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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-04
PARCELS POST ADVOCATED
AT Committee HEARING
Senator MARITIME Much Impressed
With the Views
Expressed.

Senator MARITIME of New Jersey never
misses an opportunity to class himself
with the agriculturists of this country,
and again this morning he demonstrated
his fondness for proclaiming himself a
farmer.
]. I'll. Hale one of the public utility
commissioners of Connecticut. and chair
man of the executive committee of the
Connecticut State Grange, testified, be-
fore the Senate committee on post Of
fees in favor of the establishment of
a general parcels post, and against the
establishment of a zone system of parcel
post charges. When his direct testimony
had been finished. Chairman Bourne
asked Senator MARITIME if he wished to
ask any questions.
Il am a farmer. or have been until
the last year or two, Mr.. MARITIME re-
marked. land | am much impressed by
the gentlemans remarks"
Mr.. Hale predicted that the mer-
chants of the small towns. who are
now fighting the establishment of the
parcels post, will be surprised after it
has been established to find how they
are benefited by it, and will wonder
in years to come how they were led
astray' in the matter back in 1911 and
1912.
Frederick c. Beach of New York city,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-04
TAKE BOY INTO CUSTODY.
Police Inqriring Into the History of
Arthur Corlan.

Arthur Corlan. sixteen years old, was
arrested last night at Union station and
sent to the house of detention. to be held
until the police are able to learn some
thing definite about him. Detective Mudd
met him in the station thought he was
stranger in the city and questioned
him
The boy said he had been an inmate of
an institution in New York. and that re-
Gently he had resided at the rooming
house OF Margaret Ryan. 70 West Attn
street. New York. When sent to the
house of detention the boy had $42 In his
pockets. money he had saved from his
small earnings. he said.
Corlan told the police that his mother
had gone to Australia, having left him
in New York to he brough. up in an in
stitution He gave his mothers ADDRESS
as 2i3 Forbes street. Darlinghorst, New
South Wales, Australia.
The boy said he came TO this city to
find employment Inspector Boardman
has asked the New York police to advise
them if the boy is known to Mrs. Ryan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-04
FOR RETIREMENT LAW.
Association Officers to Present Views
to House Committee.

Two days before the opening of thu
convention Of the United States Civil
Service Retirement Association. to be held
in Washington January 10 and 20 com
mittee of its officers will appear before
the House committee on civil service re-
form and present their cause. The as
ISOLATION is standing for a straight pen
sion in preference to a contributory sys.
TEN for retirement fund for the EN-
ployes: for the Hamill bill I'm preference
to the Austin. Gillett and other bills now
before Congress.
More than 400 delegates, representing
every branch of the civil government OF
the country, are expected to attend the
convention. One of the principal adj
dresses scheduled will be that of Repre-
sentative II. l.. Goodwin OF North Caro-
lima
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-04
PLAN DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
Party to Settle Question of Open
Caucus as Advocated

Inc democrats of the House of Rep
resentat1ves Will caucus next Saturday
afternoon at 4 o'clock, for the purpose
OF settling the party policy with
reference to the open caucus which has
been advocated by some of the leaders.
and also to fill majority vacancies on
some of the House committees. Rep
resentatiye Underwood of Alabama, the
ma jority floor leader, is chairman of
special committee appointed at one of
the caucuses held in the special session
to report upon the open caucus PROPOSE
ton The report is now ready, and will
he submitted next Saturday. 1t is under
stood that the views of the committee
are adverse to continuance of the secret
caucus principle.
Matters of party policy will be dis
cussed at caucus to be held later In
the month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-04
Well Worth Reading.

In our next Sunday Magazine: The
Wag Lady" by Rex Beach, entry No
9G in our prize story competition: Break
ing Into Society," by AN Old Timer
Mother Careys Chickens by Charles
Francis Bourke, entry No. % in our prize
story competition: The Shop of Dreams. :
by Richard lie Gallienne. entry No. rs in
our prize story competition: Billy" by
Katharine New bold Brdsall. entry No. 20
in our prize story competition. and an
other installment of THE Great Game.
by Samuel Hopkins Adams.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-04

The marble bust of Vice President
James Schoolcraft Sherman, which is to
be put IN the Senate wing Of the Capitol
with the busts of all his predecessors
from John ADAMS to CHARLES w. Fair
banks. has been received and has been
temporarily installed in the room of the
Senate committee on library.
The bust will soon be put on public eN-
hihtion in it's permanent place along the
corridor running in front of the Senate
chamber 1t is not unusual to put a Vice
Presidents bust in place before his retire
ment from office.
The distinctive feature of the Sherman
bust is that it shows him with glasses on.
Many times before sculptors have tried 10
make marble effigies showing the specta-
cles, but the attempts have not been alto
gether satisfactory.
As Mr.. Sherman is rarely seen with
out the characteristic spectacles.
Bessie Potter Nonnah. who was au-
thori1ed to make the bust of him, en-
deavored 10 present his face as it is usu
ally seen by visitors to the Senate
The result was pleasing to the Vice
President himself and to his friends
and so his spectacles are prominent
regarded as excellent, as shown by the
comments of many who have inspected
it in the library committees rooms.
Old Custom Changed.
If the custom which prevailed until
few months ago had been followed
in the case of Vice President Sher-
mans bust. it would be placed in one
of the inches in the galleries of the
Senate chamber. Since the starting Of
the custom of having busts Of Vice
Presidents made for the Senate wing
of the Capitol it had been the custom
to put the buSts in the Senate cham
Der. When all the inches became
crowded it then became the policy to
take out one of the old ones and put
the newest one in it's place.
But the was always objection on the
part of the senators from the state of
the Vice President whose bust was re-
moved, and charges of discrimination
went back and forth. When the bust
of Theodore Roosevelt, who was Vice
President for a few months. arrived at
the Capitol there was much speculation
removed. All senators from the states
represented by the busts in the Senate
chamber stood pat
1t was then decided that new policy
should be adopted. The busts of Vice
Presidents. it was decided, were to be in
the Senate chamber in order of the sue
cession, until all the inches were filled.
The remainder were to be placed in the
public corridor in front of the Senate
chamber. The busts placed in the cor
rider, in accordance with this policy. are
those of Fairbanks, Hobart, Morton.
Stevenson and Roosevelt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-04
Tied and Gagged by Burglar.

UNION HILL. y. j., January Airs
Sarah Halwick. wife of well-to-do insur
ance man. was bound and gagged by a
masked robber, who entered her house on
Hudson boulevard late last night. Intimi-
dating the woman with threat to kill
her, the robber stuffed a number Of hand
kerchefs into her mouth tied her arms
and legs with a stout cord. and left her
bundled up in the middle of the floor while
he ransacked the rooms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-04

president of the Postal Progress
League, also advocated the establish
ment of a parcels post system at to-
days hearing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-04
Organize Champ Clark Club.

COLORADO SPRINGS. Col. January
4.-The democrats Of FL Paso county.
Colorado. today organized Champ Clark
Club. the first in Colorado. The CLUB
pledged itself TO use every effort to de-
liver the Colorado delegation to the na-
tional convention for Clark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-04

Stories by Rex Beach. Richard lie Cal
lienne, Charles Francis Bourke and Kath-
airline Newbold Birdsall all entered in our
prize story competition, in our next Sun
day Magazine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-04

You Strong.
Old people. tired. weak. run down
people, delicate children. frail moth
ers and those recovering from Sc
we're illness, this is a fact.
Thousands of genuine testimonials
from reliable people prove this
claim, and 10 further support the
fact and prove our faith in what We
say, we unhesitatingIy declare that
any one who will try bottle of
who'd will have their money re-
turned without question if they are
not satisfied that it did them good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-04
3 FRIDAY BARGAINS FOR MEN.

10 kinds of Wei
Kid Box Calf and
Gun Metal Calf Sin
gle and Double Sole
Shoes. for working
or dress wear. Shoes
which are surpris-
ingly durable and
well made for the
price.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24

Secretary OF State Knox has re.
turned from his visit to the republics
Of the Caribbean region with the most
optimistic feeling that his trip has
been fruitful In removing the preju-
dices that are so widely distributed In
the Central American region. through
Misrepresentation CLEANED from this
country and on account Of the perver-
sions sedulously circulated by domes.
tic agitators In one or another OF the
iatin.Americnn states, The secretary
believes he has largely removed the
antipathles by frankly stating the
facts Of the case affording the widest
Official assurance that this country
has only the design OF Strengthening
the Pan.American ties Such work Is
worth much more than ordinary diplo-
macy and affords infinitely wider
reaches Of effective results
The mission Of Knox il one OF the
finely conceived acts Of President Taft
that count for much more than politi.
cal manipulation, The advance OF
comfy and trade In tho Central Amer
lean region Ia OF the utmost lmpor'
lance In view OF tho closer relations
sustained through the Panama canal.
II win not do 10 have any Of these
states inlmlcnblo M they could cre'
ate a world OF trouble
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24
REAL MISTRESS OF HOUSE
In olden Days, Among Other Accom-
llshments, Woman Was Required
to Be Expert Carver.

In the matter OF old time etiquette
at the table one recalls the part
played by the lady of the household.
In the eighteenth century she was mis-
tress OF the ceremonies-she carved
and she dealt the while her lord mere
ly pushed" the bottle.
She was also the menu. for II she
gave n dinner OF several courses II
was her duty TO announce to the
guests. seated expectantly, what was
due to appear at table. A dinner OF
one course and she remarked that
they saw their dinner
Then her powers OF gentle persua-
sion came into play. A guest when
he had stuffed sufficiently placed the
handles OF his knife and fork into his
plate. and the sight OF a knife in posi-.
ton was the signal for the Hostess to
Inquire III he would please to have
something more"
In the art of carving. OF course.
the mistress OF any country house
was past mistress. One recalls Lady
Mary Montagu's fight after perfec.
ton under the wing OF a professional
carving master: she took three les.
sons a week. that she might be perfect
on her fathers public days: when. In
order to perform her functions with.
out Interruptions. she was forced to
eat her own dinner alone an hour or
so beforehand"
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24
DEMOCRATS FALSE TO DUTY
Proposed Naval Appropriations Rldleu-
!ousIy Inadequate for Real Needs
of the Force,

With the postoffice and the legisla-
tive appropriation bills disposed of
the naval appropriation bill makes It's
shamefaced entrance before the house
and a very sorry first appearance it
is. Measured by the demands of vital
defence, 1t is the most futile naval do
cument seriously suggested by intelli-
gent and presumably patriotic men in
many years, as its timid recommends
tons 70 no further than auxiliaries,
such as six destroyers, four subma-
rines, two fuel supply ships. one col.
lier to be revamped into a repair ship
and one tender for torpedo craft.
The units proposed are of undoubted
Importance in the composition of a
rounded fleet. and the navy will be
glad to have them. but as a proposed
total fleet increase for a year the ar
ray is pathetically farcical. All the
blame for this cannot in fairness be
placed on the naval committee. for
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24

The general belief that the house
Democrats viii refuse the presidents
request for an appropriation Tor the
tariff commission "a not Gathering to
the house majority. though II IL prob.
ably sound The board has done good
work and Il should be continued. What.
ever politicians may believe 10 the
contrary. 4 IA evident that the coun.
try cannot longer be satisfied with 20.
litlchl hrlr bills Hereafter rovlalon
must he both honert and intelligent ia
order 10 command respect No one
questions either the good faith or the
efficiency Of the thrifr board. Much In.
formation which will be Of great use
Whenever butlnenallko revision n un.
deriakcn has been gathered. and the
work Of collecting material that will
be needed later should not DO inter.
rupied Rochester Post Express.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24
Where Ar, tho psmoers,sf

II the ferocity Of tho faction night
lng In the Republican party ia tho po
liucAl sensation n tho year. the weak
meas shown by tho Democrats Ia tho
biggest surprise. That there would be
hot work In the struggle for the Re
publican nomination wan apparent
long ago. but no one looked for such
evidence OF general facblenesa HH the
Democrats have been giving, They
have much confidence and abundant
hopes. but they appear TO lack votes
The Republicans will get together
All right after tho convention
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24

The house OF representative sirhs
for economy. but not the economy that
begins At home ny an overwhelming
majority II rejected the proposition
TO cut down tho mileage u members
from twenty cents TO nve. There were
very few "ayea" for the change. but
thcno was an Astounding and Indignant
chorus Of "noas" or course tho mem.
beers do not nnd Il necessary 10 nay
twenty cents a mile In settlng To and
solns away from Washington. but
what Of thAti Tho member prob
ably needed the money.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24
COMPARE WAGE SCALES
GOOD OBJECT LESSON AS TO
PRESENT TARIFF RATES.
lacemakIns Industry May Be Taken
as an Example to Disprove Charge
That the Tax Can Be Called
Extortionate.

THE relation which the American
.arif bears to the lacemaking indus.
try of the United States is shown in
the figures. which We have been able
to obtain from first hands," says the
American Economist Here, as in
practically all lines wherein domestic
production meets foreign competition,
the pivotal point is wages,
While It is true that the foreigner
starts out with the advantage of n
much smaller cost of his operating
plant, his great advantage is in wage
scale ranging from one-half to two
tifths of the wages paid in the United
States for equivalent service.
1T must be borne In mind that as
regards the cost of the raw material,
the raw cotton, the foreign and the do
nestle manufacturer start even, for
the item of freight on cotton from Sa-
vannah to Dresden is practically the
same as the freight from Savannah to
Norwalk.
I'VE are now dealing with two lace
factories, one located in Dresden, Sax
ony, and the other located in Norwalk
Conn. Both factories are owned by
the same company, a German COM
pany, Both use the same numbers of
thread; both use the same machine.
"A table Of the comparative wages
In the two plants shows that those
paid In Dresden Ito the same class of
labor working on the same machines)
average only 40 per cent. OF those paid
In America. The present American
tariff on the Lever laces is 10 per cent
ad valorem. None too high. one would
think, considering the fact that the
American wage is $50 per cent. higher
than the German wage.
Yet the free-trader and the Ameri-
can tariff reformer' will tell you that
tariff of 20 per cent for the protec-
ton and encouragement of the Amerl
can industry is outrageous, is extor.
Tomato. Now the German lacemaker
thought that 10 per cent. tariff
would enable him to make laces at a
profit in the United States. So he
shipped over quota of machines and
equipped lacemaking plant at Nor
walk. Conn. where labor is fairly
cheap and plentiful.
zone Of the partners I'm the German
house came across TO supervise the
construction and operation OF the Nor
walk plant. He didn't find that the 20
per cent. was too high Quite the con
trary He found that even under such
a tariff the German house could de
liver laces In New York at lower
price, duty paid. than the cost OF msSSi
ing the same goods at Norwalk; that
when the American lace market is
weak and the price drops the German
factory steps In and takes the market.
and that the Norwalk factory must
lay OF its hands and let its machines
lie idle until the American demand be
comes strong again.
The Norwalk branch OF the Ores
den lace factory has lately passed
through one of these periods OF low
demands. in which the foreign supply
had taken the whole OF the American
plant and It's employees into Idleness
last now thanks TO n better demand
and a 10 per cent. tarin. the Norwalk
plant IL IN full operation"
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24

Not Much 1 IL. . .D.,,oor,,,o y.,rr
Where are the Democrats in the
states which hold nopplor vote nri.
marIes? Wbv does the total Demo.
cratic vote fall 90 far hollow tho Re.
nubI,c,n esnras that tbo cor,ras,
makes everything Democratic look
insignificant? what 10 tho reason that
A RepubIIcan candidate beaten two
to one bv a winning rIva, in his own
marty cor st,,l rim sar ahead IN soma
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24

20. Clara. We had a dreadful scare
this morning. a burglar hcarol" said
Mrs. Fink. There was trlghtful
noise about two o'clock. and got up.
turned on the light and looked down.
to 500 mans legs sticking out from
under tho bed"
"Mcrey. how dreadful Tho bur.
rlara7"
NO. my dear. my husbands lie
bad hoard the noise. too."-Youth'a
Companion,
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24

Dach'icnc, 100, Win
some kidney disor.
ders, get Doan's
Kidney Pills. which
have cured thou
sands.
John r. Scnnt'
ling, Trinid n d
Colo. says: Il was
confined TO bed
with rheumatism
80 helpless, | had
TO be fed My hack
nehcd acutoly and
kidney scerotlona
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24

broke my rest. Nothing helped un.
III used Doan's Kidney pills ana
they did me world OF good have
never missed days work since"
when Your Back II Lame. Remem'
Der the Nnme-DoAN's." b0c all storos.
FostcrMilburn Co. nuffalo. n. Y.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24

That Irritable, nervous condition dua 20 :
bad liver calls tot IL natural auiidUie-
Garfield Tea
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24
sAckAcHe AND ACHING JOINTS.

Together Tell Of Weak or Disordered
Kidneys.
Much pain that masks MS rheuma.
,ism is due to weak kidneys-to their
failure to drive OF uric acid thorough.
ly. When you suffer aohy. bad joints
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24

Even love match may have It's
fare ups.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24

A good, balanced feed for horse ID
one quart Of oats and ono or bran
twice each day. when idle, ana three
times a day when NJ work-aubati.
tutlne corn for oats occasionally. and
hall n bundle OF fodder. or one good
forktul Of hay. three times day nj,
regular hours
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24

Avoid sudden changes in tho feed
OF your hogs. Diminish tho old feed
gradually and make M tho shortage
with tho proportlonata amount Of tho
now Sudden changes In diet will 10,
,ard development
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1912-05-24

Where there Ia hardly enough milk
from single milking 10 make sopa.
rating worth while Il may be- set away
until next milking time, when tho
cream should be thoroughly stirred
IN and the milk warmed ~ before
running through the machine.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

| prisoner on his farm. Except for the
most urgent of causes he seldom went
| further from home than his horse
could carry him in a days journey.
But the farmer of today if he takes
advantage of the inventions which
have been perfected for his benefit is
free man. He can step to the tele
phone and talk to any of his friends
or business acquaintances; he can
Jump into an automobile and speed
to the nearest town; he can go few
miles to the railroad and be fastened
to wherever he wants to go; but there
remains to him the same problem
that was unsolved by his grandfather
and his father before him-what to
do with his evenings.
And now we come back to the les
sou of the fields and the changing of
the crops.
He must have variety and he must
have it within easy reach. After
hard days work he is In no mood to
go miles in search of amusement. So
if he is wise and up to-date farmer
he goes into the living room, puts a
record on his Victor talking machine
and listens to the kind of music that
suits his mood.
It. very simple, isn't it? And then
after the greatest of singers of the
world have done their part to soothe
his tired brain and the best singers
of popular, tuneful melody have
cheered and amused him, he goes to
his bed refreshed and ready for sleep
with a new contentment and rest and
variety given to the mental soil.
And every farmer can have Victor
or Victro- Victrola for there is
style to suit every pocketbook; and
any Victor dealer will gladly demon
strate these instruments at any time.
if you don't know who the Victor
dealer is in your locality write to the
Victor Talking Machine Co., Camden,
N. j., and they will give you the in
formation and send you an illustrated
booklet with pictures of the worlds
greatest singers.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1912-03-15

ed in crushing machine capable Of
fifty tons pressure. The usual test
is hammer test which TO say the
least is unscientific and inexact.
In our crushing machine we learn
exactly what gear will stand. Here
lies one of the secrets why the REQ
the Fifth made so enviable a record
as official pilot car in the last Glidden
Tour from New York to Jacksonville.
The diameter of the rear axle has
been enlarged and the axle shafts are
built of nickel steel. 1t is subjected
to chemical analysis, to crushing, to
gear tests and to tests of tensile
strength. The weakness of most cars
is found in the rear axle. Nothing
in our mechanism shows a larger
margin of safety. Nothing has more
exact scientific attention.
The differential gears have been
greatly improved. The gears are
made heavier than ever before. The
differential is designed for 40 horse
power With a thirty horsepower
this leaves wide margin of safety