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Arizona republican., 1912-01-14

This is the most disastrous season for theatrical companies that has been seen for years. judging by tnc mournings of 1ooo to 1900 actors and actresses who gre in Chicago. idle. swarmirS at :hc agencies and "stal- Ing" st hotels and boarding houses. Whether it is Gu" to the moving picture shows or the bursting of thr. vaudeville bubble the results are hard on histrionic genius and all sur plus gems. furs and wardrobe that can be soaked" Forty companies have closed" during the last three weeks in the surrounding states and beat more or less orderly retreat to Chicago. There IS real pathos in plenty among these people of the stage. Comr2nT aftcr company has returned to Chicago within the last week." said a booking agent There are 200 applicants for every place I can offer" At least a thousand act ors and actresses are looking for work here now" was the statement of another office which closed three companies recently. Usually when th" new year comes around there are a large number of companies go- ing. out. but this year it is all com ing-in and nothing going out" There are hundreds uf chorus girls here now looking for places whcr" usual ly it iS hard to find any at this time of year" Harry Askin said. Mana gers are complaining that they can not get enough shows and tho ow- rcrS of the companies are saying they cannot get audiences. I am placing large number with south crn stock companies. but hundreds are goipG to be out of work during the cold spell. I am afraid"
Arizona republican., 1912-01-14

"A hom.stcaG,r's victory after a
 long fight" was the comment of d Chicago friend nf the man who Won
 the championship wheat, the Sl000 prize at the New York land show
 having repIycd him for his invest mcpt in pioneer days. Scg ger Wheeler of Rosthcrn. Saskatchewan. who won the Sir Thomas Shaugh- messy prize offered for the best wheat grown on the two American continents. twenty-five years ago was working with a construction gang on the railroad near Mooscjdw. When Wheeler was set to driving a team hitchcd tu scrapcr he sud denly fourd a new ambition" his friend related The team inspired it. He decided h" waptcd to be a farmer and two years later he and his brothers took up a homestead near Clark's Crossing. north of Sas- latpon That was in the days be fore the railroads and ;lthoush th crops were fair there was no mar ket for the wheat when he had raised it. Consequently this did moi suit the young farmer and he and his brothers .ad his mother moved
Arizona republican., 1912-01-14
LUMBER AT COST

have two milliaa feet of yellow pine timber grown on my ranch in Cocunino county. My neighbors have several million feet more which I have an option on. I am forming a company to put SaWmill in and cut this timber and put it on the market at actual cost price to the stock holders in this company. Arizona has tho largest yellow pine forest in the United States. and the Arizona home builder should have the benefit of it. | can produce all grades of yellow pine lumber at Sl2.50 per thousand on cars at Maine. Arizona, or S17.50 in Phoenix, and will put up a bond that l can do so. Here is the actual cost of producing lumber in Arizona:
 Government stumpaSe price....s $50 Cutting logs .................. loo Hauling logs to mill........... 2.J0 Saving and stacking. g.......... 2.j0 Fire insurance on yard. per
 thousand ............... .5C Wagon haul to railroad. ....... 2.5o Making sI2.5O delivered at railroad. Fright to Phoenix. on basis ar IS cents per hundred. $i.50 per thou sand
 Unloading cars. 50 cents per thou sand
 Making sl75O for all grades of Arl- zona yellow pine lumber laid down in Phoenix.
 w. K. ROSS
 GLENDALE, ARIZONA.
Arizona republican., 1912-01-14

plantations that line their banks; tn control for beneficial use by stor- age in surface reservoirs and in the ground the flood waters that now cause such appalling waste and de- Structiun. and develop all available water power. fcrtilizc the land by silt deposit. and irriSatc the deserts; save the country from tn" enormous annual losses from forest fires that Geyastatc and d"nudc our mountains and dry up the sources of water for our rivers. and thus largely relieve ouy swamp and overflow lands by removing the crest of the flood The National Drainage congress WIs organized in December in Chicago under the auspices of the Rcclama ton federation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
DISCOVERED AT PANAMA.
A. S. Hitchcock Tells Of Grasses and
Plants Unknown to Scientists Here.

Some two hundred grasses and plants
from seventy to eighty of which have
never been known to the scientific world
before, recently discovered by a govern
ment expedition on the isthmus of Pima
ma, were described last night before the
Washington Biological Society by A. s.
Hitchcock, the leader Of the expedition.
The trip was made with the purpose Of
listing all botanical specimens the 18TH
mus produced.
The work was probably the most COM
prehensive from scientific standpoint
undertaken by a body OF American bot
anists in recent years. The expedition re-
manned on the isthmus six months and
searched for specimens from one end of
the Canal Zone to the other. The work
necessitated numerous trips into the In
terror country. up the fresh water
streams and rivers. the plains and hill
countries.
ITO our great surprise we found un-
listed specimens In great abundance. How
botanists missed them in the past in a
mystery" said Mr.. Hitchcock.
The trip eliminated with journey to
several extinct VOLCANOES In the mountain
regions of Costa Rico. number OF rare
botanical specimens were found in this
country also.
A second paper read before the society
last night was by FL. NJ. Smith. who told
of some remarkable deep sea fishes found
by the fish commission vessel Albatross
in Philippine waters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
EXPLAINS MAINE DISASTER.
Explosive Used Similar To Blasting
Type, Saws Col. Black.

NEW YOI,r>, February 1.-THE ex-
plosive with which the battleship Maine
was blown up was similar In type to,
II not identical, with the explosive used
in blasting operations in the soft rock
found about Havana, in the opinion of
Col. w. M. Black, U. g. A., Engineer
Corps. expressed today at the luncheon
Of the New York commandery. naval
and military order Of the Spanish Ameri-
can war.
Col. Black. who was a member Of the
board of officers in charge Of raising the
Maine. in discussing the problems which
the board faced in its task. reiterated
his belief in the theory Of an external
explosion followed by internal explosions,
and said that the explosive used was a
lower power, slow acting composition,
probably manufactured in the city of
Havana He ascertained from persons
IN business in Havana, he said, that
there was an ample supply OF this ex-
plosive in bale In the city at the time
Of the Maine disaster.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
w,sta So 90 fsr wr
For the Study Of German.
rom the New York World.


The gift by Jacob H. Schiff of 10000
to Cornell University for the promotion
of studies in German culture comes
when the teaching of German in New York
public schools is holly assailed in high
quarters as one Of q number of alleged
"fads and fancies' condemned by such
critics.
There were in the United States in 1910
81, 100000 people Of foreign birth or for
eign parentage II grandparentage and
more remote derivation not ascertainei
for the census could be established and
classified many millions of people Of Ger
manic stock would be shown as living
here, from the descendants Of tie Mo-
hawk and Pennsylvania Dutch to those
Of the exiled patriots of AS.
OF culture tongues German is unQues-
tionably first for any English-speaking
student. It is the chief storehouse o
thought and fact upon almost every CON-
ceivable subject AS a trading speech il
is not only Familiarity used by "a. 100000
people as their mother tongue, but the
energy and enterprise of Germans are
fast making 1t a medium of commerce 70
many who were not born to speak il.
In his evident estimate of the value OF
German studies Mr. Schiff is right-even
though that conclusion should put many
assailants of school ''fads and fancies'
in the wrong.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
Woman knights.
from the London Graph

from the London Graphic.
1t is not at all well known that knight
hood has constantly been conferred upon
women. Many English ladies received
the accolade. and many more were men,
bers Of such knightiy orders as the Gar
ter and st. John. When Mary Chol-
mondeley. the bold lady of Cheshire"
was knighted by Elizabeth for her val
liant address. on the queen taking COM
mand at the threatened invasion of Spain.
did she know that whole city Of Span
ish women. the gallant women of Tor
toss, had been knighted for saving that
beth had both been knighted at their
coronation. but by the time Anne, the
second Mary, and Victoria assembled the
throne 1t had been quito forgotten that,
according to English law and usage q
woman who filled q mans Office acquired
all its privileges and was immune from
none OF the duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
WEATHER TO Be MILD
IN WASHINGTON TODAY
Forecaster Predicts Sunny
Skies and BaImy Breezes
for Capital.

Fair weather. sunny skies and balmy
breezes are In store for the National
Capital today, according to last nights
promises Of the weather man, and II
the entire forecast is realized the temper
AZURE will be sufficiently mild to give
Washington it's first taste Of approaching
spring. Consequently. it is probable that
the parks and the Zoo will take on an ap-
pearance at least APPROACHING that Of
the good old summer time, with crowds
Of visitors taking advantage of the first
opportunity in weeks for a pleasant Sun
day afternoon stroll.
Unsettled weather is in prospect for
Monday, and if the unsettling proceeds
to the point of producing a warm rain
high water and ice jams on the river are
almost certain to occur. The warm
weather of the past couple of days ana
the favoring wind have combined to free
the Potomac of ice in the channels below
Indian Head, according to the reports of
the officers of the Norfolk line steamers.
Between Washington and Indian Head
the channel is filled with drift ice, but
this offers no obstruction to the big
steamers. For the first time in week
the Norfolk boat yesterday arrived IN
this city on time.
Ice Softening Rapidly.
While the ice is drifting in the chan
nels it is still lying on the flats undis-
turbed, but it is softening rapidly. A week
Of this kind Of weather will be necessary
to put the river in condition for sailing
craft to move with any kind of ease
River men believe that the thaw has
come and that after the ice leaves the
river there will be no further hard freezes
until next winter.
Unless another spell of cold weather
hardens the ice in the channels 1t is
probable that the river line steamers
will be started next week. 1t is under
stood that the managers of the Potomac
and Chesapeake line are considering send
ing out the steamer City of Milford. ana
the Baltimore line is also expected to get
boats on the Potomac within the next
few days The ferry line, between this
city and Alexandria, will resume service
as soon as the wheels of the steamer
Alexandria are rebuilt. 1t Is expected
this work will be done in about week
or ten days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
DENIES M'K|NlEy CASH
WENT TO La TOILETTE
Progressive Is Unfettered by
Any Alliances, Asserts
Campaign Manager.

Col. John ]. Hannah, personal cam
paign manager for Senator La Toilette
yesterday issued an interesting statement
in denial of reports that Representative
William B. Mckinley, in charge Of the
Taft campaign, has lent financial aid to
the La Toilette headquarters and that thu
latter had been in arrears for rent, etc
He further reiterates the fact that Mr.. Ii
Toilette never will withdraw from the
fight for the presidential nomination and
that he has no alliance with Mr.. Taft
Mr.. Roosevelt or anybody else.
Every contribution to the La Toilette
campaign fund has come to me-" said
Col. Humans statement. Every dis
bursement has been made in the form OF
a check signed by me. The representa-
ton that there were several thousand
dollars due for rent and other expenses
is absolutely false Every obligation OF
this committee has been met promptly
and all bills settled weekly. BY Mr..
La Follette's direction, record has been
kept of every contribution received and
every expenditure made, so that, at the
proper time it might be made public.
No Deals or Combinations.
aside from a few small contributions
the money to conduct the campaign has
been furnished by Charles r. Crane. Will
liam Kent, Alfred 8. Baker, Amos Pin
chot, Clifford Pinchot and William Finn.
Medill Mccormick did not contribute to
the campaign fund. Senator Bourne did
not contribute, except in the way OF fur
nishing copies Of his Senate speeches Tor
distribution. He has not changed his al
legiance.
I'm the tour of Illinois the cars which
were used over the traction lines were
contracted and paid for at the regular
rate charged for such service, through
Walter s. Rogers. in charge of the Chi
cago progressive headquarters. and no
gratuitous service was rendered.
1.-THE La Toilette headquarters will be
maintained to the end of the campaign.
and every dollar of the expense will be
borne by contributions made by real pro-
gressives.
This campaign has no alliance. agree
ment, understanding or working arrange
ment with the campaign of Mr.. Taft, Mr..
Roosevelt, Mr.. Cummins or any other
candidate, and will have none. 1t will go
straight on to the finish, as it has from
the beginning. without any deals or COM
binations with any other candidacy or
campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
TvEITM0S IS RELEASED.
Fellow. Defendants in Conspiracy
Case Refuse to Testify.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. February IL
The refusal OF Olaf Tveitmos and his
fellow defendants In the federal .dyna-
mite conspiracy case to answer ques-
lions before the county grand jury
yesterday won immunity for them to-
day from further examination by state
authorities.
Tveitmoe. Anton Johannsen and J. f.
Clancy were told they might go home,
as they would no longer be required.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
AUSTIN FOR REELECTION.
Tennessee Representative Endorsed
by State Republicans.

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, February IT,
Representative Richard w. Austin Of the
second Tennessee district today was
formally declared by the republican ex
ecutive committee as the nominee of the
republicans for reelection next Novem-
Der. He has no opposition. The admin
istrations of President Taft and Gov.
Benjamin w Hooper were Endorsed and
they were commended for second terms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
The Peril of Overstudy.
From the Boston Globe.

The suicide of a promising young COL
lege student and the recent breakdown
of young girl who had come from a
distance to Botson to acquire higher edu-
cation are instances which serve to call
attention to the peril that lies in over
study. To be studious is admirable, but
to devote ones energies to the acquiring
of book knowledge with such application
that the mind collapses and judgment is
dethroned. 1t pitiful.
There is middle ground between indif
ference and extreme zeal that every publ
should endeavor to attain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
An Odorous Cargo.
From the Springfield Republican.

All records for customs inspection were
beaten in Pensacola harbor the other
day when the revenue cutter drew up
alongside the schooner Fem, just in
from Irkyspricoa, Iceland. She brought
fish for fertilizer. and fish for fertilizer.
it will be understood. is not kept on ice.
Herring guano. 1t is called, but that is
unjust to guano. The officers waited
just long enough to learn how to spell
Irkyspricoa and fled for the shore. II
any misguided person wishes to smuggle
diamonds, fish-guano schooner from
Iceland bound for warm climate Is Just
the vehicle. This is said to be the first
vessel from Iceland entering a gulf port
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
Yale Diners Hear President
HadIey 1000 Miles Away.
TALKS TO CHICAGO ALUMNI
University Head Delivers Address at
Home in New Haven.
SEES BENEFIT IN INNOVATION
He Declares, However, That Long
Distance 0ratory Also Has
Its Drawbacks. &.,e.s

CHICAGO, February 1.-THE Yale Col
lege yell. backed by go lusty voices made
the rafters ring in the banquet han of a
lake front hotel tonight. when President
Arthur T. Hadley's voice was heard over
the long distance telephone from his
nome at New Haven. The occasion was
the forty-sixth annual dinner of the Yale
Alumni Association of Chicago.
a watch case receiver at each diners
elbow connected with a trunk line TO
New Haven. When the time arrived for
q hadieys speech. Toastmaster George
q p, Favson told the guests to pick up the
tlny telephone receivers. The toast
master then announced "the speaker Of
the evening. 'Prexy,-H adley'''
PRESIDENT Hadley said:
Mr.. President and Yale Men Of Chi
cago: For years We have been told that
the real need OF Yale was to keen in
touch with all sections Of the country,
and particularly with the west How
Yale was to do this no one has told
us-no one until today, when the COM
mittee of the Chicago alumni said the
word and it was done :,
i see no limit to the effects of this in
novafion. Looking at this situation "a
member OF the Yale faculty / wonder
whether II Is going to revoIutionize the
ORGANISATION Of colleges of the country.
For what can be done with graduates
may also be done with undergraduates
arc we 10 nave Il Sn1ca8O section or
Yale and st. Louis section Of Yale and
q Denver section of Yale all listening TO
the same lecture hundreds OF miles
apart? Will the offices OF our deans and
directors become mere central telephone
exchanges?
Pays Tribute to Chicago.
And there is another aspect to this
whole matter. AS q semi-professionai
after-dinner speaker l am impressed
with the grave consequences which this
its net result will be good or bad / do
not venture to predict. 1t will do the
speaker good by relieving him of the
railroad journey. 1t will do him harm
by compelling him to speak without
having the pleasure of seeing his au-
dience in return; and 1t may expose
him to the necessity of having to make
several after-dinner speeches in the
same evening" burden which custom
has hitherto imposed only on the Fresi-
dent of the United States.
Formerly, when I said I had promised
to speak to the alumni Of Chicago Satur-
day. 1t was an indisputable reason
against trying to speak to the alumni
of Wilkesbarre on the same evening.
and strong prima facie reason. against
trying to speak to the alumni of WASH
ington the evening before Now, I see
no limit to the demands upon the
speaker.
'One serious word to close with. Two
OF the best things that have happened to
Yale In the last Year came from Chicago
One Is the Mason laboratory Of mechani-
we'll
Henry T. Rogers OF Denver .whnsniay
be the next western member Of the. Yaie
ing. Frank Hamlfrs RESPONDED for Hsfr
ward. 4fft " s-'e
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
MARYLAND SOCIETY DIMES.
New York Branch Celebrates Ban
ouet with Prominent Guests.

NEW YORK, February 1.-THE Mary
land Society of New York held its annual
dinner tonight. among the 100 persons
present being the heads Of several south
ern state societies. Justice Francis K.
Pendleton of the supreme court end
Charles HI. Dickey. president Of the cham
Der Of commerce of Baltimore. were the
principal speakers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
WAS NEVER IN LARGE CITY.
Cumberland Man Tarried in Home
Town Sixty-four Years.

'pt'I1I Disp3Ou 10 1u6 St1r.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, February H.
The funeral Of John T. N. Frantz took
place this afternoon. The services were
in charge OF Rev. DR.. ]. N. Beau. pas
tor Of the Presbyterian Church. Frost
burg. and Of Rev. DR.. Onward Hayes
pastor OIL Ceuter- Street Methodist Epis-
copal Church.
Mr.. Frantz's career was unusual for
two things-that in the sixty-four years
of his HE he: was never away from
Cumberland. and that he was the father
of nineteen children, ten of whom, with
their mother. survive.
Mr.. Ffantz was a noted 'home man"
10 mover saw large city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
EACH FURNISH 5000 BONDS.
Detroit Men Indicted in Dynamite
Probe Obtain Liberty.

DETROIT. Mich, February IT,
Charles Wachmeister and Frank J..
Murphy, arrested in Detroit Wednesday
on indictments returned against them
by the federal grand Jury at Indian
apolis investigating the dynamiting
conspiracy. we're released this after
noon on bonds Of $4,000 each. Bail was
furnished in both cases by q surety
company, which was protected by An
drew H. Green. local capitalist.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
LEGLEITNER IN CUSTODY.
Indicted Denver Man Unable t,
Furnish 800 900 Bail.

DENVER, Col. February 1z-Unable
to furnish $4,000 bail. Henry w. Legleit-
ner, indicted In the alleged dynamiting
plot by a federal grand jury at Indianapo-
lis, will be taken there tomorrow by q
deputy United States marshal.
The order was issued late today by
Federal Judge Lewis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
Other Poolrooms Failed.

During recent years many efforts have
been made to conduct poolrooms in this
vicinity. For while 1t was done openly
in this city, and later such rooms were
opened in Prince Georges county. Md.
One was at Kenilworth and the other at
Wildwood, and in each instance raids
conducted by the sheriff put the places
out of business.
Residents Of Kenilworth were wrought
up over the opening of a poolroom there.
Meetings Of the citizens were held. the
authorities appealed to. and, after some
little delay, the place was closed. sec
ond effort was made to accommodate the
"pikers' at Kenilworth, but 1t was short
lived.
There was a determined fight made
against the poolroom at Wildwood. Trou-
BILE was experienced about the stringing
of wires and the game was interfered
with, but 1t was not until Sheriff Hard
isty made raid that the place was
closed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
Mooney Furnishes 5000 Bail.

DULUTH, MIMI, February 17.-Fred-
erick J. Mooney, arrested here on Wednes-
day. charged with being implicated in the
alleged dynamiting conspiracy, today se-
cured 5000 bonds and was released.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-18
Those at the Banquet.

Those at the dinner were T. C. j. Bal
ley, jr.. 80; Ralph Barnard. 80; Clarence
Barnard. 9S: Fairfax Bayard, '96; Will
liam Bowie. '93: E. c. Brown, 80; G. H.
Chasmer. 81; Albert Draper, 'O7; H. c.
Eddy. 90; ]. H. Galfiher. '07: 8. j. Gass.
'96: L. N ellis, 'a3; s. l.. Hickinger,
90: d. F. Hewitt, 'O2: H. ]. Jackson, 'OS:
Elwood Johnson. 'OS: B. M. Kent. Oh; H
D. McCaskey, 93: w. A. Mcfarland. 'SS:
]. G. Mathers, 'O6; G. A. Nixon, rs; c. J.
ards, 'SS: J. c. Stoddard, 90; H. H.
Thompson. 90; j. r. Vivian, 'O6: j. A.
Watson. "a; F.. A. Weihe, So; Charles
Wheatley, 'O6; Herbert Wright, 80; T.
r. Senior jr., '07.