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Field to Be Occupied.

Nothing can prevent the pracucal eN-
tine ton Of our grain exports" he assert
ed. while already we are importing large
numbers of cattle and large quantities
Of meats and dairy products.
Therefore 1t is to manufactured goods
that We must look for the large increase
in our export business that We must
have. And in this field, once We awaken
to the fact the United States stands su-
preme. by reason Of the wider use OF
complex machinery. the greater skill of
our operatives and the consequent higher
quality OF our goods.
John F. Fitzgerald, former mayor of
Boston. discussing The New England
States and Their Place in Foreign
Trade emphasized Boston's impor-
ferring to the trouble the steamship
Naterland had in getting out of New
York harbor recently, Mr.. Fitzgerald
said that Boston purposes inviting the
giant liner to make that city its port
on future trips His address. while
seriously discussing the manufactur-
ing interests of the New England
states, was couched in semi humorous
vein. which kept the delegates in a
roar Of laughter.
Situation In Central States.
H. G. Herget, president of the Illinois
Manufacturers Association, Chicago
discussed present commercial conditions
in the central states. Depression in
prices of agricultural products. notably
corn. the great staple cereal of the
| middle west he said. has been re-
sponsible for a business depression
which has been severely felt in al
lines. MT Hergets address contained
strong plea for an American merchant
marine. with ships flying the American
! flag engaged in international trade with
every port In the world.
We should have such a merchant ma
rine," he urged. even IL it were neces-
sary to grant a subsidy. Then. in case
| Of war, let such vessels be used as trans
ports.
Present Commercial Conditions in the
Gulf States was the subject Of a paper
presented by James A. Arnold. secretary
manager Of the Texas Business Men s
| Association, Fort Worth, Tex. His ad-
dress was an excoriation Of American
extravaganza.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
RECENT ASSESSMENTS
CAUSE FOR ANXIETY
District Heads Not Sure of Validity
in View Of Kalbfus
Decision.

Although there were no new development
in the Kalbfus case today. evidences Of g
growing uneasiness on the part OF the
District Commissioners that they may moi
be able to sustain the validity Of the new
triennial assessments were not lacking.
Still declining to discuss the case, thu
Commissioners, it is understood, have In
formally considered what steps may b
taken to adjust the situation in the even
the assessment should be declared void.
There have been suggestions to the
effect that the District heads shouio
meet the question promptly and en-
daavor through congressional action or
by other means to validate the assess
ment before any attempt by property
owners to invalidate 1t may be carried
to the courts.
Kalbfus at District Building.
Samuel T. KaIbfus. the deposed as
sistant assessor, was at the District
building today. but made no attempt to
resume his seat He said that he ex-
pected to be back in office within a
week or ten days. or as soon as the
court order restoring him to the posi-
ton has been Issued.
BECAUSE of the attendance OF only aboul
a dozen persons at the meeting scheduled
to have been held at the Raleigh Hote
last night for the purpose of protesting
against the new assessment tne mee',ne
Was postponed until later date. W
7 Kehoe, who issued the call Tor The
meeting. said that effort may be made
u,,thin the next week or ten days, to ge,
taynayers together to consider the raises
carried In the new assessment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
Merit, Not Politics, Rules.

Dudley Field Malone. collector of the
port of New York. stated that to his
personal knowledge appointments in
the consular service OF the United
States were made strictly on merit and
with no regard whatever to politics.
Mr.. Malone described some of the duties
or United States consuls in foreign
labors to the exporters of this coun-
try.
Present Commercial Conditions in the
United States. with Special Reference to
Foreign Trade was the subject Of a
paper by E. c. Simmons of st. Louis.
Owing to Mr.. Simmons inability to at
tend the convention the paper was read
by his son. Wallace D. Simmons In the
paper Mr.. Simmons. who is the head of
the Simmons Hardware Company. dis
cussed present industrial conditions in
this country as affecting foreign COM
merce. his paper being in the nature of a
review Of conditions which exist at pres
ent as regards crops. money and the
general trade Of the country.
James J. Hill. president of the Great
northern Railway. contributed a paper
which was read at this mornings session
in which he said that while the export
trace OF England Is S125 per capital per
annum. and that OF Germany S6l per
capita per annum, that of the United
al nun. He called attention to the fact
United States exported from % to 20 per
cent OF its wheat crop annually. the pro-
portion of that crop which is exported
tOday ia ho1It 10 to Il per cent
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Cites European Situation.

This awakening on the part of Amer
lean producers has come at a time when
the buying power of Europe is less be-
cause of great depression. but when
Europes competing power is also greatly
decreased because of that same depres-
sion. At this time, when she needs to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
Flag Is Called a Symbol.

In a very few moments We are to
raise the Stars and Stripes over a great
university about to be dedicated to the
glory Of God and service of mankind.
1t is appropriate that on such an oc-
casion the nag of our country should be
hoisted. The flag Is the symbol Of our
love of country and our worship of
God. From the most ancient times
men have been swayed by symbols.
There has always been a craving in
the human heart that its fathomless feel
ings. its inexpressible emotion, shall find
some outward representation. Unable
often to interpret the passions and long
tngs of its own breast the soul has
be concentrated. crystallized and visual
lied. The Almighty recognized this In
stinct of the human nature when He put
the bow in tho skies. Mans need of the
symbol IL therefore doubtless the rehec-
ton in himself of his Makers image.
"Our flag Is the proud confession to
the world, In the laconic but eloquent
speech of symbolism. Of the principles.
faith and history Of the nation. De-
signed partly BY s., The Father he %. OF His
hands Of woman. originated in the City
Of Brotherly Love. dedicated by poesy,
bathed in the blood of patriots, tat
tered with the bullets OF enemies and
4 perfect Union, the Stars and Stripes
is the most beautiful symbol of nation
atty the world has ever seen.
God has, through tho whole history
Of the earth, saved up the most beauti-
full Of all the flags for our own nation.
1t is a symbol which stands for liberty.
1t speaks for hope
I'm its very essence it stands for pa
triotism. it stands for all the ideals of
the American people. and one of the
greatest of these is for an educated
citizenship.
Your university. fortunate in its en-
TO IN ffe
scope, cannot fail to hear the call to
serve humanity. 1t will hear the clear
call that Wesley heard at oxford and put
all learning and science under contribu-
ton for the opening of doors of help
and opportunity to struggling men and
women. In this high service 1t will marry
Religion and Education, a union neces-
sary for the highest development of our
race. Because education and patriotism
in America are one, 1t Is fitting today
that we raise the flag to float over this
great school of learning which we are
establishing in our nations capital
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to obtain information of conditions there
through the consul at Monterey.
Prairie Also Bears Body.

gram from Cen Funston at Vera Cruz
saying that the naval transport Prairie.
which has sailed from Vera Cruz for
Hampton roads. carries the body of
Private Maurice Welsh Of Company A.
10th Infantry. who lost his life last week
by falling from the roof of a building
while on guard duty. Lieut.. Col. William
Lassiter and Lieut.. r. E. Anderson, 4th
Field Artillery. who are very i'll. are pas
sengers on the Prairie.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
Studebaker SIX tire
cost is one-third
to one-fifth the
tire cos of
heavier "Sixes".

heavier "Sixes".
The Studebaker SIN runs
farther on a gallon OF gas
oline than other Skies
1t runs several hundred
miles farther on a quart
of oil.
1t is the one economical
six" because it is light
weighing less than 5000
pound Sand perfectly
balanced.
And these qualities, in turn,
go back to Studebaker
special steels and Stude-
baker intensive manufac-
turing methods.
To the employment OF cost
ly machinery and costly
materials that no car built
in lesser volume-even if
sold at the highest price
can afford.
These methods put value
into the Studebaker SIX
beyond the value of any
other car at any price.
They make ii the first-and the
only-really economical six.
Send for the Studebaker Proof
Book. describing Studebaker
manufacturing methods.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27
Issue Yet to Be Decided.

Representative Sumner Of Texas asked
him If the Presidents refusal to affirm
the awards nullifies the entire proceeding
Mr.. Beach replied that a matter OF
that character is now In one of the
courts to be ruled upon. In reply to
Representative Post, he said that the
fact that an appropriation for the con-
demned property had been made in
form different from that authorized by
previous Act would not affect the con-
domination In the least.
Representative Lonergan of Con-
necticut asked whether the President
could not select certain properties to
be paid for and reject others. Mr..
Beach begged not to be pressed on that
point. He intimated that there were
internal rumblings over that point in
the Department OF Justice at present.
After long legal debate between law
yers of the committee and Mr.. Beach.
Representative Kreider of Pennsylvania,
who is not a lawyer, made the observa-
ton that to his lay mind the committee
could get speedier action II It went to
the Department Of Justice and asked for
the reasons why the President cannot
select a part of the awards for approval
and reject others,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-05-27

which would be necessary were such that
civil service examinations would be Of
no value in selecting the attaches.
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HOUSE MAY YET ACT
| ON PLAZA AWARDS
Committee Shows Disposition
to Clear Up Mass of Legal
Technica|ities.
DEPARTMENT ATTORNEY
is CLOSELY QUESTIONED
Committeeman Apparently Would
Give Deserving Property Own
ers Their Money.

II there is any possible way to do it.
the House Of Representatives may be
asked by the public buildings and
grounds committee to bowl over the in
tricate mass of legal techpicalities which
seem to be keeping deserving property
holders cut Of their money In the Union
Station Plaza award case There were
evidences of this in plenty at the meeting
Of the committee today, when Special
Attorney Morgan Beach of the Depart
ment Of Justice appeared and answered
some Of the toughest legal questions that
laymen in the committee room have heard
for many a day.
Questions to Be Answered.
Stripped of the legal briars which make
the case a ticklish one to handle, the
questions the committee is now about
to answer are these:
: Why did the Department of Justice rule
that the President could not pay part
of the property owners for the property
condemned. even though certain prop
critics were adjudged to be condemned in
excessive amounts?
Cannot the government, under the terms
Of the act. simply make private pur-
chases Of the land in question and thus
escape another possible legal ambuscade
such as the present one?
Members of the committee asked Nor
gan Beach scores of questions, but
he was careful to guard his answers
so that they could not be construed
into an expression of opinion involv-
ing the Department of Justice. He was
not prepared, he said, to answer the
question of whether a second con-
demnation proceeding would be eff
fective. but he was of the opinion that
the plaza properties are In the same
condition today. in respect to title as
they were before the condemnation pro-
ceedings started.
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Jail with food and bedding could get no
trace Of him. 1t is generally supposed
he was executed.
No Trace Of Retreating Federals.
Rear Admiral Badger cabled the Navy
Department that a force of constitution
alist cavalry sent out from Tampico had
returned, reporting no trace could be
found of Gen. Zaragosa's retreating fed
eral army.
A number of field guns abandoned by
the federals when they evacuated Tam
pico were recovered.
The cruiser Des Moines. Admiral Bad
ger stated had withdrawn from Tampico
and gone to Lobos Island. She has on
board stores for the fleet recovered from
the customhouse at Tampico and soon
will proceed to Vera Cruz. The Ozark
has taken the place Of the Des Moines.
War Craft Start North Tomorrow.
The destroyer Cummings will maintain
the Lobos Island lighthouse until the
Mexican keepers arrive to take charge.
the torpedo fotilla-except the Mexican
division-it Is expected. will sail for the
United States Thursday.
On the Prairie, which sailed for Hamp-
ton roads yesterday. were short-time men
of the feet, except those who will 70
north with the notilla, and men of the
| Tampico ships. who will sail on the Gull
goa
Admiral Badger stated that Lieut.. Ian
non, who was wounded In the Vera Cruz
| fighting. 10 convalescent and aboard the
Prairie. There was no communication
between Tampico and Matabula, the re-
port stated, and Consul Miller 10 trying
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-18
Daddy sBedtirr1e
~ ".. ...-. How the Cats
CrOTV --. Banquet Stopped
The Traffic.

JACK and Evelyn used to often wonder why daddy never seemed to say
anything about the traffic in the city. When they went to the city they
we're always at first afraid Of all the noise and the quantities u cars
80 and autos and trucks that moved so quickly along the streets
After they'd been there awhile they realized that everything was managed
so beautifully by the big policemen that there was nothing to be frightened at
But they always thought seeing sc much traffic was wonderful
Everything does 20 Just like clockwork in the city, doesn't 1t, daddy|
said Evelyn.
Eyes" said daddy; ut certainly does, Is a rule. But I must tell you OF d
funny thing that happened ne evening in a very busy part OF the city.
~ cat discovered there was a tiny piece of glass broken in the window OF
a but er shop. Now, you can't just imagine how quickly the cat got through
that ndowl
"There was ne light burning in the shop, although, of course, the shop
was closed for the night And then didn't the cat have a feastI Never be
fore had she known the joy Of having everything she wanted to eat at one
time with nj stopping.
Some people saw what a good time the cat was having and stopped to
ut was just like seeing a funny play to see the cat pick out the choicest
o. meat and play with them and then eat them.
1.-THE crowd of people grew more and more. The street became s crowded
that 10 n could pass by. Soon 1t was o thick With people mat n cars
and autos could not pass.
after the cat had eaten a IS much as she wanted f all of the butchers
large supply OF good things a watchman suddenly appeared n III scene
with the help of a great many mel the Waterman finally succeeded in
getting the crowd to move, and then he got into the shop. But the cat sim
ply few ut OF the window again and disappeared into a side alley, where
probably she lived, as a rule, o N bits she could pick up
"Such a looking butcher shop as it was now, or even IL the cat had not
quite eaten everything she had tried everything and she had eaten a sur
prs1ng amount even for a hungry cat
well said me person who had been watching the cat 7 think that
that at is the ceverest ne I've evr seen. Not only does she want to eat
but she knows just when to escape in time after a splendid meal and, what's
more wonderful than everything else, she stopped the traffic O. carsa and autos
and trucks and people who might have been in a hurry to get somewhere"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-18
Women For Good Government.

Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin,: The
Womens Ten Commandments to the
aldermanic candidates OF Chicago are
enumerated as follows
Thou shalt not be the tool Of any
special interest.
Thou shalt not set thy party above
the people.
Thou shalt harken to the cry for
clean milk.
Thou shalt not forget the death rate
Of babies in thy ward.
Neither shalt thou forget the morals
of the young; nor shalt thou bend
thine ear to small theatres that fight
ordinances for ventilation and for
clean pictures.
Whel special and powerful interests
ask fof favors, the public policy shall
be near to thee.
Thou shalt not have an Office con-
nected with a saloon.
Thou shalt have a. keen sense of
smell to detect nuisances and garbage
evils; garbage dumps shalt thou abol-
ish.
Thou shalt help to keep amusement
safe for the city's children.
Thou shalt not harken to CONNER
cialized vice. .
Good men equally with good women,
everywhere else as in Chicago, are in
terested in the observance Of every
one Of he commandments-quite as
much SO as the women of Chicago. The
fact is, the interests of good citizens
are Identical. If the women voters
help the men voters in getting good
government for Chicago, the result
will tend to make our communities
yearning for better government more
alert than they are now to the ad-
vantage Of according votes to women.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-18
TOO MUCH OF r

The world is too much with US: late
and Don
Getting and spending, We lay waste
our powers:
Little wee see in Nature that is ours;
We have given our hearts away, a sor-
did boon!
This Sea that bares her bosom to the
moon;
The winds that will be bowling at all
hours,
And are up-gathered now like sleeping
flowers;
For this, for everything, we are out
Of tune;
1t moves us not. Great God! I'd
rather be
A Pagan sucked in a creed outworn;
so might I standing IN this pleasant
lea,
Have glimpses that would make me
less forlorn;
Have sight of Proteus rising from the
sea
Or near old Triton blow his wreathed
horn.
William Wordsworth,
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-18
The Hearts Country,

This story of Ellen Payne is the
story of a girls heart. her spiritual
and emotional life. rather than a tale
Of action. H., ~. -ia ri ... 49,. .
Eller and her mother live in a New
England village, where Ellen Is the
leading Spirit ar1ong the young girls
ana boys. She is sensitive, alive to ev-
erythlng. and of a most ardent nature.
When Ellen is IL she meets Edward
Graham, a serious young teacher, who
Is. fascinated by her fire and charm.
Their friendship prospers# and they be-
come engaged, but during two years
while Edward is away Elan grows UP
and finds her childish emotion for Ed
ward a dead thing, At first she de-
cides to sacrifice herself to his need of
her, but finally her better judgment
prevails and she breaks the engage
ment. Then Roger Byington comes to
the village, He and Ellen fall in love.
and the affair Is carried on in Whirl-
wind fashion. Roger begs Ellen to
elope with him, and she is about to
Weld, wha' o most unexpected event
deters her: Unexpected, also, is the
outcome Of Ellen's own affairs and the
romantic fashion In which her happi-
ness is finally assured.
Il all the world loves a lover. then
The Heart Country is a story for all
illustrated in color BY Alice Barber
STEPHENS.
The Hearts Country was written in
Provincetown, the quaint old coast
town where Mrs. worse spends her
summers. The story itself, however,
belongs. tc a different part Of New
England. Mrs. Worse says OF it: Il
had in mind a town that perhaps
would be q cross between Old Deerfield
and Sunderland. The moment Of the
story is about the time when my
mother was a. young girl, and the at
mosphere Of the town that OF the New
England of her early days"
Mrs. worse has won her widest pop
ularity through her magazine work.
She has. contributed largely to Every
body's. The Wonlan's Home Compan-
ion. Harper's, and many other of our
leading periodicals But though her
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-18
Climate Failed
Medicine Effective

Sufferers from 'Tuberculosis often
| think that medicine Will not help them.
| Fresh air. regular habits n good 1905
aid in restoring health, but more Is
often needed. Many have been restored
to health by Eckman's Alternative. READ
~ Weldon, Ill.
Observation-Disclosures your instru-
| mentality I have been saved from d
premature grave. On December ~,
1904. I was taken with Typhoid Pneu-
monia, which developed into Tu6ercu-
losis (bacilli were found: In Febfu-
airy. 1905, I went to Fort worth, rex
as and later to Canon city, Colorado.
After being there two weeks my phy-
sician informed me that my case was
hopeless. Three weeks later return
ed home, weighing 103 pounds, the oocs
tor having given me no assurance OF
reaching there alive. On July IA. 1913,
I began taking Eckman's WONDERFUL
remedy for Lung Trouble. Now. l am
stout and well and can do any KIND or
work about my grain elevator" CAB
b~reviated.)
~(Af1dayit) WEB6.
Eckman's Alternative is most eftica
cious in bronchial catarrh and severe
throat and lung affections and, upbuild-
ing the system. Contains no harmful
Or authorizing drugs. Accept. no
substitutes. Sold by leading drugg1sts.
Write Eckman Laboratory, Philadel-
phia, Pa. for booklet Of recovertes.-
Advt. ~,-. ..#"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-18
TITANIC LESSON LEARNED.

- Two years ago April Is the Titanic
tragedy appalled, the world. Since that
time considerable progress has been
made in preventing the occurrence of
q similar disaster. The newest giants
Of the ocean,, the V~aterland, Britannia.
and Aquitania, have all profited in that
their double bottoms and %bulkheads.
carried all the way up to he main
deck, add UNNECESSARILY to their Sc
curity as contrasted with the Titanic's.
The criminal lack of sufficient life
boats has been ended, and wireless re-
Z CURED on all ships carrying a given
crew. More officers are carried on the
p biggest vessels. and one of them is di-
Tectly charged with the safety of the
passengers. The international Allan
tic lane has been moved further south
during the ice season, and an ice-pa-
troll established, one of Uncle Sans
revenue cutters being on duty now in
the vicinity of the Titanic's ocean
grave.
All of this is clear gain. But the re-
suits of the conference on Safety at
Lclu III LOlluOn ldSL year, nave
not yet been made the law of the land
Ny the adoption of the treaty which
hangs fire in the senate committee on
foreign relations. The Seamen's bill,
switch contains some things that are
good and others that would be ruinous
ito certain coastwise companies. is still
beIore congress. The demand tina
there shall be two skilled sailors to
each l~ifeboat, rigidly insisted On by
Senator LaFollette and the Seamen's
Eunion, is a serious stumbling-block to
taction.
70 But, all in all. the record shows that
the lesson of the Titanic has not been
Iost, that safety at sea has been very
greatly advanced as a result of what
remains n of the most terrible trag-
edies, due to criminal carelessness. in
all history.