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canic mountains to their very crests
In search Of new space for crop grow
ing, leaves little room for the acquisi-
ton of lands by foreigners in Saliva
dor. Virgin land is almost impossible
to find. and the best fields left for CAPT.
tai are in the building of railroads and
In the working of mineral deposits.
But the higher average intelligence of
the people, their proved love for peace
and their friendliness for the foreigner
make Salvador an attractive field in
many ways.
Many of the big coffee f1ncas of the
country are German owned and they
make big money for their owners. Labor
Is comparatively cheap, and the methods
under which it works are rather unusual
The coffee finca owner does not go into
the hedges and byways to find the neces-
sary force of coffee pickers. He simply
goes to some old patriarch and tells him
he will give him so much a quintal for
picking his coffee. The old patriarch, who
Is the head OF settlement of laborers
gathers his force together. usually his
to pick the coffee. The finca owner may
get as much as $40 a hundred pounds
for his coffee, whereas 1t may cost him
less than half as much to grow it. pick
IL, musk II ana get IL 10 market me re-
suit is that most Of the large coffee
growers spend two or three months
abroad, taking their families with them,
and they are usually very cosmopolitan
people.
On the whole Salvador Is charming
place for the traveller. and a place where
the foreigner who comes here lives
happy and contented life. II Salvador
appeal to the United States to compel
Guatemala to let 1t alone bears fruit, the
worst menace the country has will have
disappeared
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liant of Philadelphia. Pa. and The Re-
iat1on of the Medical to the Teaching
profession" by DR.. Ernest Bryant Hoag,
NJ. d.
The second day of the convention will
De opened with a symposium on the med
ical problems OF immigration. Those who
will deliver addresses on this subject will
be w. W. Husband, secretary of the i'm
migration commission, Washington. d. c.:
John ). Rodgers, United States commits
sloner of immigration. Gloucester City.
n j., and DR.. Leland E Cofer of Wash
ington.
Other important papers to be read at
this session include THE Effect of Mod
ern immigration on Our Industrial Cen
tiers. by DIR. Thomas W. Grayson of
Pittsburgh; The immigration of Tuber-
culosis into the United States" by DR.. s
Adolphus knopf of New York 'Immigra-
ton and the Midwife Problem" by DR..
Ira s. Vile of New York and .'On the
Exclusion of those Affected With Dis
eases OF the Skin,' by DR.. l.. Duncan
Buckley Of New York. DR.. Alvah III.
Doty. health officer Of the port of New
York. will also speak on a subject to be
announced later.
The convention will close with a BAN
quet Saturday night.
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TALKS ON SCHOOL GARDENS
Free Illustrated Lecture Given by
z. P, CoWell.

A free lecture on school gar
dens. illustrated by stereopttcon
views. was given at ATT PENNSYLVANIA
avenue northwest yesterday by E. p.
Cowell OF the Franklin Institute of Phila-
delphia. Motion pictures Of educational
value were also shown to the 200 or more
school children who attended.
Mr.. Cowell explained that school gar
dens dated back to $50 B. c.. when Cyrus
the elder of Persia established gardens
throughout his kingdom for the instruc-
ton of children of the nobility He went
on TO say that the Austrian parliament
passed a law In 1887 making it compul-
sorry for all schools OF that kingdom to
have gardens attached, with the result
that there are now about 10000 school
gardens in that country. Belgium also
has similar laws now he said
The Whitechapel district of London,
England, said the speaker, had been en-
tirely transformed by the use of flower
boxes and small gardens by the children.
The movement was next. followed into
this country from Boston down geo.
graphically TO this city
d. ]. Crosby. office of experiment sta
tons of the Department of Agriculture,
also spoke briefly.
So successful have the free lectures and
motion pictures been, Mr. Coweli says
that he is planning 10 extend the move
ment to other cities. Next Saturday MORN
ing. at IL o'clock. another lecture and
motion picture exhibition will be given
on THE Oldest Living Thing in the
World and Other Wonders Of Our Coun-
try"
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Personal to River Men,

Capt Charley Keys, who has been en-
gagged In operating shad and herring nets
in the river this spring. has returned
to the command of the schooner Silver
Star and left here yesterday aboard her
for a river point to load for this city.
Capt. John Barclay OF the Maryland
Pilots Association. who brings the big
foreign ships to this city, was visitor
to the river front yesterday. Capt.
Barclay came over from Baltimore in his
automobile. making the run in less than
ninety minutes. and last night returned
to the Monumental city.
Capt. Douglas Russell, master of the
power yacht Iona, Paul Portner, owner.
Is overhauling his craft and getting her
In condition for the race this week with
the yacht Dacota, r. L. Gait, owner,
to Annapolis. The boats leave here
Wednesday evening next.
Capt. William Malone. formerly master
OF the schooner William Donnelly, is to
take command of the two-masted
bay schooner Alice Hodges. discharging
lumber 1t the nth street wharf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26
BEES SWARM AT WHARF.
Wandering Honey Makers Finally
Hived by E. Madison Hall.

A large swarm OF bees, which had
evidently wandered away from some bee
keeper down the river. came flying up the
harbor last Thursday afternoon and. liking
the looks of the river front as place for
their business. settsled on a plank in the
lumber yard of Z. Madison Hail. on the
10th street wharf. Mr. Hall, who says he
liz an expert beeman, as well as lumber
man. at once sent uptown and procured a
patent beehive. The hive was placed
near the bees and every effort made by
ringing bells. beating tin cans and the
like TO induce the bees to 60 into the
hive. but they would not
Mr.. Hall was not to be outdone by a
bee or an army of bees, so that night
while they Were all asleep he sawed of the
end Of the plank on which they had set
tied and gently brushed them into the
hive. Some Of the bees got angry and stung
Mr.. Hall on the legs. but he did not mind
a sting or two. The bees have become
fond OF their new quarters and yester-
day were working . hard as IL they had
been living on the river front all their
lives
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CARIBBEAN POLITICS.
XXII-Foreign Interests IN Salvador.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

SONSONATE, Salvador, May ID. 1912.
Sonsonate is the second city of Salvador,
and when one hears the natives speaking
of it for the first time he is likely to con-
found 1t with Cincinnati. 1t is situated
in the coastal-plain region of Salvador.
and is. therefore. the center OF the sugar
growing section OF the republic. A large
number of the sugar estates OF Salvador
are owned by foreigners, some of them
by Americans. Among these foreign own
ers of Salvadorean sugar properties are
the father and brothers of Johnny Mois-
SAINT. the reckless pioneer aviator who
was killed by fall something over a
year ago. Mossant was something Of a
soldier Of fortune, and there was a say
ing after his death that at least three
Central American presidents slept better
thereafter. for Moissant had his finger in
almost every revolutionary pie baked in
that region.
The railroads Of Salvador are British
built. and their bonds are British owned.
The government pays a heavy subsidy to
them and in this way the bulk of the
Salvadorean debt Is secured by debentures
on the railways. Most Of the mining In
terests are also in the hands Of the Eng
fish. and there are gold and silver mines
which pay well. While the merchandising
business is largely in the hands of the
Germans, the United States Is able to
hold first place in the matter OF sales OF
goods and supplies to Salvador, with Eng-
land a close second. In the matter of
exports the United States again holds the
place of primacy, with Germany In Sec
ond position While the German mer-
chant does not yield to any person In his
love for the land of his birth, he Is yet
ready to buy where he can buy the best
80 when the English drummer comes
around with better prices than the Ger
man salesman can offer him, he is not
averse to making the most of It. Indeed,
there are stores owned by Germans over
whose doors is the legend, "Ciudad de
Londres." which means city of Lon
dom These are encountered in many
of the republics.
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reveals the fact that in spite of its dense
POP ulation.
Balance OF Trade Salvador Is
In Favor of Country. a'ie 70 keep

AA lawn Va OVUnLy. remarko
BILE balance Of trade in its favor. The
country exports nearly double as much
as it imports, the annual export trade
amounting to $7.300OO0 as compared with
an import trade of $3.75OOOO In other
words, although more than half of the
area Of Salvador Is made up Of volcanic
mountains, the country is yet able to sup
port a population moro than seven times
as dense as that OF the United States
and in addition thereto to sell produce
amounting to 81 per capita over and
above it's home consumption and importa-
tons. Few countries in the world can
show better results than this.
Nevertheless the foreign bondholders
who hold Salvador's obligations are
condition Of the republic. It may be
stated on direct authority that Engla nd 3
representatives in Salvador do not see
how the country can continue to meet
its heavy interest charges. and confessed
ly feeling obtains that there Is immi-
nent danger of a default Salvador will
probably fight off such a catastrophe as
long as possible, for this country has a.
reputation of meeting it's obligations
promptly, no matter how much hardship
the payments entail.
Many conditions have led up to this am
barrassing situation. To begin with Sal
vador has been much burdened with the
necessity Of maintaining a heavy mil
itary establishment, largely through the
pretensions Of Guatemala aimed against
its independence. The Salvadoreans COM
planned bitterly to Secretary Knox about
this and 1t Is hoped that the complaint
has done good. Theh there were many
considerations which made 1t highly de-
sirable that good highways should be
built, and these represented heavy drain
upon the treasury. Add to these things
the railroad subsidy and the interest ON
the national debt. which amounts to s13.-
OOOO0O and 1t will be seen that there
have been very heavy drafts upon the
treasury.
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ending in 1910, a deficit Of over 1900, 900
col n 8.
Duties Are Set Aside colone being
to Pay Foreign Debt. 40 e ~ l1 wss

created. Salvador has set aside spe-
cial lot of customs duties for the
liquidation Of the foreign debt, which
amounts to over $10.0oo.00o. A special
ports brought into the country. and or
40 cents on each 100 pounds OF coffee, Is
levied for the liquidation Of the foreign
loan Of 1908, which amounts to a little
more than $S.O00,000.
Salvador has made a persistent fight
to get it's products to the worlds mar
kets under advantageous terms. Hav-
ing no outlet to the Atlantic seaboard,
ton of a single steamship line on the
west coast, the Salvadoreans concluded
that the best way out Of the difficulty
would be Ito establish a steamship line
er built in the. yards that produced the
Titanic. and which is the smallest ship
ever built in those yards. 1t was
brought over and put on a run from
Acajutla. Salvador. to salina Cruz.
railway. Thus Salvador's coffee, silver,
gold, indigo, sugar. balsam Of Peru, etc,
Is now able to find an advantageous
outlet over the Tehauntepec railroad.
Numerous writer's say that the new
railroad being built in Salvador. from
La Union through to Zacapa. Guate-
mala, is to be part Of the Pan-Amer-
lean railroad. Of which so much has
of Hinton Rowan Helper and the time
of James G. Blaine. But Rene c. Keli-
haur, the personal representative of
Minor c. Keith. the man behind the en-
terprfse. says that it has nothing to do
with the Pan-American project
In the first place 1t is not being built
in direction that would make much
Of It available for that purpose. Its
miles east of the line which would be
required to fill in the gap between the
lines OF western Guatemala and that
Of the Salvador railway Another con-
sideration is the fact that the road is
narrow gauge. Furthermore, the road
Is being constructed without any con-
sideration for its future conversion
into a standard gauge This is one
road where even mahogany is not re-
garded as good enough for ties. The
specifications call for the very hardest
of hardwoods. and the more nearly the
ties approach the hardness OF the lig-
mum vitae. the wood of which bowling
balls are made, the better pleased are
the builders. Many of the ties are ma
tive. although large number are
shipped in on sailing sloops from Mica
ragua.
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PROGRAM Of PARADE
FOLLOWING UNWILLING
Instructions to K. of c. for
Participation in Columbus
Day Exercises.

Maps showing the line of march and
giving parade orders were issued yester-
day afternoon from the knights of Co
mmbus headquarters in the Woodward
building. The orders cover the partici-
patton Of the members OF the order in
the Columbus Memorial parade. to be
held in this city Saturday. June s, fol-
lowing the unwilling Of the Columbus
Memorial on tho Union Station plaza.
They were mailed to the various juris-
dictions OF the order In the United States
and Canada. and bear the endorsement
of Supreme knight James A. Flaherty
of Philadelphia, and of his military aid.
Infantry, National Guard. OF the District
Of Columbia. The maps are copies Of the
official map issued from the office OF Gen.
r. K. Evans. chief OF the militia division.
War Department. who will be chief mar
shall OF the parade.
U. s. Troops to Head Parade.
The head Of the column, consisting OF
the United States troops. blue Jackets
and marine, will form at 18th street and
Pennsylvania avenue northwest. The
knights of Columbus division will form
on both sides of the streets bisecting
Pennsylvania avenue.
Capt. Coope and Capt George Van Horn
Moseley, chief of Gen. Evans stan. went
over the entire formation program yes
terday, and have the details thoroughly
in hand.
The Knights of Columbus are reported
as highly enthusiastic over the coming
pageant. Drills are the order of the day
in all jurisdictions and in all the big
cities of the country rallies are being
held today. drills gone through and new
names added to the list Of reservations.
Every mail brings new lists to the public
comfort committee here in Washington,
further accommodations. Re-
quests for more bands came to the head.
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Coming in Special Train.

telegram received yesterday stated
that San Salvador Council. New York
city. will come to the unwilling in a spe-
cial train with 700 persons. members OF
the council and their ladies. The fourth
degree assembly of Brooklyn. y Y. Will
have q big review this afternoon, in
preparation for participation in the mem
orial pageant.
Thomas F. Flynn of Chicago. marshal
of the fourth degree section of the
knights Of Columbus division. reports to
the headquarters that the list OF men,
bers of that degree who will participate
is receiving additions daily There is
considerable competition between the
members Of the fourth degree in New
York and Chicago. Massachusetts, too,
is contender for prestige The meui-
bers Of this degree will wear silk hats AMI
frock coats.
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Dies at Fire on Davis Estate.

ELKINS. W. Va. May 25.-Ffre early
today destroyed the lodge on former
United States Senator Henry Gassaway
Davis estate Graceland. and Mrs.
Belle Phares. wife OF the lodge keeper,
was burned to death. Phares was seri-
ously burned In rescuing his three chill
rem. and for q time the Davis mansion
WoS threatened.
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A study Of the foreign trade statistics
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CHANGE IN PROGRAM
Settlement Workers to Ad-
dress Academy of Medicine.
MEETS AT ATLANTIC CITY
Convention to Be Held for Two
Days at End of Month.
PAPERS BY WASHINGTONIANS
W. w. Husband and Dr. Leland E.
Cofer Among Those Booked to
Give Talks.
PAPERS BY wAsHINGTONIANS

ATLANTIC CITY. N j., May 25.--One
Of the most interesting sessions In the
history of the American Academy OF
Medicine is promised by those In charge
of the coming convention in this city
May 31-June J.
In addition TO the routine business. this
years delegates will be addressed by a
number of settlement workers, prominent
physicians and sociological experts on
subjects of vital Importance to the growth
and welfare OF the nation.
The program for the two-day meeting,
a. announced today. IS as follows:
Friday. May 31-The report of the COM
nittee TO investigate the teaching Of n.y.
gene In the public schools. by Helen G.
Putnam of Providence. r. L.: the report
of the committee on teaching proven
tive medicine IN universities. by Henry P.
Hemenway, NJ. d. of Evanston, H., and
the rapport of the committee on publish
ing the details of suicides In the public
press, also by DIR. Hemenway. These com
mittee reports will be followed by dis
tuSSf0nS
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Papers on First Day.

The papers to be read at the first days
sessions are as follows: Woman Wage
Farmers and Modern Industries by DR..
James H Mcbride of Pasadena. Cal. !:
Different Civilization Levels in Modern
Society. by NJ p. F.. GrosZmann. Phi. d..
of Plainfeld. \. J.: ~ Medical Study of
Delinquent Girls" by DR.. Alice Weld Tai
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-26

The fact that nearly every available
foot of arabic land is now occupied in a
large degree
Nearly ALI OF Land by the small
=. ~. C.,.. farmers, and
SA 0AsisosAoH they h ave
even pressed up the sides OF the vol
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-07
THE PEACE PRIESTESS.

The coming of Baroness Won SUIT
ner is not the first entrance of Euro
pean royalty into Columbia. Noble
representatives of many foreign
houses have been here. But perhaps
no royal representative visiting this
country has been of SO much real SER
vice to humanity as has the Baroness.
Baroness Won Suttner has warrior
blood in her veins. Notwithstanding
this, she has foresaken all the hon
ors of royal lige and given her ef-
forts to the cause of worldwide
peace From her pen has come the
text book of the movement, Lay
Down Your Arms Hundreds of
magazine articles in a half-dozen Ian
guages have been written by her to
spread the gospel of peace around the
world. Truly she is THE World
Peace Priestess."
Columbia will be highly hOnOred by
her visit She will come to lecture
on peace, a subject of vital interest
to every man and woman. Let us
hope that the impression she carries
away will be that of high citizenship
in a republic.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-07
THE THURSDAY LUNCHEON.

Thursday the Commercial Club
again began the practice of meeting
at luncheon once week. The value
of the Thursday luncheon to the COM
munitv is great. More and more per-
sons are learning the value of CO.
operation and of the waste of indi-
yidual effort. Only when a commun-
itv learns to unite can the highest
development be obtained.
United we stand: divided we fall, y
is as true today as it ever was. In
other words, a community to grow.
thrive and be healthy must have the
united efforts of her citizens. And
this getting together each Thursday
at luncheon of the leading business
men of this city to talk over the needs
of the community is uniting on the
common interests. 1t is good place
to develop fellowship and brotherly
love. Without these things men will
not very well cooperate.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-07
4 CHAMPION OF THE PAST.

Pierre Lott, the French author and
orientalist. is baffled at the ways of
Americans. He dislikes the United
States because it is destructive of the
past. He looks with regret at the
way we wiped out of our existence
our aboriginal past. He can see no
beauty or grandeur in our present.
He deems it easier to assume the
state of being an orientalist than
Yankee. These views he set forth
the other day in New York where he
came to witness the production of a
play written by himeslf.
But it is not hard to appreciate this
viewpoint when We consider that Lott
has lived for sixty years in almost
complete retirement from the world.
The quiet of his French villa was not
conducive to modern thought. His
service of many years in the navy
did not interfere with his dreams of
the past. 1t is of course impossible
for a man whose guiding principle is
the dead past and who regards this
a dead present to appreciate the no
bility of the present.
Lott is living behind the times. In
the hustle and hustle of the busy
world he is the Rip Van Wrinkle of
fiction His dreams are of the prim-
tive past. The worthwhile man of
today is a dreamer, too. but his
dreams are for the future. He can
enjoy the present, profit by the past
and provide for the future.
The students of the University of
Missouri embody the new philosophy
of life which looks to the future and
which is constructive: this is the
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1912-10-07
FRANK A. PAXON, GOOD CITIZEN.
tunitieS

A friend of the late Frank A. FaXOn
of Kansas City once said to him. after
learning that he contributed to most
of the civic and public organizations
of the city, 1T costs lot to be a good
citizen, doesn't it?'
"Yes, it does" replied Mr.. Faxon,
but it's worth it."
This was his view of life. Presi-
dent of large wholesale drug house,
he was never so busy with his own
affairs that he could not afford the
time to work for the betterment of his
home city. The motto he invented,
Make Kansas City a Good Place to
Live In." was no mere combination of
words to him; it was a rule of his
life.
Much of his time was spent in pub
lie or semi-public office. AS presi-
dent of the board of education. he
worked for a broader use of the
schools as social centers and for a
greater usefulness of the public Ii
braries. He was president of the City
Club and had served as president of
the Commercial Club. He was a
member of the Knife and Fork Club
and member of the Y. w. c. A. ad-
visory board.
Mr.. FaXon's life story is one of re-
civic loyalty. The loss to
Kansas City when he died was ire
parable. A few thousands of popula-
ton or a dozen of its factories could
better be spared than could Frank
A. FaXon. Good Citizen.