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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-28

Gen. Tilghman now consulted with Mai.
Gilmer and myself as to the situation
and the decision was that further re-
sistance would only entail a useless loss
of life. He, therefore. ordered me to
strike the colOrs, now a dangerous as
well as a painful duty. The fagmast.
which had been the center of fire, had
been struck many times; the topmast
hung so far out of the perpendicular that
it seemed likely to fall at any moment;
the flag halyards had been cut by shot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-28

This adversely appeared TO dampen the
ardor of our crew. but when the next
morning they saw "a large number Of
white objects. which through the fog
looked like polar bears. coming down the
stream. and ascertained that they were
the enemys torpedoes forced from their
moorings by the powerful current. they
took heart, regarding the freshet as provi-
DENTAL and a. q presage Of victory. The
OVERCOMING river which opposed our
progress, swept away in broad daylight
this hidden peril: for II the torpedoes
had not been disturbed. or had broken
loose at night while we were showing the
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
WAas.HAG GeEcaN
 GNM4Br ROY TX. MOULTON lEs-X

member of our rubber neck party When we approached the residence accosted an aged colored man and asked:
 Whose place is this?"
 'Marse George Washington sah.
 Is he here?"
 "Oh, no, sah. Ain yeah evan heerd dat he was daid?"
 Here the mouse trap drummer tried to ring in the ancient vaudeville gag Yes, you've gessed it all right. He was going to say that he hadn't heard that George Washington was sick, but he didn't have a chance for the dar- key continued
 Vas, suh, he done been dieded a long time ago. l was right in de room at the time"
 Were you one of the vast army of personal body servants who used to care for Gen. Washington we asked suspiciOusly.
 Vas sub. l was de only one he evah had All de rest am limitations an am stealth my thundah. l shall suttinly neyah forget Marse Georges las words to me. He said to me: Ephriam, jes ye remembah dis yere. Don't ye evah tell no llie,' an homes to goodness. boss. An ain nevah tell no lie f'om dat day to dis
 And how old are you Uucle Eph?'
 "Ah will be jes ninety seven vars old de comin' spring"
 And were you in the room when the general passed away"
 AM sho was right dar."
  fifteen years before you were born"
 kaint help dat boss. If dat am de case, An certainly mus have been bon again. Marse Gawge, he done tol me nevah to tell no lie an l aint nevah done tol one yet. nohow."
 The silver collection amounted to S235.
 Mt. Vernon looks just like all the pictures of it. II takes a remarkable good photograph and has posed about as frequently as any other subject of interest. with the possible exception of Niagara Falls and Lydia Pinkham
 Why so many Uuited States sen ators die or retire poor has been re- vealed to me at last. l took lunch in the senate hestaurant today. Enough said. l had to borrow SS from one of the congressman to to it. It seems to me that most of the young people in the country must be getting married at the present time and are all coming to Washington on their honeymoons. The oogle-goo- gle bunch around this hotel jam the corridors, elevators and cafes until there is no room for a gentleman who is travelling alone ] was kissed nine times by mistake by excited brides while trying 10 crowd into the grill. This is no place for ministers son.
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 seen George Washingtons bed 1t is not comfortable looking bed. to say the least and after looking it over, do not wonder that George couldn' { lie. saw a large number of other interesting relics while at Mount Yer non, including a bevy of spinstsr school teachers from New Hampshire who were taking in the sights. l saw George Washingtons cane. GeQgo Washingtons uniform and George Washington's andirons but when a colored gentleman showed me Geo rge Washington's telephone and he tried to sell it to me for s27 baked There is a limit even to the suscepti- bility of green horn from the north George Washington never had a tele- phone and l know it for if he had he would have simply been obliged to lie once in a while when Martin got to calling him up at his office
 There may be some people, chiefly among the politicians, who have never heard of George Washington and his one most famous characteristic. but let me tell you he is some hero a. ound this locality. Besides playing the star part in all modern orations he was the father of his country. Some people have disputed this and tried to prove that the father of his country was Brigham Young, but l stick to George. l simply have to for the half of my sketch is a member of the D. A. R.
 George must have been very busy in his day and generation. About everything that was done around here was done by him and that is probab- ly where the phrase originated. Let George do it. At least this was the speculation Of a drummer for pat ent mouse trap concern who was 2,
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
Nc More Gambling.

From the Mohave County Miner it is learned that the board of supervis- oTs of Mohaye county have instructed those officials whose duty it is to enforce the law that there is to be no more gambling permitted nor the frequenting or the saloons by women. Both of these breaches of territorial law appear to have been quite gen orally permitted.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
Alderman Iacoh schmia ha. q.

Alderman Jacob Schmid has car. red out his statement made as he left the council chamber on Monday night and rendered his resignation. a copy of which is embodied in A news story published in The Review this morning. The resignation of Mir. Sehmid contains statements which will be found interesting reading by the taxpayers and which it will be well for them to examine into and investigate fully for their own in formation.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
THE HUMAN ELEMENT.

The human element, the ambition of bankers, the universal tendency toward monopolizatiop and not the laws, are responsible for the money power" says the Los Angeles Exam iner in a two-column demand for an investigation of the alleged trust. But here is set forth the chief ob- stacle in the way of many reforms that are needed as well as many that are only suspected of being aeeded-the human element.
 It is the human element that pre-. cludes perfection in this world which was never intended to be perfect The human element has been omitted from consideration. in all plans ot political reforRIers. though religious and temperance reformers, except the prohibitionists, take cognizance of r.
 We have heard much in recent years concerning the awakening Of the public conscience That, it is admitted. would be necessary to the improvement of the human element, but what has been mistaken for the public conscience has been nothing more than the spirit of distrust We have succeeded not in touching the conscience Of our neighbors but We have succeeded in filling them with suspicion against one another. That has certainly not improved their nor als. The human clement has been degraded. And then, the self-consti- tuted leaders of the movement for the uplifting of the human element have themselves come within the range of the suspicion they have aroused. It is the policy of the de- tective to believe no man innocent Of a discovered crime. if physical cir climstances seem to have made it possible for him 10 commit that crime. When tine detective finds that circumstances prove the innocence of a suspect he is dismissed rot as in nocent anG vindicated. but he is dis carded as a bit of worthless material. That is. he is eliminated.
 But we are not nation of detee tives. Our happiness and our pros perity depend upon our confidence in' rather than upon our distrust of one another.
 But all this has nothing to do with tte money power which the Exam iner is certain exists though it is no. certain whether it was formed with an evil intent. or with intent at all. or whether, like Topsy it ''jist grcwed"
 There is no clear evidence that an evil influence has ever been exertcd bv the men or banks that are sup posed to constitute the money pow CT. IL is only feared that there is too much nouer concentrated in irrespon- sible hands. If this is so and rem edy is to be devised it must be sought with a full understanding that there is a human element to be reckoned with
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nave to fight Japan to keep the peace.
 Mir. Hobson, right or wrong. is probably sincere but no one can i'm agine that the Japanese ambassador believes that spears are going to be converted into pruning hooks al once, or swords forged into plow- shares.
 But the imminence of trouble with Japan or any other nation. in the democratic view. does not warrant this country fin continuing in the race with other first class powers which are impoverishing themselves in the pursuit Of invulnerability.
 This contest is perhaps necessary among nations whose frontiers join or are adjacent to those or potential enemies, but the United States is not so situated. We are not likely to 5e- come so involved and our outlying and comparatively defenseless posses sions are not of sufficient importance to tempt oovetous neighbors into talk ing the risk of a conflict which how ever prolonged anG expensive, this country would carry to a successful end.
 The baron was right if he meant to say that there would never be 2 war between his country and this What troubles we are most likely to have will be such as will be pro- voked by our weaker neighbors who may rely on their very weakness as the weak frequently do.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
KENTUCKY FARMERs' INSTITUTE

FRANKFORT. Ky, Feb 27:-The annual meeting of the State Farmers Institute. an influential feature of the rural uplift movement in Kentucky began in this city today and will con- tinue until Friday. Several hundred progressive agriculturists from all parts of the state are in attendance. The program provides for numerous addresses and demonstrations In the different lines of farm work.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
THE ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO RAILROAD co.
 PASSENGER SERVICE
Daily
North Bound

Daily
 South Bound North Bound TBS a. m Lv Clifton ar. 4:O3 D. m. S;15 a. m. Lv Guthrie Lv 3:30 D. m. 9:O0 a. ID. Lv Duncan Ly 2:36 D. m l0:23 a. m. Lv Lordsburg Ly 1:33 D. ID 11:30 a. m. AT iIschita ~ 12:10 p. m. South bouRd train connects with Southern Pacific west bound train No. l. leaving Lordsburg 1O:57 a. m.. Mountain Time,
 South bound traIn connects with Fl Paso & Southwestern east bound train for Fl Psso, leaving Hachita at n.59 a. m, Mountain Time. and with west bound train for Douglas and Bisbee. leaving Hachita at 1I:59 a. m., Mountain Time
 4. T. THOMSON, Traffic Manager. Clifton ATizona.
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creants.

MT Bryan pledges himself 10 take of his coat and work for any tTu3 democrat who gets the nomination for the presidency. We are glad to learn this but we trust that the en- inent Nebraskan will not understand the words. true" and Bryan" neceS sagily to be synonyms
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
Mculd Divide cochise

from home to learn news. A Tucson paper states that it is planned to di- vide Cocaise county into three. Such plans have yet to be discussed in the portion Of the new state that is most affected.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
Holds Up Indian.

Near Phoenix a negro held up an h. dian who understood no English. The stick up had to fire three shCts around the feet of the red skin before the latter vas made to sabe the meaning Of throw up your hands," Then they rose suddenly. The black obtained no booty and is out three cartridges while the Indian has learned the meaning of an English phrase in a way that he will remember.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
May Enlarae CapitoI.

It is reported that Governor Hunt and the board of control are seriously contemplating an enlargement to the capitol building at Phoenix and are about ready to call for figures on the work. When the building was con structed it was so built that a wing might be readily added on the west side.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
Shsckles no Account.

Doris Haines. accused of carrying concealed weapons, although shackled leaped from moving train near Maricopa and dragged himself a dog. en miles across the desert before he was recaptured. Beyond scratches and bruises he was uniniured
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nlvsReen1 PREDICTIONS.

The truth prooably lies in the mid de. between the pacific declaration al Chicago the other night of Baron Uchida. the Japanese ambassador that there will never be any more var. and the frequent reiteration ot Representative Hobson that VIC will
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
Aviation Meet Falls.

So far as flights went the bird men" at Phoenix appear to have been road runners. No flight was made that was high enough to avoid hitting a ferce.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28

While there was some suspected iT- regularity in the manner in which Colombia was shorn of Panama and the canal zone, the Colombian gov ernment is not disposed to take i- out on Secretary Knox, who is only an innocent successor. It has there fore repudiated the inhospitable cor duct Of Minister Ospina, who. how ever, may comfort himself with the reflection that he has the sympathy of the Fl Paso He-ald.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
JubiIate Over Victory.

Eighty or more residents of the vi- yinity Of Florence met at the Pinal county seat at the banquet which was given to celebrate the victory for the people in the San Carlos decision. Col. Tom Weedin was toast master.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
Arizona News
 Brevitiea
MurphY Gees East

Francis NJ. Murphy, according to re ports from Prescott. has gone east on business connected with the i'm portant industrial enterprises in Ari zona in which he is interested.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
Terror Kills Nearo.

Charles Weeks. the black who kill. ed Ruperto Torres at Oracle has died in cell in the Pinal county jail Fear of the gallows is attributed as the cause, his terror tormenting him until relieved by death.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28

There is one law that we would like to see enacted by the first state legislature. one making it a felony 10 scatter poison or ground glass about the streets where dogs can get it If the legislature is unwilling 10 go SO far, citizens would probably be satisfied with an act defining as justi- nable homicide the killing of dog poi soners. Within a few weeks many harmless but valuable dogs, pets of owners and beloved of little child ren, have died in horrible and pro Ionged agcny at the hands of mis- creants.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
Charity In Phoenlx.

The associated charities of Phoenix report the spending of approximately Sl0,00O in the last year and the reliev- ing of the conditions of LOGO indiyid. uals
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
A TRIP TO Mir,
 VERNON

Washington, Feb,
 g, 1912. Dear Editor: 1 have been down to Mt. Vernon and have
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
TWO Suspects Captured.

Deputy sherifs of Prescott have ar rested two men who are suspected of being the men who held up an ltal- ian and left him gagged and bound to a tree.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28
Let Tempe Pay.

Tempe Is still clamoring tor the talk ing of the school of agriculture from the University and moving it to Tenn pc, alongside of the normal school. 4 solution Of the problem has at last been offered in the suggestion to siet Tempe establish such an institution but at it's own expense for the sup port and maintenance as well as the construction. Then the rest of Ari' zOna will not care about the matter in either way
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28

ington government to investigate such a project.
Bisbee daily review., 1912-02-28

with any but first-class mortar is sheer waste of time and money Ex- posture to the weather will soon show it's effects in loosened bricks and sagging sides. If you buy your build- ing materials here no such defecss will appear for years to come. Buying poor building materials is saving at the bung and wasting at tine spigo5. HENDERSON Iumhoy n
 WATKINS LuiilDGi uu
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State Milltia Post.

lt is now proposed to make Fort Whipple Barracks a state militia post Col. w. C. Earth, '. S A.. is now at Prescott under orders of the Wash.
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And the State Supreme Court
Hands Down an Import
ant Tax Opinion.

CHARLESTON oct. 1s-The SUI
preme court OF appeals has affirmed
the judgment of the circuit court OF
Cabeu county in the case OF the
state vs.. Farley. The opinion OF the
higher court was written by Judge
L. Judson williams. It was held
th-t a check on a bank is the sub
ject OF embezzlement. under section
10, chapter / rs, Code OF 1905, and
that zone check OF the value OF
$3.50" in an Indictment under sec
ton 10. chapter As, Code Of 1906.
sufficiently describes a check charged
to have been embezzied.
The agency Of one charge with
the embezzlement of money or other
property, under said section 10,
chapter 145. Code OF 1905, IS SUI
fcientIy established, by evidence
showing that the agency related to
but the single transaction Of in
instructing the property embezzled
to the defendant; no previous rela-
tionship of principaI and agent is
necessary" says Judge Williams in
the opinion. and the agency thus
established is within the statute on
embezzlement, whether the contract
of agency provides for compensa-
ton or not
And again the court held that al
though the property "a check in this
case) may have been voluntarily
turned over to the defendant by his
principal, for collection, he IS
guilty OF embezzIing it. If IN obtain
ing possession thereof and before
collecting it. he used fraud or de-
ception in getting it, or the pro-
ceeds thereof. and actuaIIy did So
Another case passed upon by the
supreme court of appeals was that OF
johnson VS.. the City of Huntington
ct al. from CabelI county, in which
the decree of the lower court was
reversed and the bill dismissed. The
opinion of the court was written by
Judge w. NJ Miller
Although the general rule is
that a prior ordinance can not be
amended by mere motion, but only
by ordinance, yet departure from
this form prescribed for corporate
action. as in the passage of an ordi-
nance or order laying an annual tax
levy says the opinion, will not
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Normal School Football Team
Deny Charges Made by
Shinnston Team.

FAIR4foNT. Oct ia great in
justice haS been done the FairmonU
state normal school football team in
a report sent out from shsnnston and
published IN the Telegram Thursday
evening to the effect that the Normal
team resorted 20 dirty tactics in a
football game at shinnston wednes-
day and then forfeited the game to
shinnston High school
The truth OF the games is as fol-
lows:
The Normal team feeling that the
game was merely a practice game had
NO desire to run up high score or
their light opponents and started the
game easily. The Normal soon scored
a touchdown after Stricken had made
forty yard run and Colebark had
made forward pass for thirty yards
that scored the touchdown. The goal
was kicked and the score was 8 TO
in favor OF the Normal
Shinnston then received the kick
from the Normal and tried all her
plays without being able to advance
the bail. Half-back Ferguson. OF
shinnston. tried an end run and was
picked up by CoIebank and carried
back about ten yards for loss. Fer
guson seemed to be ignorant of the
rule allowing him to call a down and
prevent the loss.
When he eventually stopped the
rush he leaped up and struck Cole
bank about the face. The Normal
player retaIiated and at once the
officials of the Shinnston team and
part of the spectators rushed onto the
field and assaulted the Normal team
Coach Ernest Bell after finally stop
ping the fight took his team of the
field. declining to play against the
Shinnston team when he was given
no police protection by the manage
ment of the High school team.
Later a crowd of rowdys of shinns-
ton threw rotten eggs at members of
the Normal team, who had changed
their clothing and several had good
suits of clothes ruined by this coward
Iy action.
Furthermore the Shinnston. manage
ment did not pay the Normal team
the expense money due them for the
trip. Altogether the entire affair was
a deep disgrace to not only the
Shinnston High school but to the peo-
pie of the town as well.
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affect the validity OF such action
unless the charter or governing law
makes such formality vital IS by
declaring the action or ordinance
void unless the form prescribed be
followed Without this the require
ment should be treated as directory
The general rule is that an in
valid act or ordinance passed by a
minority or by less number of j
municipal council or board than is
required by law. can not be vail
dated by mere approval of the min
utes at a subsequent meeting. But
actual ratification OF each defective
action by a valid meeting will cure
the defect resulting from the pass
age Of the act or ordinance by less
than a quorum or the number re-
quired for valid action. as in the
! case OF an ordinance or order laying
an annual tax levy
Other points in the syllabus OF
the case were:
1.-The special debt levy laid by
the Board of Commissioners OF the
City of Huntington for the year
1909, pursuant to section s, chap
ter 8, Acts of 1908, is valid, not
withstanding they laid an additional
levy for the same year. by authority
of section 73 of its charter act OF
1909, the additional levy there au-
thorized. not being in lieu of the ad-
dftional levy authorized by section ),
chapter 9, Acts of 1908, the general
law regulating the rate and manner
of laying levies for taxation in coun-
ties. magisterial and school and in
dependent school districts and mu-
nicipal corporations.
Persons and property brought
into the corporate limits of the City
of Huntington by its amended char
ter passed January &c, in force
March. 1909, are not exempt from
the general levy, or the additional
and special Ievies laid pursuant to
law, August "a, 1909. for the fiscal
year beginning July 1. 1909, and
ending June 80, 1910. The fact
that the assessor is required to begin
the assessment of persons and prop
erLy on and as OF January !, Oh edSH
year, does not limit the municipality
in laying its annual tax levies to
persons and property within its cor
porate limits on that day. Unless
otherwise exempted such persons
and property are liable for the taxes
for any year, if they be within the
corporate limits at the time the law
provides for the laying OF the levy
for that year"
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