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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-27
Madison Hall; sloop Maggie, cord wood
from z Potomac point at 9th street wharf

from q Potomac point at 9th street wharf
for L. A. Clarke & Son; schooner Belmont,
street wharf for J. II. Carter & Co.; tug
D. M. Kay. from Broad Creek. towing
lighter to the Eastern branch: sloop, no
name, oysters in the shell from Potomac
beds at 18th street wharf market: schoon-
wood for the dealers: tug Rosalie, with
tow of lighters in the Eastern branch
from digging machines down river: power
boat Ruth X. potatoes from Fort Foote
to the dealers here; tug Capt. Toby, from
Piscataway creek with sand and, gravel
laden lighters at Georgetown.
Departures.
United States lighthouse service steam
or Maple. on q cruise on the Potomac and
Chesapeake bay inspecting buoys; scheon-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-27
Both Parties Drifting.

IF we could know the whitening con-
tempt and bitter scorn which the earnest
and industrious people of the country
really have for this cowardly abandon
ment of the great issues, for this betrayal
of the destinies of a great party, some
heroic effort would certainly be made to
get away from the most shameless and
disgraceful contention that ever embar
raised great cause. Turn back and
read the great debates of Lincoln and
Douglas. when those intellectual giants
fought for supremacy-scarcely a per-
sonal allusion from beginning 10 end.
They were leaders worthy of great par
ties. and they held the confidence of men
as few men have done"
Senator Borah said that both parties
are drifting. He declared that the po-
litical party will win which gives to the
people the clear and definite policy in
its platform in the next campaign and
puts upon the platform a man whose
character is a guarantee that the pledge
will be kept. 1t is imm AERIAL, he said,
under what name or under what banner
the announcement is made.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-27
CRITIC OF PARTIES,
Both Fail to Give People Clear
Issues, Says Borah.
NOT LIKE FORMER DAYS
Chickering'S Supplant Real Discus
sions of Lincoln and Douglas.
DEFENDS PRIMARY SYSTEM
Punish Those Exposed and Corrup-
ton Cannot Live, SEN
ator Ayers.

Senator Borah of Idaho. one of the
progressive republican leaders of
the Senate, speaking in that body
yesterday afternoon. charged both
of the great political parties with
utter failure in their campaigns to give to
the people clear and distinct issues as of
old. He contrasted present issues with
those discussed by Lincoln and Douglas.
I'VE awake each morning to satur-
MALTA of personal drivel, to chickering's and
quarrelings which have all the flavor of
discussions carried on in the political grog-
geries of the lowest dives in the most
rotten districts of our great Cities said
Senator Borah. "One week our great
daiies are teeming with the difference
between Wilson and Harvey, the next
week with what Col. Roosevelt said to
some personal friend in Oyster Bay, the
next week how the President failed TO
appreciate the worth of some rough
rider and thereby changed the current
of history.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-29

but the work is at its beginning, and in time
1T Will do great good. Costa RIGA is noted
tor Its live interest in sanitary matters. It
is now improving the waterworks at San
Jose, and is bringing in mountain water
through pipe something like Is miles long.
"A new system of sewers is being introduced.
and there are New York parties here who
are putting down blocks of new streets with
view to making contracts for repaving the
capital.
An Up-to-Date Nation.
indeed tnd this little republic inhabited
by what might be called the most up-to-date
and progressive people of all the nations IF
Central America. 1t is still overloaded with
the debts due to the mistakes of the mast
but nevertheless it is struggling along the
road of modern civilization. 1t has good
school system. Education is compulsory
and 1t is said that there are more teachers i,
the republic than soldiers. There are $1,000
children in the primary and secondary
schools and there are colleges of one kind
or another in most OF the cities. The gov
eminent is spending almost dollar a head
per annum on its educational branch and the
cost TOR every pupil is estimated at Sl2 per
year. AT the same rate we should be spend
ing something like $9o,00O,OO0 per annun,
on our public schools
The government has a secretary of public
instruction and the whole country is divided
up into circuits and school districts. Each
district has its school board and every cir
cut has ITS inspector, who goes about and
examines the schools and the teachers.
Some OF the high schools are supported ell
trely by the national treasury, but these
have normal training departments to supply
teachers for the graded schools. The nor
NAL schools are for both men and women
and they have many government scholar
ships As it is now the national government
buys all the text books for the normal
schools. but except in the case of the poor
the children have to buy their own books.
In addition to the native schools there is
large number OF the wealthy Costa Ricans
who send their children abroad to be adu-
Gated The most OF this class speaks sew
eral languages, including the English. More
of the young men go to the United States
tor their education than to Europe and
many OF the young women are sent to the
colleges and converts of France
Books and Newspapers.
One can see something of the literary
tastes OF the Costa Rican by look at the
book stores of San Jose. There are num-
Der OF excellent ones, and in some you will
find good supply OF English. French and
German literature, including our best maya
zines and the New Orleans and New York
daily DaDers As RI the native orace %do..
are half dozen dailes published, but they
are mainly folios, and look like postage
stamps i'll comparison with the blanket
sheets OF our Sunday journals
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-29
Frank 6. Carpenter Has an Interview WI

company, whose chief interest, is in the ship
ment of bananas, and it has let the coffee
wait knowing that it had the monopoly and
that there was no other way for it to get to
the coast. We have bettered that conditio I
by building government railway to the
Pacific and we have now no trouble When
the canal is finished there will be demand
for our Pacific coast lands and that part of
Costa Rica will grow
I'VE expect also an increase in our traffic
on the Caribbean side OF the mountains. A
competition has arisen as to the trade in ba-
nanas, and with two companies operating
the business should greatly increase The
banana is, as you know, our chief money
crop. 1t amounts to something like II ,OOO,-
600 punches a year and sells for 81 600 600
and upward Our exports of coffee are often
in the neighborhood of $3,OOO,OOO per an
mum. Coffee and bananas are our principal
sources of income"
The Investments in Coffee Lands.
is there much undeveloped land in Costa
RIGA. your excellency?" asked l.
There is great deal, but it needs capital
to bring it under cultivation If we had
that and the right shipping facilities we
could produce nine or ten times as many ba-
nanas as now and could materially increase
our coffee plantations. What we need is
more money and should be glad to see
American capital brought here. The trouble
with your moneyed men, however, is that
they are too visionary You show them
piece of rock with little gold in it. and they
will open their pocketbooks almost without
investigation. They may also put money
into bananas if they are properly shown, bat
sure thing like the coffee of Costa RIGA
they do not appreciate. This land produces
some of the best coffee Of the world. The
conditions OF cultivation are well known.
and the opportunities for money-making i,
it are excellent. l am hoping that your peo-
pie will take up the coffee lands on the west
coast as soon as the canal is open to trade
Il suppose money invested in Costa RIGA
would be safer" said l, interrogatively.
Most certainly it would if put in the
right place and with due regard to the ex-
animation of titles. We have an excellent
title system in this country, and you can bur
land just as safely here as you can at your
home. There is no danger of revolutions
and the conditions are quite as reliable as
anywhere in the world
Why Costa RIGA Has No Revolutions.
why is it, your excelency, that Costa
Rica does not have revolutions? They are
common in the other Central American re-
publics and also in Mexico now
There are number of reasons" repli ID
Don Ricardo. "In the first place this is i
small country and our people have plenty to
do to make living without wanting to
fight Our nation is peace-loving one.
The population is not like that of Guate-
mala. Nicaragua and Honduras, which is
largely composed of Indian blood. The
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-29


spite of the opposition OF the administration
voters told the priests that they were elect
ing president and not bishop and they
preferred Don Ricardo. The new president
is democratic in his administration, and l
am told he has even subeased a part of the
presidential mansion to private parties to
increase the government revenues. 1t was
in the audience room of this house that he
received me. The president is man of
good education and fine address. lawyer
by profession, he speaks several languages,
and it was in good American English that
our conversation was carried on.
The Government of Costa RIGA.
But let me give you some idea of the gov
eminent of this little republic. Costa RIGA
is the quietest and best ruled of all Central
America, and its presidents are the choice Of
the people and not the result of revolutions,
as in Nicaragua, Guatemala and Honduras
The country got its independence about Is
years ago. and it was in 1847 that it formal
ly adopted the title of the Republic Of Costa
Rica. 1t now has president and congress-
each elected for term of four years, and
that only. The president cannot have a sec
ond consecutive term. The manner of the
election is by an electoral college, Just as is
our custom at home. | asked President
Jimenez what he thought of this method.
He said it was mistake and that the best
way would be to choose the executive by the
direct vote of the people.
The president of Costa Rca has little
different form of administration than Presi-
dent Taft He has a cabinet it is true, but
he has also a government council which
consists of the cabinet and such other citi-
zens as he may choose to appoint The sal
airy of the president is just about one-ninth
that Of President Taft. He gets a little over
$4,000 year, or, in the money OF tl.is coun-
try, $4,000 colonies.
Costa RIGA and the Canal.
During Our talk the Panama canal was
referred to, and asked his excellency what
effect this would have upon Costa Rica. He
replied that it would benefit it. Said he:
1T will open up some excellent lands.
which we have not far from the coast on the
western side of the mountains There are
large tracts there which would raise the be It
OF coffee, and by the canal we shall be able
to have cheap outlet for that crop to the
markets of Europe In the past we have
been much hampered by having only one
railroad. ! mean that from here to Port
Limon on the Atlantic coast That road
has been controlled by the United Fruit
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-29

stroy the Panama canal?"
Il would not like to prophesy as to that"
was the reply. 81 understand that Panama
has had but few earthquakes, but one can
never tell what will come. You had better
ask Colonel Goethals that question:
Il did ask him. said I. land his reply was
that when the national capitol at Washing
ton was crumbled to earth by quake that
he would be afraid for the canal, but not un-
til then
81 am glad he is SO confident" replied the
president OF Costa Rica. 81 wish could be
as sure OF the safety of my own little
country"
Costa Rica's Debt.
then asked the president some questions
as to the debt of Costa RIGA. He replied
that this had now been put OH a sound fnan-
clal basis. and that both the foreign debt
and the internal debt would in time be paid.
The foreign debt amounts to about 17,OOO.-
900 colonies. or something like So 10000
and the internal debt is much less. The for
eign bondholders met last January and APP
proved OF the settlement proposed by Costa
kica and the debt has now been refunded
at something like or 5 per cent on par, but
with big discount to the underwriters, as
| am told The president OF Costa Rica does
not consider public debt public blessing,
but he believes that money might be Dor
rowed and if properly expended it would be
of great good to Costa Rca
! asked his excelency what he would do
II he had $1Oo00,000 in his treasury AS
quick as flash he replied:
Il would build roads That is the CRYING
need OF this land. We have practically no
highways of commerce except the line OF
railway which crosses the country from one
side to the other. The only roads to the in
terror are trails. and here and there wagon
road. which during a part of the year is a
river of mud. What Costa RIGA needs most
is cheap transportation, but | fear me it is
long before we shall have what we should in
that line
Pulling the Teeth of the Tropics.
During the talk President Jimenez re-
ferred to the great work that has been done
at Panama i'll what some one has called
pulling the teeth of the tropics" / mean
the sanitation methods which have turned
our canal zone from being the pest hole of
the world to one of the heathiest spots upoD
earth The president says that our work is
being studied by many of the Latin Ameri-
can republics and that new health methods
are being introduced everywhere He re-
ierred to our fight with the hookworm and
the discoveries made in Porto Rico, saving
that Costa Rico was fighting this parasite in
the same way.
The country has medical board which
gives hookworm medicine free of charge to
all who apply, and it is sending physicians
out to study the disease and to treat the
people. SO far but little impression has
been made upon the health of the country,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-29

most of our inhabitants are pure white ).
OH will see this as you walk through the
streets, and especially out through the coun-
try. You will see many barefooted and the
faces and feet are as white as your own
These people are the descendants of Span
iards from the northern part of the Iberidn
peninsula. We have comparatively few In.
dams and our ancestors did not intermarrv
with them.
Another reason why Costa RIGA has II
revolutions continued the president, SIS
because the lands here are very evenly dis
tributed. We have a large number of real
estate owners, and nearly every countrvn1an
has his own little farm with his patch OF b,-
nanas, his garden OF fruits his fields for veg
etables or grain and his little coffee planta-
ton. The people will not leave these to 90
out to fight. and you cannot get them TO
take up arms against the government They
say they cannot leave their farms, and that
1t pays them to remain at home They rca-
lie they are far better off without revou-
TONS
The Boundary With Panama.
What is the population of Costa Rica:'
1T is less than 100000, but the country
could support many times that numbe.-.
Costa Rica has an area larger than many OF
your states. 1t is bigger than Maryland
Massac husetts and Delaware combined"
But you do not know just what land voi
nave: understand that the boundary be-
tive. you and Panama is unsettled"
es. that is so, but the amount OF land in
dispute is not great. The question of the
boundary was first submitted to President
Loubet, the president of the French rcpuL
lie, but his decision was so manfestlv unjust
that the question was again opened up ard
we have chosen the chief Justice of the Uni
ted States supreme court to arbitrate it, A
commission OF Americans is now making the
surveys and mapping the boundaries, and it
will soon be satisfactorily settled This
work is costing great deal OF money. how
ever, and | am i'll doubt whether the cost
will not more than equal the value of the
lands in dispute"
what is the feeling here as regards the
United States?'
1T is friendly. We had some trouble with
the United Fruit company, but that has
passed away and the two nations are on the
best of terms. We do most of our trading
with you, and you sell us over half OF all that
we buy The most OF our coffee goes to Eu-,
rope, but you still take the bulk of our ba-
nanas. | am in hopes to see the relations OF
the two countries come closer and closer"
Earthquakes and the Canal.
The conversation here turned again to the
canal, and | said to- President Jimenez:
"You are living here in the earthquake
belt. Some Of your cities have been shaken
out OF existence and you are subject to vol
canic disturbances every few months Do
you think that the earthquakes will ever de-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-09-29
Copyright, 1912. by Frank G. Carpenter)
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica

HAVE just had a talk with
Costa Ricas democratic
president. His name is Don
Ricardo Jimenez and he
was elected two years ago
by a majority vote OF the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-27
WANTS To FREEZE OUT
HIGH SCHOOL FRIEZES
Oakland school Director Finds They
Are Not Proper for Gaze of
children.

San Francisco.-"I object to the
friezes in the halls of Oakland high
school as immodest and not appro-
pirate for the eyes of the young" said
School Director Harry Boyle of Oak
land at the board of education meet
ing recently. 81 move that the said
fr ezes be removed at once
Great Scott, man" objected School
Superintendent ]. w. McClymonds,
"those friezes have been there for
fourteen years. A former graduating
class presented them. They didn't
see anything wrong in them.
But times have changed" replied
Boyle, land if this board refuses to
take any action l shall take the mat
ter up with the Civic Purity commit
tee"
Il move they be investigated" re-
marked Director Cook.
"WilI you go with me and see
them asked Boyle.
mo" replied Cook, I'm too mod
est If they are as bad as you say
they are. why not clothe them? l
am an admirer of Greek art and
rather than see the friezes destroyed,
I'd have the male figures wear over
ais and the females hobble skirts
The board refused to take action
either on Boyles motion or Cook
amendment and Boyle threatened to
take committees of citizens to the
high school and show them the inn
modest freezes until they were ban
ished from the premises.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-27

or the unfamiliar grounds. Neither
the deer nor anything else can be
slaughtered while on the preserves,
but experience has showed that they
quickly spread to the outside.
DIR. Kalbfus is enthusiastic over the
development of game in Pennsylvan-
la and the wiping out of dealers who
sell game illegally. Pittsburgh he
says, seems to be the last remaining
hotbed of violation of the laws in SELL
ing of game. and the offense is being
reduced to a minimum there.
DR.. Kaibfus insists that resident
hunters license law of 81 year will
be of incalculable use in game pro-
pagation work in this state; but on
that point the game commission and
the Hunters and Anglers Protective
association seems to be as far apart
as ever.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-27
HOT WEATHER is QUICK
TO AFFECT THE BOWELS
Well-Known Fact That Ex-
tremc Heat Conduces to
Chronic Constipation.

The disposition to eat cold food
and indulge in iced drinks is one rea-
son why constipation and diarrhoea Is
so prevalent in summer, and there is
no time when people should more
carefully avoid bowel disturbances, as
much serious disease is directly trace
able to these conditions. We need
all OF our strength to Withstand the
enervating effect of heat.
To regulate the bowels and quickly
relieve even the most aggravated case
of constipation, the combination OF
simple laxative herbs with pepsin,
known as DIR. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sin, is highly recommended by all
who have ever used it. Unlike cath
artcs and violent purgatives. DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin acts gently
on the stomach, liver and bowels,
without gripping or other discomfort,
bringing relief in an easy, natural
manner. 1t can be used with per-
feet safety by the most delicate wo-
man or child and yet is equally ef-
fective for the strongest constitution
Mild, pleasant to take, and inexpen-
sive il is the ideal family laxative
BY cleansing the bowel tract thor
oughiy and eliminating the foreign
matter and poisons that irritate and
inflame, 1t will quickly check sum-
mer diarhoea and restore norma
conditions.
Druggists sell Dr. Caldwelrs SyruI
Pepsin for fifty cents bottle-f
larger, family size, costs one dollar
it will save many times its cost IL
doctor bills.S A free trial bottle post
paid. can be obtained by writing t.
DR.. w. B. Caldwell, 406 washington
St, Monticello, Illinois.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-27
FARM EXPERTS IN DEMAND.
Uruguay sends Commission to Colo
RADIO for Instructors.

Denver, Colo-The little republic of
Uruguay, South America, to which A.
600, 900 people owe allegiance, has dis
patched two of its recently created
agric ultural commissioners to Denver
to negotiate with the state agricultur-
al college for the employment of sew
eral competent farming instructors to
instill into its farmers some of the
methods by which Colorado agricul-
turists raise their record crops.
among people who till the SOIL or
rather among people who are attempt
ing to till the soil scientifically, as the
people of Uruguay are attempting to
do, are few who have not heard of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-27
What About Your Fall Suit

It's none early make your selection whether it he
the time Is fast drawing when
will need a heavier garment and won't be prepared.
Buy early get the full seasons wear-then too will
not he able give the alteration depart
ment that we would
SUITS PRICED $500 to $4,000 COATS FROM $500
UP
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-27
SCOTCHMAN MAY FILL
PITTSBURGH PULPIT

DIR. James Black of Edinburgh Preach
es ut Shadyside Presbyterian
Church-''The Life Worth Living"
Is Theme.
Pittsburgh, PA very large con-
gregation gathered in the Shadyside
Presbyterian church to hear the Rev.
ID. James Black. pastor of the Brou-
ghton Presbyterian church of Edin-
burgh. Scotland, preach his first SER
mon in an American pulpit 1t was
understood that DR.. Black was be-
ing heard with view to being called
as pastor of the Shadyside church. the
pulpit of which has been vacant for
two years. ever since the resignation
OF the Rev j. Kinsey Smith. 1t is
thought DR.. Black may be willing to
come to America, as his brother, the
Rev. Hugh Black, has accepted a
chair in Union seminary. At the close
of the sermon Dr. Black was given a
warm reception, with assurances of
much satisfaction with his services.
DR.. Black preached from the text
Are there not twelve hours in the
day?" and in the course of his sermon
he said:
There are some men living who
ought to be dead. The important thing
IL not so much a long life. or a short
life, as complete and full life. The
son Of man must not hedge nor sulk
but must move forward to danger anC
to death. 1t was not quantity bu
quality that told in the life of Christ
and so with us--it is what we are
not the things which we possess. J
| large life Is the full twelve hours
| There are few young people who thinl
of the passing of time. But as W.
grow older we realize how mucf
there is to do and how little tim
there is in which to do it. But | d
not want any one for a moment t
darken his life with thoughts o
| death.
Gods life is the only eternal life
doing our duty faithfully from day t
day, by faith founded in Christ, an
this makes the only life worth living
twelve hours, no more; twelve hours
no less"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-08-27

pulling himself up the side he lost
his grip and fell between the wheels.
the hind ones passing over his left
arm, back and right leg.
He was picked up and carried
home, where he was attended by DR..
B. j. Klotz. The doctor found that
the boys left arm was broken and he
was suffering from internal injuries.