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The Washington herald., 1912-12-01

obstacle to Russia wishing to get into
the Mediterranean; an obstacle to Eng
land and France in their passage TO the
East; an obstacle to Austria, Germany,
and Italy, because Of their relations TO
the rest of Europe; there he is, tolerated
ayeI even at times upheld by the schem-
ing and unprincipled princes of Europe,
who are only waiting the opportunity oil
accomplishing their selfish aims and am
bilious desires.
Concert of the Powers.
Meanwhile they are deluding the peo-
pie with empty words and false ideas
Of expediency, pretending to be doing
all in their power to better the condi-
ton Of affairs; telling the people that 1t
is through the Integrity Of the Ottoman
empire and the concert of Europe" that
all things are to be amicably settled and
peace preserved.
Peace! Under what conditions? 1t Is
but suspension of hostilities till one
nation clearly sees it has the vantage
ground, and then this sham peace viii
no longer be. 1t is through the use,
hollow, meaningless phrases. integrity
of the Turkish empire" and the con-
cord of the powers that the people OF
Europe and the whole world are being
deceived.
It is by the discord Of the powers that
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Quaint Bit. of History.

From the 0iaEo Daily News
American electors were at one time re-
quired to possess high qualifications. In
parts Of New England during the seven
teenth century voters had TO reside In "a
stone house OF tie dimensions Of tusGnty
feet by ssixteen. With one a 57zaors brick
or stone chimney Or chsmnsys." Each
voter had also 70 hs certified by his
neighhors .-qf pohe< and peaceable con-
versadon- In cennecticut every candi-
date for the locai assembly had to fur
nish q certifQete from the seIectmen of
the town ~esfr he resided that he was
of duiet and pe4ceable behavior and civil
couverNatidn.,f That the selectmen might
exercise due care IN signing such certifi-
Gates they were la DE to a fine Of SIS In
case the candidate tlrned out otherwise
than was represents'I-
Introduction Of th5 new reform bill in
Great Britain recalled story told by
Lady Dorothy NeEitl Of the passage Of
the great reform tni eighty years ago
this summer. One morning an elderly
couple peacefully sleeping in their four
poster were rudely awakened by an ex-
cited maid servant bursting into the
room and shouting It's passed! It's
passed" ''whASs passed, you fool?''
W ss rsfpr s6. s 1r .hO Sfs the girl .5
marched out o. fthe room. A.avin< tbs
door open as tisn Of her newNequality.
Labor unrest Il no new thing IN Lon
don. In 1865 Benjamin Franklin was Nv
ing in Craven Street he was the most
trustworthy OF iobservers and has left
the record Of What he witnessed. Coal
beavers pulling own the houses of coal
dealers; sailors on strike unrigging all
closing the port % London till their paw
was raised; the very taiIors marching
down in their thousands to overawe Par
lament.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-01

BY JOHN WALKER HoLCoMBE.
Iron the Frum for December, Mitchell Keune-Iy
publisher, New York;
In 6 former article it was urged that
Congress- by q brief enactment. assist the
electors to assemble n convention for the
purpose Of nominating candidates for
President and Vice President. and pro-
hIbit conventions and other extra legal
agencies from forestalling the choice of
the electoral college. 1t was shown that
the electors have the constitutional right
so to assemble and nominate, and that
party conventions are purely voluntary,
irresponble bodies. acting without war
rant of law.
Why there was no legislation in early
days to give efficacy to the constitutional
mode OF selecting the President, when It
was found the electors were powerless to
choose, may easily be imagined. Before
the situatioIf~was understood the legisla-
tive department had assumed to itself
the power of nomination, through eau
cuses OF its members, and II It occurred
to them that Congress was in duty bound
to provide a way for the electoral col
lege to exercise its powers they were
doubtless blinded by their own partisan
ambitions. Now, however, since the
function Of nomination has been usurped
by other agencies. the Congress may see
the wisdom Of restoring II TO the consti-
tutional body to which It rightfully be-
longs.
The electors are appointed by d.
rect vote Of the people. Though elected
on a general State ticket, It is the in
variable custom to put on that ticket a
resident OF every Congressional district.
Thus the electors are known personally
or by reputation to the people among
whom they live. They may be designat-
ed by primary elections, and they con-
stitute a truly representative body,
knowing and sharing in the opinions Of
their constituents. They are a flt body
to choose the President, because they are
a sensitive index of public opinion. This
reason influenced the Constitutional Con-
vention in determining the mode of elCc-
ton, the mode adopted being thought the
best of all that were proposed to in
terpret and carry out the peoples will.
Gouverneur Morris wrote, in 1901: TT
was inferred that the mode least favor
able to intrigue and corruption. that in
which the unbiased voice of the people
will be most attended to. and that which
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American HerOisn1
at Constantinople
Officer of Medical Corps and Secretary of EN-
bassy in Group of Persons Who Are Fight
ing Cholera in Beleaguered City,

transferred, this time to constantinople
After two years there he was brought
back to this country as chief Of the Di-
vision OF Near Eastern Affairs Of the
State Department, remaining here seven
months before returning to his old post
at ConstantinopIe. He Is a brother OF
CASTOR Philip, the well-known local club
man and man about town. who was tried
here and acquitted several years az for
the shooting OF a cabman in the old
Arlington hotel
Ford Recently Sick.
That Maj. Ford should have taken upon
himself the arduous work Of ministering
to the cholera-stricken thousands in Con-
stantinople Is the more remarkable be-
cause Of the present state OF his health.
He has been on sick leave since Novem-
Der 3. 1911, when he was taken from
train at COLUMBUS, Ohio. and rushed to
a hospital to be operated on for a per
forated ulcer of the stomach, an opera
ton which kept him in the Columbus
Hospital until the following spring, when
he was removed TO the Army General
Hospital at Hot Springs, Ark, ''for OBJ
servatton and treatment" He was dis
charged from the Hot Springs hospital
late in the spring and granted six
months sick leave. with permission to
go beyond the sea. He sailed in May
and spent several months in England
Last month when the situation in the
Balkans began TO warm up he left for
Constantinople in company with the mill
tary attache of the American Embassy
at Paris. 1t is believed that he reached
Constantinople about the middle of this
month and jumped Immediately into the
cholera work. Ford is an Ohioan BY
birth, but was appointed to the army
from West Virginia. He has served in
Cuba and the Philippines, and has been
stationed at Washington Barracks, D C.
Fort Wadsworth and Fort H. G. Wright,
New York; Fort Barrancas. the medical
supply depot in New York. Fort Logan,
Colo. and Fort William Henry Harrison.
He Is forty-five years old
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we have in our present day witnessed
the fair lands and populous districts of
Armenia made the scene of unwarranted
bloodshed, savage massacres, and reck-
less pillage; and the world has yet to
learn that any effort of prevention. and
much less of reparation, have been taken
In behalf Of those helpless and Inflated
people.
And II Is by the mutual distrust and
jealousy existing among the nations of
Europe that the fair Isle of Crete, hoping
against hope, struggles in vain to throw
on the calling yoke of Islamism: to at
tain for her patriotic sons that freedom
OF conscience and liberty of will which
the all beneficent Creator has denied no
man.
But this cannot forever bel The day
OF retribution will-it must come! How
long, o God of Justice, shall Thy Judg-
ment be suspended? How long shall
might prevail over right, error over
truth, and despotism over struggling
liberty? DANIEL wsI. o'DoNoGHUE. %.
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oumbrous Inconvenience. Some othsr
method must presently be contriVed.--
ideals OF the Republic, p, 22S.)
though many n political convention
has been public scandal, yet much
may be said for the convention as an
institution II Is q spontaneous growth
OF our political life, serving greatly 70
awaken interest In affairs of govern
ment. to inform and formulate public
opinion; also Il has been fairly success
tul. The national convention. supplying
oehciency In the Federal Constitution,
mas generally presented q statesman Cor
soldier) Of distinction and ability. How
ever, II Is an exrescence upon the body
pohtio. and ought to go. and with Il the
whole fabric of Presidential campaigns,
OF which II is the foundation. The ooun-
ny has grown too big for the system.
the conventions too unwieldy, the ex-
penses too enormous, the excitement too
Intense. This would apply with even
Greater force to an election of President
BY direct popular vote.
Too Much Partisanship.
We have too much Of parties and partI-
sanship. Our nationwide campaign is a
gigantic evil; its unifying influence no
longer needed, its educative value mega
tive, its vast expenditure worse than
waste, its Irritating effects thoroughly
unwholesome. The shameless vitupera-
don Of public men. the INSCRIPTIONS mis-
representation OF policies, the Iurid pic
turing OF outrages past and horrors to
come, have too often reused the unthink-
Ing to madness. and may be held respon-
sible for the assassination of one-third
OF our Presidents elected since the civil
war. With this evil record, the worst
among modern nations, We still indus
triously cultivate the tree that bears
such fruit, our system Of frenzied politics.
But let the personal element be elirni-
mated and the President be found with
out candidates and without campaigns.
Hero-worship. loyalty TO the chief, has
been Of much social value in past ages.
but 1t Is q sentiment now 1T farther for
subjects of an empire than for enlighten-
ed citizens OF a republic. We boast that
we are ruled by law, not by men. There
fore, let us attend more to policies and
measures than to the personality Of can
didates. So shall our political develop
ment be along intellectual lines, promo
tive of higher prosperity.
The substitutes offered for conventions
is the nomination of candidates by pri-
mary elections, each party voting sepa-
rately among candidates designated in
advance by petition or some such method.
The objections of confusion cumbrous-
ness, intricacy. and expense, in attempts
to apply this scheme to Presidential cleo
tons, were discussed in the former ar
ticle referred to; but also this system
recognizes and perpetuates by law. par
ties and party organizations. In view Of
The Washington herald., 1912-12-01

A million shilling fund has been in
augurated by the Aerial League of the
British Empire to further efforts to make
aviation more safe.
The Washington herald., 1912-12-01

One of Germany's numerous dIrigible
balloons has made more than 100 journeys
with passengers without single mishap,
The Washington herald., 1912-12-01

Seven of the lsfssst azrect current dy-
namos ever built win b used for pro-
ducing aluminun At nlant In whit,
ney, ". @, which = expectcted 10 turn
out 1900 tons e he nsal = year.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-14

parent. ran OF to the barracks to raise
an alarm. The rescuers. buoyed up with
but small hopes OF reaching the victim
alive, were obliged to excavate species
Of amphitheater to a depth of forty feet.
In the process no less than 5000 cubic
meters Of soil and stone was removed; In
other words. as much debris as gang OF
twenty -diggers would normally excavate
in a couple Of months hard work.
The rescue corps had got we'll into their
fourth days exertions before Maccacaro
was unearthed, unconscious and half
frozen, beneath a heap of fallen scaffoid-
ing, which had CHANGED to form an arch
work over his bruised and PROSTATE
body, and so save his life. Despite his
terrible experience MaccacarQis steadily
recovering.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-14
KEPT INDOORS BY WOLVES.
Packs VISIT villages in Hungary
Penning Up Residents.
pondence of The Star.

'orolsn correspondence of The Star
VIENNA, March 1, 1912.
me Inhabitants of several villages near
tho Royalty mountains in Hungary are
Deine almost kept prisoners in their
houses by numerous packs OF wolves
which the intense cold has driven out of
the high lying forests.
Cattle and other domestic animals have
faiien prey to the depredations of the
invaders. One village near Cross Banya
was treated to the remarkable spectacle
or fight in q garden between a bear.
which had also come to the village to
look for something to eat, and a number
of wolves.
The bear defended himself stoutly with
blows OF his paws, and killed two Of his
assa1lants. but he was finally forced to
take refuge up tree. whefe he was shot
oy village sportsman, after the wolves
had given up the siege.
"A farmer at Vesszod saw wolf put his
head through the haf-Opened door OF the
room In which he was sleeping. With
great presence of mind he slammed the
door to. caught the animals neck be-
tween door and doorpost, and then killed 1t.
The authorities are arranging a drive
on large scale, by which it Is hoped
to clear the inhabitated country from the
wolves.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-14
BURIED ALIVE FOUR DAYS.
Wonderful Rescue Of Man Covered
With Tons of Earth.
u Correspondence Of The Star.

Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.
MILAN. March /. 1912.
Military engineers toiling in squads OF
thirty over an uninterrupted stretch OF
eighty-flve hours have effected a marvel
GUS rescue at Verona.
While working at the bottom Of a deep
we'll mason named Maccacaro was
buried alive through the falling in of the
sides. His son. who had just managed
to escape upon his fathers peremptory or
ders as soon as the 4anger became ap-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-14
Mission Conference Tonight.

All Souls Mission sacred conference
will be held this evening in the chapel
at o'clock Miss Emma Brett, Miss
Mildred Lowell, DR.. Fairbanks, Edwin
Callow, Miss de Guerin and pupils and
Mrs. Griffith johnson will participate. The
public Is invited.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-14

Prof. Thomas Jesse Jones will give .
free illustrated lecture on Social Maps
and Statistics Of Washington at Mount
Pleasant Congregational Church. Column
bia road near 14th street northwest. this
evening at 8 o'clock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-14
Trimmings, Fringes. & Buttons
The Latest Ideas of Fashion.

N> xCLUsVENESs and individuality pervade every fold Of
Nix the beautiful trimmings showing
~ selections carefully made many of exclusive
Trimming Novelties and Trimmings generally show
less OF coongs being
by harmonizng pastel shades For evening mag
pearl brilliant bands white pale
used also crystal fringes shimmering gistenng effects
Braids Frogs Ball and Drop Ornaments Garnures Fnges
choice selection and
shapes and attractive colors and combinations.
Buttonsclear crystal and cooed glass very
displays White Crocheted Covered Buttons also
large Pearl Buttons much used especially lingerie gowns
light suits.
Main faG,G 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-14
New Spring Dress Fabrics i'm
All Weaves and COlOrings.

~ HIS designers color blenders umphed
combinations and produced the beautiful dress fabrics
~ that have been shown time Nothing omitted
from broad lines that could possibly any man
and exempfes the height fabric development
the fullest
Colors requirement, from the soft elegant
rich in their refinement
of marquisettes to rough suitings coatings
Cashmere de Sole, Atwood Albatross
Crepe Silk, Imported Mannish Suitings
SlkandWool Henrietta French Bedford Cords
Atwood Chals, Two-toned Serge
Atwood Marquisette, Surah Serge,
Bordered Suitings Armure Serge
Twotoned Whpcords Bue-and-W White Striped Serge
Ratine Suting Shepherds Checks
Widewale Serge Light weight Polo Cloth
Imperial Serge, Silk and Wool Poplin,
Diagonal Serge, Silk-and-Wool Lansdowne
Black-and White Striped Atwood Batiste,
Serge. Atwood French Wolfe,
Chiffon Broadcloth Atwood Hopsacking,
Woolback Satin Atwood Terry Cloth,
Wool Popln, French Serge,
Atwood Cashmere. Clay Serge,
Bordered Challs Serge
Secndno ST
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-14
New & Beautiful WeaVeS i'm Silks
That are Prominent this Season.

Eo1S1 attention few items from large and
UIN II elegant showing silks They those which
\N1Ny present demand Lustrous and beau
the greatest variety of colorings and de-
signs indicating the extensiveness of assortments.
36inch Changeable Chiffon Tafa yard ST. rs to $l.65
4a-inch Printed Foulards ward ..... $500 to $3.50
42-inch Printed Radum small conservative figures,
the fancy designs yard 5000 to $3.50
45inch Crepe Meteor cooings yd. $500
26inch Bordered Tafeta, yard $l.OO
36inch Doubefaced Tussah Pongee for coats
etc. yard $500
31-inch Satin Striped Tub Silk shirts,
yard ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 1I5
24-inch Sung yard. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .OO
27-inch Jacquard Palette Sole yard ........S 90
second floor s.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-10-02
The Follies of Eugenics.

Our cugcniSt friends are eX-
plotting with glee the recent an
rouncument Of y scientist that he
would rather be the N of Il
healthy burglar than Of an amaze
mic bi>ln;,. Very we'll up to the
h0ur uf birth. but no farther.
The child OF tie burglar would
be uli 70 III" bad if left in the
burglar "nvironmcnt. The bish
op' : child would have an immeas-
uIuDie advantage. All this world
needs is> that each child shall
have Il chance after Ee is born
t!errdilE We MAY let alone. We
don't hrUW enough about it to
monkey with it much But we
knew all about environment ana
tilHt. We can change. In chang
inc that We know we can shape
character. We can change soci-
ETY. easier than we can change
man. As Professor Samuel g.
Smith, of Minnesota University
>al,i. at the recent eugenlc con
4rc>> in London, Nearly all
children are we'll born. With a
wider knowledge of hygiene, a
better distribution of wealth and
leisure. and Il higher sense of
pvr~u'',I responsibility on the
part n. parents, tie problem Of
hered.5y FROM the ply steal stand
point wunid practically vanish.
The great problem Of the world
is moi how to bring babies into
TIE world, but low to take care
oi suc.i Il, come. - St. Louis
Mirror
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-10-02

A vast amount of ill health is due
TO impaired digestion. When the
stomach fails to perform its functions
properly the whole system becomes de
ranged. A few doses of Chamber
lain's Tablets is all you need. They
will strengthen your digestion, invig-
orate your liver, and regulate your
bowels, entirely doing away with that
miserable feeling due to faulty diges-
tion. Try it. Many others have been
permanently cured-why not you?
For sale by all dealers.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-10-02
AS To Land hIonoply,

Many # fOIrrXrhl1rrS are at
tarn:,r II. SINGLE tax a!nend-
ncnt ON th,. Ground that if will
lead to lard monopoly. But how
about land .noGoroiy Under the
present n?a1 Of taxation: We
will give a few figures here that
may surprise some OF our
readcrS.
Reynolds county has :, fo,al
area oI I-},lI~ acres, ana tl'ee
persons ami tnr"e col'Hor1t"Hs
own, l!l.tI" acres OF 1t Almost
one-itirI OF All t'i2 lana IN 'Ae
county.
Wayne county has ,h area 81
)~I,b3I acres ana one corpora
tlon n"::S -. 900 acres OF Il.
'Eli>' is Not so very iar from Be
ing bait OF the Whol" county.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-10-02
Doubtful Voter.

Tom M:Neal tells Of candi-
date for sheriff vino was going
around among the voters solicit
me their votes. He had Il little
book with him in which he enter
cd the names Of the voters he
interviewed and their politics
He came to one blunt, heavy
iaWed and big listed man who
evidently aid not like him.
Well. Mr. Jones, SAID the
candidate. Il suppose that | can
roUnt III ."-Ai support at the eIev-
tom
Nav. You can't count en- my
support. said Jones. I'D
rather take poison than vote for
q son-cf-agun like YOU"
From the way yen talk" said
the candidate, as Itr pulled out
his book, Il reckon mebby | had
better put you down as some
what doubtful. KANSAS City
Star.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-10-02

ground to catch the first rum
bling OF coming events. SO as to
know how their constituents are
going to vote When they know
that, they will align themselves
alright. Now that party lines
are ii! broken up and we have
to d. some thinking for our
>eiys; on national II alters, let Us
10 {, good deal Of thinking on
what more vitality concerns our
families, ourselves and our pOck
ct ctbOu,.S state matters. Wal
lace, Farmer.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-10-02
he HAD TO STRIKE OR BUST
CoIored Man Was Afgsid White Folks
Would Think He Was Just Com
mon Trash,

"I keep a colored man around ths
house who waits on the table and
does various things" said the lawyer
up to year ago he was getting $25
month. Then he came to me one
day and said he must have moro
money or he would strike. We talk
ed 1t over, and settled on $28 month.
He has got along at that figure ever
since until the other day, when he
walked in on me and said:
'Mistah Blank, Use sure got to go
On strike dis time
"'But l thought you were satisfied.
Robert replied
No, sah-no, sah. l hain't dun sat-
isfed'
Well, how much do you want?'
"I don't want any mo-, sah.'
Then's what's tia uouble?'
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-10-02
CALLS FOR WILD ANIMALS
indians Are Very SkiIful In Attract
Ing Game by Initiating Their
Calls,

The Indians have a call or tole for
nearly every animal. writes Mr.. John
G. Millais in Newfoundland and its
Untrodden Ways" They can bring
fox right up to within twenty yards
by making a sibilant noise produced
by sucking the back of the hand. Rey
nard takes 1t to be the cry of mouse
in difficulties, and seldom fails to ad-
vance close to the sound.
Stag caribou are toled by grunting
loudly in two different ways, a vocal
effort which requires little skill or
practice on the imitator's part. The
herd" stag will quickly answer the
caller, and advance for a short dis
tance. but the travelling" stag will
come very close If the calls are prop
erly made at suitable intervals.
Wild geese can be called when they
first arrive in the spring, by waving a
white rag and initiating their "honk-
ing call. but after the first fortnight
they take little notice Of the lure. A
small white dog is also attractive to
geese in the spring, and one Indian
/ know of has killed numbers of these
birds by using one for decoy.
Beavers, when they have been un-
disturbed for long, are very curious in
relation to strange sounds. They will
come swimming out of their house
even at the firing OF a gun. The In
dians usually call them with Kissing
noise, or one produced by munching
the lips. Another favorite tole Is q
sound made by tapping the trousers
with the hand. The most successful
beaver-caller in Newfoundland killed
great numbers OF beavers, In the open
season, by making a sound that re-
sembled the cutting of chips of a
tree. 1t is said that the unfortunate
beavers never fail 20 respond to this
noise.
The Indian has no call for the lynx,
but one or two OF them can attract
the otter by initiating its shrill whis-
tle.-Youth's Companion.