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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-17
MAURETANIA'S MEN BEST.
Win Eight Dared Boat Race on the
Hudson.

NEW YORK, August IA long stand
ing dispute among the sailors and officers
of the big ocean liners Mauretania. liver
mia and Orotava as TO which ship carries
the best rowing squad. was settled last
evening on the Hudson river. Three
picked eight-oared crews from the diners
fought over a two and one-half mile
course for the supremacy. The Maure-
tania sailors won handily amid the cheers
Of people who crowded neighboring craft.
The boats used for the race were extra
heavy being large enough to accommO-
date sixty people. The winners time was
twenty-one minutes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-17
FATHER OF TWENTY SAVED.
Chicago Judge Shortens Sentence of
Man Whose BOYS Are Soldiers.

CHICAGO. August 11.-Becanse he
testified that he has twenty sons all
serving in the Austrian army, stephen
Byman was saved from a long sentence
YESTERDAY Byman was arraigned be-
fore Municipal Judge SABBATH on a
charge of beating Peter and Tony
Beanac, brothers, on the head with a
club.
He is seventy-six years old, and has
been married three times.
Judge SABBATH said in consideration of
his large family and his great age he
would send Byman to the workhouse
for twenty days
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-17
BIG MEN MOST LIBERAL;
RATE HIGH AS HUSBANDS
Police Matron Advises Against
Marrying Small Men With
Thin Noses.

CHICAGO. August 17.-Big men make
the best husbands and little. men with
sharp. thin noses are especially to be
avoided.
This is the observation Of Mrs. Anna
Murphy, chief police matron. She de-
clared today that during her. long ex-
perience in the Harrison street police sta
ton she had noted many instances Of
domestic infelicity, and therefrom had
formed her notions as to the ideal hus-
band.
Big men. whether it is in business or
in matrimony, are easier to get along
with" she said. They are more even
tempered as a rule than the little fellows.
They are more likely to be easy-going
and less irritable and more generous. The
little man is more likely to be nervous
and fidgety.
Apt to Be Scold.
"A man with sharp, thin nose is apt
to be scold- Where a man OF small
stature is endowed with nasal organ Of
this sort you have a bad combination.
There you have, a prize Pathfinder. He
will rail at everything. from the way the
steak is cooked to the way his socks are
darned."
Mrs. Mary Levitt. clerk Of the court
Of domestic relations. who every day
hears many tale OF domestic woe. said
1t was a fact that comparatively few big
men figured as husbands In the cases In
her court.
1.-The small greatly outnumber the big
men in the cases that come before U.s."
she said. 1.-THE big. strong man Is gen.
orally more capable of earning his living
than an unskflled small man, and for
that reason has less trouble supporting
his family. Most Of our cases are for
non-support. and on this complaint the
little. unskilled man is the worst offender
by far
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-17
SENATE FAILS TO PASS
STEEL AND WOOL BILLS
Refusal to Override Taft We
toes Ends Attempts at Tariff
Revision This Session.

The end of all attempts to enact tariff
legislation during the present session of
Congress came yesterday, when the Sen
ate refused to pass the steel and wool
bills over the Presidents veto. The demo-
cratic House will make no further ef-
fort to pass tariff bills.
The steel bill was defeated by vote
Of 70 to 80. the vote being cast along
strictly party lines. Senator La Toilette
withheld his vote. explaining that he was
not in the Senate while the bill was
under consideration. and therefore had
not sufficient knowledge to vote intelli-
gently on the measure Senators Clapp
Poindexter and Works did not vote at ALL
All the other republican progressives
voted against the steel bill, except Sen
atOr CumminS, who announced a pair
with Senator Gronna, republican pro-
gressive. and said that If he had voted
he would have voted against the bill.
Receives Majority Vote.
ed a majority vote for it's passage. but
lacked the necessary two-thirds.
Senator La Toilette made the motion
to repass the wool BILL He asserted that
the bill was a protective tariff measure.
and was framed according to the tariff
boards report on the wool industry. He
analysed the report Of the tariff board
and compared it with the bill. Senator
La Toilette asserted that the failure of
the President to accept the Judgment OF
Congress - was a uSurpation Of power.
Senator Hepburn answered Mr.. La Fol-
lette. and denounced the bill as a demo-
cratic measure.
When the vote finally was taken thirty
nine senators voted in favor Of passing
the bill and thirty-siX against it. Several
republicans voted with the democrats to
override the wool veto, they being Sena-
tors Bristow. Clapp. Crawford, La Fol-
lette, Poindexter and Works.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-17

Mr.. and Mrs. David O. Parlett of An
napolis. Md, have announced the engage
ment Of their daughter. Annabel. to En-
sign George Mcmillan, L. s. N The
wedding will take place in the fall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-17
Cotton Schedule Draft.

AT the time when the Payne Aldrich
bill was put Though Congress il was
currently reported not only i'm the news
papers. but by private men who ought to
know, that the cotton schedule, for in
stance. was written by then private citi-
zen of Rhode Island. now a senator from
gour state, Mr.. Lippitt, and Mr.. Lippitt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-17
Neglect Is Not Right.

1T is not right that he should neglect
his self-nterest. No man can do his
duty by the state a whole unless he
pulls his own weight: he must take care
of his wife. his children and himself be-
fore he can help his feIlow-citizens In
doing efficiently the common work for
the common good We intend TO work
Tor the economic betterment OF the aver
age citizen We intend to insist upon
The average man having a greater share
raan now OF the good things which by
his labor are produced. But we intend
also 10 work for a broader and kindlier
charity Of relationship as between man
and man.
The progressive platform has really
faced the real issues Of today. Ii has
done this as regards the trusts, as re-
CARDS the rights OF labor. as regards the
tariff. | do not see how the people Of
New England can for one moment sup
port either the republican or the demo-
cratic tariff platform. Remember that
when / use the word republican now ! do
not refer to the rank and file of the re-
publican party, but TO the bosses who
have usurped the control of the machinery
Of the party. The republican proposal is
a tariff for privilege in industry. The
democratic proposal is a tariff for the
destruction OF industry. The progressive
proposal is tariff in the interest of labor
In Industry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-17

The democratic committee in 1905 is the
first national committee that ever pre-
served and made
First to Keep public a full list
Contribution List. s,+,en .;,,s,, No.
a single five-cent piece contributed failed
to command a record of the name of the
donor in the books of the committee. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-17

WEATHER.
Fair tonight and probably Sunday much change tenn
perature.
CONDITION OF THE WATER.
Temperature condition Of at Great Falls
Temperature condition. Daeoarla acknowledgements
connection condition south
nection condition at Georgetown,
UP-RIVER WATERS.
spciaD Dispatch 0
IARPERS FERRY W. Va, August I7.-Potomac clear and
Shenandoah muddy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-17
Recently Congress has been probing the
campaign fund situation in the campaign.
of 1904 and 1908
Results Have Not through the commit
cA.x1. tee on privileges and
OSSA 0C0A wing elections of the Sen.

xSSSU1CS nave MOI through the commit
Been Startling tee Ga p Of sse ana
ate, but the results have not been at all
startling.
According to the testimony Of those who
have appeared, the political committees
of the two great parties have been as
politically virtuous as they well could be-
AS far back as 1904 they were turning
down sugar trust, tobacco trust and other
trust contributions right and left, and
neither party confesses to have been will
ing to receive tainted money" from any
source. One man went to Chairman Cor
telyou with a roll of bills amounting to
$4,000. which he felt it his patriotic duty
to give to the cause of his party. and
then offhandedly observed that when vic
tory came once more to the glorious
cause Of republication he hoped he would
for a position In the diplomatic service
abroad. That little remark transformed
a high-purposed contribution into one de-
scribed by a different adjective, and Mr..
Cortelyou said, Nay, nay. there is no need
of such money in our camp" Mr.. du Pont
of Delaware had a twenty-thousand-do
lar donation to make in the 1908 cam
paign, but Mr.. Hitchcock remembered
that the powder trust was then having
a little trouble with the government. SO
he told Mr.. du Pont that he would better
keep his money. Mr.. du Pont did not
view it that way, however. What l
have given have gfven.'' he remarked.
and Immediately he opened up new
bank account in the name Of the repub-
hcan party and started out to hold the
$4,000 until such time as the party would
let him spend it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-17
Raises Nickel
and Dime Fund.


Raises Nickel mated as the "Ew-
and Dime Fund. m a 1onar'Du!'0n to
nearly 5000, and, except for a few quar-
ters and half dollars. it consisted entirely
Of five and ten cent pieces. A man named
Ewing, in Illinois. undertook to raise a
nickel and dime fund. and it kept grow
ing and growing until 1t became one Of
the comparatively few large contributions
Of the campaign. James Kerr of Penn
syivania also undertook to raise a fund
by gathering together all the pin money
subscriptions he could get. and in the
aggregate this was one Of the most i'm
portant contributions coming out of the
state Of Pennsylvania.
Herman Ridder. the treasurer of the
democratic national committee in 1908,
seems to have been the largest contribu-
tor in either party that year. He gave
$37, 600 to the fund, although the books
do not show it. As Mr.. Bryan had limit.
ed the amount that should be received
from any one man to $4,000. Mr.. Rider.
according to his own statement, gave
$3I 600, Of which 10000 was in his own
name and 5000 in the name Of each of
his three sons. This incident shows how
limiting contributions. In this particular
case no one charges that the course OF
Mr.. Ridder was open 20 criticism, for he
evidently had no Interior motive in the
matter. but the magnate who would want
to give a large amount easily might mask
1t by giving through number of indi-
viduals under him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-17
CAMPAIGN FUNDS.
FOUR YEARS AGO.
By Frederic ]. Haskin.

The campaign of 1908 was the first ma
tional one in which publicity was
required and then not required by any
national law, but by the law or the
state of New York. The two big cam
paign committees, having their headouar-
ters in New York city. thereby became
amendable to the laws of the Empire
state. The democrats. at the instance OF
Mr.. Bryan. published their contributions
and expenses before election, although
that was not required. even under the
state law. The republicans refused to
publish their lists until after the election,
but there was nothing shown in the re-
port as finally published that might not
Just as we'll have been made public be-
forehand.
According to the statements of the offi-
Gals Of the two national campaign COM
mittees, the republicans had a million
dollars more in 1908 than the democrats
The republican statement placed the ex-
penditures Of the national committee at
81 .6OO. 600. while the democrats had only
500. 900 all told. OF the republican fund
$4,000 was raised by state finance COM
mittees. and was spent in the several
states without going through the hands
OF the national committee Q although the
accounts were forwarded to the commit
tee. The national committee itself eX-
pended a little more than one million
dollars.
In the democratic camp there were more
than a hundred thousand individual con-
tributors, upward of $1,000 of whom lived
in the state of New York. Uncle Sam
got So 900 from the democratic national
committee in postage. the express COM
panies $4,000 and the telegraph COM
panies as much more. On the labor bu-
reaM $4,000 was spent in the effort to
line up organized labor against Taft. The
printing bill amounted to $4,000. and it
cost $4,000 to supply the stream of CAM
paign oratory that flowed from the hust-
ings of the country. The various state
organizatio got $4,000.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-05-17
SYNOPSIS.

Howard Jeffries, bankers son, under
the evil influence of Robert Underwood,
fellow-student at Yale, leads life of dis
sipatiOn marries the daughter of gam
bier who died in prison, and is .sdisowned
by his father. He is out Of work and in
desperate straits. Underwood. who had
mother, Alicia, is apparently in prosper.
GUS circumstances. Taking advantage OF
his intimacy with Alicia, he becomes a
sort of social highwaylman D.se cove Ing
house. He sends her a note threatening
suicide. Art dealers for whom he acted
as commissioner, demand an accounting.
He cannot make good. Howard calls at
his apartments in an intoxicated condi-
ton to request a loan of $4,000 to enable
him to take up business proposition.
Howard drinks himself into a maudlin
condition. and goes to sleep on divan:
caller is announced and Underwood
draws a screen around the drunken
sleeper. Alicia enters. She demands
take his life He refuses unless she will
renew her patronage. This she refuses.
and takes her leave. Underwood kills
kens Howard. He finds Underwood dead.
Howard is turned over to the police.
Capt. Clinton, notorious for his brutal
treatment of prisoners. puts Howard
through the third degree, and finally gets
an alleged confession from the harassed
man. Annie Towards wife. declares her
belief in her. husbands innocence, and
unless she will consent to a divorce. To
save Howard she consents, but when she
finds that the elder Jeffries does not in
tend to stand by his son, except finan-
to Judge Brewster, attorney for Jeffries
Sr., to take Towards case. He declines
1t is reported that Annie is going on the
stage. The banker and his wife call on
Judge. Brewster to find some way to pre-
vent it. Annie again pleads with Brew
ster to defend Howard.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-05-17
GROWING AND CULTTVATING
POTATO CROP Is PROFITABlP
Sandy Loan Usually Of Better o.
Than Heavy nd-Good Drainage Il Anothsr -'y
Essential Machinery Saves Much Time
Great Amount OF Labor.

use Of q machine. It plants tho 49,.
toes at q uniform depth and cn rvsa'
them evenly, thus insuring h...
stand. Large numbers Of these na
chimes are now in use, and as th aa.
are made Of various sizes, the cos. Icy !.
within the reach of the aver..s
farmer. A handy implement for osS
erlng che potatoes may be made :,
inch boards eight inches wide and ,w
feet long. It has cross-bar Of 9va.s
feet long atkhe front end and one fo ~.
at the rear, A small chain is attachss
to the front Of the runners for drow
ing with horse. Old plow hand,o,
guide It. So simple an implement con
be made by even an inexpertencaa d
hand.
Eleven bushels Is a more profitable
quantity Of seed potatoes to use no,
acre than five or eight bushels.
Potatoes affected with brown r..
should not be Used for planting.
Potato growers should follow sv,
tenn OF rotation IN which the potatoo.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-05-17
Seed Potato Cutter.

because it is often more fertile. but
brown rot Of the tubers is apt to be
worse on such soils
Soil which has produced scabby
crop OF potatoes should be avoided.
because the scab spores live over In
the soil and will cause more or less
scab on the tubers TOR five or six
years afterward.
Potatoes grow well on any slope.
but northern slope Is most desir-
able, because on it the crop will suf-
fer less during hot dry weather.
Good drainage is important. Pota-
toes will stand less excess of moisture
than other common farm crops, and
artificial drainage should be provided
wherever. natural drainage is at all
deficient. Potatoes rot more In low.
wet land than In well drained upland
in years when rot occurs. The same
is true Of heavy soils compared with
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-05-17
CHAPTER XVI.

Now, my dear young woman" said
Judge Brewster, when the astonished
head clerk had withdrawn, IF we are
going to get your husband free we
must get to work, and you must help
me-"
His visitor looked up eagerly.
I'll do anything in my power" she
said quickly. What can do?"
'Well-first of ALL said the lawyer
with some. hesitation, Il want you
to see certain lady and to be ex
ceedingly nice to her."
Lady," echoed Annie, surprised.
What lady?"
Mrs. Howard Jeffries, Sr.," he re-
piled slowly.
Towards stepmother!" she ejacu-
lated
A clerk entered and handed his en-
ployer card. The lawyer nodded
and said in an undertone:
Show her in." Turning round
again, he went on: ''Yes-Howard's
stepmother. She's out there now. She
wants to see you She wishes to be
of service to YOU Now, you must
conciliate her. She may be of great
use to u.s."
Annie's face expressed considerable
doubt
Perhaps So" she said, "but the
door was slammed in my face when l
called to see her."
That's nothing" answered the
judge. 'She probably knows nothing
about it. In any case, please remem-
Der that she is my client"
She bowed her head and murmured
obediently:
I'll remember"
The door of the office opened and
Alicia entered. She stopped short on
seeing who was there, and an awk-
ward pause followed. Judge Brewster
introduced them.
Mrs. Jeffries, may l present Mrs.
Howard. Jr.? 2"
Alicia bowed stiff and somewhat
haughtily. Annie remained self-pos-
sessed and on the defensive. Address
ing the bankers wife, the lawyer said:
Il told Mrs. Howard that you
wished to speak to her." After pause
he added: I think. perhaps. I'll leave
you together. Excuse me-"
He left the Office and there was an
other embarrassing silence. Annie
waited for Mrs. Jeffries to begin. Her
attitude suggested that she expected
something unpleasant and was fully
prepared for it. At last Alicia broke
the silence:
You may think it strange that l
have asked for this interview" she
began, but you know, Annie In
terrupting herself, she asked: 'sYpu
don't mind my calling you Annie, do
you?"
The young woman smiled.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-05-17
CHOLERA AMONG
FARM POULTRY
Ailan9 Birds-Shou1d Be Destroyed
or Separated to Prevent
Distribution OF
the Germs.

(By b. F. KAUPP, Pathologist Colorado
Agricultural College.)
The symptoms usually noted are
as follows: The bird begins to NOPE
remains on the roost with feathers
ruffed. head down and wings more
or less droopy; the bird presents a
ball" appearance. The bird Is
weak, and diarrhea is present. Inc
discharge Is of greenish-yellow COZ
or. The bird usually lives from
three days to week. :,
We have studied this disease ano
conducted experiments with IT Id
chickens, turkeys and ducks. ;.
When the abdominal cavity Is
opened, the liver will be noted 10 10
much larger than normal, and darker
The spleen may be enlarged. Tine III
testines are congested and may ap
pear inflamed.
AS to treatment: The henhouse
and yards should be cleaned tnor
oughly. The house and, so lar a.
possible, the yard, should be sprayeo
once a day with a five per cent. soiu
ton of carbolic acid, zenoleum OF oie
olin. Birds should be watered irolD
drinking fountains. These should ~
cleaned and disinfected once ua,,
using disinfecting solution sa mno
strength as for house and yards. lns
feed should be given In trous. -
which are so constructed as no. "
allow stepping into them. ine sd
should be cleaned and dlsinieo.ss
once or twice a day. As the gei ~
escape from the sick birds from ~ ~
discharge. the birds, as soon a. IA ~.
ticed to be ailing, should Dc "
stroyed and burned, or at leas. sss
arated so as to prevent further ois'''
button Of the germs. ..b.
Az treatment sulphocarDolaIe 10
lets containing the suphocarDo.asss .
Of calcium, sodium and zinc, have 81
en- us the best results In our eAp, 20
mental work. Vaccination mas as
been successfully carried on.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-05-17
CHAPTER XV.-Cont:nued.

You're not afraid to help him."
she said. Il know that-you just
said so.''
Judge Brewster raised his fist and
brought it down on the desk with a
bang which raised in a cloud the ac-
cumulated dust of weeks. His face
set and determined, he said:
You're quite right! I'm going to
take your easel"
Annie felt herself giving way. 1t
was more than she could stand. For
victory to be hers when only a mo-
ment before defeat seemed certain
was too much for her nerves. All she
could gasp was:
"Oh, judge!"
Inc lawyer adjusted his eyeglasses,
blew his nose with suspicious energy.
and took up pen.
NOW don't pretend to be surprised
you knew would. And please don't
thank me. hate to be thanked for
doing what / want to do. III didn't
want to do it, l wouldn't"
through her tears she murmured:
I'D like to say thank you"
Well, please don't" he snapped.
But she persisted. Tenderly, she
said: 80
May say you're the dearest, kind
est" ->-
Judge Brewster shook his head.
nothing of the kind"
Most gracious - noble-hearted -
courageous" she went on.
The judge struck the table another
formidable blow.
Mrs. Jeffries!" he exclaimed.
She turned away her head to hide
her feelings.
"Oh. how I'd like to have a good
cry" she murmured. IF Howard
only knew!"
Judge Brewster touched an electric
button. and his head clerk entered.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-05-17
@CHARLTS KLEIN

'Mr. JONES'" said the lawyer quick
ly, get stenographic report OF the
case of the People against Howard
Jeffries, Jr.; get the coroner's inquest
the grand jury indictment, and get q
copy of the Jeffries confession-get
everything away"
The clerk looked inQuiringly, first
at Annie and then at his employer.
Then respectfully he asked:
do we, sir?''
I'VE do" said the lawyer laconic.
ally.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-05-17

Nov, my dear young woman" said
Judge Brewster, when the astonished
head clerk had withdrawn, IF we are
going to get your husband free we
must get to work. and you must help
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-05-17

trouble with most Of them is that they
leave pieces without eyes.
A rapid method of cutting seed po-
tatoes by hand is to stick a sharp
knife firmly into board and cut the
tubers by pushing them against the
knife. This enables the use of both
hands on the tubers. When using the
knife In the hand for cutting seed po-
tatoes, the best method Of cutting is
to begin at the stem end Of the tuber
and cut pieces of diagonal1y, turning
the tuber on its axis as necessary
with the cutting of each piece as the
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-05-17

A Convenient Potato Hopper With
Boards and Knives Fastened In
Them for Cutting Seed Potatoes.
light soils, which is because heavy
soils do not part with their excess
moisture as rapidly as fight soils do.
No best time for planting can be
given that will f1t every year. II a
dry spell occurs early in the season,
and is followed by plenty Of rain, late
planted potatoes yield the best, while
on the other hand, when dry spell
occurs in the latter half Of the grow
ing season. early planted potatoes do
best.
A number Of machines for cutting
seed are available on the market. One