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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
Meteor Falls in Page County.

Residents generally of one section of
Page county were much excited the
other night when large meteor fell
in that locality and made a big hole
In the ground. The air is said to have
and sulphur.
While at Harrisonburg this week
Representative Hay of the seventh dis
trict was called upon by large num-
beers of friends of the various candi-
dates for the position of postmaster.
which is one of the best-paying offices
i'll the Virginia valley. Each put in a
good word for his favorite and Mr..
Hay announced that he would make a
recommendation in day or two. The
avowed candidates are James NJ. Kav-
anaugh. w. o. McCorkle, S. B. Fall, T.
L Williamson and Walter c. Switzer.
but it has been rumored that a dark
horse may land the plum.
Raleigh Davidson, who was shot and
seriously wounded recently near
Strasburg by Joseph Gordon and Ezra
Fultz. who mistook him for a robber.
now has fair show to recover, and
much relieved. All three Of them had
been missing corn from their fields
and they went out one night. armed
with guns. expecting to catch the
thieves but they became separated and
that accounted for the accident
Thomas Padgett. baggagemaster of
the Shenandoah division of the Balti-
more and Ohio road. made a good
angling record several days ago at
Harpers Ferry between trains by catch
ing with hook and line string of
thirty-three black bass, weighing from
one and a half to four and a half
pounds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
NEW JOB FOR CHAPLANS.
Assigned to Role Of General Enter.
tainers Of Enlisted Men.

In addition to their religious duties
the army chhplains this winter will
assume the role OF general entertain
ers for the enlisted men. To carry
out that program something like $780,
600 will be expended on amusement
outfits for chaplains. each of whom
will be furnished with a tent SO that
his entertainments need not be sus-
pended while the army Is in the field.
The properties of the chaplains' show
will consist of a mOtion-picture ma
chine, stereopticon outfit and a phono-
graph. These articles will be furnished
by the War Department. and most regi-
ments will have pianos and many of
them bands to assist the chaplains in
their entertainments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
ALLIES DO NOT DESIRE
us. MEDIATION, HE SAYS
There Must Be Monroe Doctrine
for Europe" French Editor
Declares.

There must be Monroe doctrine for
Europe" declares Paul Leroy-Beaulieu,
editor of L'Economiste Francois. the
leading economical journal of France.
in the number for October 3. which has
just arrived at the Department Of Agri-
culture.
Far from seeming to wish for media
ton by the United States, the dis
tinguished French journalist and men,
Der of the institute emphatically de-
clares that the triple entente will never
tolerate the mediation of the United
States after the war, as kindly as our
efforts NAV be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01

speed to win. and rainy weather. of
course, Is not at all good for them.
Again. its effectiveness is neutral
get inside It's long range. and 1t does
not stand long against the terrible
hammering of which this gun is
capable.
Finally, this expert thinks that in
case of a forced retreat most Of these
heavy mortars are likely to be found
by the French stuck in the mud.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01

that l. know something ABOUT -tne DuSi-
ness methods and the manner OF deal
ing of American companies, who have
sent their representatives or estab-
lished branches in such countries. and
what are the required conditions Tor an
increase Of their trade in Latin
America.
Better Banking Facilities.
Let me emphasize and earnestly urge
the necessity of granting long credits
and greater banking facilities in or
der to improve the trade relations be-
tween this country and the Latin
American republics. These two points
have been forcibly and continuously
dwelt upon by those who have hereto
fore discussed this subject, and 1t Is
needless to go over the arguments and
present again the views of those who
rightly advocate the granting of long
credits and greater banking facilities
to Latin American merchants and eX-
porters. AS to the latter point it APP
pears that New York bankers have
seen how important that is. and one
the management of Mr.. Vanderbilt. for
mer assistant secretary of the Treas
ury. is earnestly pursuing the course
which experience has pointed out to
him. 1t Is to be hoped that other bank
ing institutions will follow along the
lines marked out by Mr.. Vanderlip
and that in Washington some public
spirited and wide-awake bankers will
do likewise.
TT has been stated over and over
again that in order to succeed in their
dealings with the Latin American re-
publics the manufacturers of the
United States should know something
of the conditions and situation as well
as of the language of the country in
which they propose to transact bust-
ness. This seems so elementary in its
nature. and has been so well under
stood by European manufacturers and
merchants, that 1t seems unnecessary
to discuss it. 1t is partly due to this
knowledge that the Europeans. and
especially the Germans, have succeeded
so we'll in those countries.
Character Of Goods.
THE character and kind of the goods
furnished to Latin Americans consti-
tute also an important factor in the
success to be attained in dealing with
them. Such goods must be as they are
and not of an inferior
quality, as sometimes happens to be
the case. The remarks made by we'll
known writer lately, as applicable to
English goods, should be equally appli-
cable to American manufacturers:
Merchants in the far-off quarters of
the globe know exactly what they are
ordering and exactly what 1t will be
never disappointed 1t will not do,
therefore, to send a cheap or inferior
class of goods to Latin America. when
they are accustomed to get articles of
fine quality and exactly of the kind for,
and adaptability to, their needs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01

James Wells, collector Of the Broad
way and Locust Point ferry. Baltimore,
for the last hirty-eight years. died at
the home of his son, James Wells, jr.
He had been in ill-health for about
year He was born in East Baltimore
sixty-six years ago. and was educated
in that section.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
May Reflect Nations View.

NJ. Leroy Beaulieu, who stands promi-
nent among French economists. is a
professor in the College of France, and
is a man known all over France, SO
his opinion. as expressed in his weekly
journal. may be taken as more or less
the sentiment of the French nation,
declares a high official of the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
There can be no question, now or
in the future, of the mediation of the
United States in putting. an end to
end of the ninth article in the general
series entitled THE War"
The United States may testify re-
speeding the atrocities and the viola
tions of international law committed
by the German armies. But never will
the triple entente and their allies, when
the day of settlement shall come. admit
the United States as mediators or as
arbitrators-
Not Lacking in Respect.
''It is not through a lack Of respect
for the position Of the United States or
for that of President Wilson, for whom
the nations of the triple entente have
sentiments of the very highest esteem
It is the sentiment of natural right, that,
after the victory, of the conditions that
fees. after having been driven by a
naughty and disloyal adversary into an
abominable war, We alone are the judges
after tn victory. of tn conditions that
ought to be imposed. that must be i'm
posed, in order that peace shall bring
about the necessary reparations and
guarantees.
Thus mediation will neither be sought
nor accepted. The United States and
President Wilson, who are constantly in
voking the Monroe doctrine, would accept
no European mediation if they were at
war with an American nation. There
must also be a Monroe doctrine for
Europe"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
Seventh Virginia District Aims
Double Compliment in
Hays Reelection.
COMMEND PRESIDENT
ALSO is PARTY'S AIM
Washington Riders Attend Fox
Chase Near Morgan's Mill,
Clarke County.
Special Correspondence Of The Star.


WINCHESTER, Va. October 81
The democrats of the seventh Vir-
ginia district are counting on re-elect-
ing Representative James Hay as the
member of Congress from this district
in next Tuesdays election by the 1arg-
est majority he has ever received
since his first election about twenty
years ago. Democratic leaders have
urged the voters to go to the polls
November and vote for Mr.. Hay, just
as if he had a strong and active antago-
mist, for it is pointed out, vote for Mr..
Hay will also mean vote of conf
dence in President Wilson's admins
tration and in the soundness of the
Presidents policies. DR.. Z. C. Garri-
son of Dayton. Rockingham county. is
a candidate for Congress from this dis
trict on the socialist ticket. but his
vote Is certain to be very small.
Mr. Hay, who is chairman of the
House committee on military affairs,
takes no stock in oft-repeated state
ments that the United States is in
Japan or Germany or any other for
eign power. He does not favor a large
standing army. but he does think the
country should have in reserve good
equipment of rifles, modern artillery,
ammunition and more airships for
military purposes. Mr.. Hay has gone
to his home at Madison Court House,
Madison county, where he Will remain
until after the election.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
Bet Against La Toilette.

The betting contigent thinks La Fol-
lette's Independent campaign can not
win. All bets are on Phillip, with
odds of ten to six. as regards election,
and no even money can be secured at
better than a bet Of $4,000 plurality
for Phillip.
The situation as regards La Toilette
and the Wisconsin campaign may have
an overpowering influence on La Fol-
lette's ambition to run for President in
1916. If he losses this fall, 1t means
he has lost his home state. A candi-
date who cannot control his home
state has ordinarily been defeated be-
Toilette, however. has overturned so
many historical political presidents
that even II defeated this fall. he may
continue his presidential campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
Useful knowledge.

From the New York Evening Post. ~
The very young lady was showing her
school friend from another city about
her native town. Presently the pair
came to a little square adorned with 81
statue of the local civil war hero.
''It isn't very much to boast OF as
art" said the sophisticated young chit.
but it's important to know about il,
because one usually asks one to meet
one here"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01

Praise men and f1atter women and
you'll have many friends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01

States. I can say with perfect truth
that I know something about the bust
ness methods and the manner Of deal
ing of American companies, who have
sent their representatives or estab-
lished branches in such countries. and
what are the required conditions for an
increase of their trade in Latin
America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
Wisconsin to Decide for Pro-
gressivism or Conservatism
in Tuesdays Election.
SENATOR NOW BATTLING
FOR INDEPENDENT MAN
Hopes to Attract Voters From Both
Old Parties-Republican
Favored in Betting.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
MILW AUKEE, October 3l.-Whether
La Toilette still rules Wisconsin politics
or whether this state, the home of
the progressive wisconsin idea." has
back to more conservative paths, will be
tested in a desperate throw OF the
election dice. by Senator La Toilette IN
the Tuesdays election.
Senator La Toilette. with his candi-
dates defeated at the primary in Sep
TENDER, by conservative candidates,
staked his political future on an at
tempt to overthrow the primary cleo
ton verdict against him by an indie
pendent candidacy, to which he IS try
ing to rally all the progresstves OF
both parties. Though he told his pro-
gressive friends who wanted him TO
make the run himself. that he was too
ill to enter the field. he came TO WIS
consin the latter half of this week, for
a wind-up speaking campaign in be-
half of Former State Senator John ].
Blaine, whom he has sponsored as his
substitute in the race for governor.
r.. Question to Be Solved.
With Emanuel L. Phillip as the
regular republican candidate, the old
leader of the conservative republicans
and John c. Karel, .denominated q
tory by progressive democrats. as the
two regular candidates for governor
La Toilette is trying to demonstrate by
the election of Blaine that the state
is still progressive. Whether La Toilette
can pull enough votes for Blaine from
both the republicans and democrats
is question yet to be solved. That
question will, when answered. tel
whether the star of La Folletism has
really fallen In Wisconsin. or whether
the defeat at the primaries was the
last expiring gasp of the traditional
foes of Little Bob"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01

Goats are said to be entirely free
from the indications of tuberculosis
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21

business, and there is no longer any de-
sire to unduly harass legitimate enter
prises, but rather to aid the restoration
Of business to normal activity. This was
evidenced in the favorable decision of the
interstate commerce commission.
The market is one that will require
close watching and much discretion in the
selection of investments AS already
stated. money promises to be cheap for
sometime to come, but capital will COM
mand high rates because of the war. De-
cisive engagements on land or at sea will
cause decided fluctuations in this market.
Many of our own industries will profit
by the war, and such securities are like
" to reflect this advantage. All pur-
ehases should be made with close dis
elimination, the market still being ex-
posed to the vicissitudes of war, than
which nothing Is more uncertain. Sc
curlties with a large international mar
ket should be handled with strict con-
servatism; since too rapid advances will
surely encourage liquidation. Home indus
try seems on the verge of improvement.
The winter wheat acreage is reported IL
per cent larger than last year, while the
cotton acreage will undoubtedly be much
cUrtailed'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
PosTHUMOus CAUTION

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
Robert L. Keen. late of Montclair, N.
j., was thoughtful bachelor He is
dead now In his will he stipulated that
any woman who could prove herself to
have been his wife should receive sum
of $50 and no more
Inasmuch as Mr. Keen was a well
known bachelor the bequest seems, at
first consideration, to mint at a romance
or something of that kind But not so.
Mr.. Keen was very strictly unmarried.
The bequest is only a case of post
humous caution.
Mr.. Keen had observed, with some
perturbation, that, when rich men die,
INDECENT women are likely to appear
from nowhere in particular to advance
matrimonial claims TO large estates.
Such cases get into the courts, and are
irritating and expensive matters for the
heirs to attend to. The widow business
has become so common that even so
distinctly single male as Mr.. Keen
believed that he might stand in some
post-mortem peril.
The specific bequest, he believed,
would make his estate an Improbable
field of operation. With $50 legally and
definitely stipulated as the reward,
there will, probably, be no claimants.
Attorneys fees would more than ac-
count for $50.
One must estimate the late Mr. Keen
as shrewd and far-seeing person-one
might even say a very keen person.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
MOTH BALLS IN THE SKY
From the Youngstown Telegram.

From the Youngstown Telegram
A new engine fuel of supposed mar
Vicious combustion, cheapness and pun
gency has been tried out in Indian
apolis. 1t has been pronounced a fail
ure, according to an automobile trade
journal, one of the chief reasons be-
ing because of a way it had of crys-
tallizing in the feed pipes thus chok-
ing off the flow. A local skeptic saws
this may or may not be true, pointing
to the fact that some remarka able i'm
proyements are bought up merely to
Keep them off the market and obviate
the necessity of installing expensive
machinery. Just who might have Sc
not say. Under the circumstances there
should have been some spirited bid
ding between the automobile manufac-
turers and a gentleman residing at
Pocantico.
The new mixture smelled like moth
balls. While this would have worked
to disadvantage to a peaceful COM
munity sitting on the front porches
in summer it might have done some
thing toward ending the wars; for an
aviator with the aroma of man shak-
ing out an overcoat would be easily de-
tected, even at night, If the wind were
right. Maybe it was some of the war
lords who bought the compound up to
present 1t to the enemy. One could
believe one theory as readily as the
other
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
OUR UNDRILLED MILITIA
Oswald f. schuette in Leslies.

One of the basic requirements of the
regulations of the organized militia is
that they shall have at least "a drills
of one hour each per annum In most
of the states an effort was made to
have at least that number of drills. Yet
1884 men out of 119,Os7 failed to at
tend "a drills year. No record has
been made of the practice marches held
by the organized militia, although these
are looked upon by the war depart
ment as one of the most important fea-
lures Of military training, General
Wotherspoon declares that he considers
it safe conclusion that no single
unit of the organized militia in it's
maximum strength marched distance
of 10 miles fully equipped and armed"
"The above figures" adds General
Wotherspoon, taken in conjunction
with the fact that the number of COM
panies, troops, batteries, etc, is 1000,
and of this number 1920 organizations
are below the prescribed minimum
strength, would indicate to a degree
the dependence to be placed upon this
force"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
BROUGHT UP WRONG
from the Boston Globe.

iioiit TIE DoStOH 1lODe.
Mrs. Barclay Hazard, whose work m
the Florence Crittenton league has made
her competent to discuss the subject, holds
the opinion that it is impossible to COM
pile figures which will give a specific reas-
on why girls slip into paths of error.
The best statistics obtainable do not
seem to show that age, wages or nation
ality can be charged, any one of them,
with being the big general cause of mis-
behavior.
There are surprising number of the
women who get into the night court on
Manhattan Island who are we'll beyond
the age of girlhood," Mrs. Hazard says.
There are those who have comfortable
homes and who, if they are wage-earners,
receive good pay. The percentage of
Americans is fairly large"
Parents and guardians are much to
blame. she AYERS, in their lack of care
of the young persons in their keeping
The fault does lie In the home. no
doubt, to very considerable exte t. 1f
all girls were brought up to be obedient,
and to have a sense of responsibility to
themselves, their families and the COM
munity, no so many of them would go
astray.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
CITY DEMOGRAPHERS
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

FL ON the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
New York is being surveyed 1t is a
sociological survey, not mensuration one.
1t is a survey after the fashion of the
one now being undertaken in Cleveland
on a smaller scale, however, and along
more circumscribed lines. The New York
survey will show the distribution of pop
ulation and find the citys social center,
with incidental data of value in political
and benevolent movements.
. he social surveyors line of work seems
to have been something of a surprise to
these who learned about it for the first
time more particularly the state civil
service commission. When the surveyor
appeared before that body and endeav-
ored tc explain his line of work, the chair
man interrupted him.
you are demographer," he said
The surveyor demurred to the charge.
mo" he replied I'm at work on vital
statistics"
Ihereupon the universal arbitrator, the
dictionary, was brought out and busted
Off ana presently yielded the informa-
ton that a demographer is an expert in
vital and social statistics in regard to
ethnology and anthropology
In the course of municipal events it is
quite POSSIBLE that every organized COM
munity will be equipped with a city demo-
grapher and an exact social center For
the present. however, Cleveland will abate
no interest in the labor of the survey
promoters who are engaged in teaching
Cleveland to know itself.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
"TRAINED CITIZENRY"

From Blackwood's Magazine.
The story of the war of secession in the
United States is often quoted as justifi-
cation of the value of volunteer armies
hastily got together, but it is singularly
i'll adapted to prove anything of the kind.
1. only proves the value of volunteers
against volunteers. for the regulars en-
gagged were a mere handful. Even so, the
north, with its huge resources and the
ready response to its call for volunteers,
could not win with them; it had to have
recourse to forced service in the end. That
after two or three campaigns volunteers
fought as we'll as regulars would have
fought does not prove that they were
valuable from the first. Every general
on both sides was necessarily hampered
by struggling. lack of discipline, and the
fact that in presence of the enemy there
was no fire control possible. And it is
well known that Lord Wolseley alter
careful study of the war. gave it as his
deliberate opinion that 10000 regulars, well
found and ready, would have finish d
the war for either side in the first cam
paign. If this be so-and it has not been
seriously disputed-the volunteer" army
stands condemned every way. Years of
bloodshed and thousands of lives might
have been saved. Napoleon said: "Quand
ignorance fait tuer dix hommes la GU il
nj en devrait pas coulter deux fest ellie pas
responsible du sang des hut autres?"
Nations may be ignorant as well as COM
manders.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-21
----se~---
FOR DETECTING SUBMARINES

From Popular Mechanics.
No matter how silently the engines of
submarine may work, the propellers
are bound to set ~ vibrations that are
transmitted through the water, and the
suggestion is made that it may be pos
sible to devise an instrument of such
delicacy that the presence of a subma-
rine, even when miles away, may be de-
tected with certainty and it's direction
and distance determined. Such an instru-
ment, like the submarine telephone, would
simply take advantage of the strong
transmission of sound waves through the
water. 1t would practically rob naval
warfare of one of its worst terrors.
Seated far below deck in a battleship,
the watcher with such an instrument
could hear the throb of the propellers
while the submarine was miles away and
long before it would be possible to see
its periscope, and it's efficiency would not
be affected by darkness or by muddy
water. The presence of submarine
could doubtless now be detected by the
submarine telephone. The problem for
the inventor is that of devising a means
of ascertaining the direction of the SUBJ
marine and the distance to it.