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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
WILL ALLAY GRIEVANCES.
Pleas of Non Commissioned Officers
in Philippines to Be Needed.

Regula tions which il is expected will
allay grievances of non commissioned
officers in the Philippines are forth
coming from the War Department Ac-
cording to Secretary Garrison there
has been considerable dissatisfaction
among these commissioned officers
because of the fact that when they
re-enlist in another regiment in the
United States they have TO do so as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
BY WILLIAM M. ROUSE.

If Providence amt give you what you
want the best way to do is to borry it
from somebody else.
l thought mebbe it would be good
thing fer me to serenade Mandy Brais-
ted. like they do in books Shed had
nuther fallin out with Leander Salisbury.
the Teller from the city.
Only l didn't have nothin to play on,
an 1 can't sing no more'n black cat
But shucks, a preachers son don't never
have things. lie has to caic'iate on other
folks havin' EN-.
borried Speck Trenches guitar that
his Ma got him when she had hopes that
he might be musishun some day. They
was a string busted, but Speck said it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
BLAMEs WRECK ON SPEED.
Report to I. C. c. on Disaster at
".. Buckatunna, Miss.

Excessive speed is assigned by II. W.
Belnap. chief inspector of safety appli-
ances. as the almost certain cause of the
wreck on the Mobile and Ohio railroad
near Buckatunna. Miss, October IS. 1913,
according to his report to the interstate
commerce commission. There were
seventeen passengers killed and 1879 in
jured in the wreck.
According to Mr.. Belnap, the evidence
showed that the train was travelling at
fifty-five miles an hour when the high
center of gravity of the tender and the
surging of the water in it caused the
tender to leave the rails on q curve. The
90! anse OF a bridge under the train was
found by Mr.. Belnap to have been re-
suit and not a cause Of the wreck.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

retired list of the army, under the
statute authorizing such action in the
case of an officer who has reached the
age of sixty-two years.
Col. Bowen was born in New Mexico
January Z, 1852. and was appointed
second lieutenant. 9Th Infantry. in De
tober 1875, from Maine. His entire
service has been in the infantry arm.
He was promoted to be colonel of the
18th Infantry in July, 1908.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

git out of sight. Fat" / tells him.
.I,H make my lips go like it was me
singin'.''
Mandy put her nose to the glass an
looked out an said somethn' to her Ma.
begun to smell a rat.
Now you stand back under the winder
Fat" says 1. .Mebbe they'll throw you a
bokay.''
Jest then Mis- BREASTED showed up at
the winder. but she didn't have no bo-
kay Afore you could say Jack Robin
son she'd slammed the winder up an
dumped a pail of water on Fat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
TO TEST LIQUOR LAW.
Limit of Saloons in Milwaukee t,
1924 Held Unconstitutional.

That a law which would limit the mum
Der OF saloons in Milwaukee to 2.22i Is
so arbitrary and unreasonable as to be
unconstitutional is maintained in papers
filed with the Supreme Court yester-
day in docketing a case to test the con
sttutionality of the Wisconsin saloon law
of 1911. Frank Zodrow is the complain
ant against the law. He wanted a
license to conduct saloon in Milwaukee
and was denied 1t because he did not have
a saloon in the city when the law went
into effect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
Troops to Sail Later,

Orders for the 11sth Company. Coast
Artillery Corps. stationed at Fort Wash
ington, Md. to proceed to Cristobal.
Panama Canal Zone. have been changed,
SO that the command will sail from New
York city February II, instead Of jan
uary II, as originally intended.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
Sale of 100000 French Bonds.

PARIS, January 10.-Public subscrip-
ton is to be opened January 81 for
$40. 000, 900 of 4 per cent bonds forming
part of an issue Of $3.50, 000,0 900, guar
anteed by the French government for
the Improvement Of the western state
railroad system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
COL. BOWEN IS RETIRED.
Infsntry Commander at the Preside
Now Sixty-Two Years Old.

By direction of the President. Col.
William Fl. c. Bowen. commanding the
18th Infantry. at the Preside of San
Francisco. has been transferred to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
Orders Death to Plunderers.

Such mandates as the following have
been frequent of late, for the piundering
of the country has been practiced by loyal
and rebel troops since the beginning of
the revolution:
Orders have been issued that military
men should obey commands observe the
laws. protect the people and prevent the
seditious action of rebels. Reports have
been received recently that the Kiangyin
troops were induced by the rebels to
create disturbances and that they looted
stores and private houses and burned
streets of buildings. Hearing this news.
!. the president, sent the pacification
commissioner to make thorough investiga-
ton. and he has reported that Kuo VI
Ian. who neglected his duty in curbing
his subordinates. and Chang Shao- Jung
who secretly associated with the rebels
were arrested and imprisoned 1t is
proper to punish them. They are hereby
deprived of their ranks and must be put
TO death. All military officers and SOL
diers who took part with them should asso
be killed
The military men in the neighborhood
are dismissed from their ranks and dis
banded. because they did not attempt to
suppress the disturbance. Those officers
who resisted the rebels and were killed
to their families
These mandates seem to have a dicta-
tortal and drastic character, but they are
only in the customary tone of mandates
which have been issued since the creation
OF the republic. and edicts which appear
ed from time to time before the abdica-
ton of the Manchu court. Foreigners
who know China generally agree that Sc
we're methods are essential to the restora-
tion of order.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
POTATO MENACE,
FOUND IN FOOT ROT"
Pathologists Of Agricultural Depart
ment Discover New
Disease.

Psychologists of the Department of Agri-
culture have discovered a new menace
to the sweet potato. The name of the
disease is the foot rot and it threatens
to restrict the production of the crop in
certain districts to a rather large degree.
The disease was at first believed to be
of limited distribution as it was found
originally only on sweet potatoes growing
near the Dismal Swamp in Virginia, no
longer ago than 1912. 1t came to light,
however. in other parts of the state,
such as Cape Charles and Keller, the
following summer and it is now thought
that it may occur In stiL different To-
calities The sweet potato crop at all
of the places mentioned suffered to quite
an extent from this foot rot" the per-
centage of plants affected in some fields
running from 60 to as high as 95 per
cent.
This disease attacks primarily the low
er part of the stem of the tuber from
the soil line to four or five inches above
it. The fungus kills the plants by the
destruction of the epidermis or bark of
the stem. Sometimes the organism may
attack the vine several feet from the
hill, usually where the leaf Is attached,
and from there spreads in both directions.
Rlack Bodies Appear.
Small black bodles ABOUT the size or
pinpont and just visible to the naked
eye are formed on the diseased spots.
These are the fruiting bodies of the
fungus.
Sanitary methods should be employed in
controlling the disease. These should
consist in the careful selection of only
sound. healthy potatoes for seed. The
soil for the hotbed should be obtained
two or three feet from belotv the surface
after throwing off the top layer, or from
woods where there is no possibility that
it might be infested.
Healthy slips produced by these meth
DDS should be planted on ground where
sweet potatoes have never grown. or at
! least where the disease has never oc-
Cured Healthy slips planted on diseased
soil will become diseased. Neither seed
sweet potatoes nor plants should be pur-
| chased from localities where this disease
| is prevalent The disease will likely in
| crease each year If sweet potatoes are
planted continually on the same ground.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

Prof Simmonin of the Paris observa-
tory. Prof Abraham of the University
IF Paris and Capt Carrier of the
French army. the three savants Co
operating with similar party of
Americans in determining, with the as
sistance of radio signals the difference
of longitude between Washington and
Paris recently delivered short addresses
before an audience comprising the
Naval Observatory staff and represent
atives drawn from the naval and scien-
tific circles of Washington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

Prof w B. Scott u. S. A. cores
ponding member of the Geological
Society of London. has been elected a
foreign member of the society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

The English people propose to place
a tablet. suitably inscribed. to COM
memorate Benjamin Franklin, in the
Church of ST. Bartholomew the Great.
West Smithfieid. the parish in which
he worked as a printer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

Milo Lee March of Goshen, Ind. a
Princeton undergraduate and Gilcrist
B. Stockton of Jacksonville, Fla, have
been given Rhodes scholarships.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

G. w. Lamplugh. f. r. S., has been
promoted to be assistant director of the
geological survey of Great Britain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

The state university lands in Arizona
are to be numbered under a cooperative
agreement between the government and
the state land commission. Arizona is
the first state in the southwest and one of
few in the country to cut its timbered
lands on forestry principles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

By the Will of the late Arnold Friend
lander. an English merchant, $25.000 is
left for "a cancer research. fund.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

DIR. Seth Carlo Chandler, the dis
tinguished astronomer, at one time as
sistant to DR.. B. A. Gould, and in the
United States coast survey, and in the
Harvard College observatory, since 1885
engaged in private investigation, is
dead at the age of seventy-seven years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
Mandate Urges Reforms.

Many of the mandates are eXhortations
to righteousness and reform. Some of
them deal with serious matters of state
and international politics, while others
read like sermons. One which appeared
recently says:
Gambling is an extremely harmful
pursuit. By it time is wasted business
is inlpeded. families are ruined and. what
is worse still, the minds of those persons
who indulge in it are weakened. Its dele
teriouS influence undermines all virtues
and breeds corruption. ! am amazed to
find that at present this baneful habit
has a footing III the official circles as well
as amidst the people. This practice was
started during the last years of the Ching
dynasty. when the Manchu aristocrats
and high officials threw off all restraint.
The example set by those in high sta
tons was followed by the people, and to-
day we find it hard to make the people
break away from this pernicious pursuit
81 learn that many officials are still ad-
dtcted to this evil habit Are they not
aware of the heavy responsibilities de-
voiving upon their shoulders? A new ma
ton has just been founded and the vast
amount of constructive, work of this new
nation requires all the energy her officials
can give. After office hours they can
profitably employ their time studying
good books and making researches. Pleas
ure may be found in the endeavor to adj
vance ones knowledge and cultivate vir-
tue
Instructions are given the police for the
arrest of all offenders, no matter what
posts they hold. and to confiscate the
money with which they gamble. to be
used to reward. the police and gendarm-
erie
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

The annual meeting Of the American
Forestry Association will be held in
Washington January ID. A president.
twenty-one vice presidents. a treasurer AN
auditor and five directors are to be elect
ed, and plans made for an active cam
paien for forest conservation during 1914.
The association has 5000 members.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
FOREST NOTES.

A rancher has applied for the rental of
800 acres on the Pike national forest
Colorado, to be used in connection with
other private land for raising elk as a
commercial venture.
The government has just sold 1900
cords Of cedar wood for shingles from the
Washington national forest. The shingles
manufactured from this wood, laid six
inches to the weather, would cover two
and one-half square miles of roof
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

The Euphratis barrage. from Hindich
to Bagdad, was opened the first of the
year. 1t is a portion of the great irri-
cation works designed by Sir William
Willocks, the designer of the Assoanan
dam The system, when completed. will
cost no less than S115.000.000. When
completed the Tigris, the Euphrates and
the Ak-Kor-keef lake will form part of
"a system of controlled canals, weirs
and barrageS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

This book is by the author Of
THE American Government
which was read by millions of Americans,
and still holds the record as the worlds
best seller among all works of its kind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
Vicious Men in Office.

Another mandate just published reads
as follows: "Since the inauguration of the
republic the government has been busily
engaged planning and adopting recon-
struction measures. and there has been
no time for the regulation and adjust
ment of the official system, and the pitia-
Bile result has followed that there are no
restrictions about the qualifications or
suitability of candidates. and all sorts of
Incapable and vicious men have been
given important posts in the provinces.
The Young officials are sadly lacking in
knowledge of the customs and manners
of the people under them, so that they
cannot improve the administra ton On
the other hand officials of the old type
are generally very obstinate and con-
sentative. and restricted by prejudice and
former habits. that their actions and
methods are unsuited to the needs of the
present Both are useless for meeting
the new requirements of the country
In addition to these unSatisfa Glory Of
fcials there are some magistrates that
We're formerly the worst type of Yamen
runners and local bandits. who were
chosen to fill these important posts by
careless superior authorities. This is
why the country is now overrun with
robbers and brigands. and the people are
unable to follow their peaceful pursuits
as in former years /. the president am
exceedingly gr:eyed whenever I reflect on
the deplorable condition of our citizens"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

Sir Archibald Geike, the British geolo-
gist, has been appointed member of
the Order of Merit. filling the vacancy
caused by the death of Alfred Russell
al
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

The sun will move northward during
the month of January from % degrees
south declination to II degrees south
declination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

mdIIUy OI dISltU
Is Serenaded
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breaches Morality and Orders
Men Beheaded With Equal
Sang-froid.
COUCHED AFTER MANNER
OF IMPERIAL DEGREES
Lectures Officials for Gambling and
Says Wicked Neil Procure
Office.
PEkING. December S. 1911

Stree the Chinese parliament ceased to
exist the presidential mandates are the
only laws which are being promulgated.
According TO western ideas they are often
curious documents. The picturesque
oriental, phraSeology of former imperial
edicts is largely retained but they are
generally more accurate in statement of
facts. and they bear evidence that the
man behind them is a stronger character
than the ex-prince regent, who, two years
ago. gave up his sons throne with very
little fighting.
The effect of Yuan Shih-kai s mandates
extends only so far as his power reaches,
and that is not vet sufficient to re-es-
tsbish the system of annual payments
from the provinces to the central govern
nlent such as existed under the Manchu
regime. Many of the mandates. like the
former edicts, are still-born. Neverthe
less. the presidents expressions of opin
ion. and his orders appear daily. his OBJ
iect evidently being to let the country
know the difficulties of his position and
of the nation and to show that he is en-
deavoring to right many evils and to rule
for the great good of the country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
SCIENCE NOTES.

Sir Ernest Shackleton will visit Amer
lea before starting Jon his antarctic eX
uedition This visit is to discuss his
proposed expedition with scientists in
this country and to visit several Amer
leans who have made application TO
join his party to the far south.
Dr. David Mor1ne Of the Western Re-
serve University says that goitre in
human beings, of which SO little is
known is probably caused by improper
nutrition This announcement is made
at length in the current number of the
Journal of Experimental Medicine, the
official organ of the Rockefeller lnsti-
tute for Medical Research.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11
The S Points
Of Authority
in this Book

l. All of the chapters in this
book pertaining to the actual
construction Of the canal were
read and corrected by Colonel
George w. Goethals, Chairman
and Chief Engineer of the 18th
milan Canal Commission.
2. All Of the illustrations were
made from photographs taken by
Mr.. Ernest Hallen, the official
photographer of the Commission.
8. The book contains the beau
tiful, colored Bird s-eye View of
the Canal Zone, made under the
direction of the National Geo
graphic Society, as well as the
black-and-white official map of
the Canal.
4. The extensive index was pre-
pared by Mr.. G. Thomas Richie,
Of the staff of the Library Of
Congress.
s. The final proofs were revised
by Mr.. Howard E. Sherman, of
the Government Printing Office,
to conform with the typographical
style of the United States Govern
<ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

Dr. Benjamin Boss has been appointed
director of the Dudley observatory,
Albany, N Y, in succession to his
father, the late Lewis Boss. who con-
tended for years for civilian head
and dictatorship of the United States
naval observatory. to compare with the
great observa tories Of Europe.
The Detroit times., 1914-07-10
Gilman NOT
SO WELL KNOWN
AS FORMERLY
Fewer Prospective Jurors Own
TO Acquaintance With Ac-
cused Alderman
SHORTAGE OF JURORS
HALTS CASE TILL MONDAY
One Hundred New Talesmen
Are Summoned for Doodle
Case

With six OF the IL jurymen chal-
lenged and excused tor set opinions,
Thursday morning, the long delayed
Gilman Doodle case was halted again,
until $3.50 o'clock Monday morning,
when 10 new talesmen Will be sum
moned to I'LL the july jury janet from
which the Gilman jury must be
drawn.
Robert Hunter, who said he had an
opinion, was challenged by the prose
cution. and excused without objection
from the defense
Fred Miller. challenged, was re-
leased from service, by the court, over
the defense's objection.
John r. Johnston said that he had
a positive opinion. and was released
from service, without objection.
William A. Young, ID. p. w team
ster, was challenged by the prosecu-
ton, but the defense objected, and
Young stoutly maintained that he
could give the case an impartial hear
ing and was not dismissed.
lin Dry hODdFRe was eACuscus OfoA
the objection OF the defense.
No objection was made TO the dis
missal OF Gustave Neuman, and an
objection by the defense was with
drawn when George kramp said that
he did have an opinion in the case.
The court, however. ruled that no
one should be excused till all had
been questioned.
Assistant Prosecutor JasnoYskL
who conducted the questioning for
the prosecution asked fewer ques-
tions than In former attempts 10 Sc
lect jurymen, and Ia other ways
showed a desire TO expedite the trial
as much as possible, consistent with
a reasonable amount of care in Its
conduct
None OF the men quizzed Thursday
morning admitted an acquaintance
with Gilman. and only a few we're
found who knew any alderman. This
was in contrast with former expert
ence when almost every prospective
candidate for jury service seemed 70
be on good terms with the yard poll
ticians OF his community.
Judge Connolly has called a new
panel OF 100 Jurymen for service in
the recorders court. They are 10 re-
port Monday Some OF them will be
called upon 10 sit in the Gilman
case.
The Detroit times., 1914-07-10
DEADLY ACIDS
KEPT In RUBBER
PLANT INTERIOR
Possible Danger" Company Of
cial Explains AS Probe Of
Explosion Begins

That there was possible" danger
in the conducting Of the plant OF the
Mexican Crude Rubber company was
admitted Thursday morning by John
C. Treadwell. assistant general man
ager, when the coroners probe into
the explosion that resulted in ten
deaths on May l6 was opened.
The possible danger, he said,
came from the use or electric lights
and fans IN the room where the nitrat-
ed cotton was being worked. and also
from the fact that the labratory was
inside the factory building with its
dangerous chemical contents. He ad.
mitted that 1t would have been better
bad the labratory been maintained In
a separate building
Treadwell was called 70 the stand
at the start OF the session and was
questioned by Assistant Prosecutor
Phillip Robinson.
He gave a brief outline OF the pro-
cess used in the factory and during his
talk mentioned that many dangerous
and explosive chemicals we're used
such as ether. alcohol nitrate acid
sulphuric acid and combination OF
cotton and the chemicals known as
'litro,cri4ulose He described the
rooms in the factory and declared that
the various processes were carried on
In rooms composed OF concrete parti-
lions.
lie was asked II pipes were provid.
ed 10 carry OF the fumes OF the chem
Gals and said there none n was in
dicated by similar questions that the
prosecutor rad some idea that the ex.
plosion resulted from fame coming in
contact with gases or fumes rather
than with the chemicals or materials
direct
John a James. photographer. testi-
fed 20 taking many pictures about the
ruins Of the factory and his work was
placed in evidence Or Allen French.
county physician testified that he had
examined the bodies brought from the
wreck and that all we're badly burned
and showed signs OF having being vio-
iently tossed about
Treadwen was called back. 10 the
stand and questioned, over technical
details In the manufacture OF the com.
psny's product