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dent of the United States. -
Commercial Appeal.
School Land for Sale

Icdb uco 4NoS' II anu - Nc
Culloch county school land for
sale by the Commissioners
Court of N lulloch county.
Land is 1itu3te in Hockey
county. Naturalization water belt
and is V1i<gpltural land.
Sealed orppen& bid will be re-
ceived ~ to (eco b Monday in
April. ~ pms @ber acre cash
and balan 40 Years at > per
cent interej Bids for lease Of
leagues % ID "a will be receiv-
ed at same Vine. Right to re-
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-14
Our New Flag

July 4 Old Glory will fly TO the
winds new flag.
BY official order the arrange
ment Of the star will be changed
so az TO include the two recently
admitted states Arizona and
New Mexico.
Il will be the first time that
the stars have Systematically
and symmetrically arranged.
There will be six rows OF stars.
each containing eight stars.
Thus, the forty-eight states will
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-14

Good roads are now being
built throughout the country.
These will do much towards
making country life attractive.
because they mean ease of access
and more intimate associations
well as economic advantages.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-14

Whatever else he should be.
man is at least the only animal
that can make money. No other
section Of the globe today offers
such inducements for the accum-
lation of wealth as does Texas.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-14

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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-14

UOdsOn : LlVer lone ls July Ruaran-
tecd 70 be a perfect substitute for
calomel. and if you buy a bottle and
IL does not entirely satisfy you the Red
Cross Drug and Jewelry Store will
promptly give you your money back
on request.
II Is fine for both children and grown
people.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-14

A. J. Shropshire has pur-
chased a clothes cleaning and
tailor shop in Abilene. and left
Monday evening to take charge
OF same.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-14

Ed Green and links Penney
are spending a few weeks in
Abilene winding up some trades
they had ON tap down there.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1912-03-14

serve any and all bids reserved.
Commissioners Court. McCulloch
County. Brady. Texas. 80 It
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31

new contracts entered into, the miners
win be out, and the production Of coal
will be prevented. While hardly half Of
the miners are members of the union,
all will strike. according to precedent,
the nonunion men always standing by
their union brothers in the case OF past
disputes in this country.
Distress I'm Britain.
The coal strike in England began Just
a month ago to-day, and in few weeks
the condition Of the poor. in the mining
districts especially, was without parallel
in the history of Great Britain. The
shortage sent the price OF coal so high
that none but the well-off could afford
IT, andS the cost Of transporting food
over the railroads, crippled by the short
age OF coal, was increase TO a hitherto
unknown figure.
The situation In the coal districts of
Birmingham, called by Englishmen "the
Black Country" Is related with pathetic
human interest by an English journalist
who made a personal visit to the Sec
ton and called upon miners families, In
company with a doctor who was making
the rounds Of his patients. The same
conditions will find their duplicate In
this country within a short space Of
time, unless the miners and operators
come to an early agreement. His de-
scription follows:
III you like to come with me-" said
a young Black Country doctor. you can
see how things are for yourself I'm
starting on my rounds now"
I accepting, and we stepped out into
the rain. We struggled through driving
showers until we dived suddenly into a
black alleywsy. Mean houses With dis
NAL brick fronts ran In parallel lines
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
AMERIC CAN MINERS JOIN ENGLISH BR OTHERS
IN CASTING THEIR FORTUNES IN A STRIKE

New York. March 30.-At midnight to-
morrow night the greatest coal strike in
the country's history will be on. Prac-
ticalIy every one of the 100000 bituminous
miners and the 10000 anthracite miners
in the United States will quit work at
that time and join causes with their
10000 brothers who have been on strike
in England.
The three-year agreement between the
operators and The anthracite miners,
made in 1903 and renewed in 1896 and
1909, expires officially tomorrow. and the
agreement of the bltuminous miners runs
out at the same time. Technically,
neither branch of the miners will be on
strike, no strike having been officially
declared, but the expiration of the con-
tracts means that the men must abau-
don work until a new one is formulated.
which amounts In result to the same
thing as an officially called strike. The
men will be out until new agreements
can be drawn up. This may be a few
days. a few weeks. or several months.
Congress and Arbitration.
With British conditions not yet COM
pletely restored to the normal, and alb
normal demands still being made by
English dealers for American coal, the
gerated.
Even Congress has taken cognizancs of
the crisis, and a bill is now before the
House providing for extension of the
Erdman act to compel arbitration of coal
disputes. as IL now compels arbitration
Of interstate railroad troubles. The bill
was introduced by Representative Lee, of
Pennsylvania, and is sponsored by
Speaker Champ Clark President Taft
,Ie- E1 -sa 1Wr l..
event that 1t seems impossible that the
operators and miners will come to an
agreement soon. Two weeks ago he ar
ranged for a conference with President
John P. White. of the United Mine Work.
ers, and George F. Baer. chairman Of the
operators committee, but it was called
of when development temporarily made
1t appear likely that the contending ele-
ments could settle their grievances
among themselves amicably.
The Anthracite Situation.
The case of the anthracite men is differ
ent. The operators are willing to grant
the slight concession of a per cent in
crease in wages, according to unofficial
eof Individual operators, but
they are sternly set against the miners
demands as a whole. The anthracite
miners demand numerous concessions,
but chief among them are their insist |
ence on a 20 per cent increase, recogni- |
ton of the union by the operators and |
the collection of union dues by the opera |
tors in deductions from the wages of the |
employees, an eight-hour day, a contract |
for one year instead of three, a mini |
mum wage guarantee of $50 a day for |
miners and S2.75 for laborers, payment |
for mining coal by the ton instead of by |
the carload. no interference with the |
check weighmen and docking bosses rep
resenting the miners. and abandonment |
Of the Cancellation board, on which both |
miners and operators are represented.
Until these questions between miners |
and operators are settled definitely, and
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31

down two sides of Il, Joyless and sordid
except for an occasional window where
one had sight of a fern or plant in a pot,
welcome as an oasis in Sahara. My COM
panion pressed the latch of one of the
houses, and we entered.
1t was a low-roofed wood-ceiled room
my head almost touched the roof as
stood. There was no furniture in II be-
yond sort Of wooden bench with a high
unyielding back. common in Black Coun-
try houses. a chair or so, and a second
bench by the fire. On this a woman sat
waiting for the doctor. Her foot troubled
her, she said.
In Quarters of Poor.
Pretty wretched, isn't it?" said my
friend. He looked at the foot. prescribed
and we went out. Through mud and
rain, by black courts with black pools
filling as we passed. We plowed a miry
way. At length we stopped at another
house. There's a miners wife here"
said the doctor.
1t was in a poorer quarter this and the
rooms were even more barely furnished.
The mother was still in the twenties.
and the bloom in her cheeks had not
yet faded. She was nursing fretting
child. Hes been in pain all night" she
said. Three other children appeared.
from nowhere Il seemed.
The tale might be multiplied and made
grimmer still by selecting cases. but the
tour was not made with such. a pur-
pose. Enough has been said. perhaps, to
conJure up the picture of what Is met
every day just now throughout the coun-
try by doctors who practice among the
poor In all the houses we saw there
was positive dread Of the horrors that
the strike brings
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
sUFFRAGETTEs IN THE PUBLIC EYE.
TRANSFORMATION AT LAsTq
Partisan Wizard Says He Can Make,
Gold Out of silver.


Gold Out of silver.
Paris. March 30-A Paris wizard, NJ
Verley, claims TO have discovered the
secret of manufacturing gold out Of the
baser metals. He warns the public that
he is not TO be compared with Lemolne.
the diamond faker, not with any alchem-
ist Of the past who pretended to have
discovered the philosophers stone. His
invention, he declares, is a serious one.
He has applied for q patent, and all
the governments OF the world are to be
invited to- a conference 70 decide upon
this epoch-making revelation. Paris here
after will be the greatest gold mine in
the world. II will turn out tons of the
yellow metal from mere scrap iron.
The facility with which gold can be
produced has frightened him 1t will re-
duce the value to that OF the baser
metals. He said that he intended to
request the different government OF the
world to hold conference for the pur-
pose of making the production of. gold
a state monopoly which will alone keep
up in price.
NJ. Verley says that he has applied
for a patent in every country. but under
an inviolable seal What this means 10
as mysterious as the rest. He said that
he was leaving for London TO demon
strate the reality of his discovery by ex-
periments in the presence OF English
scientists. Needless to say the alleged
discovery is received here with a due
amount of skepticism.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31

man. is convinced that Frances bid fopA
mastery Of the air denotes her intention
to make war on Germany 'as soon as
the snow melts" He ascribes the French-l
mems enthusiasm, TO spirit Of hostility
against Germany and lust OF war un<
heavy irony at the republics plans I'D
recapture Alsace-Lorraine by aeroplans.~
The Aeronautic Rivalry
Meanwhile. Flugsport, Ieadin8
aerial periodical, appeals to the father-!
land to emulate French national enthusi<
asm without delay. and wants q greet
fund to be put. at the disposal 81 tha
army and navy for aerial purposes, lest
France obtain unrivaled and unconQuer@
able supremacy in the air. II must nod
be supposed that Germany is quite asleep
in the domain of airrnanship. She ex<
poets to have 400 qualified airmen by the
end Of 1872, with a corresponding num-
Der of flying machines. and her air ship
department is fiourishing to an unwontsd
degree.
"suehard." the German dirisbe air.
ship, which will shortly attempt To-
cross the Atlantic from the Canaries to-
the West Indies-Christopher columbus'
''trade-wind" route to the New World
IS rapidly approaching completion at Jo-
hannIsthal flying grounds, near Berlin.
DIT. Cans. OF Munich. and Mr.. Joseph
Brucker. the German-American Journal
ist-aviator. VINO head the expedition, tell
me that the ''Suchard." with good luck.
ought to be at Teneriffe early In April
and point its nose westward about April
Is. Meantime. a series Of trial trips
will be carried out around Berlin.
The pilot of the vessel is Capt. Joer>,
dens, an ex-captain of the German colons
ial army. who has been undergoing
years training for his new career. DR..
Alt. of the Bavarian Meteorological In
stitute. at Munich will be In the airship'
in the capacity. Of weather expert" The
men OF the "Suchard' expedition are
sane and serious people, who have gone
about their preparations with deliber-
alton and thoroughness. If their project
is at all reliable. they are eminently
we'll fitted to carry Il out
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
GERMAN ARIsToCRAT SUED.
Frau Brandt Wants Her Fortuno
from Count Won Douglas.

Perrin. Marcn So-Frau Brandt. tbs
widow or a poor Berlin joiner. is claim
ing S,250.ooO from Count Sholto Won
Douglas, a wealthy Berlin aristocrat.
Two brothers named Brandt, who died
IN Harlem left a fortune of $4,000
in 1896 TO be divided amoung their rela-
tives residing in Halberestadt The FAM
lily had. however, removed to the. neigh
boring city OF Aschersleben, where Count
Sholto's father was burgomaster.
Frau Brandt now states that the pa
pers establishing her claim TO the estate
were deposited with the late burgomaster
and that they must have been found by
Count Sholto on his fathers death. Wit
nesses state that both the burgomaster
and his son often publicly declared that
they had the Brandt fortune IN custody,
and that they were only awaiting the ap-
pearance OF the rightful owners to hand
II over to them.
Count Sholto denies that he has either
the papers or the money. The court de-
cided to hear further witnesses.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
KAISER AS MATCH MAKER.
Is Planning Marriage So that Ger
man May Rule Luxembourg.

Berlin. March 3O.-The Kaiser is desir-
Gus Of arranging a marriage between the
hereditary prince OF Hohenzollern-Sig-
inaringen and the Grand Duchess of Lux
emburg, In order that a German prince,
who is directly related to him may rule
the grand duchy.
The grand duchess, who succeeded her
father, Will! attain her majority in June,
while the prince Of HohenEoIIern-Siginar
ingen is twenty-One. The German for
eign office IS busily engaged with the
matter.
The Washington herald., 1912-03-31
HORSE PLUNGEs INTO RIVER.
Steeplechase Racer GalIops Away
and Jumps Into the Thames.

London. March SO.-whIle taking part
In the River Selling steeplechase at Wind
SCR. Sinner II ridden by H. Hedges. fell.
and Ealloping away riderless. plunged
into the Thames. After swimming some
distance down the river he finally landed
on the opposite shore. where he was
caught without his Bride
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-05
REPUBLICAN, WINNERS

That record of efficiency in public office il
the best assurance of retention by the people il
Illustrated notably in the political prospects OF
three Republican nominees ON the county ticket
Auditor Bicknell, Clerk ,Kalauokalani, and
County Attorney Cathcart.
When the Republicans were hunting suitable
timber for the fall campaign, they didn't have
to worry about these three offices. The men in
them have done their duty and more. They have
the confidence of the public. In the past their
election has been by large maiorities and such
will again be the case. The STAR-BUIIETIN has
no hesitation in agreeing with the Republican
convention that the official record Of these three
men entities them to reelection They are men
for whom votes will come from the people re-
CARELESS of party lines. F..
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-05
u. 5. Marine IS
ACCIDENTALLY
SHOT
Wounded While Practicing
Rlfle-Firing by Comade.
Not Serious

The inst shooting accident to ma
rines or bluejackets at Pearl Harbor,
occurred yesterday morning, when Pri-
, vate Charles Francis McCourt, U. s.
NJ. c., was accidentally shot by a COM
panion, Private Buckley. Fortunately,
the accident, though extremely pain
full, is not as serious as at first sup
posed, the patient being reported as
doing well this morning.
McCourt and Buckley were practis'
ing with one of the .22-caIiber rifles
used for subcaliber practise, which
shoots small ammunition about the
size of BIB caps. In some way, which
neither of the men can explain, the
rife in Buckeyes hands was discharg.
ed, the bullet entering McCourt's knee
and ranging downward.
The accident was at once reported
by telephone to the naval station, and
medical attendance was sent down at
once in the steam launch. McCourt's
injury was dressed and he was brought
In the launch to Honolulu. At the
naval surgery it was stated this morn
ing that he was doing as well as could
be expected, and that there was small
danger of permanent injury. the bull
let, on account of it's small size, hay-
Ing done little damage in the way of
shattered bones.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-05
BAKER WRITES
OF QUEEN IN
AM. MAGAZINE

A ful1-page portrait of Queen Lii.
uokaIani and a sympathetic sketch,
with the initials "R S. B." make the
the October American Magazine par
ticularly interesting to Hawaii.
The initials are easily recognizable
as those of Ray Stannard Baker, the
magazine writer, who was here some
months ago. In his little sketch
Baker says:
"At one time some twenty years
ago there was no more unique and
interesting figure before the Ameri-
can public than Liliuokalani, queen Of
the Sandwich Islands. For weeks
during the administration Of President
Cleveland, while she was struggling
to retain the royal crown of Hawaii,
her doings filled the American press
and she was favorite subject for
the jibes of cartoonists and paragraph
erS. ., ---.... -s..-l...-. IT,. ....-s-
81 saw her recently in Honolulu.
She was driving out, according to her
custom, in an open carriage-a really
impressive figure, large, dark and
with an air of distinction not un-
queenly. In earlier years a. woman
of force and pride, she has now re-
tired and at the age of seventy lives
serenely In a beautiful old home
shaded with tropical foliage only
stones throw from the palace where
she once reigned-the palace where
now sits the American governor. She
IA L,,A s,I,o 80 fhn,.
groups of her old friends about her,
and to listen to the singing of the
sweet Hawaiian songs. Though hav-
ing no longer any power, she is yet
looked up to an venerated by all her
people-all the pathetic remnant of a
once numerous race of islanders.
While she was bitterly attacked in
her day by the Americans who wished
to rule the islands, and while she
caused the revolution which cost her
crown, there are many today who
will tell you that, after all, she was
only making a last forlorn stand for
people and for her throne against the
encroachments of the eager. busy. de-
structive, irresistible, orderly white
man After it was all over and she
came back tc Honolulu. the new
American government voted her a
generous pension, anc she has been
living quietly upon it ever since
Those who know her intimately say
she is woman of fine intelligence
and possessed of many truly queenly
qualities With her will die the last
crowned head of the Sandwich ISL
ands."
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-05
CHOOSING SUPERVISORS

If ever the affairs Of this city and county
cIamored for an administration by men who are
used to handling financial matters, they do now
The next board of supervisors will face an enor
NOUS problem in bringing the city's finances to
q basis where improvements can go ahead. There
is not room on that board for a blockhead or a
dullard In men like T.. FL. Paris, the voters
may find the qualities of business Judgment SC
sorely needed. Above all things, Honolulu must
have men on the board who can initiate and car.
~ aut some progressive financial policy. Mr..
Paris was born in the islands and has given
twenty two successive years to one big firm here
in an efficient manner that speaks for itself A
board of supervisors made up of Paris, Carlos
Long, j. b. Enos, Lester Petrie, John Markham,
Andrew Cox and Charles Arnold would com
bine experience, capabilft4, initiative and vote
getting ability.
Honolulu cannot afford to carry dead weight
on its board of supervisors during the next two
years. Every man must count for progress.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-05
PORTUGAL's ACHIEVEMENT

Portuguese of Hawaii who are today cele-
bfating the second anniversary of the founding
Of their republic may well be congratulated
upon the brilliant success that has attended
popular government in the European country.
Under the republic Portugal has made more
Internal progress than in many decades before,
and has progressed also in the esteem of the
woFdpowers. The republic is securing pres
tige at home and abroad that the Braganza
dynasty could never attain. Sweeping away the
artificial barriers set up by an outgrown and
weakly monarchical form of government, Por-
tugals leaders have begun the building of a
great and democratic rule by the people.
Manuel and the royalists have thrice failed
in plots to overthrow the republic, and this dan
ger is no longer to be feared if the wise admins
. tration of d'Arriaga and his associates be con-
tinued The republican government is securing
the confidence of people somewhat distrustful
from unhappy experience with an autocratic
rule, and one by one the chaotic, the unfortunate
conditions of the past are giving way to better
things. Portugal's arts and sciences are flour
fishing in new and fertile soil; education is
advancing rapidly; the people are not taxed to
furnish funds for royal eXcesses Her attain
ment OF substantial footing in SO short a time is
remarkable, and the world joins with this re-
public i'm belief that the brighter day has come
TO remain.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-10-05
LITTLE INTERVIEWS

H. M. ARREST have launched my
little sheet and if it floats 1t ought
to make good. It's something on the
style of a London journal, y'know.
JAMES A. RATH-E have tried my
best to get the streets OF the Palama
district Oiled, but the work is never
done. ] guess / viii have to leave il
TO the Palama Improvement Club.
JUDGE w. L. WHITNEY-The Big
Brother movement, which was started
in Honolulu some time ago, promises
TO meet with success in every way
Sixteen men have already taken up
the duties of Big Brother.
DUKE KAHANAMOKU-I am going
TO try and get up big water carnival
tor Floral Parade Day. This ought to
attract the attention of a few of the
amateur swimmers of the city who
ere enxious to show their talent
WILLIS T. POPE-By using the
double session each day, the arrange
ment to relieve the crowded condition
of the public schools is proving sue
cessful There have been no COM
plants made directly to me ON this
subject. ~-.
o. B. LIGHTFoOT-There will be
series of races next season between
the Healanis and the Myrties to de-
eide which club shall send a team TO
the coast in an endeavor to wip back
the championship.
A. T. WISDOM-Hereafter the Y.
NJ. G. A. Lyric Club will have to prac,
tice in some other place besides the
balcony of the building. was al
most tempted to go out and dance
the other night myself