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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-02-14

the point where Ugarta appeared in
the balcony there was terrific crash,
and the stick-men again raised a hor-
rible din. Fortunately, good COM
pany of mounted policemen was on
hand. Otherwise there would have
been a riot | was unable to hear
the speech, but expect to read it in
the papers tomorrow.
Doubtless you will see something
about the speech of February 3 in the
papers. | do not care to hear it.
Madero has recently declared that
neither he nor any of his cabinet can
countenance it.
Yours sincerely,
CARL c. RICE"
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-02-14
Prepare for Football.

A series of winter and spring train
ing stunts has been inaugurated for the
football squad at the university by
Coach "Pink" Griffith. Handball and
other athletic exercises have been
prescribed by the coach to keep the
men in trim and an exhaustive study
of the revised rules will be made to
enable candidates for the eleven next
fall to understand the new wrinkles"
This idea of spring workouts for
The custom has been established in
eastern schools for years and has
proven itself very successful.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-02-14
PIRATES OF PENZANCE
Junior Class VIII Give Pretty Opera
Under Prof. StOrer's Direction.

1t has been formally announced that
the junior class will present the
pirates of Penzance," Gilbert and
Sullivan's most famous comic opera
at Eggan's hall, May 8 and 4. The
production will be under the direction
of Professor Storer, head of the de
partment of vocal music of the univer-
sity.
The success of Pinafore, staged dur
ing the first semester, by the Glee
club, gives promise of the popularity
of this second big musical event of
the year.
Under the experienced leadership of
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-02-14
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"THE RIVALS"
Props VIII Present Charming Old
Comedy Very Soon.

The preparatory department of the
university will present Sheridan's ia
nous comedy "The Rivals" at Eggan's
hall, Saturday afternoon and evening.
The cast has been rehearsing faith
fully under the direction of Professors
Brink and Lehman for weeks and if
effort will count towards the success
of the production it should be worthy
of packed house at both perform
ances. The important parts have been
assumed by students with experience
in amateur theatricaIs.
The play itself is one of the best
known of the early English comedies
and is characterized by witty dialogue
and clever situations. The following
is the cast
Lydia Languish. -. Margery ZuInhof
Mrs. Malaprop. Altar Taj lor
Julia .......... Carol Ryrie
Lucy .........L Lillian Carithers
Maid ............... :. Charlotte Lewis
Sir Anthony Absolute. Carl Melugin
Captain Absolute. Don David
Falkland Jack Adams
Bob Acres. .......... .Alivilda Adams
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-02-14
MEXICAN HATRED
Former University Professor Tells OF
lnflammatOry Demonstrations
Against America.

DR.. Aldrich recently received a let
ter from DR.. Carl c. Rice, former as
sociate professor Of romance langu
ages in the university who is spending
the winter in Mexico City. The pro
lessor writes interestingly of life il
the Mexican capital An excerpt from
the letter follows
1.-The anti Yankee feeling evident a
few months ago is now being revived
by occult political Influences These
may possibly proceed from Japan in
part but are largely due to the heart
less exploitation of Mexico by Ameri-
can interests scarcely deserving the
name. The republicans of Arizona re-
Gently urged the confiscation by Uncle
Sam OF strip of Sonora territory to
make an Arizona sea-board. The con-
discation was shamelessly advocated in
SO excellent a paper as the Christian
Science Monitor, showing that the
whole American people Tin Mexico it
is safer to say the whole Yankee ma
tion) lacks the proper viewpoint in
dealing with his neighbors. Perhaps
should not rashly say the whole Van
kee nation either, remembering that
the democrats are still alive and kick
ing up there.
"One influence now reviving anti
Yankee feeling, l expect to hear the
harsher term 'gringo' again soo1. is the
presence of the Argentinian anti
Yankee agitator Manuel Nrgarte,
whom l heard deliver an address to
the students assembled in front of
his hotel yesterday. CONTEMPORARY
to the diminutive men of to-
day amids jeers and boots (Madero is
a little fellow nicknamed 'Chaparrito,
shorty or scrub-oak, perhaps related
to Pinto, vice-president) Ugarta |
urged the students to follow in the
footsteps of Bolivar and other pa
triots who dreamed of Latan-American
unity. | don't remember any often
sive terms applied to the Colossus of
he North as he calls the United
States in his book on the Future of
America.
Two students also spoke, showing
great vehemence and speaking in
pointed terms of the Yankee peril.
Jgarta shook hands with the students
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-02-14
"O-RE-GO

Star Five From NeighbOring VARSITY
Meets Idaho Saturday.
The crack Oregon University basket
ball five will make its first appearance
of the season on an Idaho floor Fri
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1912-02-14

Professor Storer, the cast which has
been nearly completed, will commence
rehearsels in the near future.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-05
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
COMMITTEE MEETING. :.

The quadrennial meeting of the
Democratic national committee will be
held in Washington next week, and
will be marked by the first definite
test of Democratic feeling as between
the progressive and conservative ele.
ments in the party. The test will be
quite as significant as was that which
marked the meeting of the Republican
committee last month. The question
will be whether the Bryan side of the
party will continue in control of the
national committee, just as, last
month, the question among Republi-
cans was whether the Taft element
would maintain its grip of the organi-
cation, and be able to use it in arrang-
ing the preliminaries to the conven-
ton; specifically, that is, in seating
those Southern delegations which,
composed of officeholders, can be re-
lied upon to vote for Taft.
The present Democratic committees
personnel was fixed at the Denver con-
vention, which was a pro-Bryan affair.
Three years ago, It was decidedly a
Bryan committee, but times have
changed, and the radical and conserva-
tive forces in, the party are right now
engaged in the struggle for control of
the mechanism. Whether the commit
tee is of the Wilson or the Harmon
complexion may prove highly import
ant before the national convention
shall have perfected it's preliminary
organization.
The test between the conservative
and progressive forces will probably be
clearest on the question of settling the
contests from Tennessee and Pennsyl.
vania, for places in the committee. A
vacancy having developed in each
State, there has been controversy as
to how it shall be filed. Mr.. Bryan
is expected to take hand, by indirec.
ton at least, in both cases, to help
get a man of his own leanings accepted
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-05
EFFICIENT SERVICE BY THE
FIREMEN.

Effective service and conspicuous
courage on the part of the Fire De-
partment are taken SO much as a mat
ter of course that we rarely pause to
realize how often we are under obi
cations to these men. But particular
ly good work on two successive days
has brought the District fire fighters
SO particularly before the public that
the sense of obligation is borne in
upon us in an impressive manner.
|. 1t was good work yesterday when
two engines from the District made a
record run to Mt. Rainier in time to
save the prosperous little suburban
municipality from utter extinction
for such probably would have been the
result if the department had not made
this ready response.
And again today the firemen make
creditable record. The blaze on
Sixth street might have claimed a ter,
rible toll of death if it had not beer
for the courageous efforts of the fire
men, who rescued, among others, q
helpless civil war nurse. She was ly.
ing i'll in bed enveloped in flames, wher
the fremen fought their way to hel
through smoke and the fire, and car
ried her to safety.
In certain sense they were but per
forming their duty, but it is just as
well to extend to them an expression
of appreciation, in behalf of the pub
lie, for the good work they have &C
complished. 1t is their just due anc
will serve as an inspiration to a con
tinuance of the good service they hav,
rendered in the past.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-05
IMPORTANCE OF VITAL STA
TISTICS RECORD.

The people with the welfare of the
community at heart who are constant
ly pointing out the Importance OF
keeping full and accurate record of
vital statistics have said time and
again that great embarrassment and
real hardship often result from the
lack of birth, marriage, and death GER
tificates.
A conspicuous instance has just
come to light. George A. Wagner was
recently elected to the office
of the probate judge. The law
specifically requires that a certificate
of birth shall be filed with the secre.
tary of state before a Judge can be
commissioned. Mr.. Wagner has always
been under the impression that he was
born at Manchester May %, 1873, but
when he called at the office of the city
clerk he was told that there was nc
record of his birth on file there.
The law is clear and mandatory
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-05

oily. There are some things that doubt.
less ought to be done to protect the
people of Washington; but giving the
Gas Monopoly an excuse for raising
or for refusing further to lower, the
price Of gas, is not one of these.
Congressman Martin Madden is going
to open the fight for consideration Of
his 75-cent gas bill, just as soon as
possible. If the issue gets complicated
with lot Of conversation about water
and coal gas, the Gas Monopoly will
get all the advantage, because 1t can
provide any sort of expert testimony
it wants, and Congress- can't combat it.
The thing that ought to be done now
is to pass the Madden 75-cent bill, and
then talk about minor details later. If
the gas is bad, it can be regulated rs
to quality then.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-05
SPECIAL CENSUS AGENTS
CAUSE OF LOW FUNDS

To the EDITOR OF THE TIMES:
In connection with the wholesale dis
missal Of clerks from the Bureau of the
Census at this time, l wish to call at
tention to certain facts that are not
generally known. In the census act
providing for the taking of the thir-
teenth census authority was given to
the director to employ special agents
at high salaries to do technical and non
clerical work. The manifest intention
of the provision was to enable the d.
rector to employ experts along special
lines. But under 1t a large number of
special agents have been employed who
have no special qualifications Tor census
work. Many of them have been en-
ployed for much of the time upon the
same grade of work as the clerks of the
regular and temporary forces; yet they
have been getting much better salaries.
been given field work with per diem
allowance of So or more per day. Field
work is sought for by clerks of the
regular force, because of the per diem
allowance, but during the census period
this has been largely reserved for spe-
have been compelled to do clerical work
in the office.
The large salaries paid the special
agents have made large inroads upon
the original appropriation for the CEN
sus period. and as a result very few
promotions have been made in the regu-
lar force during the past year, and COM
paratively few in the temporary force
Now that Congress has refused to pay
the fiddler any longer the civil service
employees of the bureau must suffer
These employees are wondering If tn,
same stigma that attaches to them at
taches to civil service employees of othel
departments. CIVIL SERVICE.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-05
Here's a Book
ADRIAN SAVAGE. By Lucas Malet.
published by Harper & Brothers.
Nnu Ynrk and IOndOnl.

ADRIAN SAVAGE. BY Lucas Malet.
published by Harper & Brothers.
New York and London).
The new novel by Lucas Malet. en-
titled adrian Savage" Is written In
Enthusiastically clever and finished
style and presents most Interesting
French and English character contrasts.
The hero, Adrian himself, of English
French parentage. is a delightful ex-
ample of the modern cosmopolitan OF
artistic temperament, refined intel
ligence, honor. sentiment, and gentle
manly grace. His foils are a middle
class Englishman, provincial. underbred.
INSCRIPTIONS, and a misshapen' little
Frenchman Of marvellous wit and gen.
ius in art, but utter depravity OF Inn
agination. OF womankind, there Is tne
beautiful and rich personality OF Ga
brielle s. Leger, whom Adrian loves,
and poor suppressed, repressed Joanna
Smyrthwaite, his English cousin: who
develops a frantic passion for Adrian
and finally kills herself because OF IT. And
there is Anastasia Beauchamp, OF bril-
liant mind and sixty years, who mas =
uuerades under affected youthfulness 10
hide her nostalgia for youth. 1t Is Jo-
Annals character-a sort OF LAZY
in the Pierre Woln drama-tnaS tne
minuteness, and with which she makes
a striking situation for her hero.
AS a story, however, adrian Savage
is episodic-striking episodes, IrequemIh
iy, but lacking the GENERALIZATION which at
would have made a we'll knit plot
and won sustained interest The autohr,
as II too absorbed in her fasciha.'tts ~
character studies, leaves the reaaer 10
develop for himself the underlying pio!s
idea. For its psychologist values asna
charm of style, however. the pook ven
repays the reading.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-05

Seventeen steel companies of the Ma
honing and Shenango valleys In Ohio
and western Pennsylvania, in what Is
known as the Youngstown district, at
tackled the ores, coal, ard coke rates
now maintained by the Pittsburgh and
Lake Erie railroad In a complaint filed
with the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion today.
The Pittsburgh and Lake Eric il now
under general attacks before the COM
mission. The case Of the Connellsville
Independent Coke Producers Associa-
ton against the Pittsburgh and Lake
Erie comes up for hearing before the
commission this month, and is regard
ed as the most important case since the
famous intermountain cases. The rail-
road under fire Is commonly said to bo
the property of the Steel trust and is
known to railroad men by the nickname
Of Little Giant" and is said to be
the best paying railroad property in the
world.
Attacked BY Consignees.
The Conneilsviile coke producers at
tack the Pittsburgh and Lake Erie coke
signer. The steel companies now put in
thSi Sohipiuiht db SohbiSHCcb.
In their complaint today the seven
teen companies claim they consume
100000 tons Of the 100000 tons shipped
into the Youngstown district annually
from the Connellsvilie region. The av-
erage haul is 1874 miles, and for this
the railroad charges rate of $1.35 a
ton. This is considerably more than
half the amount the coke manufacture
er sells his product for.
The companies also complain of the
coal rate Of 20 cents per ton from the
Pittsburgh coal district, seventy-fivc
miles away. The petition states that
the seventeen mills consume 1,750,C0(
tons of the 100000, tons OF coal con-
sumed by the entire district.
Held To Be Unreasonable.
Also the rate on ore of 80 cents a ton
for the sixty-mile haul from Ashtabula
harbor to Youngstown is attacked al
| unreasonable. or the 12.654.0o0 tons OF
ore consumed annually In the valleys
| 5.S00.OOO tons are smelted in the seven
| teen mills. The Lake Shore and Mich
.gan Southern railroad Is made do
PENDANT In the complaint against the
ore rate.
The firms joining I'm the complaint
| are: The Youngstown Sheet and Tub,
Company, the Republic Iron and Stee
Company. the De Forest Sheet and Til
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-05

whatever may be thought Of the wis
dom or necessity for II. Consequently
a situation of deep embarrassment has
resulted. Because Of the negligence of
an attending physician, perhaps, the
machinery of government is tied up.
It is not an isolated case. Great
property interests are frequently in
voived in cases of similar negligence,
and yet the same old laxity goes mer-
rily along. Washington knows very
well what it means to have the vital
statistics neglected, and some of these
days behaps adequate steps may be
taken to bring about effective reform.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-05

and striped trousers, calling at the
White House in your city some ten days
ago, to see the President. to convince
his Excellency that ordinary collar but
tons are conductive to brain disease.
Secretary Hilles Instructed her to call
on or about January /. It is a pity
tat the learned doctor is not aware
our President has other and more in
teresting matters, just now, to dis
pose Of than a mere collar button.
Woman parading in mems clothes In
Washington or elsewhere, is another
fair example of what a great number
Of her sex consider themselves these
times.
I am just wondering If DR.. Mary
Walker, together with most OF our over.
confident and politically intoxicated
would-be female voters, have been
wearing one of those Internal collar
buttons, to cause them to be SO alb.
normally freaky?
Something must be radically wrong
which should be Investigated.
ED. MILLER.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-05
THE TRUTH ABOUT JUMBO'S
TRAGIC END.

Mr.. Edward Gibbon was 80 strongly
impressed by the conflicting accounts
of petty accident which hal occurred
on neighborhood bridge only few
days before that he mentally asked
himself how he was ever going to get
at the truth about the decline and
fall of the Roman empire.
The decline and fall of Jumbo, chief
attraction of the Greatest Show on
Earth, who used to bring in gate re-
ceipts of three thousand dollars day,
was not matter of cosmic import
ance, perhaps, and yet a tradition has
grown up which made the death of the
great pachyderm as heroic as his size.
According to the story contributed to
the magazine a few years ago by one
who had known and loved him well, it
was an act of self-sacrifce by which
the big elephant lost his life. As he
walked down the railroad tracks in
Rochester, on the way to the circus
train, after the evening performance,
switch engine suddenly doomed up
before him, with headlight shining like
the eye of an angry Cyclops. A baby
elephant walked by his side. There was
time for the big fellow to save himself
if he had not paused to shove the baby
out of harms way, by which time il
was too late. So he lsteadied himself
and received the impact of the engine
full upon his great frontal bone, trem-
bled a moment, and then sank to his
| last rest.
1t was touching story, and has
generally been received as correct.
But now comes clown of interna
tional reputation, known as Whimsi
cal Walker, who is old enough tt
reminisce. He has been writing Of
his travels in the United States, ant
among other things he tells of tbs
death of Jumbo. All the heroics arc
left out. Indeed, the bare recital makes
the tragedy very commonplace event
which he dsmisses as follows:
1
He was just going to cross the linz
to where the circus was pitched wheI
| q train came along and knocked hin
down a precipice, killing him almos
instantly. Some cynics said he hac
committed suicide because he knew hi,
wife had arrived.
Passing over the flippancy, which ma,
have been merely one of Walker
whimsicalities, that large part of tn,
world which delights in true ANNA
stories would, perhaps, be glad t.
know what are the real facts in re
gard to Jumbo's last moments. Shall
We believe the magazine naturalist O
the clown2 Was the greatest Gle
plant ever exhibited in captivity" tn
victim of vulgar fall down preci
pice, as the heroic Cyrano was cut Of
by the fall of billet of wood, or di'
he die as the result of an act of su
preme self-sacrifice? The apthenti
records must still be available, ant
the truth should be established befor,
it is too late.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-05
STEEL TRUST ROAD
AGAIN UNDER FIRE
Seventeen Independent Companies Of Youngstown Dis
trct Attack Rates Of Pittsburgh and Lake Erie Rail
road-Commerce Commission to Act

Plate Company, the sharon Steel Hoop
Company, Valley Mold and Iron Conn.,
pany, Sharpsville Furnace Company,
Girard Iron Company, Briar Hill Iron
and Coal Company. youngstown Steel
Company, Struthers Furnace Company,
Ohio Iron and Steel Company. Andrews
q Hitchcock Iron Co., Empire Iron and
Steel Company, Thomas steel Company,
Shanange Furnace Company, Youngs-
town Iron and Steel Company, and the
Stewart Iron Company.
More Railroads Attacked.
Complaining that the rates on coal
Of 81 ton from Kentucky and Ala
bama points into Nashville, Tenn. is
unreasonable, the traffic bureau of
Nashville asked that the Louisville and
Nashville, Illinois Central, Tennessee
Central. and Nashville, Chattanooga
and st. Louis railroads be ordered to
reduce the rate to so cents a ton. The
bureau complains that the coal rates
discriminate in favor of factories In
Knoxville, Memphis Louisville, Cincin-
matt, and Birmingham. About 600.00O
tons of coal are consumed In Nashville
annually. The bureau also claims that
a switching charge of 90 cents per ton
on coal Is unreasonable.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-05
TEACHERS SHOULD HAVE
TITLE OF DOCTOR
To the Editor Of THE TIMES

To the Editor OF THE TIMES:
A few days ago. a correspondent ex-
planned that the title Dr., originates
from the Latin verb deere" II so.
should not the title properly be attach
ed to at least teachers certificates of
the first and second grades? Medical
students answer a few questions-.or
frequently they don't-and are given
their diploma as M. D.'s-Teachers an
swer many questions and in many more
sciences-and are practical teachers
and should therefore doubly be entitled
to the degree of Sap. or 8. p. an Inn
examining authorities Of the education
al branch of our government:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1912-01-05
MANY CHANGES IN
WAR DEPARTMENT
DURING DECEMBER
Appointments, Promotions,
and designations Announc-
ed BY Secretary.

The War Department today an
nounced the various changes in the per-
sonnet Of clerks during the past month.
The changes are as follows:
Appointments--Office of the CHIEF of
ordnance: William F. Beasley, skilled
craftsman at 1890; Joseph A. Cliff,
skilled craftsman at $1,000; Lewis r.
Bradshaw, apprentice draftsme n at $3.50;
George M. Mccain, skilled craftsman
at $1,000; George w. Sullivan, apprentice
craftsman at $500; Thomas A. Conlo,A
apprentice craftsman at $500; Maurice
r. r. Colbert, apprentice craftsman at
$780, Office of the judge advocate gen.
eral: Miss Janet E. Ross, clerk at 81, 200.
Officc Of the chief of staff Orvi,le w.
DUEL, clerk at $1,000: Bureau of In
suiar AFFAIRS: Mark L. Landers. clerk
At aro 100 p,g me ad adult generals office:
Tucker. clerk at $1,000 ONCE of the
chief of engineers Charles A. North,
hull craftsman at S.s0o
Prom tions-Cfhce of the chief Of
staH Ihomas r. Barry, laborer at $h5C
to assistant messenger at s,20. The ad-
jutant generals office: Homer r. Phil
lips, clerk, 8, eco TO $1,000. william Grif-
I'm, clerk. 800 to 81, 800. harles G Mil
j. Sheridan, clerk, 81, 600 to $1,000: Mrs.
FranceD Har,. clerk, $1,000 to 81, 200;
George 7. Irewitt. clerk, 81. 400 to $l,GOJ:
Frank ]. Keelty. clerk. 1920 to 81, 400:
Charles o. Skippon. clerk, $1,000 to
Loo; Lucy H.. Nimms, clerk. $1,000 to
200. Office of the chief of engineers:
Charles ~: Irelan. clerk. $3.50 to 81. 900.
fairs: Scott F, Ktttrdge, clerk at 81, 000;
Samuel o. Wright, clerk at $1,000. Of
flee of the chief of star: Lee Parsons.
clerk at $1,000: The adJutant generals
office: Joseph g. Harmon, clerk at
l.ane; William Kersting. clerk at 81, 200
Office OF the Secretary Of War: lin
coin X. clark, clerk to secretary nj
$3.50. Offce Of the chief of engineers.
Paul 4 -mstrOnR clerk at Il n00