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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29

IT'S tens of thousands when our Dutch an
cestors landed on Manhattan Island. and
It's colleges and its cathedral when the
bows of the Pilgrims were first trotting
The cowpaths which formed the streets of
old Boston. II had palaces and public
buildings when we had only log cabins.
and its ruins show that it far surpassed
any other city of North America for two
hundred or more years after the CONT
nent was discovered.
/ have seen all the ruined cities of the
world. but / know none more interesting
than those of this old capital of Spanish
America. / have tramped through the
streets of Pompeii. and have explored the
remains of Zimbabwe in northern Rhode
STA. | have explored Timgad, the once
buried capital which is now being exca-
waited on the edge of the Sahara, and
have wandered about over the site of old
Carthage. a few years ago / was in
Baalbek. that old ruin in the mountains
of Lebanon. and it is only few weeks
since ] wrote TO you about Quirigua, the
city of the Mayans in the Motasua val
ley. not far from here.
The ruins of Antigua lie at the foot of
two mighty volcanoes. They,represent
metropolis which was destroyed again
and again by earthquakes and eruptions.
until the people OF Guatemala gave up in
despair and moved their capital to where
il is now.
The site of the city is thirty miles from
the railroad. and il took me ten hours of
hard riding on the back of mule to
reach il. 1t was situated here in the
mountains on the slopes of the Volcano
de Aqua and of the Volcano de Fuego
which. translated into English, mean the
mountains Of fire and of water.
These mountains are symmetrical vol
canoes Each is as beautiful as Full
yama in Japan, or the Moyon volcano of
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Special Correspondence of The Star.

Special Correspondence OF The Star.
LONDON, December 16. 1912.
is no wonder that there was a hot
! fight for the job of chamberlain of
the city of London several months
ago, for il is doubtful if more absolute
snap exists in the whole Of the British
empire. And Adrian Donald Wilde Pol
lock. who won out in the election, is a
lucky man, for he will now exchange one
billet with no duties worth mentioning at
salary of $4,000 a year for another
billet with no duties worth mentioning al
salary of s15."O year.
The job which Pollock who is solicit
tor by profession. occupies at present,
and has occupied since 1903. is that of city
remembrance, which. like his new post
of chamberlain, is little more than a pic
turesque relic of the classic past OF the
city of London-that historic square mile
between Temple Bar and Atdgate, or
which the lord mayor is offlclally the
boss. and whose queer municipal ma
chnery is quite distinct from that which
controls the rest of this metropolis
There is a kings remembrancer. too.
who, oddly enough. is also named Pol
lock, though he and the present city re-
membrancer are not related - and he
actually does something to earn his sal
airy. In the old days his majesty re
membrancer' apparently kept the royal
Engagement book. and saw to it that the
monarch didn't forget any of his dates.
and probably the city remembrancer did
IA like service for the lord mayor. To-
day. however. the actual work Of running
the rich corporation which is the city
of London is done by permanent OFF,
Gals, who really earn their none too mu-
nificent pay, but who sport no grandilo-
quent titles. wear no comic opera dress.
and are not seen riding in state coaches
at the annual lord mayors show.
Fat snaps that date back to the dark
ages are as plentiful m the city of Lon
don as leaves in Vallambrosa. and no.
body yet has discovered what their re-
spectve holders do to earn their money.
There is Secondary for instance. n
the list of city officials with salary of
5000 year, but apart from the fact that
he draws his salary regularly there Is no
evidence that he has any actual existence.
No one outside the city government
knows what the two 'ale connerS" of the
city Of London do to earn their ancient
salaries" of 800 a year each. nor who the
window clerks are or whether the keeper
of the city greenyard keeps it green or
what are the functions of the prothono-
tary Of the Southwark borough court.
The lord mayor. whose salary is equal
to that of the President of the United
States. has quite few real duties. Be
sides presiding over the deliberations Of
the aldermen, like an American mayor.
he sits as a judge in the court of the
Mansion House. and when there are no
cases is duly presented with pair Of
white gloves. He is the head of no end
Of charities and other Institutions, and
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FORM OF RELEASE WHICH RELEASED
SHOPLIFTERS MUST SIGN

J., .......... residing at.
street. married. age. years. in con-
sidcratiou of the sum of 81. hereby adj
nit taking the following property.
from without having paid there
for and with intent not to pay therefor.
and by reason of the withdrawal OF the
complaint of larceny. OF WHICH l AM
GUILTY. / hereby rrmise. release and
forever discharge the said. ..........
OF IFS representatives from any claims.
action or causes of actions which i may
have against. or lts repre-
sentatives or agents by reason of the
withdrawal Of said charge of larceny and
failure to prosecute.
(Signedl Neutrality-suspicious..
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OF have probably
never heard of An
tigua Neverthe-
less it was LONG
one of the grea t
cities of the North
American co n { l.
nent. 1t was ia
nous a hundred
years before any
settlement in the
United States be-
gan to be. 1t had
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to be able to see what is awaiting them
al tho end of the line.
Up 20 eight years ago Shoplifters had
ia nance for their trouble. But they
ovcrGid their business and in 1904 cleaned
up something over d million dollars in
steaiinGs. Things had gotten so bad that
an association of thirty big stores was
formed foT the particular purpose OF
stamping out shOplifting.
Up to that time each store did what Il
could in its own way to watch It's goods
on the counters and catch shoplifterS now
and then. But just before Christmas time
eight years ago the association got to-
Sether and began TO tackle the nuisance
in businesslike way. headquarters
was established and a firm of lawyers
was hired. Previously the shoplfters
had the best OF it because they had their
own lawyers, who We're experienced in
finding loopholes for their clients to slip
through.
Every hiSh-class shoplifter had every
thing fixed up in advance. She joined "A
church. got acquainted with some clergy
man or priest had made IL her business
10 make few acquaintance of high
standing, had butted in on one or two
church societies, and made few re-
marks and some contributions TO show
her warm interest in uplift work All
this was readymade and fixed up in adj
vance and in the hands of her lawyer
When she found herself in trouble she
was reaHy 10 hand out line of de-
tense before a magistrate which usual
~ convinced him that a mistake" had
been made. that "A real OUTRAGE III
been perpetrated on very worthy
charitable woman of high standinp
The clerks from the store were dis
no
and oftentimeS were well scolded nv
their employers for making such a
blunder. In fact. some of the shon-
lifters had the cool audacity tn march
into the store later on and ask for the
superintendent and threaten suit for
damag es.
But when the organization OF the
shops began 10 get working things
wer" very different. The first thing
they did was TO send one OF the assoc
ciation's lawyers TO court 10 look aft
er the case of every Shoplifter that
was arrested Every shoplifter was
photographed and copies of her picture
sent around To each one Of the stores
in III" association. y special private
roeues gallery was started for the
photographs of shoplifterS. and the
clerks began tn know the Shoplifters by
sight Whenever woman was be-
lieved TO be shoplifter. but was able
TO put up a defense which was too
much for the lawyers from the stores
to overcome. they put detectives to
watch the woman night and day, and
the next time she was in trouble they
usually had the goods on her.
81
y good many shoplifters had sense
enough To see that the good old days
were over. II did not take them long to
get il into their heads that there was
not even a gamblers chance of con-
tinuing their work against such odds
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/ have been told that the wife of one
of the wealthiest men in New York is u
victim Of kleptomania Her husband has
large interests in New York and is a
large customer His wife also is a heavy
buyer Of expensive articles. Several years
ago she was caught stealing a ten-cent
pair of scissors, and when she was
brought to the superintendent office the
thing seemed ridiculous and he tele-
phoned her husband, who promptly called
at the store and confessed that his wife
was not responsible for her own acts
protesting that she would not steal again,
but her husband, realizing that she could
not control her impulses, made a secret
arrangement with the store to have his
wife watched whenever she entered the
place. and whatever articles she stole
were to be charged against him on his
regular bill.
l have said that honest shoppers are i'll
no danger of being accused of shoplifting.
This is entirely true. Did you ever know
among your own acquaintance of any
body who had been mistakingly accused
of shoplifting Certainly not.
Now there are several reasons why
honest shoppers are safe. In the first
place the stores will not tolerate "mis-
takes on the part of their detectives.
The orders are to catch shoplifters. but
never to annoy honest shoppers. There
is never an arrest made unelss the detec-
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Vi the IeHlONdI now tiidll i'bJ ScetiS
ago.
today as it lies about me. Some of the
old buildings have been repaired and new
ones erected, so that we have now here
population of perhaps 1900. made up of
Indians and whites. The most of these
people live in low one-Stored buildings of
brick covered with stucco and rooted
with red tiles. Much of the material has
come from the old city and the windows
have antiquated balconies which extend
out over the street and which are barred
Some of the carved wood OF Moorish de-
sign has been kept and not a few OF the
doors are quaint and antique. Many of
them have door knockers of iron, silver
and brass and some have lattice work
over the windows which reminds one of
the Moors There is still plaza in the
center of the city, upon which stand the
government buildings and the ruined ca
thedral. The houses are painted ali the
colors of the rainbow. They stand close
to the streets and are entered by great
doors. which are sometimes heavily bar
red.
You see Indians everywhere, and In
dian babies swarm. Nearly every
woman has a baby at her breast or on
her back. and the boys and girls go
along with babies hung to their backs
as they do in Japan. The children are
put to work early. / see Indian boys of
six carrying burdens and girls OF the
same age trotting along with loads on
their heads.
But come with me and let us take a
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TEHRGK

Quakes do not trouble it. 1t was laid out
on the plans of the old city. but it has
never reached it's magnificence. and the
population now is at least 20.QD less than
was that of the old capital at the time
of the removal, now more than l39 years
ago.
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Copyright. 1912. by Frank G. Carpenter.)
ANTIGUA. Guatemala
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7 A ANTIGUA, A Mighty
Il Capital Which Rose and
Fell Before Washington Be-
gan to Belts Grand Cathe-
dra1 and Wonderful Monas-
teries-The Convent of the
Recollection Now Owned by
Americans-A Look at the
Church of San Francisco
Monasteries Turned Into Cof-
fee Plantations, and Churches
Into Soap Factories-How
the Place Was Destroyed by
Volcanoes of Fire and Water.
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y good many shoplifters had sense
enough To see that the good old days
were over. 1t did not take them long to
get IL into their heads that there was
not even a gamblers chance of con-
tinuing their work against such odds
These women were wise enough to get
out of the business once and for all.
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The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-25

Charlie Green of Saltillo is in the city.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-25
COL. OATHOUT
 ENTERS OFFICE AS DEPUTY ONE MONTH
ASSISTANTS ARE APPOINTED DEFEATED CANDIDATE
 AMONG THEM.

Little Rock, Nov. 25.-J. NJ. Oath out of Bonneville, state auditor-elect, will go into the office December 15 as deputy under Auditor J. R. lobe, to serve for one month, when MT. lobe will retire to go into the state treasury, and Mir Oathout will be- come auditor
 Col. Oathout has practically com peted his staff of deputies. L. L. Golf man, former land commissioner and now secretary of the Capitol Commis- sion, will be chief deputy, succeeding j. C. Colquitt, who was an unsuccess- ful candGatc for the nomination for auditor D & Ricif, who was in the office during the Sloan administration, VIII have desk under Col Oathout. C. 4. Berry, editor of the Huttig Ncas, ~Il succeed E. L. Keene as state printing clerk. J. N Beerste- .hci, a Little Eo1k printer, will be in lhe office, and Miss Jimmie oathout, daughter Of the auditor, will, be ste e,arhcF. Col RodGy, who has been . clerk under Auditor Jote. vii be
 ctaiHeG ioI time ;,t least.
 The only place not definitely flied is Cat of insurance commissioner to sue cced Henry Green. Mr. Green. who is an experienced insurance man, be-
 omcs special agent for the Cotton Insurance Association of Atlanta, an organization of about 20 companies that insure cotton.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-25

Old papers for sale at this office.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-25
REV. [. R. STEELE
 CLOSES YEARS WORK
HOLDS UNIQUE SERVICE-CON- GREGATION CONFIDENT
 OF HIS RETURN.

Interesting services were held at the Methodist church last night by the pastor, Rev F.. R. Steel, assisted by Presiding Elders Rev. F. s. H. John ston of the Morrilton district and J B. Stevenson of the Fayetteville dis trict. Rev. Steeis talk was on the du- ties of the pastor and Rev Stevenson spoke on the duties of the presiding elder, while Rev. Johnston closed with a few remarks on the needs of the people. Each one of these ministers made very encouraging reports of the work done during the conference year just closing. Rev Stevenson reported 700 accessions to the church in his dis trict and Rev. Johnston 800 during the year The services Sunday night marked the close of the pastoral year for Rev Steel with the Conway Meth odst church, During his stay here he has, by his earnest Christian zeal, en- deared himself not only to the mem bers of his own congregation, but to the entire citizenship of Conway, and it is earnestly hoped that he may be returned to labor with us another wear
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-25
MILLAR
 COMPL PL|MFNIED

The following very complimentary mention of one of Conway's leading educators and most distinguished cit izens' appears in the Florence (AlaD Herald:
 "Dr. A. C. Millar, president of Hen drix College, Conway, Arkansas, is the guest of Dr. J. B. Game, dean of the State Normal College. These gen tlemen were formerly associated to- gether in the faculty of Central Col lege at Fayette, Missouri.
 "Dr Millar is one of the leading educators of the south. He is taking advantage of little leisure to visit some of the leading institutions in the south, following the meeting of the Association of Southern Colleges and Preparatory Schools at Spartanburg, s. c. It is gratifying to know that Dr. Millar counted the State Normal College as worthy of a visit.
 At chapel Tuesday morning, pr. Millar made an admirable address to the faculty and students, mainly on the subject of educational values. While this is an old subject, Dr. Mil lar presented it in a new and very at tractive light"
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-25
Admission 5 and 10 Cents


the Railroad Commission, of Van Blu ren; Newt Nance of Central
 District attorney for Western dis trict, Troy Pace of Harrison, whose brother, Frank Pace, is law partner of Senator Davis; Will Steele of Tex arkana, presidential elector; Dan Taylor of Camden, Congressman Ben Cravens of Fort Smith, whose term expires in March; Judge w. A. Fal- coner, Judge s. T. Rowe, and Assist
 ant Attorney General Wm. H. Rec
 tor of Fort Smith; C. D. James of Eureka Springs, NJ. l.. Dav s of Dar- danelle, A. A. McDonough of Fort
 Smith, Robert w. Mcfarland of
 Greenwood, Wythe Walker of Fay etteville, Felix Lindsey of Benton vile, Chancellor J. V. Bourland of Ozark and Prosecuting Attorney Abe Collins of De Queen.
 Postmaster at Fort Smith, S, Win ters. Tom Ben Garrett, Arch Cruce, Angus Mcleod.
 The contests for the presidency of the senate and the speakership of the house are assuming definite shape. For the presidency the principal can didates are w. K. Oldham of Lonoke, who is understood to be Governor Robinson's choice; R. T Raney of In
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-25
CROSSETT HIGH SCHOOL
 TO PUBLISH JOURNAL

w. P. Davidson, principal of the Crossett High School, came up Satur- day and placed an order with the Con way Printing Company for the pubh- cation of a monthly magazine gotten out by the students of the high school in that city. It will be an attractive journal, devoted to the interests of the school, and it's publication shows a very progressive spirit. The name of the magazine is The Hi"
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-25
CONWAY C. K. OF A.
 INSTALL NEW BRANCH

A delegation from St, Andrews branch No. 994, Catholic Knights of America, went to Center Ridge yester- day to install new branch at that place. They report a cordial reception from the people of that city and gen eral good time. Those who participat- ed in the installation from the Con- way branch were: w. J. and John Drummer, A. A. Halter, Albert and John Lachowsky and Ed Redmatten.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-25

dependence county and A. C. Martin |of Faulkner, all three of whom are hold-overs. Senators Phillips and Rodgers were mentioned early, but nothing has been heard of them re- cently. Senator John Ike Moore. who comes back from the Helena district. says that he will not be a candidate for the presidency
 For the speakership, half d dozen have been mentioned, but it is likely the contest will narrow down to a quadrangular affair with 0. c. Lud- wig of Pulaski, Jo Hardage of Clark, s. A. Miller of Jefferson and T. c. lobe of Hampstead, all of whom are definitely announced. Carroll Arm strong of Morrilton, who. was for many years chairman of the state central committee, may become can didate, and Bonnie Davis of Columbia and C. B. Thweatt of Prairie have also been mentioned. c. P. Newton of Lonoke, early mentioned as prob ability, is supporting Hardage, who was one of the floor leaders of the ad- in the last house. A. c. Gray of Independence may also toss his hat into the ring just to be in it.
 iltH fAp saia af fhls off
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-25
CONWAY LOSES
 IN BASKETBALL MORRllTON IS WINNER MORRILTON FORWARDS EASI. LY STARS OF THE CAME
 SCORE, 30 TO 5,

The girls basketball team of Con way High School lost their first game of the season Saturday afternoon to Morrilton High School by the score of 30 to ,. The visitors had the local team outclassed in every phase of the game, Their team work was excellent. Although the Conway team was much lighter than Morrilton, they played a fast and snappy game. Morriltons forwards were the stars of the game. They threw field goals from almost every angle and pulled off several startling plays. The entire team from the local school played a good game considering the handicap under which they were laboring. The lineup:
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-25

Clark supporters, like boys, must wait for the second table.
 Complications will arise through lclashing interests in state politics | The relations of Senators Davis and Clarke are none too harmonious, and with Donaghey, Robinson, Oldfield Floyd and probably others casting eyes upon the senatorial togas, it may readily be seen that trade and barter will form a large factor in the situ- ation. It is no violation of political condolences to predict that Senator Davis will recommend no one who will later help Governor Robinson, neither is it expected that Senator Clarke will go out of his way to elevate known friends of Donaghey or Oldfield, Tax en by and large, it is one of the pret. tlest plays ever staged in the political theater of Arkansas, with displaced Republicans and a satisfied Democrat c minority in the role of interested spectators.
 As many of the appointments will not be made for year yet, it is not practicable to close the nominations at this time, but the field is already large and growing, Among those who have .already announced their candidacy, or who have been mentioned in connec- tion with the various more important offices, are the following;
 Collector of internal revenue, J, S, Barkman, who has been cashier in the office since the days of Cleveland.
 Receiver of land office, Little Rock, Judge R, w. Chrisp, late county judge of White county, and G. T. Berry, for years clerk in the office,
 Register of land office, Harrison, Alex C, Hull of Harrison, former sec retaiy of state, and w, F. Eatman, for years clerk of Baxter county.
 Commissioner of internal revenue at Washington, David A. Gates of the Arkansas Tax Commission.
 Postmaster at Little Rock, w. E. Floyd, L. C, Gulley A. L. Smith, R, P. Horrocks and Ben l.. Griffin.
 District attorney for Eastern dis trict, J. H. Harrod of Little Rock, president of the first Woodrow Will son Club; s. P. Simpson of Para gould. and s. D. Campbell of New port.
 U. s. marshal for Eastern district, R. F. Miwee of Clarendon, speaker of the last house; Sheriff Edgar E. Brewster and C. NJ. Philpot of Pine Bluff, Charles Mckee, John R. Fra zier and Louis Reichardt of Little Rock; Floyd Walker, manager of the McCombs plantation in Ashley coun- ty
 U. s. marshal for the Western dis trict, Col. Henry Stroup of Paris, II, F. Reagan, Pack Walker and Joe Frost of Fayetteville, John w. How ell and w. J. Johnston of Fort Smith Dr. A. E. Hardin, city health officer of Fort Smith; Bob Young of Green wood, former state mine inspector; Phil D. Scott, presidential elector, and R. P. Allen, former chairman of
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-25

MT. and Mrs. D. L. Young of Mus kogee, Okla, are the guests of Mrs. Fife Lincoln. Mir. Young has posi- tion as travelling salesman and they will make Conway their home.
The log cabin Democrat., 1912-11-25

Summary-Referee, J. Richard Bar ton of Hendrix; Scorer, D. l., Purkins of Hendrix; Timekeepers, Peterson of Morrilton and Ellis of Hendrix; Time of halves, h minutes, Score Morrilton 90, Conway 5 Field goals, Parrish 3, Hairston 6. Stroup l, Blair l. Goal from foul, Stroup l,