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Evening star., 1912-09-15
A PLAGUE-sTRICKEN CITY.
In Spite of Bad Sanitary Conditions
Guayaquil Is Prosperous.
Tho Chr;et,en Harald

From the Christian Herald.
Guayaquil, Ecuador, has well earned the
name Of the worlds pestilential port.
Yellow fever. bubonic plague. smallpox.
malaria and other deadly diseases flourish
amid bad sanitary conditions. The United
States marine hospital service maintains
sanitary officer at Guayaquil to estab-
lish system of quarantine and SUPER
wise all ships bound for Panama.
The amount of fumigating done on this
coast is extraordinary, much to the dete-
rioration of the ship and cargo and the
annoyance of the passengers. Each ship
is provided with a Clayton machine, and
before entering Guayaqu!l is thoroughly
disinfected with dioxide of sulphur. But
even quarantine officers are not PROOF
against the deadly bite of the infected
Stegomyia calopus. or yellow fever mos
quito.
one of their officials. DIR. Whitman. sue
cumbed recently to yellow fever Both
bubonic and yellow fever exist here in
their most deadly forms; generally ninety
cases out of every hundred are fatal
notwithstanding that fires ana earth
quakes have devastated the place and
bubonic and yellow fever scourges have
swept over 1t, Guayaquil is today II
crowded city Of 5000 more. II Is the
emporium of the greater part OF the coun-
try The houses are OF the lightest con-
struction. built of wood and split bam-
boo Given the frame outline and the
flooring, a house of considerable dimen-
sions can be walled with bamboo i'm q
week.
Glass. unless in a few shop windows, is
unknown. Venetian shutters serve to
close the house windows. excluding the
sun and allowing a cool breeze to pass
through the rooms. Stoves are unknown.
yet a GuayaquH cook over primitive
charcoal fire, can cook dinner for n
party Of fifteen or twenty In a remark
ably short time. after the taste and flavor
OF the place.
Edison Is credited with defining Amer
lean genius az > per cent of inspiration
and 9S per cent of perspiration. Guays-
quill genius cannot claim such a high per
centage, and must rank about @.9 per
cent of perspiration and O.1 per cent OF
inspiration
The new arrival, amid equatorial heat,
walks the .stusfy streets. bathed in per-
spiration, beholding the apparently un-
ruffied indolent. easy-going Guayaquil
emo who has never awakened to the
reality OF the strenuous life. Chicha boys
and ice cream vendors are the only peo-
pie who seem to put energy into life.
with voice and bell they push their trade
everywhere.
Evening star., 1912-09-15
A Prehistoric Museum.
From the Boston Transcript.

From the Boston Transcript.
From France comes word of the dis
covery of a museum 20O0O years Old
Comte Begouen, mayor OF Montesquiou
Ayantes, in the department of Ariege
while walking few days ago by the
side of a Pyrenean rivulet. discovered
subterranean stream half mile long
leading to an unexplored cavern. Comte
Begouen and his son rowed down the
stream. which was arched with magnifi-
cent stalactites. Coming to the rocky
soil of the cavern they discovered series
of natural columns and above an ancient
stalagmite cascade a superb room, nat
urally decorated with the most exquisite
stalactites. On the walls OF a passage
running parallel with this room the ex-
plorers came upon a collection of bas-
reliefs and stone engravlngs. Although
specimens of primitive art, the work was
still remarkably we'll defined. and includ-
ed engravings of reindeer. bisons. horses
elephants and even wolves and carnlvo.
rous animals. The French Academy. OF
Inscriptions has confided to Salomon
Reinach the task of making an exhaustive
report on this prehistoric museum, which
is estimated to be 10000 years old.
Evening star., 1912-09-15
AUTOMOBILE


District automobile licenses have been
issued since The Stars last report as
follows:
14529-Real Estate Trust Company, 14l4
street northwest, Overland
145so-J. B. Clement, sol Rock Creek
Church road. Ford.
14531-Louis NJ. Becker, IS North Milton
avenue, Baltimore, Oakland.
1852. c. Mewshaw. Wallbrook. Bal
timore, Michigan.
145G3-John 8. Button, La Plata. Nd,
Pope.
14hs4-I.. Helen Fowler, Kenilworth. D.
c., Flanders.
i4a35rMaurice A. Hess, 1911 3oth street
1453s-J A. Woodfield, Gaithersburg
Md, krit.
145a7-R B. Behrens, 1871 Wyoming
avenue northwest. Warren.
1453s-J. ]. FTlon, Mount Holly Inn.
145s9-lsaac Birch. 3os4 NJ street north
14S4o-Joseph S. Jacobs, ss0s Park
Heights avenue. Baltimore. Buick.
14J1-C. w. Caldwell, Roanoke, Va
1:K42-George Goodacre, 6D1 Georgia
avenue northwest, Cadillac.
1887. ]. Stockton. 1924 I'd street
northeast, Elmore.
49,
northwest, Anacostia, Everitt
14545-T. A. Jameson, 329 r street
northeast, Hudson.
1884, Philip Roman, Cumberland
Md, EMF.
Winton. -
144s-J. il. Murray, Indian Head. Md
I454a-David R. Thomas, To nth street
southeast. Apperson. ,,,,
145D-John p Healy, for bul!dlnS ue-
ma rtment. District building, Buick.
1455l-Abram b. Clemer, 1913 TIN street
northeast. Ford. =
14.52-I.ouis Perma Tenleytown, d. e.
Pullman. h.r.
lia54-A s. Hanger. 221 G street nor'n-
west Everitt.
145s.,-Harvey C. Belt. 92e street
southwest, Buick.
liI56-L. T. Williams, U25 tiorioa ave-
nue. northeast, Overland.
14357-J. NJ. Simmerman, 10 9th street
southeast. Ford. 80
1455S- -Studebaker Corp. of America, llo
Q street northeast. Studebaker. ,,v
l4lTs-Studebaker Corp. of America llo
O street northeast. Studebaker.
1456O-Rachel S. Goodhart 1919 Lamont
street northwest. Oakland
l4Js1-C Fl. Zimmerman. Alexandra
Va, Oakland. 81 ., ..raa,
l45t2-J. r. Miles, ?4 Shepheiu 7'eo'
northwest. Ford.
145tr,-Albert Schultes. 8. New YORK
avenue northeast, Flanders
l436l-O. W. Cook, Cecil apartments
Baltimore Cadillac.
14565-R H. Pilson. Munsey building,
Chalmers. -
observation-disclosures Laundry Com
pany. 18th and d streets northwest
Little Giant truck.
14567-Charles A. Chipey. EastoD. Nd
I456S-J. c. Benton. ZIG 10th street
northwest, G. NJ. c. truck.
1861 w. Grissinger, Soldiers Home
Hospital Overland.
1457O-Thomas Graves, 1I6 street
southeast, Pope Tribune.
14571-Court F. Wood, 81 East Capitol
street. Kline
14572-John r. Weyrich, 1925 Lincoln
avenue northeast, Ford.
14573-August Berkemeier Nortn
Gay street Baltimore, Speerer
14574-S NJ. Wescott, 1895 Newark
street northwest, Columbia Electric.
14575-W. +. Barlow, Tia Dates street
northwest. Oakland.
1457S-Clyde L. Bowers. 724 18th
street northwest. gasoline.
14577-John B. Merkel. Motor Car
Company. Baltimore. Cadillac.
1457S-C. II. Warrington. 3311 18th
street northwest. Palmer-Singer.
14579-W. c. Coleman, Herndon, Va,
Cadillac.
145sO-E. Brent Donaldson. 2o24 North
Charles street. Baltimore. Nc. Hudson.
Evening star., 1912-09-15

they believed that II II was poisoned the
purple would all leave the amethyst and
1t would become white. The people living
thousands of years ago would sometimes
hold an amethyst in their hands and sing
little songs that they believed would keep
of hailstorms and the locusts and bugs
that ate their trees. They declared that
il a man cut the name of the moon or sun
on an amethyst and hung the stone
around his .-eck from the hair of mon
key or the feathers of a swallow no
witches could hurt him.
"In fact Bobbie." said the Wise Dream
Man, people b -.eved ever SO many fun
ny things. about the amethysts and all
the pretty stones that you or any little
Washington boy or girl can see I'm the
Dreamland of All Countries. But IL
would take too long to tell you about
them, and 1t is nearly morning now in the
realiy-truly world"
Cant / come to see them in the day.
time. Mr. Dream MANI Bobbie asked.
Yes. indeed" replied the little old fell
low. but remember that IL you should
ask your mother or father to take you
there you mustn't say the Dreamland OF
All Countries. but the National Museum"
Evening star., 1912-09-15
Russia's Hunting Bag.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
The hunting season in Russia has come
TO an end, and the following particulars,
says st. Petersburg CORES pondent, re-
late to the booty, which has far surpassed
that of the preceding year
The largest number of animals killed
are squirrels. which head the list with
1926. 800 victims. The most sought a fter
fur is, of course. black sable, of which
12.2.n We're caught. Last year a clear
profit 'of 2.oo0.0Up francs was made on
sables, which fetched as much as 1000
francs apiece.
The remainder OF the bag" was com
posel of 100000 ermine. 1.500 brown bears.
10000 skunk, 100 blue foxes and $500
gray wolves.
Evening star., 1912-09-15
The Triple Ban.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall Gazette.
In according a triple ba.n'' to the
Prince Of Wales on his recent visit to
their clubhouse the Paris students paid
the royal guest the highest honor which
is in their power to bestow. and one which
the wayward denizens of the Quarter
Latin have been known to withhold from
kings and emperors. No officiafs hint
will bring 1t forth. and 1t is the students
proud boast that the ban has never
yet been made to order
In the French chamber Of deputies. most
of the members of which have been
through the university course In Paris.
and occasionally remember their student
days. the ban has sometimes been
given as signal mark Of approval. A
ban at the Palais Bourbon Is even more
deafening than in the Quarter Latin. as
il is executed with desk lids and paper
cutters instead Of the bare hands.
Evening star., 1912-09-15
THE CAR Of DREAMS"
ARRIVES IN CAPITAL
Henderson 1913 Model Said
to Be Surprise to Even
M0torWiSe.

The Matheson Motor Company, the dis
tributing house for the Henderson Motor
Car Company. has received Its first car.
The new 1913 model OF the Henderson
lives up to the Indianapolis manufac-
turer's motto ''The car of your dreams"
This product of the Hoos!er state is a
surprise even to the motOrwise.
Incorporated in this 1913 product are
several new and interesting features that
make it a luxury car. This is the one
car in which the spring suspension has
been designed in such a manner that
on rough roads
Has Ideal Drive.
The Henderson has for one of its
marked differentiations from the aver
age American car the left drive. This
is admitted by experts to be the ideal
drive. Not only is it more accessible for
the driver. but 1t contributes to the
safety of the occupants giving the driver
better view ahead. especially in heavy
traffic and the cities.
In designing this new car the engi-
neer incorporated the center control. In
this feature the Henderson Is distinct. The
control lever is placed between the cush-
ions OF the front seat. The driver
grasps the ball knob on top Of the con-
troll lever and moves the lever up and
down instead of the lateral movement In
the usual car. Instead OF employing the
H. quadrant with which the motorwtse
have long been familiar to guide the
shifting lever. the quadrant is placed In
a vertical position, which admits of more
ease in changing gears.
Unique Body Design.
The body design is unique. In this the
engineer has borrowed from his European
brothers the idea of long cOwl on the
dash. and placed the gasoline tank under
the dash This gives a direct gravity
feed to the gasoline and enables the own
er to climb hill of any gradient with
out resorting to artificial means to get
gasoline into the carburetor. Another ad-
vantage In this design is more room for
carrying spaces under the seats.
The car is equipped with a Disco self
starter. WardLeGnard dynamo lighting
generator. Stewart speedometer. inde-
pendent Remy ignition and Baker de-
mountable rims. The body finish Is olive
green and all metal parts are heavily
nickeled
Evening star., 1912-09-15
Professional Instinct.
From the Argonaut.

Some OF the newspaper correspond
ents have to work without pause at con
ventions, grinding out interminable
strings Of copy for tran1mission by tel
egraph. On such occasions il is not
uncommon for four or five who are
friendly to each other to form combi-
nations and exchange reports. The
simplest way to do this is 70 have each
writer make carbon copies of his days $
work. Five weary correspondents were
occupying one room on Michigan ave-
nue.. and four Of them had keeled out
on beds, while the fifth continued to
pound his mill. What are you writ
ing?" asked one OF them. after while.
"A letter to my wife, Give us car
bons," yelled the four in chorus
Evening star., 1912-09-15
Changing Shoes.
From the Boston Globe.


The United States Army is about to
give up the three types Of shoes that it
is supplying to the service and has come
down to a single style of tan shoe for
general use After the present supply Ia
exhausted the new regulation will go into
effect, the black dress shoe will entirely
disappear. and the two types of tan shoe.
one OF which was used for garrison duty
and the other for marching. will be sue
ceeded by another tan shoe suitable for
use everywhere.
This change comes about as a result oe
an investigation by the army board with
the recommendation that the service will
be simpiified by getting down TO one
style Of shoe. The change probably in
more economical, but il In to be hoped
that soldiers will still have a chance To
change shoes occasionally. The army
should issue two pairs of shoes to each
enlisted man. even IL Of the same type.
for the foot needs the rest that change
affords.
Evening star., 1912-09-15
LONG,STROKE DRIVE
CADILLAC FEATURE
Latest Model Contains Many
Useful and Handy Motor
Innovations.

The essential features OF the 1913
Cadillac which has arrived in the Ma
tional Capital, are the long-stroke en-
gfne. more power. silent chain-driven
camshaft, inclosed valves. quiet motor,
longer wheelbase, larger tires. electrical
system of automatic crankng, lighting
and ignition simplified and improved
automatic spark control and numer
Gus refinements Of essential details.
These vital features embodied in all
the new models. which are as follows:
The standard five-passenger touring car
four-passenger phaeton. a four-passenger
torpedo and a four-passenger roadster.
six-passenger car. four-passenger coupe
and seven pa ssenger limousine.
One of the most interesting and salts
factory innovations of the 1912 Cadillac
was the Delco system of automatic cleo
trio cranking, electric lighting and igni-
ton. For the 1913 models vastly simpli-
fled and improved Delco equipment has
developed from experience with the old
system on 1900 1912 cars.
Evening star., 1912-09-15
Appearance a Feature.

One of the features of the line is the
general appearance of the cars. which.
combined with the running quality, gives
the impression of cars costing twice as
much. With the special triple jet car
buretor the operator is enabled to throttle
down to two miles an hour on high gear,
accelerating to fifty-eight miles an hour.
The cylinder castings are imported from
Germany from the Krupp steel works
and are finished and installed at the
plant on Long Island, where the car is
built. The cars are sturdy. speedy and
built to withstand the severest strain
that a motor can be called upon to en-
dure.
The little skies have wheel base of
121 inches, while the big skies have
wheel bases of 1873 inches. The large
three-quarter, sem-elliptic springs and
ten-inch upholstering. together with the
smooth-running. easy-riding qualities,
provide a fexibility and quietness that
have easily become a feature with the
new Pairner-Singer line.
Evening star., 1912-09-15
PALMER-S|NCER CAR
TO REAPPEAR HERE
Graceful Lines and Natural
Wood Spokes Make It
an Attraction.

After an absence of several years In
local motoring circles the Palmer Singer,
car of wide reputation. is once more
to be seen on the streets of Washington,
its graceful lines and natural wood spokes
attracting more than usual attention.
The line is being Handled by the War
rington Motor Car Company of this city,
OF which c. II. Warrington is manager.
The 1913 line of the Palmer Singer in
cludes the Brighton" six. four and five
passenger and roadster models, of fifty
horsepower; the Six-siXty, of fives and
seven passenger capacity. of the road
ster. limousine, Berline and landau
types.
Evening star., 1912-09-15
France Scores Triumph.

France scored her third triumph III the
Vanderbilt race in 1906. October 1o. with
an American team OF five ears picked after
an elimination trial. in which Tracy was
firsu. one of the best cup races took
place. The exciting finish. with its bat
tie between Lancia. in the Fiat. and
Wagner. in Darrscq. will never be for
gotten. These two drivers. together with
Duray and Jenatzy, had been going with
but few seconds difference in their
elapsed times for some laps. In the
tenth and last Wagner took the lead.
only to meet with tire troubles "A couple
Of minutes later. There was a frenzy
II excitement Down the stretch came
Lancia snorting across the tape, the first
To finish the distance. Wagner. however,
was going again and as he mad started
Evening star., 1912-09-15
COMPLETES JOURNEY;
EN- ROUTE TO GOTHAM
Pathfinder Westgard, on
Reaching New York, to
Start West Again.

After having successfully completed
both the Northwest Trail (New York
Chicago-Seattle). and the Pacific High
way Seattle Portland-San Francisco),
A. L. Westgard. the A. A. A. transcon-
tinental field representative. is now we'll
on his way back to New York by the
Overland Trail the second of the three
cross-country routes being laid out this
year by the American Automobile Asso-
citation in a Pathfinder touring car.
Leaving San Francisco on the morning
of July u. the route followed was
through Sacramento. Placerville and the
lower side of Lake Tahoe, Cal. to Carson
City and Reno. New. Fair to good roads
were encountered across the Sierras, and
a wide range of temperatures. ranging
from below freezing point at night on the
shore a AXE Tahoe to sizzling hot less
than tWenty-four hours afterward on the
highway from Carson City to Reno.
Making Excellent Time.
Upon his arrival at Ely New Mr.
Westgard wired the A. A. A. touring in
formation bureau that he was making ex-
cellent time across that state Of nu-
merous mountain ranges and wide desert
valleys. Good roads enthusiasm was also
found TO be greatly aroused. especially
over the prospect of having the over
land Trail and Midland Trail Ito be
surveyed also this falD both cross
Nevada on the way between San Fran
cisco. Los Angeles and the east
Salt Lake City was reached after long
run made at fair average speed, and yet
with sufficient deliberation and care to
assure accurate road notes throughout.
After short rest Mr.. Westgard left Salt
Lake City for Laramie and Cheyenne,
Wyo., where he broke the direct overland
trip for two or three days i'm order to
make round trip To Denver. going via
Fort Collins and returning via Greeley.
Resuming the transcontinental run from
Cheyenne, lie is now crossing Nebraska.
to be followed by Iowa and Illionis to
Chicago. thence to Buffalo. Binghamton
and New York. with the expectation of
starting west again over the Midland
Trail about October L. which will enable
him to reach Los Angeles on or before
December I.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-08
SENATORS PUT 3RD
K|BOSH ON THE SOx

Washington put the third straight
kibosh the White Sox yesterday,
winning a pitchers battle between Aid.
Frank LANCE and Robert B. Groom. 4
to 2. Incidentally it was the seventh
straight cop for the Senators.
Griffiths men reserved their ammu-
milton until near the finish and devoted
their early toll to keeping the locals
from doing things. In that they were
extremely clever. Up to the last half
of the ninth inning Callahan's kids
were able to count only one run and
that was made by their battery, Block
and Lnnee.
For six sessions 1t looked as IL that
bachelor tally would be sufficient to
give the former Wausau alderman
double barreled victory, for he permit
ted only one hit to be made in those
rounds. That arrived after two were
gone. But in the seventh, Eddie Fos-
ter showed his lack of patriotism and
his value to his team by starting
dash which carried the Senators into
the lead by one lap. Lange held them
in the eighth, during which he famed
some of the muscles of his neck. He
showed the result in the ninth by emit
ting two bases on balls and one ex-
| tremely wild pitch. which with one safe
NIT, netfed the enemy the two tatlieS by
which 1t triumphed.
| The White Sox were desperate in
their last half and tried to rally in
| the old way. but fell short In this eff
fort they were blocked by one of the
breaks which used to happen in their
facor instead of against them Ping
Bodie. who resigned from the Agra
waiting Order of Cloud Busters and hit
| EN- all on the grounc tried to bust a
wheel off Eddie Foster, but said wheel
diverted the blow to Mcbride and rob-
bed us of at least one run.
There was additional gloom about
the park before the scrap. for the early
mail brought the news that Ed Walsh
had drawn a fve-day suspension for
| what he stopped to tell Umpire SILK
Thursdays game. Shortly afterward
word was received from Rollie Zeider's
quarters that the first sacker would be
unable to play indefinitely. A badly
| wrenched shoulder is the cause. Zeid-
err got 1t in the last inning of Thurs
days game while trying to tag Gan
dill on throw to catch the runner nap
ping on frst. A slight dislocation and
some strained ligaments were the re-
suit, and although Zeider was able to
stick through that ninth inning it Is
uncertain when he can resume opera
tions.
Manager Callahan gave Fourier q
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-08
S P O r T S

Lefty allowed. He worked with his
usual intelligence and had plenty of
stuff to back his opinions The rule
was to see three Dodgers die in a row
An occasional base on balls and the
two scratch hits before mentioned
hardly served to break the monotony
of Brooklyns feeble attack Lefty got
some good support from Sheckard
Tinker and Zimmerman. but he really
didn't need 1t. Only two or three
Dodgers managed to hit the ball hard
1t would have been a pretty battle
If Yingling had possessed control The
clergymans boy dealt out six passes
and the thing that hurt him most was
that he punched them. He recovered
his aim in the fifth inning and had lit
tie trouble thereafter Schultz got half
the bases on balls and scored three of
the seven runs.
When Yingling finally did manage to
get the ball over to Frank the latter
pounded 1t the nose for one of the
longest triples ever made on these
here grounds. Most of the excitement
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-08
.LE|F|ELD WINS HIS
FIRST GAME AS CUB

New York. June s.-Mr. Chance defied
the laws of nature and the statutes of
baseball yesterday and got away with
it. Against the fourth left-hander to
face the Cubs in many days, he
pitched Lefty Liefield and Lefty won
his first game a Cub, to 2. The
presence of Leifield in the batting or
der gave Earl Yingling six left-handed
hitters to deceive. He deceived them
most of the time, but was so wild that
he didn't have a chance to win
Leifield pitched wonderful ball after
the first inning. The Dodgers got four
hits, but only two of them were clean.
From the first round TO the finish two
measly infield singles were all that
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1912-06-08
JACK RESUMES WORK:
FLYNN IMPROVING

East Las Vegas. n. NJ. June SIT
cost Champion Jack Johnson two days
of work to fill theatrical date in San
ia Fe last night. He made the seventy
mile trip in his big racing auto John
son left at 10 o'clock yesterday morn
ing and returned shortly after o'clock
this morning. With the legislature in
session in Santa Fe, practically every
one of the New Mexico senators at
tended the performance
When Johnson reached his training
camp this afternoon he donned his road
toys, and in company with Marty Cut
Ter and George De Bray, spent two
hours running over the mountain
roads. .sI'll get down to work in earn
est again tomorrow" stated Johnson.
"As 1 am down to 222 pounds It won't
hurt If 1 miss an occasional afternoon
in the gymna sum-
That Jim Flynn's form is improv-
ing as result of Tommy Ryan's
coaching was again proved this after
noon