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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-30

i are only three days printed in figures
of brilliant red and there may be none y
other until the last chantey, when the trump
shall sound and there shall be sea.
First the day when the stars of the
morning sang together, and the Lord of all
the earth gathered the waters of the nobest
unto place. and saw that it
good.
Last is our day. when Goethals has
blown up the last dixie and upset the work
Of creation by letting the waters of the two
greatest oceans run once more together
and behold! it is very good.
Between these two is that memorable day. exactly
four centuries ago, when broken worked his way
to the topmost branches of lofty tree and the
rolling waters of the Pacific, which white had
looked upon since God made them. From that hour
the Panama Canal inevitable fact; and SO the
story of the becomes the opening chapter of 18TH
milan history. He only dependent of Don
Hidago Puertocarrero of the little Spanish town of
Heres de los Caballeros.
That dependent was Vasco Nunez Balboa, young
quite unknown in the financial district of Here's de
los CaballeroS. On cerenonOuS occasions the tall,
robust handsome young played the role Of Sancho
Panza to the Spaniard's Don Quxote after the show
he curried the noble charger that the Don RODE and
bedded down the stable His salary something like
two dollars and thirtyve cents month"; payable usu-
ally in
All this was in the brave DAYS of old the days when
the trusting Isabella the loan sharks with her
jewelry in order to outfit Genoese skipper named Girls
toforo Colombo, whose ideas did not tally with those
set down in the orthodox books navigation Balboa
was then busy at his task of mancurng the livestock;
but was learning how to swing sword with precision and
to drive nails with from his crossbow. By and
by the rough men who sailed with Colombo came back
and electrified the vivid Spanish imagination with what
they had seen in the New World.
Why in Terra Firna, they said (that being then the
name of Panama. all that you had do stretch
ishnet mountain torrent at the beginning of
the rainy season. When the torrent subsidized take
few slaves with baskets and go your Instead of
filling the baskets with horny heads and mudcats, you
heap them up with nuggets of gold!
STORIES like this drifted down into the quiet village
of Here's de los Caballeros and into the ears of
Vasco Nufiez refreshing himself in one of the fondas
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-30

where wine sold cheap by sonora who had good
looking daughter. He quickly resigned his depend
ency kissed the seforas daughter and Jared forth to
the In the of time he to Terra Firma
crused arnlessly around, and started back to Spain
with few fresh tales of his own
But it not be. The ship to grief off the
coast of Santo Domingo (then known Espanoa), and
the cargo of gentleman bandits had to scramble ashore
without food or luggage This in 1900 and Balboa
was twenty-five when he crawled up the sand and
wrung the water out of his socks. The Spanish Gov
restrained his joy and locked up Of the
vivors in the county jail And for time hero dis
appears from the stage.
But you can't keep Balboa down. not even in Santo
Domingo. He soon became tropical planter, with de
pendents of his Strictly speaking, he not
debt but he had consolation Having started with
nothing more than appetite, everything that he
raised in Santo Domingo clear profit But at last
he reached the limit of insolvency and decided shift
the scenery.
The Governor of Santo Domingo at that time
Don Diego the only legitimate son Of Columbus. With
his fathers genius for working out ideas the Gov
issued decree that gentleman should leave
the island until he had receipt in full This crushing
blow to Balboa's ambition fell just Admiral Encisco
sailed into the harbor, bound for Panama.
Enciscos expedition had recovered from seasckness
with such alacrty that his men had eaten up all the
dried beef and habchueds in the Cupboard the Adj
mira sent ashore for provisions. Balboa of the
farmers who had vegetables to exchange for Spanish
gold When watching the casks and barrels off to the
fleet he worked out the Magnificent Idea. The result
was that the last boat carried item that has
since been missing from the exports of Santo Domingo
-@Balboas in barrels
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-30

Dublin fusiler. And it that Vasco Nufez and
Leoncico landed again the Isthmus of Goethals.
TT was 1870 and Balboa thirty-ive years old
Enciscos dreams of wealth and fame soon came to
pitiful end, together with his life, and Balboa
justly named among the traitorous who did it. The
knight of the barrel No. among the leaders of
the dsheartened expedition but by industry and
tive ability he became No. just after the clock had
struck 1911.
Baboas genius for leadership showed itself from the
very beginning. Like De Solo, he knew how to get
along with Indians, and he lost time in making
friends with the chiefs Also he made himself friendly
with of the Processes cher Cacca) that
she soon became Sonora Balboa
Balboa, having been the isthmus before, did not
waste any time in stretching shnets mountain
nuggets of gold He hustled for food
instead for that the immediate need of the Spanish
gentlemen whom Encsco's sad fate had unoaded upon
him. He had already learned that of the gold in
Panama stored up the sepuchers of dead Chiefs
and the live chiefs had learned that the invaders
were determined to get the gold by hook crook
chiefly by crook. They therefore began to
change nuggets for Shirts small mirrors anything
else that the with the laundering guns happened
to have left.
Things went from bad to They would have
gone the if it had been for their leader. The
year 1912 brought messenger from Spain with the evil
tidngs that Balboa accused of the death of Encsco
and in high disfavor with Ferdinand and Isabella
The irony of this intensified by the arrival of
other messenger, coming from the Governor of Santo
Domingo promoting Balboa to be Governor General of
Terra Frna Neither of these messengers to have
unduy affected the exdependent of Don Puertocarrero
he simply went ahead with his big job until royal
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The noble Encisco weighed anchor, and his frail
vessels soon began to rise and fall with the swell of
the open sea- Then the head of one of the barrels
was showed outward, and forth crawled Vasco
Nunez Balboa. Smoothing down his hair, he went
aft and presented himself to the Admiral with
courtly bow Encsco's reply has not been recorded;
for the chronicler of the cruise pous Bishop.
The expressive Spanish language was strewn all
the quarterback, however, and Vasco at length
convinced Encisco that Providence had been kind
to him in unexpected way. Then Vasco went
forward again, kicked in another cask and took
out his dog Leoncico. This Leoncico was of the
breed known technically as @some dog He had a
pedigree nobler than that of either Balboa
Encisco; for he was a son of Ponce de Icons
famous dog. He was reddish, with black nose.
as muscular as tiger, and had the disposition of
Evening journal., 1913-05-14
RIG PROFIT IN HOGS.
One Delaware Farmers Record at
Raising Swine.

MILFORD. Del May 14.--Thal
hogs properly cared for viii pay in
Sussex has been settled sevcrae shines
by practical experiments. but r. B.
Vinyard has just completed an ex-
pertinent Ou a small scale that shows
what can be done with proper
breeds aud care. Last week he ship
per eight Berkshires which were
born last September. Tho combined
weight of the eight was 1850 pounds,
and the meat ncttcd him J p ccuts I
pound, making a total OF NSl57s2
The hogs had never cateu any ground
feed. aud the total expense Of rails
iug the eight amounted 10 less than
$50
The large canning factory near
Bowers. which has been owned aud
operated by Harrington people has
hcru sold to local buyer who I'M
dcrstands thoroughly the conditions
of his sccciiou Although ihe for
mer owners said they could not get
The farmers To- grow enough tOma
toes to make the venture paymr
Que the new owner who lives On thu
around, states thst he has already So
cured al the contracts he can bandlu
for this season Besides Tomatoes
peas pears. peaches. frswberfies
cherries. pumpkins and sweet puta
tees viii be packed
Evening journal., 1913-05-14
GOSSIP OF THE COURTS
3
BY TLANEuR

no good either in Young China, OF
that part of Old China that is left,
declare that the pendulum has swung
over so far that the Chinese people
never again will fiji the position in
the family of nations that they occu-
pied at the time of the passing OF
Manchu dynasty.
IL makes sad reading And it is all
the more sad because. looking over
the surface of the nation, one sees re-
ally many lamentable signs OF disrup-
ton and dscord The whole nation
seems 70 be divided into two parts I:
politica, and non-poltical The man
who Is occupied with unceasing solicit
tudc about the means OF subsistence
remains cOntenteu within that limit
prescribed to him by his wants and
necessities. be. together with the ia
fuinc-stricken. the halt. the bliad. the
maimed is OF the nonpolitical class.
Aud ia China there are millions Of
this class. men who probably have not
yet heard that the Manchus have been
depOsed. or who. having heard, regard
Yuan Shih kai as the heavcn-sent
Messiah TO carry on the great Celestial
msudate in due accord with universal
belief among the common people.
Then there is IN China for the mo-
meut another class, the political. This
Is composed of Young China and the
very young China, whose chief faculty
seems 20 be to swing from one ex-
tromc to the other The pessimistic
would compare the affairs Of this class
to pendulum that vibrates continu.
ally from one side 10 another without
naking progress in any direction
Some OF tins party, having found they
I have gone too far in one direction
have speedily recnrred and now have
reached the golden mean settling
down to solid work. But there arc sc
many other factions. that one find.
difneulty in a condensation Of the nd-
tiunal affairs. This. however does
not refer 10 the governmental party.
such men as Yuan Kai. Iii IIuan Hung
lHuaughsing. sun Vat Sen. and others
ol the more established section. VIII,
have not relinquished their endeav
ors 10 save their country from a las
great fall which would be the 'de
bach
II is unfortunate that Europe. dur
ing the past few critical months hal
not been getting the facts of what hal
been passing IN China. In the veri
table welter Of political chaos and loaT
affairs. Of opium lies. reports tha
come from the Chinese press, it is b,
Evening journal., 1913-05-14
nIsHoP EINswAN Am rprcATIoN

TIE 18TH annual convention OF the Protestant Eps-
copal Church OF Delaware is being held in Levcs
today II Is of the important representa-
tive religious gatherings Of tho year VIC publish else
where the address Of the RI Rev Frederick Joseph
kiusman ID D.. IL d.. bishop Of this diocese. II
should be read carefully by All persons interested
religious work in Delaware The bishops discussion
Of the question OF religious education in our state
should attract widespread attention. He says too much
emphasis cannot be laid on the importance of the
churebs educational work both as 2 basis for faith
and life as chief solution OF dicultics
In Delaware there is special need for this cmpha-
sis, Bishop Knsman says. "The comparatively low
average of education in the State fact to be rec
oned with. II is fact which cannot be denied or con
cealed Il ought not TO be condoned. II is TO be de-
pored but t. it be faced, can be remeded In the
church greatly increase our effectiveness. IL
do in the way clear and systematic teach
ing"
PROFESSIONALLY most Deawareans will welcome the
bishops frank fearless optimistic criticism of edu-
caonal conditions in this diocese and agree with him
that the deplorable situation should be faced and
died.
The fact that Bishop Kinsman does not recommend
hat this diocese join in the movement in favor oi
changing the of the Protestant Episcopal Church
and expression of opinion by several other prominent
Delaware churchmen. clerical and lay would seem tc
indicate that such action will be taken In man,
parishes there is dsep-seaed prejudice against such
changc notwithstanding the that at the last gen
,ral convention the plan to make the change was de-
sresails that the effort 20 make the change viii be
Evening journal., 1913-05-14

British suErsgists have manifested their dspeasure
tho defeat OF their suffrage bill in Parliament by
destroying by fire the home Of the Nottingham Boat
Club valued at 10000 the river Trent and
hitting other Tho miltants have organized
squads Interfere with the sports of men in all
tons Of tho British Isles and the destruction wrought
the Trent is accepted only beginning Of their
campaign in that behalf. They determined fully
that their cause shall be kept before the public. and
give no heed TO the fact that their reprchens-
bic work IS keeping from the suffrage move
mont thousands OF and who believe in
votes but who do not believe in the lawess
methods that being pursued by sudragsts of tho
Pankhurst school
Evening journal., 1913-05-14

For the purpose OF acqusintine the American peo-
pie with ,he real facts relative to the Philippine Is
lands the Philippine Society has been organized in
New York with former President William II. Taft as
honorary president That the society will serve a
useful purpose is indicated by the that most Of
lis members who. like Mr.. Tei., have an in
innate and irst-hand acquaintance with the islands
and their Inhabitants and than passing
knowledge OF their governmental and other needs.
Those who have Joined the society feel that the is-
lands teen With opportunities for the extension Of
education philsnthrophy and religion, and that their
commercial possibilities and natural resources are al
most boundless. The active president OF the So
cicy is General Luke 4. Wright Tennessee Demo-
crat He the second governor of uo Islands and
also Is former Secretary Of War Several Of the
other officers Of the society who distinguish
cd themselves by service the islands Most OF
tho members favor the retention md deyoopmnt Of
the colony la that think they voice public senti-
ment in THIS country While admittedly it has been
and viii continue to be expensive work, the pre-
yailng feeling is that It is work that Is worth while
and that win bring adequate returns later
Evening journal., 1913-05-14

China will have TO start on kind of
standardization of her language. such
as Britain undertook in the fourteenth
century. IL isn't only matter Of
words and grammar: more important
are construction and pronunciation.
The English dialects probably arc as
diversified as any. Put Cornish
miner and a northumberland miner
together for the first time and each
would only have faint glimmering
of the meaning of the others speech.
What would the Cornishmsn think Of
What max o. yam is sha?n. He would
express the same meaning in what
be nef like then?" CThe plain Eng
lish ~ What is she like?") A Lon
duuer. foi tic Grst time hearing the
Dorset dialect would be- bcWildercd
by Farm laborers talk he could
OILY get CLINT Of meaning here ard
there
pidgiu-Fnglish has long been tho
Esperanto 0f China Men from Can
tor aud native OF Tientsn resort 10
u as The only possible medium for
mutual understanding But here is
another device for the Chinese Par
llnuient Why not write the speeches,
Instead Of speaking thcny MOI only
are the written characters the sanu
Throughout China, but they,are alluost
identical IA China Japan aud Korea
however widely the spoken words dif-
! fer Business men in these countries
/ who could not converse. can comhiu-
nicatc easily 10y letter, aud ia the Chr
Ieso-Japanese war Japanese and
others could always make Chinese
natives understand their wants by
scratching the characters IN SNOW Ur
sand With their bayonets.
Judging from what has appeared IN
more than one prominent organ OF tho
| British press upon questions vital IL
the Chinese people. 1t would seem that
one would have TO return tc such
hsckneyed queries as Has China ANY
! Hope?' The picture is dark. We are
told that the Chinese have now ne
hope; that, having dispossessed them.
selves Of what civilization centuries
OF Confucianism gave TO them. they
have not a tithe of national stamina
nothing either Eastern OF Western tC
hold on to. The classic" age, we
are told, has been superseded by the
I age OF the bowler hat and the ill-ft.
! ting frockcoat; law and order are
gone; hooligans and the "KaOlaOhuei'
reign; the government is without
prestige, policy or power. Thus dc
close observers write today upon cur
rent Chinese topics. Those who sec
Evening journal., 1913-05-14

There seems TO be Misunderstanding in the public
mind with respect TO the Information for Travellers
department which appears the last page Of THE
EVENING JOURNAL, showing the movement OF trains,
suburban trolley cars and steamboats, from this city
We are informed that many persons have cut the in
formation out and laid it aside for future refer
cnce, thinking it is be only temporary feature OF
our paper. They mistaken in that The "Informa-
tion for Travellers feature viii be permanent and pub
lished daily and the schedules always will be found
in the place the last page Of paper Our
readers also may assured that the facts and fig
found therein official 10 no longer is neces
sary for any traveller to call up the information bu
OF the railroad companies to cucumber them
selves with time tables An that II is necessary for
them do is to consult the guide he back page OF
THE EVENING JOURNAL o obtain all the Information
needed
Evening journal., 1913-05-14
BIRTHDAY DiNNaR At
HOTEL Dupont

Mrs. Ernest S, Taite rare a birthday
party IN honur of her niece. Miss vir-
ginla Heuny. this afternoon. in the
rOse rOUln of the Hotel DUPONT
ABOUT thifty guests we're present aud
a mOsi enjoyable afternoon was had.
The room Was beautifully decorated
with palms aud roses Those present
We're GcneNir,c Frautz Florence
Chnchton. Elizabeth Smith. Edith
Dandy Louise Jeucks louise Miller,
LOUISE Strlmg Juliet Moore,
Nldted simpson Helen Hack
cndoru ksthcryn kurtz Anna Jones
Marion Smith lirbccca Townsend.
Ruth Feming. Messrs John Mont-
gUmerN Caleb Shew ard Guy Worth
inetun Maxwell Hammund Hugh
Brown Benjamin Brown George
ONeus, Herbert Weir Daniel Barnard
Dunbar Mulhuusvu SanuG Ma
rooney and Howard Young.
Evening journal., 1913-05-14
ACCEPr NEml1s REsIGNATION

by The United Press
WASHINGTON, May a. Secretary
of Labor Wilson today accepted the
resignation of Or. Charles r. Ncill.
for eight years Commissioner Of labor
ana famous federal mediatop under
the Erdman act in railroad labor dis
putes. Neill leaves the government
/ service tomorrow to accept position
at 4 reported salary OF $4,000 a year
10 supervise labor conditions of the
American Smelling and Refining Com.
pany.
Evening journal., 1913-05-14

no means an easy task rightly TO in
terpret passing events
A few weeks ago Europe and Amer.
lea were incensed at the atrocious
piece of sayagery. when the governo,
of Kwangsi caused some thirty lepers
to be driven into pit and there shot
down or burnt to death This hap.
pened under Republican rule. and the
governor. whose work this was, is said
Is enjoy great popularity and the con-
fidence Of the troops. In Szechue.
robbers abound they rule the Off
cials, plundcr loot and murder at will
They capture the defenceless gentry
hold them for ransoms and kill them.
if the money is slow in coming.
In other parts OF China the troops
are reported 10 be restless. The oM-
cials have no money to pay them, and
81 they start process OF looting
From still other districts come re.
ports Of tranquility and prosperity
The people are loyal. home and for
eign trade has been given a boost, and
merchants travellers. officials and
missionaries tell of progress in every
direction There is a desire for edu-
cation. for Christian literature. for all
that would help them to understand
the change and the great possibility
that lies before China if peace pre-
walls
Such, generally speaking, is the cont
plicated outlook in the country ~
the Yangtze provinces trade has never
been known to be brisker, and from
I the Pacific to Tibet, from Mongolia 10
Toukin. there is call among the peo-
/ pie for those things best calculated, 10
their opinion. TO enable them to swing
/ into line and accomplish the dreams
] OF material prosperity that many OF
China's foremost men of today unre-
mittingly toll for.
In the capital Yuan Shih-kai still
holds firm sway Some may say he
cannot get a quorum at the National
| Assembly. and it is true that he can
rot. even on such an important matter
as the proposed increase Of the salt
/ tax But every day that Yuan has
held the national reins has made hin
stronger ruler. No matter what
might have been the case at the time
he took the presidential chair. there
is not foreign student OF Chinese
affairs who would not accord him
the honor Of being president. and be-
lieNe that he OF all men in China, de-
serves the honors.
! Copyright. 1913. by A. D. JacobsoD)
Evening journal., 1913-05-14

St. Pauls Y. p S c. L. Society held
delightful session last evening. The
new pastor, the Rev Vaughan s Col
Inns. attended the meeting. and spoke
The meeting was held At the residence
OF Miss Emily r. Finn. Ninth and
Jefferson streets. and forty young
people were present The hosts
were John Cook and Leroy Foster.
and after retreshments we're served,
the young people spent social hou,.
The society has arranged for a pi--
nic in Nefnuus Grove the first Ss,-
urday in June
The strawberry festival by the syc-
ciety VIII he held IN the church on
FRIDAY evening
Evening journal., 1913-05-14

Every year shows marked increase in tho interest
of Delaware farmers in the instructive and helpful
work Of the Delaware College Experiment Station the
state farm aud the Agricultural Extension Department.
which bring the college close touch with arri-
cuturists and horticulturiss The report OF Profcs-
Harry Hayward. director Of the station. for lie
fiscal year i911-19 shows that there has been a ma
crs increase the activities Of the and pub.
lie interest in its work In all three counties the good
effect Of that work is shown in bettcr-kcpt and
scientifically and successfully cultivated farms with
corresponding increase the agricultural wealth OF
the state.
Evening journal., 1913-05-14
GEMS OF TBoucHT.

But for little w,e We are allowed TO enter the
house OF life gather around its h-e Why pull
each others hair and pinch each others arm like
naughty children? We'll would IL be to warm our
selves at the re together. to clasp hands TO ga all
the JOY OF comradship before we are called
cacn OF into the lark alone.-HaNelodk Ellis
.-.--.-.
Wisdom and goodness TO the vile seem ile- Shakes
pesre
s-:-:--.
Patience s bitter but ts fruit is sveet-R Rousseau.
Evening journal., 1913-05-14
GOOD DAY t0R tIsHERMrN.

Yesterday was profitable day for
fishermen at Delaware City. Shad
were running low but il VAS big
day for sturgeon fishing at least five
Of the fish being caught
Rufus Yearsley a Delaware City
fishermen caught 46 shar md = row
sturgeon. For the latter he received
Sis.
Evening journal., 1913-05-14
BI-ILDINU PRINTS ISSUED.

Egbort Nuttcr obtained building
permit today TO ercrt four DWELLING
for himself aud Samuel 4. Green, in
Nineteenth street between rwen,y-
ninth aud 1hirueth streets, costing
$4,000 each
J. + Ovens was granted 4 permit
10 make alterations AZ No. POI West
Second street for Michael Brown, at
a cost of $500
Evening journal., 1913-05-14
JUDGE SI~S IN
DANGEROCS PLACE.

Justice took tumble in City Court
this morning when Judge Churchman
fell on the bench Judge Churehnan
was leaning back in his chair when
he and the chair foil backwards
Judge Churchman was not injured
Former Judge J. Frank Ball said that
the chair had been on the bench for
nearly thirty years, and had always
been DANGEROUS
Evening journal., 1913-05-14
GRAHAM.MAIrnIM.

Miss Martha Graham. oi ihis riis
aud Alexander Malcolm. of Arhnioro
"a Ncre married at The reciory ni
81 Johns Episcopal Church om Mon.
day evening y, tho re, George g.
Hall They were siicudod hN Mies
Elizabeth Hacan Of this city and
Hush Thompson Of Ardmorc IA
Thoy VIII live At Ardmorc