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ownership Of the family's great property
interests was vested in American, British
and French corporations Francisco took
the members of his immediate family to
live at San Antonio. Tex. From Amer
lean soil he directed the organization OF
the revolution. In October, 1910. the fed
eral soldiers at Puebla, In the state OF the
same name. shot Achilles Cerdan. who had
made a bitter speech attacking President
Diaz. This proved a spark to the powder,
and made easier the task of the revolu-
tionists when, November 81, Senior Ma
dero crossed the Rio Grande and assumed
command of the revolutionary forces and
began his campaign.
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WAR ON DEVIL DOCTORS"
Naval Surgeons Giving Natives Of
Samoa Medical Treatment.

To overcome the evil influence of devil
doctors in Samoa the commandant of
the naval station at Tutuila has estab-
lished clinics for the natives. AS a result
of devil doctoring'' Surgeon General
Stokes of the navy in his annual report
has pointed out that many deaths have
occurred.
The natives have responded to the eff
forts made to enlighten them in matters
of medicine, hygiene and sanitation AL
most 5000 We're treated last year in the
clinic at the Samoan hospital. Epidemics
of typhoid and diseases peculiar to Sa-
moa have occurred during the year. AS
an aid in controlling them articles have
been printed in the native newspapers
for educational purposes. A school fol-
the training of Samoan women in nurs.
ing also has been established and sys.
tematic campaign will be waged to drive
out the devil DOCTORS
Similar medical missionary work has
been done among the natives of Guam
where an earnest effort has been made
to segregate lepers and accord then
proper treatment.
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SUPREME COURT VExED
OVER ACETPHENETlDlN
Drug Is Supposed to Form Habits
as Deadly as It's
Name.

The derivation and pronunciation oil
acetphenetidin have sprung up to bottle,
the supreme Court. The government con.
TENDS that the authorities enforcing the
pure food law may require manufac.
turers Of headache tablets to state or
labels that acetphenetidin is a derivative
of acetanilid.
What does the man in the street know
ABOUT acetanilid or this other unpro-
nounceably named article?" inquired Jus.
tice Day.
solicitor General Davis tried to help GU,
oy suggesting the pronunciation, but he
aooed that he did not guarantee his
method He contended that Congress be.
neVeo the average man had an acquaint.
ance with acetanilid, because II mention.
cd that along with morphine and cocaine
and other habit-forming drugs that must
De described on labels when placed In
medicines. He contended that Congress
intended that not only the parent sub.
stances should be named, but deriva tives
from these drugs named and described as
derivatives. because only in this way
could Congress achieve its object OF pro
tecung the public from habit-fornins
drugs.
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NAVAL BUILDERS BUSY.
Value Of Ships Under Construction
Never Before, Euualed.

There Is now greater value Of new ship.
building work in progress and authorized
at navy yards than ever before in the
history OF the navy. says Chief Con-
structor r. M. Watt in his annual report
At the New York navy yard there are the
battleships New York and No. 80 (ne
name yet assigned, and at Mare Island
CAL. the river gunboats Monocacy and
Palos and the fuel ships Kanawha and
Maumee. For eighteen months at leas,
the navy yards at New York and Mar
Island, which Constructor Watt says are
the only government yards equipped fol
expeditions and economical sh.pbuild' ng
will be taxed to their maximum capacity
unless their facilities are increased
The additions to the effective force OF
the navy during the past fiscal year were
the battleships Arkansas and Wyoming
the torpedo boat destroyers Beale, Jarvis
Cassin, Henley, Duncan, Cummings, the
submarine boats F-3. F-4 and Gil; the
fuel ships Orion, Jason. Jupiter, Proteus
and Nereus, and the tugs Ontario and
Sonoma.
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EXPLORERS IN BRAZIL
HUNTING CITRUS FRUITS
Returns Being Received From
Agents OF the Department Of
Agriculture.

Returns are beginning to be received b,
the Department of Agriculture from tn,
agricultural exploring expedition sent re
Gently to Brazil. There was received
from the party yesterday a large con
signment of citrus cuttings and seeds
some Of which are likely to prove val
liable. The expedition Is particu arly II
search Of citrus fruits that are likely Il
be worth introducing and that will b,
adaptable to this country
Among some Of the importations jus
received are varieties OF orange tina
look as though they might be the pro
genitors OF the navel orange In this coun
try. This will be welcomed by the scien
lists, II true. The navel orange has beer
one of the most valuable of the intro
duced fruits in the United States. There
Is long and romantic story OF how 4
came from Brazil in 1870 there being 81,
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WILL ASK AN APPROPRIATION
Secretary Daniels Yields to Request
for NAVY Word Naad.

secretary Daniels has announced that
IN spite OF his reluctance to spend money
ashore instead Of on ships he had de.
cided to ask Congress for an appropria.
ton for a new dry dock at the NorfoIl
navy yard and for 100000 with which
to construct new shipways at the Phila.
delphia yard.
new basin at the Norgolk plant the
secretary said, Is demanded by the over
Whelming professional opinion OF the
navy. 1t is proposed to make the ship
ways at Philadelphia large enough for
construct them that they NAV he en-.
iarged in the future to accommodate
battleships.
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Retirement of Col. Shaker.

BY direction of the President Col. Adam
Shaker of the Coast Artillery Corps, on
his own application, will be retired from
active service, to take effect January o.
after more than forty years service. He
is from Illinois and was graduated from
the United States Military Academy in
June, 1877. and from the Artillery School
in 1884. His entire service has been in
the artillery arm, in which he reached
the grade of colonel in December. 1898.
Recently he has been staying at the
Marlborough, in this city.
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MEXICO.
1.-The Beginning of
Trouble.
By Frederic J. Haskin.

There can be NO certain pros.
pect of peace i'm America until
Gen. Huerta has surrendered his
usurped authority In Mexico, un-
til Ii IL understood ON all hands,
indeed. that such pretended gov
ernments Will not be cOunte-
nanced or dealt with by the gov
eminent of the United States."-
From President wills ms Annual
Address 10 Congress-.
This expression of the Ohfcial
attitude of the American govern
ment justifies a review of the
events in Mexico that have led mp
10 the present chaotic and ap-
parentIy almost hopeless cOndl.
ton. In this article and the five
that are to follow the salient
features of the troubled story
will he told In chronological or
der.
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viii tend to improve the strain In this
country.
The exploring expedition has so far
been only around Rio de Janeiro. but the
members intend TO start as soon ms pos
sible for Bahia and the interior There
IL every prospect OF their turning UP
many valuable things In the line OF citrus
fruit
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cuttings sent by q lady who had found
IL near Rio.
One OF these was grown IN Washington
and some OF the others In California
From them has come the great industry
Of the present day. Owing to the long
course Of budding and grating, the strain
has deteriorated in some respects and In
some places The infusion OF new blood
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Catarrhal Trouble
Ended-Use Hyomei
You Breathe It-No Stomach
Dosing-Clears the Head.

Cse natures remedy for catarrh
or cold i'll the head, one that is
harmless yet quick and effective.
It IS the healing oils and bal
sans OF Hyomei which you
breathe through small pocket in
haler. This curative and antisep-
tic air reaches the most remote air
cells III the nose, throat and lungs,
killing the catarrhal germs, and
quickly restoring health to the dis
eaSed mucous membrane.
Iyo.aei has benefited so many sufferers of
the worst cases OF catarrh. with offensive breath,
raising of mucus. frequent sneezing. droppings
in the throat and spasmodic coughing that ii
Il sold by Jas. O'Donuell with guarantee to
refund the money IL IL does not DO all that is
claimed f,tr IL. \ complete Hyomei Outfit con
tanning inhaie- aud bottle of iquii sells for
only $1.O0. Extra bottles OF liquid, II later
needed, 30 cents. Druggists everywhere sell
Hyomei.
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The Kings Daughters of Haeers-
town. Md, are making arrangements to
present every poor child in that city
at Christmas with q stocking filed With
candy and toys.
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Sixteen thousand officers and men. con-
shutting about one-half of the mobile
army in the United States. are now sta
toned in the border states OF Texas,
Arizona, New Mexico and California.
Fifteen battIeships and lesser war craft
are standing by for possible trouble In
Mexican waters. Probably 10000 of the
10000 Americans who peacefully resided
in Mexico three years ago have left that
country.
President Huerta Is a dictator who can
dictate 10 but a portion of his people.
for the revolutionists control the most
important northern states ALL the diplo-
matte energies Of the United States gov
eminent have been devoted to the diff
cult task Of forcing him from office.
The situation thereby created is the fore
most problem Of American foreign policy.
1t is a continuing crisis, marked, at
least once, by serious friction between
the United States and Great Britain.
What circumstances created this situ-
alton? Why is the United States left
with problem quite as perplexing as
that which Turkey for decades presented
To Europe?
prosperity and contentment of Mexico
mean more. much more to us than mere
II an enlarged field for our commerce
and enterprise. They mean an enlarge
neut Of the field of self-government and
the realization of the hopes and rights
OF a nation with whose best aspirations.
SO long suppressed and disappointed, we
deeply symp athiZe.'
x
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It pays to read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
filled through them.
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orelgn Capital
Floods Country

French showed their
-44th 10 the extent of S143,OOooOc. and
9tile+ foreign capital aggregated Sis
..'%o Mexicans themselves extended
'toout S>p1oO,0o0 in the enterprises de-
'eioped during the last thirty years.
MeAlcos vast mineral treasure house
vas tapped by the greatest mining COM
3ahles OF the world. American and Rrit
ish railroads We're built to the mines and
Mexico became the first silver-producin :
haton and stood fifth in the production
oi gold The Mexican oil fields attractel
tne attention OF rival American and Brit
'Sh OIL synd1cates. whose operations be-
iihu the scenes have affected vitality the
events OF the last three years
Inc custom of awarding concessions tn
foreigners with the capital and ability
10 oeFeio7 resources supposedly bevond
the capabilities of Mexicans f1ourished
during the entire Diaz regime with the
evils usually attending the concessions
hunt- The critics of the old president de-
ciared that he was giving Mexico avav
to sforeigners.
toreisn capital, therefore, developed
modern Mexico, but the Prosperity thereby
produced was not equitably spread among
the 1S.tOo,OO citizens. Great extremes
or wealth and poverty were typicaI in
the hacIendados who controlled yerjta HE
territories OF rich land and the pathetic
poems, who could scarcely ACQUIRE enough
soil 10 raise the necessaries of life
Diaz surrounded himself with strong men
AS the golden stream of investment flowed
IN they grew wealthy by methods which
brought To them the sobriquet Of Glen
tihcos' so scientific" had they become in
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PRESS AND PUBLIC PROCLAIM IT BEST

NEW YORK TINES: eft is difficult
to see how it could have been bet
tered as practical working tool.
Funk & Wagnalls' New Standard
Dictionary is the fullest and most
practical single-volume dictionary
of the English language"
RECORD HERALD, Chica o:
There is no question that the New
Standard is a great work. an orig
ina1, Independent, honest and
authoritative piece of up-to-date
photography on its own we'll con-
sidered lines. 1t is good as well
as big"
POST-DISPATCH, st. Louis: "The
most remarkable single-volume
dictionary of the English Ian
guage. It. will doubtless put all
other dictionary publishers on their
metal to produce something bet
ter If they can"
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Problem Involves
Monroe Doctrine.

own republics in Central ard South
America. Their struggles to achieve true
democratic government have largely in
duenced the foreign policy of the United
States. The Monroe doctrine early estab-
lshed the primacy of the United States
in the western hemisphere and is vitality
involved in the present Mexican problem
In its neighbors. Canada on The north
and Mexico on the south, the United
States was more fortunate than any
great power. The Mexican war was
soon forgotten, and until three years ago
no serious difficulty threatened on the
southwestern border save when Napoleon
III sought to establish Macmillan as
emperor of Mexico. His throne toppled
when the cessation of the civil war per-
mitted the Washington government to
assert the Monroe doctrine. and when
Cen Sheridan permitted Juarez to OBJ
tain the arms necessary for the empires
overthrow.
lutionary leaders at that time was
Porhrio Diaz, a typical product of the
country. in whose veins flowed Indian
blood AS soldier he had ample oppor-
tunity TO study the problems of govern
nent, and was well equipped for the diff
hcult task of government when first he
was elected to the presidency in 1876
Early realizing that Mexico's vast min
eral and agricultural resources required
Tor development capital which the peo-
PIE did not possess, President Diaz al
ways encouraged the investment of for
eiSn capital, gave ii every protection, and
TO keep a smiling face on the invest
ment prospect subdued with an iron hand
all agitations which might have fright
ened away capital. His six successive
terms from 1854 were really military au-
tocracies Elections We're held but Don
ForflrIo was always the victor. and SO
oinpletely was this accepted that but a
negligible vote was cast, and the names
e IS futile opponents are scarcely re-
a.,nbered
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w. II. p. FAUNCE, President Of
Brown University. "a finer speci-
men of printing was never issued
from the American press. Your
dictionary will for me supersede
several dictionaries that 1 have
been obliged to use altogether in
order to obtain the information
now furnished in this one volume"
WILLIAM CLEAvER WILKIN-
SON, ID. D., LII. d., Professor Of
Poetry and Criticism, University Of
Chicago. THE NEW STANDARD
DICTIONARY is nothing less than
a wonder among books. 1t is the
consummate result Of circumspect.
comprehensive, sagacious, pains
taking, accurate Photographed
genius and Skill
EAGLE, BrOOklyns This dictionary
leaks learning. It abounds with
erudition. 1t beats an encyclo-
pedia- The book Is q marvel OF
compressed information"
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THE AMERICAN, Baltimores BE
yond question the most valuable
and disable storehouse Of informa-
ton and instruction ever furnished
the English-speaking people. in
anything like its compass"
THE SUN, New Yorks "The care
full study Of any page is an edu-
cation in what modern Typography
can do. It is the latest word in
the art of dictionary making. 1t
has developed its own peculiar
merits admirably"
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seems to have been thought of to
save time and to serve convenience.
Those who think they already have
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More than a century has passed since
5, an-sh dominions began to break
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american investors poured 1000, OOO. 900
.tto tic republic; British capitalists
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Placed $50, 600, 600
in Mexican enter
prises; the thrifty
French showed their
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r. VIII plo.eo Rro+hor Because it exactly defines
~ 'A : 1~'"~ ~1O every particular term
applied to every study, sport entertainment, social
requirement, profession and calling, and gives an
array of scientific historic, biographical specific, and
general facts from which he always derive nspira-
ton and profit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

me in one way. In another way IT was
not. Personally | have not the slightest
sympathy with debating contests i'm which
each side Is arbitrarily assigned a given
proposition and told to maintain II with
out the least reference 10 whether those
maintaining II believe in IL or not. |
know that under our system this IS nee
cssary for lawyers. but 1 emphatically
disbelicve in il as regards general discus
sion Of political. social and Industrial
matters. What We need is 10 turn out OF
our colleges young men with ardent con-
vctions on the side OF the right: not
young men who can make good argu-
ment for either right or wrong as their
interest bids them. The present method
of carrying on debates on such subjects
as "Our Colonial Policy" or 1.-THE Need
of Navy" or 1.-THE Proper Position of
the Courts In Constitutional Questions
encourages precisely the wrong attitude
among those who take part in them.
There is no effort to instil sincerity and
intensity Of conviction. on the contrary,
the net result is TO make the contestants
feel that their convictions have nothing
TO do with their arguments. / am sorry
/ did not study elocution in college: but /
am exceedingly glad that / did not take
part IN the type OF debate in which stress
Is laid. not upon getting speaker TO
think rightly, but on getting him to talk
gliby on the side TO which he is as
signed, without regard either To what his
convictions are or to what they ought
to be.
was a reasonably good student in col
lege. standing just within the first tenth
of my class, if ! remember rightly; al
though / am not sure whether this means
the tenth Of the whole number that en-
tered or OF those that were graduated. /
was given a Phi Beta Kappa key" My
chief interests were scientific. When en-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

my own sons have already prohtcd by
their friendship with certain Of their mas
tiers in school or college. ] certainly
profited by my friendship with one Of my
tutors, Mr.. Cutler: and in Harvard /
owed much to the professor Of English.
Mr. A. S. Hill Doubtless through my
own fault, / saw almost nothing OF Presi-
dent Eliot and very little of the profess
sors. I ought to have gained much more
than | did gain from writing the themes
and forensics. Ny failure TO do 50 may
have been partly due to my taking no in
terest in the subjects. Bffore I left Har-
ward ] was already writing one or two
chapters of a book aftcrward published
on the Naval War Of 1912. Those chap
tiers were so dry that they would have
made dictionary seem light reading by
comparison. Sull. they represented pur-
pose and serious interest on my part not
the perfunctory effort 10 do well enough
to get certain mark and corrections OF
them by a skilled older man would have
impressed me and have commanded my
respectful attention. But I was not SUI
ficlently developed to make myself take
an intelligent interest in some Of the SUB
jects assigned me-the character of the
Gracchi. for instance. A very clever ana
studious lad would no doubt have done
so, but ! personally did not grow UP 10
this particular subject until good many
years later The frigate and sloop ac-
tons between the American and BRUSH
sea tigers Of 1912 were much more WITHIN
my grasp | worked drearily at the
Gracchi because ! had to. my conscien-
tious and much-to-be-p itied professor
dragging me through the theme by main
strength with my feet firmly planted IN
dull and totally idea-proof resistance.
had at the time no idea of going into
public life, and / never studied elocution
or practised debating. This was loss 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20
MUSIC OF THE PAGEANT.

zone OF the most novel features Of the
Irish Historic Pageant will be IT'S music.
which has been orchestrated from ancient
Irish melodies. New York does not know
that, in the development OF the Irish
musical materials and scheme now In
Alfred G. Robyn's hands, there will be
opened such a field in music as, without
exaggeration. has not been done since
Wagner gave the lett motiv to the musi-
cal world.
THE poets OF ancient Ireland. strange
as it may seem. had as much power al
most as the kings and chieftains. In the
last episode Of the Irish Historic Pageant
the chiefs and chieftains are seen together
discussing certain vexing questions OF
civil government. The question of exiing
the troublesome bards came up, and some
curious instances founded on authentic
lrformation) OF the caustic satire these
poets INDUCED in are given. The out
rageous demands these overconfdent min
strels made on the kings illustrate that
some other power than brute force held
sway in ancient Ireland.
Because Of the sufferings Ireland has
undergone, even many native sons are
without knowledge of their own great
past and glorious heritage, and it is the
intention of the American committee OF
the Gaelic League 10 make the past re-live
for two nights and reproduce in its every
detail the ancient civilization of Ireland.
"The stage upon which the 500 actors
and actresses (who have been recruited
from the Gaelic societies, Irish-American
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-04-20

that he should be honest in his dealings
with others and charitable IN the old-
fashioned way TO the unfortunate; Dut
that it was no part Of his business TO JON
with others I'm trying to make things BET
ter for the many by curbing the abnorin"
and excessive development Of indiylduar
ism IN a few Now. ! do not mean tha'
this training was by any means an pau
on the contrary. the insistencc upon IN
diyidual responsibility was. and Is. ana
always will be. a prime necessity. Teach
ing of the kind | absorbed from both my
textbooks and my surroundings IS
healthy antiscorbutic To the seniimeh-
tally which by complacently eNcusins tne
individual for all his shortcomings woO"
finally hopelessy weaken the spring OIL
moral purpose. 1t also keeps alive ths'
virile vgor for the lack of which In the
average Individual no possible perfection
of law or OF community action can ever
atone. But such teaching. II not cor
rected by other teaching. means acques'
cence i'm riot of lawless business ino'-
vidualism which would be quite as de-
structiye to real civilization as the law
less military individualism of the Darn
Ages. left college and entered the ois
world owing more than | can express "
the training | had received. especially
I'm my own home but with much else also
TO learn II / were to become really htteo
10 do my part in the work that lay aneaa
for the generation OF Americans 10 wnich
| belonged.