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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05
SHIFT FOR COL. JUDS0N
Col. Cosby Likely to Be Designated
in His Place.
OPPOSITION TO CAPT. OYSTER
Advocates of Various Candidates
Probably Will Put Up
Red-Hot Fight.

The District commisSionership problem
took another turn at the White House
today, when IL became known that Pres
ident Taft has begun TO consider the
nomination of A. Leftwich Sinclair as the
democratic representative on the board.
and for the present has set Capt. James
+. Oyster and others whose names have
been mentioned to one side.
Up to date the President has not shifted
as to giving Commissioner Rudolph an
other term as the republican representa-
tive.
Another most interesting feature of the
situation is that the President strongly
has in mind the relief of Col. Judson as
Engineer Commissioner and the assign
ment of Col. Spencer Cosby. now super
intendent of public buildings and grounds
as Engineer COmmissionr. Col. Judson's
four-year assignment at the District
building will expire in February. and his
services are in demand on the Panama
canal and elsewhere. The President is
understood to feel that Col. Judson will
be able to do fine work elsewhere and
that he will follow the custom of keep
ing an Engineer Commissioner only TOUR
years. sending him elsewhere about the
expiration of that period.
New Assignment Probable.
1t now seems practically settled that
Col. Judson will shortly receive new
assignment, and that he will be succeed
ed by Col. Cosby, who is well known in
Washington 1t is because of Col
Cosby's thorough knowledge of the Dis
trict that the President contemplates
his assignment here as District Commits
sioner, the Presidents view being that
| it would not be advisable to send an
engineer to the District building who
was not informed as to local conditions.
| Since it became rumored that Capt.
| Oyster was fairly close to the nomination
as democratic Commissioner the expected
| opposition to him has started. This is uni
formly the case when advance news gets
! out The President has been told by some
i of the friends of other candidates that
] Capt. Oyster cannot be confirmed
Suggested by Mr.. Martin.
lieved to have been suggested to the Pres
ident by Senator Martin of Virginia. Mr.
| Sinclair is originally from Warrenton. bu,
! has lived in the District long time. A
well known politician &ho called at the
White House today to take dip into the
| commissionership fight said that Mr.. Sim
clair has the open backing of Speaker
Clark, Senator Martin and other demo
Iicrats of prominence. Senator Martin was
at the White House a few days ago.
| There is every indication now that a
red-hot fight over the whole commission
ership question will loom up. and that
the advocates of the various candidates
will begin TO make the fur fly for their
| friends and against their opponents. The
| President is known to desire a good
democrat, satisfactory to the people OF
the Distric.. who can be confirmed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05
Begins With Gen. Black.

Representative johnson began his cam
raisn for promotions for old employees
with Gen. Black. president of the civil
service commission, while the hearings
we're in progress. Representative john
son said at the time:
II have some very decided notions
about promotions. j do not believe there
are many places In the government serv-
Ice where there is not some man al
ready in that division who is capable OF
being promoted, and if you promote him
from s1.SOO to 5000 that enables you to
put somebody else up all along the line
and increase the pay of half a dozen
men in that same lot of clerks; but if
you go outside to get the man to put in
the higher places, you do not help an
other Elan in the office, and it is hard for
me to believe there is not a division here
where you could not find man compe-
tent to do the work and worthy of the
promotion and thereby help quite num-
Der Of fhem.''
Later. when Surgeon General Rupert
A Blue. bureau Of public health. was
before the subcommittee, Mr.. Johnson
asked him:
Il wish to ask you one question. Is it
your purpose to promote people who are
already in that bureau if these increases
are allowed. or to go outside for the ad
Gitional help
Gen. Blues reply was:
Il am a thorough believer in the policy
OF promotion for merit. but we expect
to go outside for at least two or three of
the additional clerks required. for this
reason: We need translators in German
and Slavonic. We already have French
and Italian translators. And there is one
clerk We are very much in need of, and
that is the one at S1,SOO to assist in
editing our weekly publications and also
the scientific bulletins. OF course, no
one in the bureau could be promoted to
that position.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05
L|BERAL|Ty TO LEvEES
ASKED OF COMMITTEE
Delegation From Rivers and
Harbors Congress Appears
at Capitol.

To induce the House committee on
rivers and harbors to be more liberal
in the Mississippi river 1evee appro-
priations at this session, a large dele
cation of members of the National
Rivers and HarbOrs Congress appeared
before that committee at 2:3O o'clock
today. The government ownership and
control of Mississippi levees. as favor
ed by President Taft. was not the sub
ject of the meeting, although the
southern planters. engineers and busi-
ness men present are unanimously in
favor of the proposition, and hope that
some day the United States will adopt
the policy of caring for the leveeS en-
tirely. instead of appropriating about
one-third of the annual expense.
The rivers and harbors men present
at the hearing had firm friend in
Representative Humphreys Of Missis-
sippi member Of the committee. who
is absolutely in favor of government
control. but who said he realized that
the only way to reach that goal is by
conservative steps.
Contributions Toward Levees.
1t was stated that the Mississippi valley
agricultural districts had contributed
$50, coo, ,OG0 for leveeS and that the United
States had given S2GOOO,OOO. The forth
coming bill for improvements to rivers
and harbors will have an item, Of many
millions for levee work. Strengthening
them and extending them. and it was the
aim of the speakers to induce the COM
mittee to frame the bill so that the
United States this year would contribute
81 for every one paid in by the taxpayers
along the rivers.
About s35,OOOOO0 worth of engineering
work is projected to cover the needs of
the river bottom from Cairo to the gulf.
and about sSOOO,OOO Of this will be ap-
propriated this year. it is believed.
Speakers Before the Committee.
Col. Townsend, president of the Missis-
sippi river commission, was the chief
speaker before the committee today
Others We're Maj. c. H. West. a member
of the commission: Maj. Kerr of Louisi-
ana. o. n. Killough of Arkansas, Martin
Behrmann of New Orleans. Thomas c.
Anderson and j. W. Ross of Louisiana
and many others.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05
RAILROAD DEAL INQUIRY
Resolution to Investigate Al
legged Tranaction Comes Up
Next Tuesday.

A congressional investigation of the al
legged big traffic deal between the Grand
Trunk and the New York. New Haven
and Hartford railroads, which has agi-
tated New England. was foreshadowed by
the action Of Chairman Henry of the
House rules committee indefinitely agree
ing today to hear reports of both sides
at IL o'clock Tuesday morning, on a pro-
posed rule to bring up in the House the
resolution to investigate the
fro acfj
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05
STANDS BY FRIENDS
Premier Poincare Announces
Policy of France.
ATTITUDE AS TO BALKANS
Armistice Between Greece and Tur-
key Looked For.
~
POWERS ARE HOLDING BACK
All Have Not Decided Whether Mo-
ment Is opportune for an Am
bassadorial Conference.
ATTITUDE AS TO BALKANS
POWERS ARE HOLDING BACK

PARIS. December 5.-France spoke
plainly today on the European situation.
Premier POincare told the committee on
foreign affairs of the chamber of depu-
ties:
We stand by our allies and our friend
ship
The premier was laying down the policy
to be pursued by France in the Balkan
settlement.
Frances position in the present tense
European situation was summed up by
Premier POincare in few words He
said:
Frances program is:
"First-Continuity in our foreign poll
cies and consequently the practical and
persevering operation of our alliances and
friendships.
''Second-Sincere and continued efforts
to secure the peace of Europe.
'Third-AbOve all the firm and calm
resolution to secure respect for our rights
and maintain our national dignity free
from all possible attack"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05
Registered Together Monday Night.

The three persons registered together
at the hotel Monday night and had not
left their rooms. Today when the rooms
were opened Mrs. York appeared not to
know that Miss Turner was dead, al
though the indications were that she
had died at least forty Eight hours be-
fore Coroner Swope of Ashland, who
hegan an investigation at once, believes
death was caused by poison. Mrs. York
is being held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05
Conference Is Held.

Mr.. Henry conferred today with both
Mr.. O'Shaunessy and a representative of
the railroads. each of whom wants to pre-
sent his side OF the case. Mr.. Henry
will call the committee meeting at once.
The O. OShaunessy resolution would create
q special House committee to conduct an
INQUIRY, independent of the federal grand
Jury investigation in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05
POISON PLOT SUSPECTED
Woman Companion of Dead
Girl and DYING Man Held
by Police.

CATLETTSBURG, Ks.. December o
The body of Miss Minnie Turner was
found in a room in 4 hotel here this
morning when 1.-THE owners Of the hotel
forced the door. James York, Hunting
ton, w. Va, was dying, and a second
woman. who was registered as Mrs.
York, appeared in no way able to account
for the death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05
Expect Grecian Armistice.

LONDON, December 5.--An armistice
between Greece and Turkey is to be con-
cluded in day or two. according to
news agency dispatch from Constanti-
nople.
Ismail Kemal Bey, the leader of the
Albanians. has telegra phed TO Vienna
from Avlona protesting against the bonn
bardment of that town by two Greek
gunbOats, according to dispatch from
the Austrian capital. After bombarding
the international telegraph office the
gunboats made special targets of those
public buildings in the town which were
flying the new Albanian flag.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05
PLAINLY EXPRESSES VIEWS
Opposes Bringing in Outside Men for
New Jobs.
QUERIES PUT AT HEARINGS
Chairman of Subcommittee of the
House Asks Questions
of Officials.

Promotions made under the lesisla-
tive executive and judicial bill ought to
benefit the employees already in the de-
partments. I am opposed to bringing in
outside men for the new jobs and letting
the old employees stay at the same sal
aries
This is the expression of Representative
johnson of South Carolina, chairman of
the subcommittee that reported the leg
islative bill yesterday. Mr.. Johnson took
pains, all through the hearings on the
BILL to impress on the department heads.
bureau chiefs and others that If the in
creases asked for We're allowed, the bene-
fit ought to be felt all through the Of
fees.
Members of the committee believe the
legislative bill is a generous one. and call
attention especially to the civil service
commission, where a very large increase
in the salary roll IS included in the leg
islative bill The complaint was heard
last year that the appropriations commit
tee was dealing IN a niggardly manner
with the civil service commission, but
whether or not the complaint had any
foundation the commission received lib
era. treatment at the hands Of the law
makers in committee this year
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05
WEATHER.

Fair tonight and probably Fri
day; not much change in tempera-
ture; moderate southeast winds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05
Government for Albania.

CONSTANTINOPLE, December 5.-The
Turkish council of ministers has prepared
a scheme of autonomous government for
Albania. which has been submitted to the
sultan for imperial sanction.
The proposal to hold in London the ne
gotiations for peace between Tur ,ey and
the Balkan allies emanated from the
Turkish government. which, besides de-
string that they should be held on neutral
ground, also wished to have the advan-
tage of the advice of Sir Edward Grey,
the British secretary of state for foreign
affairs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05
Outlook More Optimistic.

LONDON, December 5.-The dispute
between Austria Hungary and Servia
growing out of the Balkan war. which
has threatened a general European con-
f1ict, will have been steered into safe
channel and the peace of Europe will be
maintained if, as is announced today
Servia has definitely decided to leave heI
case in the hands of the great powers.
There seems to be a general disposi-
ton today to strive honestly to prevent
further complications arising from the
clash between Turkey and the Balkan
allies.
noon that although the proposed ambas-
sadorial conference in London was max
ing progress toward realization. it had
not yet been definitely decided by all the
European powers whether the moment
was opportune for 1T.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-05
Attitude of Austria.

BUDAPEST, Hungary, December O.
The Austro-H Hungarian government has
communicated to the British government
it's adhesion in principle to the proposed
conference of ambassadors of the great
European powers on the Balkan situation,
to be held in London.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-16
MoNTRosE.
!, = . - $50 = . = . . .

The genial station agent and mayor
Of tie city. Ed croaks and family
have returned from q visit with the
mayors parents al Gregory. Nc.
z. H CIsncg expects 70 ship sever
Il cars q sweet potatoes from this
racinity
We noticed beautiful collection OF
flewers II the Ctas. Curtis home
among them ras a pink suitanius With
ato9t Gfty blooms.
one hundred and sixteen cars OF
grages vere snspped from this depot
FROM Nauvoo 70 northern points and
seyen csra Of watermelonE from this
yieanftz
Hre. white, while Deeling tomatoes
u the Denrsire factorY FRIDAY rad the
aeoond finger On me iett hand cut 70
fhe TIRE
cotlEson Parties a. Blssf PARK seem
% attract Uzay - the yosng people
70 ina. gszee s1eyy Frfday evening
The canaisg fsctogtes are storing
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-16

away large quantities of tomatoes of
excellent variety.
Mrs. Chas Gilman seems to be i'm
proving and is seemingly better.
Elizabeth Moore is nursing badly
bruised arm caused from fall.
Prof Colman of Creston has resum-
ed his duty as principal of our high
school and is giving good satisfaction,
He is young man who comes well
recommended.
We were shown stalk of corn
grown on the Wesley Lambert farm
near this place eleven and one.hati
feet tall with three large, we'll filled
ears of corn.
F. w. Andrews and wife are moving
their household effects to Ollie, Ia.
where Mr.. Andrews has bought a
stock Of furniture, having disposed O..
his furniture store here.
The Rev. Alexander of the Presby-
terrain church conducted the funeral
CT the two year old child of Mr. anc
Mrs. Albert George at Charleston
I G3ds- l24E IVA SdfNh pdlCtIaS Id z
the sympathy Of their friends at
this place.
( David Wa-dlow has been tussling
with muscular rheumatism.
A much needed rainfall reached here
Friday morning and continued
throughout the day.
( The first district convention
OF Rebekahs will convene al
this place Sept 20. 1912. and is
locked forward TO with degree Of
pleasure. The meeting will be held
in the large and ccmmodious opera
house Of r. S I4atta that has just
been completed.
A veterinary surgeon was called
from TT. Madison to q horge belonging
!. 70 Joseph Knobbs With lock Jaw thai
suffered for several days and had *
be killed
!. J. ". shingIand showed the report
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-16
NAME IT LAKE LOGAN.

Reprinting communication recent
~ published in The Gate City from
contributor "A. B." the Glenwood
fMo.) journal in last week's issue
comments as follows upon the name
for the lake to be created by the
water power dam and urges the adop
ton OF the name .'Iage Logan" The
Journals comments are as follows:
The above suggestion will be read
with instantaneous approval and en-
,husiasm ty every citizen of this
county. No man is better known to
our people than is Judge Logan. 1t
vas here. as a penniless boy without
means or influence. Judge Logan
started in business for himself about
thirty-five years ago By his unlimit-
ed energy. hard work and keen fore
sight he vas enabled TO lay the ground
work for mis- present fortune. and
here IN this county he outlined thosc
business principles which. in later
years. ne developed and followed so
consistently that ne is kncsn through
out this entire land as q successful
business man. without fraud CT cum
ming He works in the open, hits
hard. and backed Or MS mastery gen
ious ard business acumen no enter
prise with which ne has ever connect
ID himself has failed 70 develop ali
the possibilities that were before il.
he is a man Who has thrived on
obstacles. Throughout his entire life
he has been handicapped By poor
health and still IS Under constant
care and attention
& Overcoming z Democratic majority
OF more than 40 he xas elected z
member of our eounty coart On the
4 Republican ticket when county war-
rants went begging on the market ~
4 seventy-fiye cents on the dollar. Pc
4 fore the end Of his term he hsd y1'
the county on sound Gnz1cisI
basis: county warrants rere wor4a
par and ne 1etired from office ieav
ing the affairs Of the copaty 81 II
good condition IS any o. his orr Pr
vate business.
1t is conceded by all that aa9 :
f not been for Judge Lcgan's eae1y1
2 and intelligent activity the greas oar
and water power plant. nor an asfEr
$ ed fact, would have, for the prsser
r at least, vanished as an idle drea n
/ All parties concede that but 70. min
: the money would never have beer
i raised with which to construct hi
. mighty work and today the goro
"Keokuk Water Power and -Jndg,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-16

ley Law which permits boxing ami
sparring'' in New York, but puts Il
ban on prize fights, has suddenly be
come an object of much concern Ia
those who were condemning it and
asitating its repeal. Fight promoters
recently complained that the law
wasn't broad enough in its scope and
wanted another passed.
Now, they are holding on to the
Frawley statute as the only excuse
for having contests at all. It is
pointed out that If the law is repealed,
the fight game will be killed in this
state, as, under the penal code boxing
is a felony. At Madison Square Gar
den tonight, Kid Williams, of Balti-
more. Louis De Ponthieu. champion or
France, and George Kirkwood, OF ST.
Louis, will star in mixture of light,
feather and bantamweight bouts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-16
CONFIRMS REPORTS
ABOUT UTILITIES
Change Of Ownership In Fort Madi-
son Street Car Lines and Light
Ing Plant Is Verified.

Says Sundays Burlington Hawk
Eye:
AS stated in these columns Friday
morning, the Messrs. e. G. Walsh
Samuel Atlee and C. H. Walsh have
become the owners of the street car
lines and electric lighting plant in
Fort Madison. Mr.. Chas. H. Walsh
was in the city for very short time
yesterday and took time to confirm
the story. He stated that there would
probably be no changes in the man,
|agement of the companies at Fort.
Madison. The Gem City property in
clude several fine modern plants. In
Jail likelihood. the keokuk power
would be used there Mr. Walsh stat
ed that he would remain in the city
of Burlington, where he has varied
interests. He intimated that the
keokuk power might ultimately be
fused by the Burlington utilities con-
trolled by his companies, but that
there is nothing definite on that sub
ject as yet.
| Some people who have been trying
Ito keep tab on the situation, incline
to the belief that eventually the pur-
chase OF the Fort Madison utilities by
1.-THE Messrs. Walsh will mean the con-
struction of an interurban between
Fort Madison and Burlington Mr..
Walsh was very busy yesterday and
had nothing to say on this subject.
/ OF course, there are all sorts of
rumors afioat, come of which may
have some slight foundation and the
majority of which are probably pipe
dreams pure and simple The facts
in the case are that the Messrs. Walsh
have obtained control of the public
utilities of Fort Madison, and it Is but
fair to assume that they will develop
these utilities IS far as possible and
make the property more valuable and
more profitable than it has been in
/ the past.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-16
keokuk, Iowa ......... Sept. is. 1912
THE CRISIS.

THE CRISIS.
once to every man or nation comes
the moment to decide.
In the strife of truth with falsehood,
for the good or evil side;
Some great cause, Gods new Mes
siah offering e;.ch the bloom
or blight,
Parts the goats upon the left hand,
and the sheep upon the right
And the choice goes by forever, 'twixt
that darkness and that light.
Careless SENS the great Ayenger;
history's pages but record
One death grapple in the darkness
twixt old systems and the
Word;
Truth forever on the scaffoid, wrong
forever on the throne
Yet that scaffold SWAPS the future,
and behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow,
keeping watch above his own.
Then to side with truth is noble.
when we share her wrotched
crust,
Ere her cause bring fame and profit,
and It's prosperous to be Just,
Then 1t is the brave man chooses,
while the coward stands aside,
Doubling in his abiect spirit, till his
Lord is crucifed.
And the multitude make virtue OF the
faith they had delie1.
For humanity sweeps onward; where
today the martyr stands.
On the morrow crouctes Judas with
the silver in his hands;
Far in front the cross stands ready,
and the cracking fagots burn,
While the hooting mob of yesterday
in silent awe return
T. CLEAN up the scattered ashes into
history's golden urn.
New occasions teach new duties; time
makes ancient coed uncouth;
They must upward still and onward,
who would keep abreast with
truth;
1o before us CLEAN her camp fires,
We ourselves must pilgrims be,
Launch thy Mayflower, and steer
boldly through the desperate
winter sea
Nor attempt the futures portal with
the past's blood rusted key.
James Russell Lowell.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-09-16
Spanish War Veteran
RELIEVED or ITCHING, BURN
ING ECZEMA BY sAxo sALvE.

Il suffered from eczema, and the
itching was SO intense did not get
nights rest for FIVE months. My
face, neck and body were covered
with large red patches. tried every
eczema remedy on the market, also
six different doctors and a specialist.
None knows how / suffered without
relief. AS a last resort tried Saxo
Salve, it stopped the itching at once
and worked like magic wish could
tell every eczema sufferer what Saxo
Salve will do for them. WIN. De
laney, a Spanish war veteran, 355 E
IG1st street, New York.
saxo salve stops the itching and
heals the skin.
II you have eczema, letter. ring
worm. BARRIERS itch or a skin disease
Of any kind try it-you get your mon
ey back IL 1t does not help son. Nc
Gra.h Bros. Drug Co. Keokuk, Iowa.