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Evening star., 1912-09-11
McHarg and the Clapp Committee.

IL is stated that the Clapp investigating
committee will call Ormsby McHarg De-
fore it to explain those famous southern
contests affecting representation at the
Chicago republican convention, which, by
the admissions of the Rooseveltians them
selves, were In many cases fraudulent.
They were not sincere. They were not
intended to stick. Euphemistically ex-
pressed, they were brought for psyche
logical effects" Expressed in the terms
OF everyday speech. they were brought to
aid under false pretenses efforts to obtain
delegates for Mr.. Roosevelt elsewhere
in the east and in the west-and in all
probability they contributed to that end.
The trick violated no statute. and some
have excused it on the score of politics.
'.They all do it." we are told.
The Rooseveltians, it is true, did not
originate the trick. but 1t was particularly
reprehensible in them because of their
SNUG and sky-scraping pretensions to vir-
tue. They were advertising themselves
as the would-be rescuers of the country
from crooked politics. They were asking
for the dethronement of machine politi-
clans. and yet at the very time engaged
themselves in this manner in politics as
crooked as a rams horn.
The cost of the trick in dollars and
cents may not have been great as cam
paign expenses in presidential years are
reckoned, but every penny was employed
In an endeavor to perpetrate a wrong,
and those responsible for the trick, or en-
gagged in any way in forwarding it, should
be questioned by the Clapp committee.
Who suggested the maneuver? Who
helped execute It? What did the maneu-
yer cost. and who put up the money
Mr.. McHarg should be able to answer
these questions, and should be disposed to
do so.
The trick did not succeed, but it was
intended to succeed, and. although the
contests were brought in fraud, Mr.. Roose-
velt's friends would have put them
through the convention If they had been
able. and he would have accepted a
nomination based upon them.
And yet Mr.. Roosevelt, though smeared
all over with this pitch, is still bowling
that he was robbed at Chicago. That he
was advised Of what was in hand for his
benefit is as fair an inference as that
William Lorimer was up to what was
going on at Springfield in the senatorial
contest in his behalf. Both are practical
men," and have worked with and through
bosses and psychologists in politics all
their political days. Mr.. McHarg has
information which the Clapp committee
should not fail to secure.
Evening star., 1912-09-11
Crops and Meats.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
One of the stock villains In the High
Price of Meat is the high price of grain
and fodder Can't afford to feed the crit
ters.' And when you give up your auto
mobile and treat your family to few
hounds of meat 1t is very likely to be
Tough and scrawny. The farmers can't
afford to feed the CRITTERS" You get a
skeleton and macabre chicken. Feed is
too high. Thus the high price of food
is cause of the high price OF food
of much flesh and fowl. Well, now the
government promises mighty crops OF
grain and hay, especially corn, hay and
oats. the nurses of live stock. Will the
price of meat go down? Can the farmer
AFFORD to raise live stock again.? Sc
should it be; SO may 1t be; but will it be
so? Somehow, we have ceased to take
as it were, any more live stock in po-
litical economy.
Evening star., 1912-09-11
Aerial Speed Extraordinary.

While 1t would have been in one sense
gratifying to find American aviators so
equipped as to make good showing at
the Chicago race for the International
trophy, there need be no discoura cement
in their failure to try for the prize in the
face of the extraordinary speed of the
French contestants, who have the field to
themselves. 1t has been for some time
recognized that the French have most
highly developed aviation for sporting
purposes and that their machines. chiefly
built for speed, are. much more than a
match for those Of any other nation. In
deed the performance of Vedrines of Chi
cago is little short Of miraculous. Flying
over 4. II mile course for 124S miles, he
maintained the astounding average of
1865 miles an hour. This is flying indeed
comparable with the speed of some of the
swiftest of the birds. twice the speed Of
the average express train and greater
than the best work Of racing motor cars.
save the performances on single-mile runs
on sea. beach courses. on which the fastest
mile run has been at the rate of 13O miles
an hour.
As The Star was pointing out the other
day, however, speed is not the prime essen
tial in aviation. The American machines,
which are mostly Of the biplane type. are
being brought to a steadily higher stand
ard Of stability and safety, not as a re-
suit Of incessant striving after speed su-
premacy. but through a painstaking.
scientific study Of accidents and their
causes and an application in practice OF
the lessons thus learned. Most OF the
American accidents. 1t is noteworthy. are
attributable to the follies of the operators
themselves. who take chances in the en-
tertainment of crowds at fairs and other
places OF public assemblage. These mis-
haps do not really represent the average
OF reliability of the American machines.
Far more significant than the Vedrines
Evening star., 1912-09-11
The Transit of Mexican Troops.

BY permitting Mexican federal troops to
pass through the territory of the United
States this government has probably
earned the increased hostility of the in
surrectionists south of the Rio Grande,
and reprisais may follow this action. Yet
IL would hardly have been possible for
the American administration to refuse the
Mexican governments request. based
upon an urgent necessity. The conditions
In the western portion of the republic
were such as to demand federal rein
forcements as quickly as possible. Many
Americans there engaged In business,
particularly In the management OF mines,
were in peril from rebel attacks. The
United States was expressing its demand
for their protection. The railroad COM
munications between the capital and the
affected district were interrupted a. a
result OF rebel raids. To march the forces
across country would have been o lons
and difficult task. To send them around
was impossible. save through American
territory. Therefore TO grant the request
was virtually the only way the American
government could secure compliance with
its demand Tor the protection Of its own
people The nctaon OF disarming the
troops IN transit BY putting ell the guns
in . baggage car and carrying them sep
arately from the men saves tho tradi-
tions.
1t IL questionable whether this maneu-
Evening star., 1912-09-11
A Belated Recruit.

Indian Commissioner Valentine resigns
his position because he feels that ne is
called to a higher duty, that OF promot-
ing the political interests OF the thlrd-term
candidate and the prosecution of the pro-
gressive principles embodied in his per-
sonally dictated platform. In the long
statement which accompanies his letter
of resignation, addressed obviously TO
the public, he sets forth his reasons In
terms which disclose how deeply he has
drunk the waters Of that perpetual spring
Of virtue and honor over which now
hang the symbolic antlers of the bull
moose. All hope Of revitalizing and re-
humanizing the republican party having
been destroyed, the call has sounded for
every man to leave the plow and join the
ranks. 1t Is at this point that the retir-
ing commissioner logic limps badly. The
call to arms was sounded weeks ago.
Indeed, it was to be heard by those faith
full to the cause in June when obviously
the hope of progessifying-extr
political conditions demand the coinage of
new words-the republican party was lost
at Chicago. But not until two months
and half have passed does this valiant
warrior for the great cause respond. He
was TORN, he Says, ny lWo CiiiotiohS ~
work for the good of all the people in
the army of reform, and to continue to
work for the Indians under the direction
of the wicked republican administration.
He indicates that he would have left the
service Immediately but that he felt he
should stay until satisfactory successor
could be found and his appointment as
sured. Has that successor been discov-
cred and named? The public is not so
informed Evidently the commissioner
feels that he can wait no longer. but
must hasten to the defense of the country
at large and leave the Indians to their
fate. He indicates that as far as two
cerned they are secured, but he makes no
mention of the President, yet it is the
President who names his successor. If
the common veal, the welfare of ninety
nine and sixty-six hundredths per cent of
all the people, demands his presence on
the firing line of progressivism could he
not as safely have left an infiniteesimal
fraction of a per cent of the American
population to the mercies Of these two
trustworthy men two and half months
ago as he can today? Or was the failure
of the President to appoint a worthy sue
cessor inspired by a machiavellian design
to weaken the forces OF progress even as he
is accused of plotting to deplete the
oratorical ranks of his enemies by calling
an extra session of Congress ostensibly
to consider the Mexican problem?
Evening star., 1912-09-11
Precarious Joy.

The man who loves to hear the sound
OF his unchecked uplifted voice
Would seem to have joy profound
At hand, when he would fain rejoice,
For all he has to do to raise
His great self-satisfying shout
Is to confront the public gaze
And let the words come rolling out.
But every human bliss must be
With risk of sorrow sometimes fraught
The man who speaks with reckless gle
Must now and then pick up a though
Which words cannot completely hide,
Nor quench with garrulous disdain.
1t is a blow to Vocal Pride
When 1t Is called on to explain.
Evening star., 1912-09-11
The Tipping System.

From the Boston Post
If the two parties to the labor trou-
bIes in some of our hotels agree to abol-
ish the tipping system they will win the
deep gratitude of the public A tip is
irksome to the man who gives and hu-
initiating to the man who receives. Or
ganized labor is opposed to the system,
as il is claimed that tips always make
for low wages.
To abolish tips would add to the dignity
of 10 hor and enhance the comfort OF the
guests. 1t is something worth striking
Evening star., 1912-09-11
Complete Information.

.Where's your father?' asked the man
in fancy outing clothes.
"Lemme see if l can remember, SAID
the boy with one suspender. IF you're
the man to collect the interest on the
mortgage, he's gone to town and don
know when he'll be back. II you're
democrat or a republican or bull moose
he'll be home all day Sunday, and II
you're the man that owes him for bushel
of potatoes he's right around there in the
woodshed.''
Evening star., 1912-09-11
How It Has to Be Done.

What are you doing with that mask
and those gum shoes! Surely you are not
going in for burglary
"Shn' responded Mr.. Dustin Stax, II am
trying to slip a contribution into a can
didate's campaign fund without his
knowing anything about it."
Evening star., 1912-09-11

One advantage enjoyed by third party
candidate Is his opportunity for inter
preting anybodys victory as a blow at
the enemy.
Evening star., 1912-09-11

1t may be true that Prof. Woodrow Will
son once sang tenor In a glee club. He
has all the natural gifts for compelling
Difference that distinguish true tenor
singer.
Evening star., 1912-09-11

If Cuba succeeds in getting $1 100000
should be made to prevent too
much of it being wasted on arms and
ammunition.
Evening star., 1912-09-11
It Was Winter-Killed.
the pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.

From the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
In many sections of our great and glo-
rious country the peach crop is breaking
all records. 1t will be recalled that this
was one of the crops that were killed by
the severe winter, according to the ca
larnity hOwlerS.
Evening star., 1912-09-11

England's position regarding the Pana-
ma. canal may be only that of the young
ster who sees no harm In asking for
anything he would like to have, and who
meets refusal with buoyant hope for
better luck next time
Evening star., 1912-09-11

A Vice President may be more or less
obscure, but Gov. johnson sees no rea-
son why a vice presidential candidate
should be shy and retiring.
Evening star., 1912-09-11

candidate is sometimes dissatisfied
with newspaper which does not give
him enough space to prevent the pub
lication of what anybody else has to say
for himself.
Evening star., 1912-09-11

Representations that Col. Roosevelt
found NJ. g. Quay a mild and tractabie
assistant indicate that some Of the his
tory OF the past ten or fifteen years has
been rather loosely written
Evening star., 1912-09-11

In spite Of his marvellous cure. Charles
w. Morse decided to go back to the
stock market instead of going into the
patent medicine business
Evening star., 1912-09-11

England will not be able to introduce
any fashions in whiskers that will injure
the prestige of our own ]. Hamilton
Lewis.
Evening star., 1912-09-11
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Emaciatinp influence.

DO you find that golf reduces your
weight"
Not as much as it did before I quit
worrying about the kind of game was
playing"
Evening star., 1912-09-11
Washington Busy.
pittsburgh Gazette-Time.

From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
Washington, D. c., manages to keep
up its interest in life even II Congress
has adjourned. They are still swatting
the fiv at the nations capital.
Evening star., 1912-09-11

Mexico apparently feels that American
patience, having endured SO much, may
be relied on as inexhaustible.
Evening star., 1912-09-11

There is something grimly ironical in
a declaration that the game Is safe and
easy by a man who has been jailed for
swindlng.
Evening star., 1912-09-11

Up to the present time Col Roosevelt
has not found time to assist the
suffragette cause beyond the bestowal OF
a few polite words of encouragement.
Evening star., 1912-09-11

The nomination of Oscar Straus was
accomplished by a man who went beyond
ilIustrious example and threw his sus-
penders into the ring.
Evening star., 1912-09-11
Nature Initiates.

Oh, Fashion rules the world today.
The humblest plants her laws assert
The Haunting blossom fades away.
The seed-pod is the hobble skirt.
Evening star., 1912-09-11
Smart Editor.
From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
You cannot fool those French editors.
One of them gives away the secret that
Uncle Sam is busy in Nicaragua to pre-
vent the building of Nicaragua canal
in competition with that at Panama.
Evening star., 1912-09-11

IF these things were done, they were
done without my knowledge is the usual
form Of political alibi
Evening star., 1912-09-11

You can always tell a man who really
runs his own motor car by his absent
minded way of wiping his hands on the
sides of his trousers
Evening star., 1912-09-11
Fear Of Swiss Ships! /!

From the New York Evening Post.
The kaisers journey to. switzerland Is
regarded with anxiety in British naval
circles.
Evening star., 1912-09-11

There are times when political antag-
onists seem inclined to join forces IN
bull moose hunt.
Evening star., 1912-09-11
Holding Out.

..You haven't yet made those tariff
ideas of yours clear to your constitu-
ents.''
NO" replied Senator Sorghum: II
let them understand the whole subject Tor
themselves they won't be interested IN
hearing me talk about IT,
Evening star., 1912-09-11

syJn order TO avoid delays on account Of
nersonsI absence letters to THE STAR should
not be addressed to any individual connecteo
with the Office, but simply to THE STAR. OF 10
the Editorial or Business Department. according
70 tenor purpose.
Evening star., 1912-09-11

The man who sets out to make the
populace discontented always finishes by
trying to convince them that the next
best thing to getting what they need Is
to give him what he wants.
Evening star., 1912-09-11
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Evening star., 1912-09-11

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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-01-04
RAP FOR SLAYERS.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT SENT TO
LABOR UNIONS oeNouNciNo
CRIMES OF m'NAMARAs.
PUT BLAME ON EMPLOYERS
American Federation Leaders Declare
Industrial Conditions Responsible
for Dynamite ovtrases-covrt In
Vestigation Of Their Books

Washington.--That labor unions
have no desire to condone the crimes
of which the Mcnamara brothers re-
Gently pleaded guilty at Los Angeles.
is the declaration OF Samuel Comp
ers, president of the American Fed
GRAFTON OF Labor in a letter TO unions
of the United States. The statement
is signed by the ways and means com
mittee. which was named to raise the
Mcnamara defense fund.
Contained in the statement is the
following criticism Of the McNamaras:
Organized labor of America has no
desire to condone the crimes OF the
McNamaras. 1t joins In the satisfac'
ton that the majesty Of the law and
justice has been maintained and the
culprits punished commensurately Tor
their crime.
1T is cruelty unjust to hold the
men OF the tabor movement either
legally or morally responsible for the
crime Of an individual member. No
such moral code or legal responsible
ity is placed upon any other associa-
ton OF men in our country.
In so far as we have the right TO
speak. in the name OF organized Ia
Dor. We welcome any investigation
which either federal or state courts
may undertake The sessions OF the
conventions of the American Fedora
ton OF Labor are held with open
doors that all may see and hear what
is being said and done. The books.
accounts and correspondence OF the
federation are open to any competent
authority who may desire TO make
study OF them. VIII the National
Manufacturers association. the Erec-
tors association and the detective
agencies extend the same privilege for
public investigation and examination
of their books and correspondence
Blame for conditions which produce
such men as the McNamaras Is
thrown upon employers.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-01-04
AID IN STUDY OF BOTANY
Enlistment OF Special Garden
for the Purpose.

The especial necessity OF botar-
ical garden must appeal TO US all
Every one having so or l0O-foot lot.
who is trying 20 establish a beautiful
home among us, must have wished n,
some time 10 make this home attrac.
tive by planting choice trees and
shrubs about II. and would like the
plants 10 be little different. perhap.
more beautiful. than the common ones
TO be seen around him. Not. however.
having seen more than an occasional
tree In neighbor's garden that he
particularly fancies. and having no
means OF learning the correct name,
he must be content with what the
nurseryman chooses to offer him. and
II II should be some new and rare
variety. he is ignorant as to what size
II will attain. whether he will like the
flowers. what space Il will require to
fully develop its individual beauty
and under what conditions Il will
flourish
All these questions would be an
swered by visit 10 botanical gar.
den. which would be a botanical die.
uonary with the most exquisite and
truthful colored plates. colored by the
hand OF nature A lottered board
would give the name. family, species
and native home. We would learn
how very few Of the thousands of
beautiful things We here enjoy los
Angeles Times
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-01-04
Welded UNDER A SPELL
Applies for Divorce After Three
Weeks-Says Groom Induced Her
to Sell Property.

Los Angeles. Cal.-Mrs. Margaret
Armstrong Howell, known AS the
Helen Gould of Spokane. Wash,
who disappeared an hour after be.
coming the wife of George Howell,
mining operator, three weeks ago,
has emerged from her seclusion and
instructed her attorney to bring suit
at once for the annulment of the mar.
riage, on the grounds that she was un.
der hypnotic spell when the cere.
mony was performed.
She also arranged 10 apply for an
injunction to restrain Howell from
Selling her property.
Prior to her marriage To Howell,
the woman owned an immense florist
business in Spokane, which she ran
under her maiden name of Margaret
Armstrong. She had large holdings
In business circles of the northwest
She claims Howell Induced her to
sell all her property and then forced
her, through his superior will power,
TO marry him.
The strange fascinating power he
welded over me was terrible" said
Mrs. Howell Once in his company
! seemed to lose control OF my own
will"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-01-04
AIM TO BAR OUT U. S. JEWS
Duma Bill Wants Russia to Raise
Custom Duties 100 Per Cent
Slap at America.

St Petersburg. All American Jews
will be forbidden entrance TO Russia
II bill introduced In the duma by
the Nationalists becomes law. Not
only this, but further retaliation for
the abrogation OF the treaty OF 1882
by the United States is provided.
Custom duties are TO be raised 100
per cent. unless the Russian normal
schedule Is lower than the American.
In that case n duty equaling the
American duty will be collected.
The author OF the bill states that
the last provision OF the bill Is neces.
sary in order 10 deal with the I'M
portation OF American agricultural
machinery. The remaining points OF
the proposed bill correspond In virtu-
ally every particular with the bill In
troduced December 20 by ex-President
Guchkoff, providing for tariff seized
ules applicable 10 the United States
at the expiration OF the Russo-Ameri.
can commerce and navigation treaty
of 1882.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-01-04
Home bwIl|
! Y Helps Y |
MAKING THE CITY BEAUTIFUL
Some New Ideas That Have Been
Adopted by the Municipalities
OF Europe.

European cities are discardlng the
checkerboard street plan, says the
New York World Paris led the way
in Napoleon HIS time when Baron
Haussmann, project Of the Seine.
build great boulevards and avenues BY
the hundred, laid out diagonal avenues
between important points and con
structed engirdling boulevards. The
sum OF $4,000 900 was spent In this
work and last year II was decided tc
devote sl75. 100000 more thereto.
London has done similar but
smaller work 10 King's.Way. The
German cities are following neither
the checkerboard nor the radial ave
nue.. ring boulevard plan. Their new
streets wind perceptibly 80 as TO open
fresh vistas and permit OF collateral
effects OF parking and statuary
Instead OF locating their public
buildings at random. the capitals OF
Europe arrange them with relation to
each other and to some park. open
space or boulevard. so that they con
tribute 10 one central effect The I'm
est IL the Ringstrasse OF vienne. and
other notable examples are Berlin's
Inter den Linden and Lustgarten.
Moscow's Kremlin. Dresden's Twin
ger the Louvre region Of Paris and
the Grande Place of BRUSSELS.
In Dresden citizens have undertak-
en- TO induce every landlord and ten
ant Ia decorate yards. buildings and
easements with plants. vines. shrubs
and window boxes. The authorities
have cooperated by decorating mum
cipal buildings. and al small expen
diture the summer aspect OF the city
has been transformed
The color sense has been INDUCED
In all Russian cities building ex
teriors are OF plaster 10 protect the
brick from the frost. and every year
these are repaired and repainted. and
-ed. blue. buzz. green. white and gilt
diversified With mosaics are success
fully employed
Every important European city ha.
regulations restricting the height az
buildings the width 81 balconies. the
projection of cornices. the size OF win
dows. and the character OF lamps.
signs awnings. fences and doorways