelic Nature

And Has Not Ccen Promised Angelic
Nature In Future-Hs Is "of the
Earth Esrthy" - Christ Redeemed
4inn With View to His Restoration.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-08-15
Abstainers Favored.

The United States bureau Of labor
reports that 81 per cent of American
employers discriminate in favor OF To-
tai abstaineTs.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-04
Wells ARE OF MANY KINDS.
Fringed Style Is to Be Worn, Princl-
pally on Account of Its Newness--
Other Dainty Designs.

1T is not probable that great many
women will care to wear frinsed wells,
but their newness and uniqueness will
very likely appeal to the woman in
search of something different. In the
same class come wells with the design
omitted where the veil fits over the
face-and this at least has certain
common sense point to commend 1t,
for it is surely less trying to the
eyes.
The very flmy, cobwebby meshed
wells seem quite springlike, and these
are usually quite becoming. The fine,
closely woven ones are very pretty.
Sometimes they have chenille dots to
vary the monotony of the weaves and
the dot may be tiny, pinlike affair,
o. one the size of your little finger
nail.
Black lace wells with flower designs
are very dainty. The background is
usually quite filmy and sheer. with
the floral design standing out more
boldly. Filet lace wells are also new
and fashionable.
And did you know that you could
Judge the becomingness of a veil by
trying the meshes over your arm, just
above the wrist?
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-04
OLD PENAL COLONY
How Australian Settlements
Have Been Transformed.
Crimes Carnival NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Of English Malefactors Thrifty
and LaW.Abiding and Their
Origin Forgotten.

Melbourne, Australia.-The position
which the Australasian colonies are
gaining In the world, particularly
since their federation on the plan OF
the United States, has attracted the
attention OF the world to them and re-
called the singular and striking fact
that great penal colonies, where at
one time disorder and crime prevailed,
have become orderly and strictly self
governing communities.
The story Of the penal settlements
of Australia and Tasmania, and the
carnival OF cruelty and OF crime that
attended the convict system. IS most
remarkable in the light OF subsequent
events. The crimes for which con-
victs were sent from England to
Botany bag and Van Diemen's land
were in great part abominable. and
the eypiation was certainly terrible.
The convicts were put at work in
the broiling Australian sun. Often
they worked in chains, and the chains
were not counted as diminishing their
capacity for hard labor. Even the
best conducted OF them were let out
to farmers and the proprtetors OF
sheep ranges. II these farmers hap.
pened to be humane, the convict might
be reasonably happy. But in many
cases the farmer regarded lis con-
Wet helper as slave, as indeed he
was, and beast OF burden, to be used
as cruelty as possible.
The result was that as many OF the
convicts as could do so escaped TO the
woods and became "bushrangers" or
bandits They preyed on the natives
Ind on the settlers, committing rob-
berries that were not tnfrequently at
tended with murder.
They became such terror to the
peaceful settlers that when Mike
Howe proposed peace, in which he
was to be treated as a gentleman"
they were very glad to make the ar
rangement. But the governor-general
at Sydney refused to give his sane.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-04
FASHION In F0OTGEAR
SEASONS STYLES PRACTICALLY
DECIDED UPON.
High Boots, Presumably of White
Leather, Are to Be Worn This
Summer-Colonial Type OF
Shoe Is Retained.

Just now everything is unsettled as
TO the question of dress, but fashion
in boots and shoes seem TO be decided
upon.
In shape, the comparatively short
vamp and the rounded toe will be pre-
ferred 70 the long and exaggerated toe.
The heel will be smart medium rather
than the Louis or the Cuban, and fash
ion will at the same time favor the
former rather than the latter style.
At present it is expected that the low
shoe will be worn in preference to
all others and this, of course, means
that fine silk and embroidered stock.
.ngs will be in vogue.
The suggestion that high boots will
be worn in summer is made quite seri-
ously, but this can apply only to white,
for black or brown leather boots are
much too hot and uncomfortable to be
really tolerated for summer wear. In
any case, preparation has been made
for the continued popularity Of the
pump" shoe. and, though even last
summer this became very common. 1t
is not expected that the we'll dressed
will reject its comfortable neatness be-
cause it has become so common.
For want of better name the shoe
that is likely TO be fashionable is call
ell "Cromwellian." 1t is really the
colonial type of footgear. with a few
new touches. Many women think that
this type is the incest Of all shoes,
and will be delighted to know that 1t
is to give it's smart and dressy finish
10 the summer toilet. In glace and
suede and in patent leather we are TO
have the shoe with tongue--which is
to be somewhat broad and short--and
between the yamp and the tongue may
be a buckle, a ribbon tie or an orna-
ment in the form Of stud.
You will see this shoe in black and
in tan--it is delightful in tan glace
with steel ornaments--and also daln-
tily created in white, silver anG
Quaker gray, mauve and green.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-04
II. T.. KNOX, Esq. AuctlOnerr

SALE OF 4 VALUABLE PROPERTY
IN MT. IDA, ALENANRiA COZ NJ =,
VIRGINIA. HOUSE; CONTAINING I
ROOMS AND EATlI. HOT WAIEk
HEAT. CONCRETE cELl.AE. NM
ALI. MODERN IMPROVEMENTS;
Nv virtue al deed Of truS! made u!
Martha G.. Hustled and her husband 10
in+. undersigned trustee. bearing date
on the 18th day Of July. 1911. ana dulA
Of record in the Iand records or the
said County Of Alexandria. in Deed
Book M. l29. Page us. and At me re-
quest of the party thereby secured. de-
fault having been mad" in the pay
m-nt Of the note secured by the sac
deed Of trust. the Undersigned truStt'
will offer for sale. n public suction. IN
front of the premises. on Tu"sdaE. the
18th day uf May. 1912. ~ o'clock
p. m. In- following described proper
Is. To wit
Lois Nos. Fifteen l5) anh Sixteen
IlGJ. in Flock 40. Four 90. in Il certain!
plan of lots known rs MI. Ida. Il plat
OF which is duly of record in the sllu
land records. in Deed Book M. 10
Page POP.
The above property Is subject tn the
lien Of TWO deeds Of trust aEGrrgatlns
s2.S12.50.
veyancIng at: the expense of the pur-
chaser. .
DOUGLAS STUART. Trustee.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-04
BABY IS BORN IN PRISON
Negro Boy Baptized In Hospital Ward
OF the Eastern Peni.
Tertiary.

Philadelphia gloomy walls OF
The Eastern penitentiary echoed three
days ago to the cries Of a tiny neT
baby, for the first time In many years
And there was a baptisnal ceremon!
in. the hospital ward, where the moth
er, d negress, and her infant, were
tenderly cared for.
This event stirred the prisoners. Al!
desired to see the little chap-he was
christened Abraham Lincoln by Chap
lain Welsh-but that was denied them
The childs father is also prisoner
in the same institution, he and his
wife having been convicted six month.
ago OF a charge Of larceny.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-04
iDAKeTl CAN a FIRE. FIGHTER
Feline Extlnsulshes Blaze IN Irous'
ers Leg and Paws Out Other
Flames.

Deadwood, S. D.-What is believed
to be the only fre-ighting cat in the
world is pet in Deadwood business
house. A recent feat OF the animal
was to extinguish fire which had
started In the trousers leg OF Gus
toner in the store. The customer, u
striking g match to light a cigar, &C
ctdentally set fire to his clothing. The
cat discovered the fire. sprang at the
fame, struck at it with her paw and
put it out.
The cat in the same way eXtin
guishes matches which have been
lighted and thrown on the floor. The
animal evinces a desire to get at IRE
whenever she sees it.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1912-05-04

ton to the pact and Howe took to the
bush again. He was pursued by
troops. and in a dreadful hand to
hand conflict was overcome and be.
headed by gigantic soldier known as
big Bill"
Howe's followers continued the war
relentlessly, but at last there came
change. The convicts tired OF bush
ranging and little by little Settled
down to good conduct. The system OF
penal settlements was abolished. No
more convicts came out from England.
Some OF the conyicts became the
most industrious farmers and the most
thrifty and law-abiding merchants IN
the country. Their children gave the
lie to the law of heredity by becom.
ing yeritable gentlemen. Then 1t was
that the people OF the former col.
onies performed surprising act OF
grace and confidence by decreeing the
destruction OF all the records OF con-
yict Punishment and all the SEN
fences and orders applying to the
members of the convict community.
The descendants OF the cony1cts are
now merged and lost in the Australia
sian population They are prominent
In the affairs of the colonies, and hold
offices OF distinction. II their origin
Is known, no one taunts them with it.
The offspring OF the worst criminals
OF Great Britain treated thus with full
confidence, have not tainted the Diood
Of Australasia, but have really
proyed an element OF strength.