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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-04-28
NO CHANGE IN THE DATE
FOR STATUE UNWILLING
Col, Harris Unable to Comply With
Request for Postponement OF
Barry Ceremonies.

Because of the probability that the
,risis in the Mexican situation will pre-
clude a very large representation of the
Army. Navy and Marine Corps in the cera-
..,onies attending the dedication of the
tatue of Commodore John Barry in
Franklin Park May 10, the committee
re,resenting the Irish-Aucrican societies
which are 10 take leading part i'll the
ceremonies, has suggested a postpone
nent of the dedication to a more CON
venient date
Col. Harris. the engineer officer in
charge Of public buildings and grounds,
who has charge of the dedication Of the
statue. has notified the committee, how
ever. that the arrangements already
made cannot be changed without con-
siderable trouble and embarrassment and
that SO far as he is concerned they will
he carried out as originally planned on
IN, date selected unless counternanded
bv the President or the Barry statue com
mission.
Available Troops to Take Part.
All the troops at Fort Myer. Va. at the
Washington barracks and at Fort Wash
ington, Md. and the bluejackets and ma
rines at the Washington navy yard that
NAV be available at the time. Col. Harris
aid. will take part in the Barry cere-
,nnnies. and possibly the District National
,:usrd and the regiment of midshipmen
~ the Annapolis Naval Academy.
Regardless of the military and naval
forces that may be available, the present
intention, according TO Col Harris. is to
formally unvei the Barry statue at the
dats originally fixed at the suggestion
az the Irish-American societies directly
Interested
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-04-28

Seated at his desk in the dispatcher's
office of the Cumberland and Pennsylva-
MIA railroad at Carlos Junction, Md, Ste
phen Hamill, telegraph operator, was
shot a. u3 an UNKNOWN person.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-06-26

Wilson. Practically the men of
that state of all parties and creeds
are supporting him in this battle
against subsidy. I delight in the
thought that no monopoly can
make our president surrender the
peoples money to it. No fake or
false cry Of Surrender" can drive
him from the position that q ma.
tion's honor must be as pure as
the mothers hearts who prayed,
as clean as the fathers hands who
fought to create this great repub-
lie to have it take its place among
the nations of the earth. Mr..
President against the ins0lent de-
mands Of this monopoly for this
subsidy I place the rights of every
taxpayer in this nation; those who
by toll in the field and the forest,
the shop and the factory pay the
taxes that built this canal, pay
the taxes that must operate and
main tain it. In their interest /
solemnly and emphatically insist
that this great engineering feat
shall not be made the vehicle upon
which greed shall raid the public
treasury and exploit our people.
Mr. President, the people Of the
United States of Anne. ;ca demand
the repeal of the tolls-exemption
clause of the Panama canal, act;
first, because it violates this ma.
tion's honor; and, second, because
it violates the best known princi-
pies of popular government
equal rights to all and special
privileges to none.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-06-26
Gilbert, Lar June 20, 1914.

Gilbert, La, June 20, 1914.
Mr.. J. W. Haddon,
Macon, Mississippi.
Dear Mr.. Holden: Replying to yours
Of June II, win say that our farmers
around Gilbert are turning the same
old trick On the boil weeyil this year as
heretofore. We have 9 very heavy in
festation and have adopted the demon
stration methods Of hand picking the
weeviis from the terminal bud Of the
plant while small and the picking up
and destroying all punctured forms
from the time the first squares get on
the cotton. This latter prevents the
raising Of any young weevils, and the
old weevils that are not killed by lhand
picking soon die from old age, which
means that no young weevils raise, the
oyer-wintered weevils die; the emer-
gencs period 10 soon over; they do not
travel at this period, not even crossing
9 turn rev from ops cut II sskknn 70
smother, and you have them az1er such
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-06-26
A Democrat to the Rescue.

We wish that Senator John
Sharp Williams, of Mississippi,
could cease to be a Democrat for
a year or two. In our judgment
he has more Of the sound riches
Of history and the philosophy Of
craftsmanship in his mind than
most other men now in public
life. He knows the difference
between a phrase and a fact, and
he things straight. We wish he
were not restrained by party
considerations from opening his
mind on Wilson and Mexico. It
would be interesting also for him
to tell the people Of the United
States just how much difference
there is between Villas uprising
in Mexico and an uprising of ne
gro tenants in Mississippi with
the purpose of dividing up the
plantations, numbering the own
ers and expelling all the whites.
Golfers Weekly.
But If the negroes Of Missis-
sippi had been living on land that
they had inherited from their an
cestors, says the New York
World, and if this ownership
had been undisputed for genera
tions, and if a corrupt and des-
lpotic government seized their
properly because they could not
prove title and sold it for q few
cents an acre to millionaire favor
ties, many Of them foreigners,
and if the real owners were
thereby reduced to a condition
Of peonage because they had
been robbed by government If
such things had happened in
Mississippi, we think we know
where John Sharp Williams would
stand. Golfers has q very dis
torted opinion of Senator VIII
liams if It believes that he would
countenance wholesale robbery
and oppression merely because
t &c .-.;.-:s s...-; IL ~ ~-..... :. ss wsss.,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-06-26

perfect control that the damage TO the
yield is no greater than the natural
shedding Of the cotton would Be under
normal conditions, until the migratory
period, by which time we make . tull
crop. The most important one thing V
to keep the punctured forms destroyed
with thoroughness. The labor on my
place keeps this work up until August
every year ct their own expense, And
have never failed to make good crop
and clear money. They have learned
from experience that this Is the only
way to control the weevils and raise
cotton at profit, 50 they do this extra
work cheerfully as being q part OF the
game, making large yields, getting
good prices for it, and are happy and
prosperous.
You ask my opinion Of the value OF
the compound : Alubricating oil, moth
balls, pine tar and coal oil. Replying,
our farmers at Gilbert are too
busy fighting the weevils with demon
stration methods, which are proven, to
experiment and possibly loose a crop
by tresorting to something that is un-
tried. Individually, [ have no conf
dence in the mixture controlling the
weevils, as this week | picked weevils
out of the forms of cotton one day af-
ter it was applied in an adjoining par
ish. OF course anything that contin-
uously disturbs the cotton stalks will
do some good, but will not control. 1t
is unfortunate for the farmers that
they do not leave Investigations and
experiments alone to the men who are
employed in such work. and rigidly
adopt the methops which are proven.
Yours truly,
L. M. CALHOUN,
District Agent.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-06-26

Letters from Several Prominent
Farmess and Agricultural Ex-
perts 40 to Msthods Used.

Below will be printed several letters
--one from L. M. Calhoun, Of the u. 8.
Agricultural Department, located at
Gilbert, La, one from w. r. Dodson
director Of the Louisiana Experiment
station, Baton Rouge, and another
from MIR. F L. Maxwell. who is said
to be the largest cotton planter in the
south. All are from sections that have
been infested with the weevil for years
and the information the letters con-
tain should be read with interest by
every farmer in the county, The writ
er. with Mr., Gus Mcleod, was on the
farm of MIR. L. M. Calhoun at Gilbert,
La, last August and we saw cotton
that would make bale of cotton to the
acre. and made under heavy infesta-
tion weevils. Col Maxwell in his letter
tell of the method he uses to catch the
weevil after the stalks Of cotton get
too large to find weevil This idea
should be tried out by a number of
farmers.
Some parts of this county have very
heavy infestation of weevils and II q
determined fight is not put up complete
failures will result If July is a month of
frequent rains. ! am glad to know and
to report that great many farmers
are putting up hard fight and will
keep it up to the finish. Other are not
alarmed and seem to be Indifferent
about crop results.
Every row of cotton should be care
fully gone over within the next six
days for fallen squares and yellow
squares on the cotton. If the first crop
of punctured squares can be destroyed
your chances for crop is good, because
the old weevils are rapidly dying and
the destruction Of the squares pune
tured BY these old weevils will reduce
the numbers that would hatch out and
develope fully ninety per cent.
I hops every farmer will puf asids hos-
Ing, plowins and efhsr farm wssk and
pick sqaarss swics nsxf week.
J. w. HADDoN,
Special Agent.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-06-26

Baton Rouge, La, June II, 1914.
Mr.. ]. w. Haddon,
Macon, Mississippi.
Dear Sir: Replying to your letter Of
the 14th would say that there were
some investigations carried on with va
rious mixtures. I think including the
one mentioned in your letter by Mr..
Newell when he was entomclogist Of
this station. They were unable to find
any mixture that would act a. q repel-
liant Of the boil wsevil for sufficient
length Of time to be Of any real ser.
Yours very respectfully,
W. u. DODsON.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-06-26
|. 4 Hifs ttlNst&i4@ ~ 10
Mound, La, June II, 1914,
Mr.. J. w. Haddon,
Manou Miariaais,x,i

Macon, MlsSisSlppl.
Dear Sir: If you will attach short
sack to u barrel hoop and have the Ia
bor bend the, cotton plant over the open
end and shake the plant vigorously, you
will get more weevil and squares with
less labor than in any other way. Then
let the children drop behind and pick
up what may have fallen on the ground.
Try this.
Very truly yours,
F. L. MAXWELL.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-06-26
JUNE AND JULY
B BARGAINS.
Specials That Are Seasonable!


Beginning Saturday, ofernes make
greater saving speci and
This
So earye time is limited
weeks.
JUNE 2Oth TO JULY
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-04

hands with countrymen to develop ag-
riculture and cheaper the cost OF liv-
ing. Both sections would prosper by
the arrangement-the urban savers
through interest on their savings and
in cheaper necessities of life, the rural
borrowers by shaking off the usurer
and obtaining cheap capital for de-
veloping their farms.
1t is believed by Heating that the
organization of this system could be
accomplished without any great ex-
pense, either initial or permanent. The
reason is that the bill proposes to
bring into the loan system many
agencies OF the government. Post
masters, for instance, are to appraise
farm properties and collect payments
on mort cages. District attorneys
would foreclose on the mortgages of
delinquents. General officers of the
government would act as directors of
the system. There would be no great
additional salary roll.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-04

II I possessed an income. say,
OF thirty thousand dollars yearly
And had 1t fixed in such a way
That I could see 1T coming clearlyi
If. whether l should work or not.
The money kept on rolling TO me,
I do not think a dismal thought
Would ever stubbornly pursue me.
If such an income could be mine
And I We're young as we'll as wealthy,
II ladies thought my gifts divine,
And 1 were handsome. too. and healthy;
II men should always speak of me
In terms that We're most eulogisticD
don't think should ever be
A fretful man or pessimistfc-
If had all the blessings which
Lie out beyond my reach at presenIvI
If 1 were handsome, young and rich
And my surroundings were all pleasant,
] might have freedom from regret.
The chances are, though, that
shouldn't,
For still, no doubt I'd long to get
Some other something that I couldn't
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-04
Her Justified Suspicion.

You know l honor and respect
you" she said, but | cannot love you
as a wife should love her husband"
AS she spoke she softly stroked his
head and looked into his eyes with a
regret that she did not attempt to
hide He drew a deep breath, then
pulled himself together. and said:
Think again. Margaret. Don't be
nasty in deciding such a serious mat
ter. Don't let a little mistake now
wreck your life as well as mine. You
say you don't love me as a wife should
love her husband. What do you think
the love of a wise for her husband
ought to be-"
She laid one of her soft white hands
in his and again looked sorrowfully
into the depths of his eager eyes.
Il don't want to hurt you. Cuthbert,
she replied, but think it will be best
for me to be frank with you. l am
sure could never learn to love you as
a wife should love her husband"
But you haven't explained how you
think a wife ought to love her hus-
band"
"She ought to love him with all her
soul. He should be the sun and she
should be but an obeGient planet re-
volving around him. His smiles should
be as the rays of the orb of day bring
ing to life all that is lovely in her ex-
istence"
rs that all?" he timidly asked.
No she admitted, there is more.
He should be to her what the translu-
cent brook is to the famished doe,
what the dew is to the gasping flower,
what the blossom is 20 the eager bee,
what the-what the"
DO you mean what the plaster is to
the aching boil?"
Then she removed her hand from
his and told him she knew she had
not been mistaken. There was no
poetry in his soul.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-04
OLD ORDER CHANGES

One expression in the Caillaux trial
can not pass Unnoticed. You had
not a cendme when ! married YOU
monsieur protested TO his former wife.
Not a centime," What has become
OF the sou? II is a well understood
fact that no character in a French
novel is complete VINO doesn't say.
".Not one SOU" Now here the sou is
discarded for the centime. OF course.
the sou disappeared from current cir
cuIation long ago with the rest Of the
tokens Of the old regime. But IL has
bravely kept its place in fiction. along
with the make-beIieve titles of French
nobility. Does the testimony Of VI.
CafIIaux prove that il is now being
displaced by the centime2
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-04
SAFETY ALWAYS.

Every owner and every chauffeur
should know by heart the life saving
recommendations prescribed and cir
culated by the National Council for
Industrial Safety:
SAFETY FIRST, SAFETY ALWAYS,
AUTO DRIVERS.
"T-Be considerate.
'TI-Go slow; /, passing children;
?, passing vehicles; 3. approaching
crossings; 4, turning corners.
'TII-Stop: I, at railroad crossings;
., behind standing street cars.
"IV-Use chains on slippery pave
ments.
WHEN in doubt-go slow or
stop
Davenport had two accidents Satur-
day, both attributable TO the careless
ness OF auto drivers. In one instance
a young man was left unconscious on
the pavement a few blocks from the
city hall. He might have died in his
tracks but for discovery by some pass
ersby who called a physician. The
autoist gave proof of his cruelty and
cowardice when he failed TO stop his
car and learn the extent of the injury
Of his victim. The police made a
search for the criminal driver, but fail
ed TO locate him. Feeling ran high
among the crowd that was attracted
by the finding of the mans uncon-
scious form, and if the reckless pilot
had been located he might have been
roughly dealt with. After the young
man had regained consciousness he
said the auto must have been going
at least 40 miles an hour
The second mishap resulted in SER
ious injury to citizen of middle age
who was returning from his days en-
ployment. when he was run down by
an auto that was being driven on the
wrong side Of the street The car in
this instance was said 10 have been
moving at a rate OF SO miles an hour
in the residence section OF the city
The victim was cut in the face and
body and will be kept from his work
probably for weeks. He is said to
know the man whose car struck him,
and at least ought to have the salts
faction of making him foot his finan-
cial loss in Doctors bill and absence
from employment.
Not "a day passes that we do not
read OF accidents. in many of which
human lives are sacrificed, all due TO
carelessness.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-04
COMPLETING RECORD.

When Mr.. Roosevelt attacked the
treaty with Colombia and charged
that President Wilson and Secretary
Bryan were accessories to the pay
ment of blackmail to Colombia, The
New York World proceeded to publish
the truth about Panama.
Mr. Roosevelt ventured to reply.''
says that publication, but later he
demanded the privilege of appearing
before the senate committee on
foreign relations, and expressed his
willingness to submit to cross-exami-
nation. The committee has notified
Mr.. Roosevelt that he will have an
opportunity to be heard, and when he
appears The World will take pleasure
in laying before the committee all the
documents in its possession relating
TO the operations of the French Canal
company's lobby in Washington and TO
the bought-and-paid-fo revolution in
Panama.
These documents, for the most
part, are in the nature of legal evil
dence. Without them no true history
OF the taking of the Isthmus can be
written. They constitute the material
for a thorough and searching cross
examination. and they disaprove prac-
tically all that Mr.. Roosevelt has ever
said or written about the Panama re-
volution.
"Colombia's claim to damages from
the United States rests wholly upon
the legality of the actions OF the
Roosevelt administration in using the
military power OF the United States
TO prevent Columbia's suppressing the
revolution on the isthmus, Mr.. Roose-
welt has repeatedly declared that the
uprising was undertaken spontaneous
~ and in good faith by the people of
the isthmus-that they rose as one
man The World is prepared to prove
that the revolution was bought. that
the purchase-money was distributed
by agents OF the French Panama
Canal company. that the Colombian
soldiers on the isthmus were bribed,
that only a fraction OF the Inhabitants
knew anything about the revolution
until II was accomplished, and that II
was made effective only by the armed
forces OF the United States sent there
by Mr.. Roosevelt for that purpose.
These documents and affidavits are
all at the disposal OF the committee
0n foreign relations. Without them
any testimony that Mr.. Roosevelt may
give will be worse than worthless"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-04
WAR AND PEACE

ciety, shaken to its foundations by
the great revolution and the genius of
Napoleon, settled down in an oppres-
sive peace. But the liberal uprisings
of 1898 broke this unreal quiescence
and the process of making the Europe
of today began. In the year OF the
revolutions opened the Italian wars"
when Sardinia was defeated by Aus
tria in the first of the struggles which
were to end in united Italy. Four
years later came the Crimean war,
1858 to 1856. Three years after the
close of that foolish conflict Napoleon
III. and the Italians overthrow Aus
tria, thereby preparing. though uncon-
sciously, the way for Sedan.
In 1864 Denmark lost Schleswig-
Holstein and in 1866 Prussia and Italy
fell upon Austria. -Four years alter
Koniggratz, France fell before united
Germany and the great cycle of wars
which remade the map of Europe
came to a close.
Thus from 1S4S to 1870 the periods
of peace were. roughly speaking,
three, and four, and five years.
If Europe has been figuratively an
armed camp" in the last forty years,
she was literally a battle field in the
twenty years last preceding.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-04

Damp clothes, dislocated pins, in
sects, cold feet, cramped positions, IA
tigue from being kept up too late at
night (every baby should be in bed
before the whistle blows), and want
of nice sponge bath and a generous
busting with talcum powder and a
good back rub. are enough to make
airy sensible baby cry.
Questions and Answers.
Answer TO Student"
There are numerous books on hy-
giene for lay readers. but know of
none that would answer your particu-
lar needs.
w. w. G. writes. Please inform me
whether there is any evidence that the
use of an antiseptic will prevent the
development of a germ disease after
ono mas been exposed to infection.
Reply.
One of the most positive means of
prevention we have is the prophylactic
use OF an antiseptic solution to prevent
ophthamlia neonatorum-speciflc in
fants.
Miss A. II. writes: have been in
poor health for several months. Two
doctors and a throat specialist insist
l have tuberculosis, but they never
found any germs in the sputum. Yet
they all say / must give up work and
live outdoors. II there are no germs
In the sputum can one have tubercu-
losis?
Reply.
There are no germs to be found in
the incipient stage OF pulmonary tu-
berculosis. BY all means do as they
tell you II you want to get we'll.
Mother in doubt asks: What is the
incubation period of measles and of
scarlet fever?
Reply
Measles. 10 to II days. Scarlet fe-
yer, two to seven days.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-08-04
Chicago Tribune.D


Europe has had forty-three years
of peace. 1t is true there have been
wars during that time, but they have
been peripheral, not central. There
was war in 1877 between Russia and
Turkey, war in 1898 between Spain
and the United States, war in South
Africa in 1899, and the Russo-Japanese
war in 1904. But these wars were
either on the rim of Europe or in re-
gions remote. While father and son.
husband and sweetheart marched
away, in the fatherlands were no
smoke of burning villages, no ravs 14d
farmsteads. no meadows drenched
with blood. The grandsire told his
tales of battle and bivouac TO wonder
ing children, but Europeans of this
generation. though they have been
conscripted and drilled, though they
dwelled in what political rhetoric calls
IAN armed camp" probably have
found il hard to think of war as a
reality likely to befall them.
Europe's near half century of peace
was in fact unprecedented. The half
century that preceded was very diff
ferent After the fall of Napoleon in
1915 there was a period of compare
tive quiet, during which political re-
action held sway and the fabric of so