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Evening star., 1912-09-29

STANISLAUS kOPCZYNSKI,
Russian postal clerk, leader of a band
of thieves. who preyed upon ner-
way offices and headquarters in an eff
fort to discover the thieves at work. And
although the public is inclined to view
these activities with approval-after be-
ing bullied and robbed for years by the
very officials who are now under sur
veillance-the wine of its joy is watered
by the circumstance that the new regime
mas been responsible for serious railway
wrecks and a considerable loss of life.
The railway graft begins in the palatial
ministry of communication, and ends
with the humble luggage porter Though
you pay regular registration Zee. your
luggage is open to the thieves who in
fest all lines. The whole railway staff
is leagued against the public and against
the government. The petty thieves steal
Your luggage from the luggage van and
cheat you on your ticket when they get
foods trains Every kind of transport.
whether from abroad or from somewhere
within the empire. comes under the il
legal toll Nothing escapes the robbers
vigilance. On the main Petersburg
Moscow line there are whole gangs of
thieves who live by stealing the plush
covers in frst-class compartments
Others thrive on the bronze doorhandles
and rails. Others, again, do a big husi-
ness in the coal taken from the wagons
as they stand in the sidings. Every fall
Evening star., 1912-09-29

half of all that we buy. The most of our
coffee goes to Europe, but you still take
the bulk of our bananas. l am in hopes
to see the relations of the two countries
come closer and closer.
The conversation here turned again to
the canal and | said to President JIM
eneZ:
You are living here in the earthquake
belt. Some of your cities have been
shaken out of existence and you are
subject to volcanic disturbances every
few months. Do you think that the
earthquakes will ever destroy the Pana-
ma canal?
Il would not like to prophesy as to that -
was the reply. Il understand that Pana-
ma has had but few earthquakes, but one
can never tell what will come. You had
better ask Col. Goethals that question
Il did ask him. said /, and his reply
was that when the National Capital at
Washington was crumhled to earth by a
quake that he would be afraid for the
canal, but not until then"
Il am glad he is so confident replied
the President of Costa Rica. Il wish l
could be as sure of the safety of my own
little country.
i;
then asked the president some ques-
tions as to the debt of Costa Rica. He
replied that this had now been put on a
sound financial basis, and that both the
foreign debt and the internal debt would
in time be paid. The foreign debt amounts
to about seventeen million colonies. or
something like So. 00O.o0o and the in
ternal debt is much less. The foreign
bondholders met last January and ap-
proved OF the settlement proposed by
Costa Rica, and the debt has now been
refunded at something like i or . per
cent on par. but with a big discount to
the underwriters, as l am tod. The Presi-
dent of Costa Rica does not consider a
public debt a public blessing, but he be-
lieves that money might be borrowed and
if properly expended it would be of great
good to Costa Rica.
| asked his eXcellency what he would
Evening star., 1912-09-29

(ZAR'S State-Owned Lines
~ "Milked Dry" by Crooks
of Every Description-Direc-
tors, Superintendents, Mana
gers, Operators and Even
Humble Clerks Wax Rich on
Illegal Hauls-Fifty Per Cent
of All Goods Shipped Never
Reaches It's Destination
Lose Several Million Rubles
Every Year-Attempt Now
Being Made to Uncover the
Culprits and to Rid the Sys-
tenn of Them, But the Task
Is Hopeless One.
Evening star., 1912-09-29

HAN : Just had a
talk with Os [ a
Rica's democratic
president. His name
Is Don r / C a r d o
.JimeneZ and he was
elected two years
ago by a majority
vote of the people.
This was SO in
spite of the oppo-
sition of the admin
istration and the
Evening star., 1912-09-29

to discover why the state-owned railways
did not pay. AS a consequence of his
disclosures a commission is to be ap-
pointed to assist Ruchlov, the minister
of communication, in his hopeless at
tempt to rid his department of thieves,
big and little. Local police in the large
cities have been ordered to assist the
gendarmerie in surprise raids upon rail-
Evening star., 1912-09-29

swallows up IL per cent of the railway
profits.
y more complicated frauf, but better for
short distances. is used fpr goods going
from this city to Moscow, Odessa, or 9TH
er towns in European Russia. Half only
of the contents of valuable transports is
taken out before they leave the station.
The accomplices at the destination sta
Evening star., 1912-09-29

this is a small country and our peopie
have plenty to do to make d living with
out wanting to fight. Our nation is Il
peace-loving one. The population is not
like that of Guatemala. Nicaragua and
Honduras, which is largely composed of
Indian blood. The most of our inhabi-
tants arc pure whites. You VIII see TINS
as YOU walk through the streets, and
especially out through the country. You
will see many harefoOted and the faces
people are the descendants of SpaniardS
from the northern part OF the lberlan
peninsula. We have comparatively few
Indians and our ancestors did not inter-
marry with them.
Another reason why Costa Rica has
no revoltions," continued the president,
lis because the lands here are very
evenly distributed. We have a large
number of real estate owners, and near
ly every cOuntryman has his own little
farm with his patch of bananas, his gar
den of fruit. his fields for vegetables or
grain and his little coffee plantation. The
people will not leave these to go out to
fight and you cannot get them to take
up arms against the government. They
say they cannot leave their farms, and
that it pays them to remain at home.
They realize they are far better off with
out revolutions
What is the population of Costa
Rica?''
1T is less than 100000, but the country
could support many times that number.
Costa Rica has an area larger than many
of your states. 1t is bigger than Mary
land, Massachusetts and Delaware COM
bined."
But you do not know just what land
you have? 1 understand that the bound
ary between you and Panama is unset
tied
Yes, that is so, but the amount of
land in dispute is not great The ques-
ton of the boundary was first submitted
to President Loubet, the president of the
French republic. but his decision was so
manifestly unjust that the question was
again opened up and We have chosen the
Chief Justice of the United States Su-
preme Court to arbitrate it. A commits
sion of Americans is now making the
surveys and mapping the boundaries, and
it will soon be satisfactorily settled
This work is costing a great deal of
money however, and l am in doubt
whether the cost will not more than
equal the value of the lands in dispute
What is the feeling here as regards
the United States?"
1T is friendly We had some trouble
with the United Fruit Company, but that
has passed away and the two nations are
on the best of terms. We do most of
our trading with you, and you sell us over
Evening star., 1912-09-29

Y last the Russian
government n a S
come to grips with
the railway scan
dal. Although 1t
Is rash to express
confidence in any
proposed reform
in this country of
inevitable reaction,
the recent investi-
CATION into the
chaotic conditions
Evening star., 1912-09-29

tastes OF the costa ftlcan ny -ooh dt
the book stores of San Jose. There are
a number of excellent ones, and in
some you will find a good supply OF
English, French and German Literature.
including our best magazines and the
New Orleans and New York daily
papers AS to the native press, there
are a half dozen daiiies published, but
they are mainly fO.ios, and look like
postage stamps In compar4 son with the
blanket sheets of our Sunday journals.
The country has also weeklies. month
lies and annuals In Limon papers are
published in both English and Span
ish and here at the capital there Is one
journal which is printed for the most
part in red type The advertising rates
of the dailies are something IKE e am
inch month. or Il cents per inch for
each insertion. The paper used Is poor
and the illustrations are atrocious.
Costa Rica has a good postal system
There are about 200 post offices, ana the
postal matter received in dispatch
amounts to about seven million packets
a year. 1t has numerous telegraph OF
fees. and there is wireless which
works between Limon and Bocas del
Toro As to the rates for kilograms
and cables. these are exceedingly cost
ly. Everything is taxed. and you pay
a fixed rate for your telegram and a
tax for each ten words in addition. L
sent a cable to Washington yesterday.
and it cost me over Go cents word.
and to this l had to add about II cents
for each ten words or less IS the Costa
Rican tax and 30 cents more as the
Nicaraguan tax. because my cable mes
sage passed through Nicaragua on Its
way to our capital. Indeed. the way
things are taxed here is a sin. Every
thing paws a license and the govern
ment Itself makes all the alcohol. BUT
of these things I may write more in tho
future. FRANK q. CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1912-09-29


that there was no other way for it to get
to the coast. We have bettered that con-
dition by building a government railway
to the Pacific and we have now no trou-
bic. When the canal is finished there
will be a demand for our Pacific coast
lands and that part of Costa Rica will
grow.
I'VE expect also an increase in our
traffic on the Caribbean side of the noun
tains. a competition has arisen as to the
trade in bananas. and with two COM
panies operating the business should
greatly increase. The banana is. as you
know. our chief money crop. 1t amounts
to something like eleven million bunches
a year and sells for S40OO,ooo and up
ward. Our exports of coffee are often
in the neighborhood of S3.oO,eU per
annum. Coffee and bananas are our pfln-
cipal sources of income.
us there much undeveloped land IN
Costa Rica. your eXcellency?' asked l.
There is a great deal, but it needs cap
ital to bring it under cultivation. II We
had that and the right shipping facilities
We could produce nine or ten times as
many bananas as now and could mate
rally increase our coffee plantations:
What we need is more money and =!
should be glad to see American capltai
brought here The trouble with your
too visionary. You show them a piece
of rock with little gold in it, and they
will open their pocketbooks almost with
out investigation They may also put
money into bananas if they are properly
shown but a sure thing like the coffee
of Costa Rica they do not appreciate.
This land produces some of the best
coffee of the world. The conditions of
cultivation are well known, and the OPP
portunities for money-making in 1t are
excellent. / am hoping that your people
will take up the coffee lands on the west
coast as soon as the canal is open to
trade"
II suppose money invested in Costa
Rica would be safer" said l, inter-
negatively.
Most certainly it would if put in the
right place and with due regard to the
examination Of titles We have an ex-
cellent title system in this country, and
YOU can buy land just as safely here as
YOU can at your home. There is no dan
ger of revolutions and the conditions are
quite as reliable as anywhere in the
world.
why is it, your eXcellency, that Costa
Rica does not have revolutions? They are
common in the other Central American
republics and also in Mexico now"
''There are a number Of reasons re-
piled Don Ricardo. I'm the first place
Evening star., 1912-09-29

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
ST. PETERSBURG. September 16.
Evening star., 1912-09-29

LIE Objects to an Electoral
L L College and Wants the
Direct Vote of the People
What the Panama Canal Will
Do for the Country-Ameri-
can Capital Wanted for Coffee
Plantaticns-Why Costa Rica
Has No Revolutions-The
New Boundary With Panama
Earthquakes and the Canal
The Fight With the Hook
worm-Some Features of an
Up-to-date Nation-Schools
and Newspapers-How Tele-
grams Are Taxed.
Copyright 1912, by Frank G. Carpenter
Special Correspondence of The Star.
SAN JOSE Costa Rica,
Evening star., 1912-09-29
COSTA RIcAN
School CH1LDREN

In addition to the native schools there
is a large number of the wealthy Costa
Rcans who send their children abroad -
be educated The most of this class
speaks several languages, inclugtn ing the
English. More OF the young msn go To
the United States for their education
than to Europe and many OF tie young
women are sent TO the colleges and con-
vents of France.
Evening star., 1912-09-29

Copyright, 1912, by Frank G.. Carpenter
Special Correspondence of The Star.
SAN JOSE, Costa Kica.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-05-02
THE oowNIE WHEELER CIRCUS

This circus exhibited here on Mon
day and proved to be "one OF the
best just as it was advertised. There
was a large attendance and they did
good business and gave the worth OF
the admission and more We are al
ways gfad to give praise where it is
deserved and should this aggregation
ever come this way again they will
have to increase the capacity of their
immense tent if they accommodate
those who would attend 1t was really
good in every sense and every detail
of all the performance was long
way above the average.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-05-02

How about prices? They are all
right at The BRST.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-05-02
The Danger Not Roosevelt, But
Some ENutnira Caesar


Some Future Caesar.
THE greatest politician since Jul
Illus Caesar How the Colonel must
have chuckled at this comment from
his friend, the enemy. Roosevelt
does enjoy frightening his opponents
When they break out in lurid curses
he takes it as sign that they are
scared
Attacks like that OF Campbell, OF
Kansas, simply add fuel to the flame
People do not believe Roosevelt is
plotting to make himself emperor
They have an idea that if ne should
be elected again, the republic would
survive. The danger is MOI so much
in Mr.. Roosevelt himself as in what
he may prepare the way for.
The no-third-term tradition is
founded on reason. set by Washing
ton, the precedent was observed by
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe and Jack
son. Grant failed to overturn 1t.
The danger is not directly from an
other Roosevelt administration, but
in the upsetting of precedent that
Z has been guard against any posi-
BILE Caesar that might arise, in viola
ting tradition that has come to
have almost the force OF a constitu-
tional provision. The danger is in
the entering wedge. Already there
is agitation for change in the Con-
stitution eXtendin to six years the
form of tho procidant and ool5in ~
him ineligible for reelection. That
was the limit set by the Constitution
of the Confederacy. In the United
States Government the no-third term
precedent has served to limit a
Presidents service to eight years If
an executive is elected for a third
term, there is no reason why he
could not be elected for a fourth and
fifth. A DiaZ is no so likely to arise
In the United tSates as in most re-
publics. We are not Mexicans. We
are not Romans living on the spoils
OF conquest; and another Caesar
could not at this gay easily turn re-
public into empire. But we do not
want to pave the way for ambition
at some future day 1t is the first
step that always counts and costs.
The protest of large number of
Mr.. Roosevelt's admirers against his
accepting nomination for a third
term Is pretty good evidence that the
American people are aroused by the
faintest suspicion CT Imperialism,
immediate or remote-Baltimor
Sun.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-05-02
DECLARES MEN ARE
SLAVES OF FASHION
London Woman Says Male Attire
Causes Much Trouble.
Some Men Spend as Much as $500
Year Ties.

Undoubtedly men are just as
much the slaves of fashion as wo-
: men, says woman writer.
1t is rather strange, now that
woman is Waistless, or wears her
waist where she pleases,J that the
man about town is very particular to
have clearly defined ,waistline this
season. A coat built in this way,
with somewhat slack-fitting chest,
gives him what is his present desire
not the appearance OF having a
wasp waist, but a fine chest develop
ment"
These two foregoing speeches
have just been made in my hearing
by two experts in mans fashions.
The first was like music to my
ears men are the slaves of fash
ion, as it absolyes ever-derided wo-
man from the charge of being the
weaker in dress matters.
| am always reading about the
absurd woman slave-the hobbled
slave-the s-to-De-again erin
oline slave, the ..igh-heeled-defor
ed foot slave and other similar de.
scriptions, so that when | found a
West End tailor of long experience
stating that men desire to be up tc
date in all the little details of dress
which change each season.
thought | would write and RECORD
the fact.
Men are the slaves of fashion
even those who pretend they do no
care about their clothes, said my
tailor, for if ! persuade the lattel
class to try something that is quite
up to date, they are Always secretl,
quite delighted with themselves il
their new outfits:
Although mep do not spend 81
much money on suits as the woman
who goes to the fashionable dress
maker, yet $500 is moderate tt
spend on suits in year.
Il have just received an order TO
six lounge suits at once all to b.
silk lined, from one man. A loung
suit costs $40 and an evening sui
about 500.
No man will low wear vast
coat without points, and | am max
ing one now W tn points seven inche
) long"
Here are someof the details
gathered that men slaves will hav
to notice this season if they wish t.
remain in the fashion," given to M
by a fashion expert:
/. Trousers must be a littl
shorter, to show more of the socks
2. Waist line must be defined.
3. Little more width must b
allowed around the thigh.
4. Loungs coats three-quarter
Of an inch shorter
s.. Evening waistcoats are NOR
cutaway-fonr buttons instead o
three
I heard recently also of a bushes
man who confessed to liking to hav
the latest development in dress mat
ters owning forty suits.
Mems ties change in design ever
season, I have been told in Bond ST
and 5000 and $500 a year is spen
by some men on ties, which the
have specially made for them a
$3.50 each.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-05-02
Take Warming

DON'T forfeit the respect of the
woman You love. It's moral ba-
rometer that will always tell you
just how much of man you are.
DON'T drink more than you can
handle, This means cut it out. It's
better to be mice fellow" than a
good fellow"
DON'T get too familiar with mon
ey There's such a thing as money
perspective. Lose it and you soon hit
the vanishing point.
DON'T ever give up trying to
come back" You can do 1t. The
man who first said they never come
back" was worse liar than Satan
and more wicked
Col. William Wayne Belvin, the
Man who dropped from Millionaire
to beggar
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-05-02
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SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JUNE IA, 1911
East Bound.
EASTERN STANDARD TIME.

LEAVE WILLIAMSON.
4:41 a. m. daily for Roanoke, Rich
mond, Norfolk. Pullman Sleeper.
to Norfolk Dining car to Roanoke
Parlor car, Roanoke and Richmond.
Connects at Roanoke with sleeper for
New York. Dining Car.
600 a. m. daily for Roanoke and
Lynchburg and intermediate stations
and the Shenandoah Valley, Phi1ade1-
phia and New York. Sleeper Welch to
Hagerstown to Philadelphia and New
York. Cafe car Gary and Shenandoah.
4:52 p. m. daily for Roanoke, Lynch
burg, Richmond, Norfolk. Pullman
Sleeper to Norfolk, Roanoke. to Rich
mond. Cafe car to Roanoke.
West Bound.
CENTRAL TIME.
11:35 a. m. daily Pullman Sleeper for
Columbus. Cafe, Dining Car.
1:S0 p. m. daily for Kenova, Ports
mouth and intermediate stations via
Wayne.
11:5O p. m. daily for Kenova, Col
umbus and all points West and North
west. Pullman S1eepers for Columbus
and Cincinnati. Cafe Cars.
If you are thinking of taking trip
YOU want quotations, cheapest fare,
reliable and correct information as to
train schedules, the most comfortable
and quickest way. Write and the in
formation is yours for the asking, W it'll
one of our complete Map Folders.
w. C. SAUNDERS
w. B. BEVILL, Asst. G. P. A.
Gen. Pass. Agent Roanoke. Va,
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-05-02

If you can't make light bread
learn how. They are giving Fleish-
mann's Yeast away at THE BEST,
and circulars telling how to make
Bread, Rolls, etc.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-05-02

Any kind of Flower seeds. Full
size package &c.
Mark Russell & Co.
The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1912-05-02

All kinds of seeds for the garden
In bulk, over three times as much
for your money.
Mark Russell & Co.
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The BEST As the place to buy.
buttermilk. II you want good bis
cult.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-05-10
TWO 2O-ACRE TRACTS
SOLD THE PAST WEEK

j. F. Kirker has completed a deal
whereby he purchases a 20-acre tract
from e. L. Churchill adjoining the
Paul Kirker tract on Jones creek,
near the city. Mr. Kirker has erect
ed a big poultry house on the Corn
Ing system and will 90 into the
poultry business on an extensive
scale. He already has 500 chicks
and this week Will receive another
shipment Of 500 from Petaluma, and
he will further increase his flock.
The greater part Of the place is in
3ryear-old apple and peacn trees
\ George seibeck OF Bowden ~ D.
Is a recent purchaser Of 20-acre
tract Of land from the a. G. Hood
tract, several miles down tho river
road. Two acres are set 10 young
pear and apple trees The North On
kotan will make his home on HIS pur-
chase
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-05-10
TO ERECT STEEL BRIDGE
\ OVER RIVER AT MURPHY

Josephine county court Saturday
closed a deal for steel bridge to go
over the Applegate river at Murphy.
The Courier of Thursday forecasted
this action on the part of the court,
but it was not expected at that time
that the matter would so quickly
come to be fact.
The court has not let a contract to
bridge building company to erect
the structure, but has purchased the
material and will have the bridge
erected under supervision of r. S.
Dahlberg of Murphy. The material
and the expense of construction will
total $6,S00 The material will cost
little more than half of this sum,
the construction cost to take up the
remainder.
The material was purchased from
the Portland agency of the Coast
Bridge company, and the deal calls
for the material laid down in Grants
Pass, freight paid.
The new bridge will occupy the
piers which now support the old
wooden structure. The present bridge
has stood 21 years, and has served
its usefulness, as traffic over that
route is heavy and new bridge is
cheaper than to continue repairs on
the antiquated structure, so believes
the court.
Work will begin Immediately the
material arrives, which is promised
at an early day.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1912-05-10
BREAK INTO POWDER HOUSE.

Some time Friday night the pow
der house of the Jewell Hardware
company, across the river was brok-
en- into and a small quantity Of dyna-
mite taken The drayman who went
to the powder house for a load OF
powder found that the paddock had
been broken and reported the mat
ter A number of the firm checked
up the boxes of powder and as there
was the correct number of boxes in
the house no notice was taken of
the lock breaking. But Yesterday It
was discovered that one box was
short a few pounds of powder The
thief evidently had use for only a
small amount for a particular pur-
pose.
About Is years ago the same house
was broken into and a small amount
OF powder taken and a few nights
after a train on the Southern Pacific
was dynamited.