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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-19
BEING PRESIDENT.
What It Means to Hold Down the
big Job"

Trivial politics and patronage make the
job of President of the United States a
good deal of a nuisance. says President
Taft in an interview given to James
Hay, jr., which is published tomorrow in
our Sunday Magazine, but. nevertheless,
he is we'll pleased with the post and
says: Its responsibilities are vast; but
SO are it's compensations and rewards"
1t will surprise many to read this
statement, when he discusses the trou-
bles of dispensing patronage so that all
those interested will be pleased and at
public. I'm my case the limitation on the
appointive power was particularly mark
ed. because / came into power as a re-
suit of the good will of the Roosevelt
people, and left the Roosevelt people in
their places. The effect of this did not
feel until comparatively recently; but,
when assertions from the party became
marked. 1 realized that the civil service
was too full of men who were against
work for the government effectively, but
their attitude bothered and hampered
me-"
1t also hampers the work of the Presi-
dent for his power to wane during the
second Congress of his term. During the
first "men rush forward to seek his
favor and to hear his suggestions; but
afterward enmities spring up and grow,
thus impairing his power over the legis-
lative bodies.
There is always plenty to do he
graph on a photograph to preventing
Congress, in so far as l can, from en-
acting LEGISLATION of which I do not an
DrOVe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-19
LOSS IN FOREST FIRES.
Reaches $25, 200, 900 Annually, Says
Secretary Wilson.

Forest fires have long been regarded
by the Department of agriculture as
one of the greatest economic problems
in connection with conservation in
this country. The department has been
making a record Of the losses caused
by these fires. with a view to better
fire control. The forest service is de-
voting all possible time and money
toward building new forest trails, MAIN
tanning telephone lines between the
rangers headquarters and the outside
world. and establishing watch towers,
whence early detection Of fires is pos
sible.
Secretary Wilson has just issued a
bulletin on the subject Of forest fires.
in which he says:
Forest fires in the United States have
caused an average annual loss of about
seventy human lives, the destruction of
trees worth at the very least $4,000, 900,
and the loss of stock. crops, buildings
and other improvements to the amount
Of many millions more. To these must
be added enormous losses from the de-
struction of young tree growth, de-
terioration of the soil, damage to water
courses and adjacent property by low
water and flood, interruption of bust
ness and depreciation of property. BY
inquiry into the causes and extent of
such fires, we are able to realize in some
degree the magnitude of their losses.
even though their annual amount in
dollars may not be apparent"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-19
BRUSH'S IDEA COMES LATE.
Dreyfuss Fails to Comprehend New
York Owners Viewpoint.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, October 19.-Bar-
ney Dreyfuss is angry over the refusal
Of John T. Brush to turn over to the
National League - per cent of the New
York clubs receipts from the world s
series games Brush contends the res
olution adopted at the meeting OF club
owners last winter is illegal.
Its queer that Brush never thought
of that rule before" said Dreyfuss. 1T
has been year since ii passed. All the
clubs were represented at the meeting.
Pittsburgh and Chicago, who had as
much prospect OF winning the pennant as
the Giants did, voted for the rule
can't understand what Brushs conten-
ton is, but perhaps he'll explain at the
December meeting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-19
Aeroplanes and War.
he BOSTON TRANSCRIPT.

From the Boston Transcript.
With all due respect to the advocates
of peace none of the many expositions
and explanations demonstrates conclu-
sively that airships exert an influence
on the question of peace or war either
one way or the other. 1t is a common
assumption that the more detructive
weapon gives victory to those who en-
ploy it. History, however abounds in ex-
amples of better leadership or better
morale more than offsetting the better
weapon. The French in 1870 possessed a
rifle of a very much longer range than
the German needle gun, but the needle
gun won because those who carried it
were better drilled. better led and got in
under the fire of the chaSsepot.
Nor does the knowledge that the enemy
is superior in number or equipment al
ways act as deterrent. BY the rules of
the mathematical game Japan should not
have gone to war with Russia. Russia
had more resources and more men as
well as more ships Japan won because
the personnel of its navy was so much
better than that of the Russian navy
that the latter was first paralyZed in the
earlier stages of the war and conclusive
ly defeated in it's final stage. War games.
too, it must be remembered, are so differ
ent from real war that the imitation is
sometimes almost ludicrous. War games
are played for points. Battles are fought
Tor DlOOQ. In real WAT the cIoIuy Is not
'out' when he reaches a certain point.
He is very often "in." Airships employed
in peaceful maneuvers have little to do
but to spy out the land. In war, when
one airship squadron would be fiercely
by another, airships would
not be simply put out; they would be
knocked out wherever possible. Every
weapon used by one side would be en-
p,oyed to destroy, and, where that was
not possible, to embarrass the sky scouts
of the other. AS in old-fashioned war
the cavalry Of one army secuted far
ahead to drive back the inquisitive troop
ers of the other, SO the modern army will
use all its aerial services to battle the scru-
tiny of its opponents. The millennium is
so far off still that it is not plausible to
believe that nations will not continue
to compete in war equipment, each conf
dent that with some special agency Of its
own it can overcome a peculiarly destruc-
tive agency or agencies that its suppos-
able enemies are known to possess.
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The Southern Railway.

PREMIER CARRIER OF THE SOUTH.
N.B.-Following schedule figures published ONLY
as Information. and are not guaranteed:
TRAINS LEAVE WASHINGTON:
For Atlanta, Montgomery. Mobile, New Orleans.
$50 a. m. and 10. rs p. m. daily. Dining cars.
For Chattanooga and Memphis. via Ashevile.
1915 pm. daily.
For Atlanta, Columbus. birmingham, $50 am
and 4.35 pm. daily. Dining cara.
For Atlanta. Admission. Taladega, Calefa. Selma.
$50 a. m: and 435 pm; daily; and for Uniontown.
DemopOlis. Meridian $50 am daily. Dining cars.
For Roanoke. Bristol. Knoxville. Chattanooga.
birmingham: Meridian, Vicksburg. New Orleans
1910 pm. daily Dining car.
For Roanoke. Knoxville. Chattanecsa.. Nash.
Vile. Memphis. 40 am. daily. Sleeping cal
may be occupied after 1000 pm. Dining car; :.
For Ashevflle. $50 an. S.5S pm. and 1O.4o
pm. daily. Dining cars
For Columbia. Summerville, Charleston. Aiken,
Augusta. Savannah. Brunswick. Jacksonville and
Florida points. 5.55 pm: daily. Dining car:
SUNDAY, 4.35 pm.
For DanviIle docaD, 7.3o am. daily.
For Harrisonburg. $50 I'm. daily (paflor can:
3.35 pm. tparlor carl and 4.4O pm. week days:
For Charlottesville QocaD. 7.30 am. and AN
pm. daily.
For Warrenton, $50 an. il 90 an. 4.40
pm; daily; 3:35 pm. (parlor carl and ass p. N.
week days.
L. s. BROWN, General Agent.
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AMERICAN HORSES
IN TURF SCANDAL
HaIiebarde and P0Is Alto Said
to Have Been ''Doped" in
Winning French Races.

PARIS. October 19.-The greatest scan
dal created on the French turf in many
years broke loose yesterday when the
racing solons disqualified three recen,
winners-Bonbon Rose. Hallebarde. Polls
Alto-took away their purses and an
nounced that the licenses Of their train
ers would probably be withdrawn on the
ground that the horses were ''doped
when they were victorious. Hallebards
and Polls Alto are said to be owned by
Americans.
The case of Bonbon Rose is the most
important. as 1t means the loss Of Sill .O0C
to her owner. r. d. Monebell. an in
fiuential owner. This rich purse was the
result of her victory in the Maisons
Lafitte cup September %. when she easily
outran Shannon, the winner Of the au-
tumn Grand Prix. and Martial III.
The latter finished second I'm the even,
In which Bonbon Rose finished outside
the money, and the reversal helped to
start the INVESTIGATION The DISQUALIFIED
ton of Bonbon Rose will cost Milton
Henry. the American jockey. who rode
her to victory. $1.1OO He was to receive
10 per cent of the purse for his brilliant
performance. The ruling takes away the
expected $1,1OO.
Hallebarde is the property of Michae
Lazard, an American owner and is train
ed by H. Childs. an American handler
Polls Alto belongs to Wadsworth Rogers
an American. and is under the care of w
Flatman.
The decision Of the French Racing
Club was taken on the report of Prof
Kaufman, who is employed to discove,
cases of artificial stimulation among the
runners. He made a thorough examina.
ton of the three horses in question and
announced that they We're "doped."
1t has long been the cry of the TURTLES
that surprising successes of some Ameri
can runners were attributable to the use
OF drugs and other methods The outer,
was so insistent that an Investigation
was made with the above results 1t ma,
be added that the investigation produced
ample evidence that the doping Of run
ners was utilized here thirty years ago
or long before American horsemen pat
ronized these courses.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-19
SURPRISING SCRAP.
kid" Williams Defeats Johnny
Coulon on Points.

NEW YORK, October 19.-kid Williams
of Baltimore proved a tartar to Johnny
Coulon, the champion bantamweight OF
the world, in a furious and fast ten-round
bout which went the limit at the Gar
den A. c. last night.
Williams gained the honors in six of the
ten rounds. Coulon had the better of two
rounds, and two sessions We're even. But
while Williams defeated the champion
decisively, he did not win the coveted
title, as a championship cannot be de-
cided except by a referees decision or by
a knockout. AS Williams failed to ac-
complish this, Coulon holds the title, al
though it is an empty one. Coulon en-
tered the ring weighing 111la pounds.
Williams weighed 115l2 pounds.
Williams was a master of Coulon at All
STYLES of fighting He was the aggressor
throughout.
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FOCEL DENIES He
WILL SELL PH|[L|ES
Talks With Livingston, Gin.
cinnati Man, Then Says It's
All About a Farm.

NEW YORK. October educational
League base ball men lounged I'm the
corridors of the Waldorf-Astoria yester.
day informally discussing the mix-ur
involving Horace Fogel, president of the
Philadelphia club, and T. ]. Lynch presi.
dent of the league. Conflicting stories
were told concerning the probable out
come of the charges made by Lynch
against Fogel for declaring that the
Giants won the pennant this year par.
TALLY because of dishonest umpiring.
After Fogel had talked in a corner fol
nearly one hour with Jefferson Living
ston of Cincinnati it was reported by sew.
eral persons. who said they were in the
know. that Livingston had made an offel
for the Philadelphia club, and that Foge
had fixed a prohibitive price. including q
bonus of $4,000 on the side. 1t also was
stated by men identified with base bal
that Fogel had until October 26 to take
up several notes held by Charles p
Taft.
The gossips were sure that Fogel after
talking to the reporters Thursday even
ing took the midnight train for Phila-
delphia to secure certain documents and
returned at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing for the chat with Livingston that
caused so much comment.
When Fogel was informed of these
stories he said that all of them were fic-
ton. He denied that he had left the
Waldorf-Astoria overnight to visit Qua.
kertown, but admitted that he had talked
with Livingston until 3 o'clock yesterday
morning, the topic being a farm in which
Fogel declared both were interested
Fogel denied point-blank that Livingston
had made an offer Of any kind for the
club and again stated with a show OF
feeling that Mr.. Taft did not hold any
notes and had not called upon Fogel to
settle up October %.
II know of fifty milhonaires in Phila-
delphia who want to buy my club" said
FogeI land the price is just 81 900. 600
1 received an offer of $S00.O00 two years
ago. But I'm not going to SELL That
would be running out under fire. I'm not
a criminal and they can't expel me for
what 1 have said
LAS for President Lynch. 1 probably
will bring an action for criminal libel
against him at an early date. I have re-
tanned Hughey Jennings as one of my
lawyers, and 1 intend to have several of
the best in Philadelphia
c. II. Ebbets of the Brooklyn club and
j. E. Gaffney of the Boston club talked
with Fogel later in the day, while Au-
gust Hermann of Cincinnati, Lynch and
John A. Heydler flocked by themselves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-19
ANOTHER LUCKY BALL PLAYER.
Citizens of Lewiston, Me-, Present
Auto to Bill Carrigan.

LEWISTON. Me, October 19.-"Bilr'
Carrigan, veteran catcher for the Boston
Red Sox, the new worlds base ball
champions, was given an automobile by
his feellow-townsmen last night as the
climax to a welcome home. parade
met Carrigan and Capt Heinie Wagner
at the railroad station and escorted the
players to the city hall, where thee mayor
and other prominent citizens eulogized the
players and presented the automobile to
Carrigan.
With Wagner and other members of the
Red Sox Carrigan plans a hunting trip
in the Maine woods in a few days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-19
Periodical Drinker,
From the Kansas City Star.

From the Kansas City Star.
A doctors patient in Excelsior Springs
the other day was answering the usual
list Of queries prior to entering upon a
course of treatment.
Are you a steady or a periodical drink
err" asked the physician.
Periodical" was the reply.
"How long between periods?"
The poor fellow studied moment that
he might answer correctly. and replied:
About twenty minutes"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-19
Triple.
From the London Chronicle.


Tripe, writes a correspondent, is a dish
for the gourmet. cooked in a pipkin Gas
they do 1t in France) with a delectable
brown sauce. And yet this excellent and
delicate food has fallen into disrepute
with US. Where now are those "tripe
and trotter" shops that used to be quite
common in London twenty years ago?
And we have turned the word to the pur-
pose Of scornful slang. We say that a
silly book is ''tripe." or that a man talks
''tripe.' 1t is deadly condemnation.
AS to cheese and onions, one thinks of
Shakespeares cheese and garlic in a
windmill and shudders. But add tripe
to the cheese and onions and you have a
really worthy dish. 1t all depends on the
cook.
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PLAY BEST MATCH
Of Tennis Tourney in Mems
Doubles.
DOYLE AND GRAEvES WIN
Defeat Gordon and McClung by
Working Brilliantly-Winners
Get Breaks in Luck. ,

In what was easily the best match 81
the tournament. Harold +. Doyle and
Carlton Graeves defeated Lee McClung
and Spencer Gordon for the title in the
mems doubles in the first annual
event of the Columbia Country Club. SO.
g.. Go and G. being the scores.
Doyle's spectacular work attracted lots
of attention. but Spencer Gordon of tho
opposing side ran him a close second. In
fact all four men showed some brilliant
tennis, but il was on Doyle and Gordon $
shoulders the responsibility rested at
critical stages and both proved that they
We're equal to the occasion, saving their
side many a game.
In the opening set the Chevy Chase
pair. Gordon and McClung. took early
lead and won rather handily, only eight
games being played. Their opponents
seemed to come to life in the second, and
from this time on the match was fun OF
thrillers and closely contested Doyle and
Graeves had the count 81 in the second.
but a brilliant squirt enabled their oppo-
nents to all but catch them.
Fight Stubbornly for Points.
In the third and fourth. although the
set score would indicate that the Column
bia star won rather easily. this was
not so. as almost every point was stub
bornly contested, and luck proved an
| important item, the winners being IA
| vored with all of the breaks. They count
ed no less than ten points in the last set
on returns of their opponents. which
went out by inches, viii e they Were for
tunate in winning many on their own
returns, which hit i'm by the same mar
| gin.
Doyle's service was very puzz,ing and
| this also aided him. as he and his partner
| had no trouble at all in handling the
serve of either of his opponents. Cor
| don's stroke was working well. and the
former Princeton champion whipped sew
eral over the net during the match which
were so fast that the Doyle-Greaves COM
bination could hardly see them and could
not handle them at all. The card for the
match is given below:
FIRST SET.
Gordon GSge AND and f nscians
SECOND SET.
Doyle and Graeves... . l 49, aas-6
Gordon and McClung. 3 = 2-''s-A
THIRD SET.
Gordon STe ann and ' Mecinns: a-$sS
FOURTH SET.
Doyle and Graevcs. l 3 &c sos
Gordon and McClung- U 30
Weather permitting. the mems singles
between Harold IT, Doyle anu Lee VIZ
Chung will be decided this afternoon
when these two NEE i'm the final round.
The consolation singles will probably be
completed at the same time.
The summaries for yesterday follow;
Mems doubles. semi-final round-Spencer Cor,
don and Lee McClung defeated III. r. Lerch and
A. NcIachlan e. 4-6 and 6-3
Final round-Harod Il. Doyle and Carlton
Graeves defeated Spencer Gordon and Lee NC
Chung, Sc. ca, 6-3 ard &C.
The matches for today are:
Mems singles, final round for the utle-Haroid
f. Doyle Lee McCiung.
Mems singles, consultations second round
Robert Heaton J. III. Parmalee-
Semi final round-B. c. Flounroy VS.. winner
Heaton-Parmalee match; III. Il. Davidson, jr..
VS.. r.. o. Leech.
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RAILROADS.

CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO LINES.
SIS pm. daily-Seepers to Louisville. C1ncin-
natl. Indianapolis and st. LOuic.
6.35 pm. daily-Pullman to Cincinnati and
Chicsgo.
lilo pm. daiy-sleepers to- Virginia Hot
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Always Good.
From Sketch.


The Artist think I've got a good joke
this time. what?
The Editor-You're right. It's good
joke-I always laugh at this one before l
reject 1t; done 1t for years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-19

Charles Conner. Western Maryland rail-
way yardmaster Hagerstown. Md, has
been nominated by Gov. Goldsborough as
ensign in the United States navy.
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mo FREE TRADE AIM
Revision Only of the Tariff Is
Planned, Says Wilson.
STATES PARTY'S POSITION
Predicts Reform Forces Will Domi-
nate Both Houses.
PRESIDENT IN ACCORD NEEDED
Declares Election Of Executive Out
of Sympathy With Them Would
Generate Discomfort.
STATES PARTY'S POSITION
PRESIDENT IN ACCORD NEEDED

PITTSBURGH. October 19.-The posi-
ton of the democratic party on the tariff
was discussed by Gov. Wilson in his
speech here last night He predicted that
1.-The forces Of reform will be dominant In
both houses in the next Congress, and
declared that the election Of Presi-
dent out of sympathy with them would
generate uneasiness and discomfort. He
said. in part:
81 welcome the opportunity of stating
what believe to be the we'll considered
position of the democratic party with
regard to the tariff. 1t is absolutely es-
sential that we should be entirely frank
with one another in the discussion OF
this fundamental question.
1.-The business men Of the country owe
il to themselves to face the facts as
they are and to meet them in spirit
Of accommodation, which has no touch
either of radicalism or of mere theo-
retical reconstruction in it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-19

I'm the Purple October" by William j.
hampton. in our Sunday Magazine to-
morrow.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

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Does Not Propose Free Trade.

1.-The democratic party does not pro-
pose free trade or anything approaching
free trade. 1t proposes merely recon
sideration Of the tariff schedules such as
will adjust them to the actual business
conditions and interests of the country
Every observant business man must have
realized long ago that the tartn schedules
were constructed in such way that
business was not upon a normal basis
in the United States. They do not con-
stitute system OF well considered pro-
lection. On the contrary, they embody
innumerable cunningly devised and care
fully concealed special favors. and par
ticular groups of capitalists and manu-
facturers have taken advantage OF these
special favors to build monopoly up In
way that is threatening and danger
Gus to every new and independent enter
prise.
''Our field Of industry is like an untend-
ed garden. Some Of the plants have sc
overshadowed the rest as to give them
no chance of light or air. Their roots.
moreover. have monopolized the soil. and
new growths are all but impossible. II
we would have stable prosperity. we must
admit light and air and freedom into the
whole process of our industrial life, and
it Is with that object that the democrats
will approach the revision of the tariff.
Their desire is not to check. but to aid,
not to embarrass, but to quicken. .
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Conditions "Not Well Enough"

THE argument would be very i'm
pressive If I'VE really thought that the
present conditions are we'll enough. but
we know that they are not. that they
constantly involve the influences OF
monopoly. Of manipulation, Of private
control. and even if they were well
enough. it is not leaving them alone
to elect Mr.. Taft President, to hold a
restless nation at standstill for four
years and exasperate the very forces
which may now, If properly guided and
wisely moderated. remove every OBJ
stacle to free enterprise and unlimited
business expansion.
There are more possibilities of panic
ensuing upon Astounding prosperity un-
der the present system than there could
be under any other. and every dictate
Of prudence. every instinct of states
manship. ought to point to those early
reforms which can be accomplished in
good temper by common counsel and
in moderate form. We cannot stand
still. least of all when the opportunity
of unbounded prosperity beckons us on
ITO retain our present embarrass-
ments would be to miss our chance"