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Evening star., 1915-11-28

American soldiers as victims. Repre-
lsentations have been made to Panama
by the United States looking to the
disarmament of the Panama national
police
| Still Panama has persisted. During
the last few years the semi-mlitary
features of the national police have
| been fully developed until now that
| body has reached a military standard
not hitherto attempted. At one time
the police, stationed in all parts of the
| republic, numbered 1900, of whom 900
We're in Panama. Those in the cities
appear frequently in military forn,a-
| tion on the streets and early each
month are reviewed by President Por-
ras, after having marched with their
| band through several of the principal
streets.
| The determination of the American
authorities to bring about better police
conditions in Panama and Colon was
| brought to a head by the serious riot
| ing i'll Coca grove, as the restricted
district in Panama is named February
IA. last, and the other similar affair
| that occurred April at Colon. The
| former resulted in several soldiers be-
| ing seriously wounded, while in the lat
, ter a corporal OF the coast artillery lost
| his life.
| The restricted districts of both Pana-
ma and Colon are now under American
martial law. This was declared i'm
| mediat tely after the last affair in Colon.
The district in Panama is patrolled by
Company + of the 10th United States
Infantry, commanded by Capt f. w.
Coleman. provost marshal. This
!
best disciplined and drilled on the
isthmus. The rather unpleasant duties
of the men military police have
brought out their better qualities.
They perform them with a high degree
of efficiency.
1.-THE provost guard company
has become practically an addition to
the police force of Panama" says Maj.
Herbert A. White, L. S. A, judge ad
vocate on Gen. Edwards staff, in a
cent communication to his command
ing general. The men and officers
are working 1aboriously and while re
suits accomplished are almost all that
could be desired and far more than
were expected, yet it is to be remem-
| bered that they are engaged in work
that is not the proper duty of soldiers
| in time of peace.
In his Endorsement on this report
| when sending it to the War Depart
ment Gen. Edwards took occasion to
remark: There has been much i'm
provement in the conduct of soldiers
when on leave since the establishment
of the provost guard.
In making his Endorsement Gen. Ed
wards did not have much the pre-
vention of serious trouble between SOL
diers and. police in view as stopping
the sale of habit-forming drugs to SOL
ders This menace to the health and
morals of the army is far more serious
| in Panama than in other places where
| large numbers of soldiers are sta
| toned. The Panaman authorities could,
| if they would. be of great assistance
| in preventing the sale and use of
! drugs, but because of Indifference and
Evening star., 1915-11-28

are very stringent. No soldier is per-
mitted to appear on the streets with u
soiled or disheveled uniform. The
slightest indications of inebriety are
sufficient for an arrest, the prisoner
being placed in the guardhouse until
sober Under circumstances is
soldier permitted to disgrace the unt-
form he wears. II is a noticea bic fact
that since the establishment of the
guard the conduct of the soldiers or
leave has vastly improved. They are
less prone to drink, less truculent aud
ready to pick quarrels with natives.
ahd far more quiet in their general be-
havior. They have a wholesome re-
spect for the provost guard.
A healthy result of the new system
has been the better feeling that now
prevails between the soldiers and the
native police. The latter are fully
aware that a just complaint will re-
suit in the instant arrest of the Of
fender. who is promptly and adequately
punished by a summary court-nlartl1l.
1t is no unusual sight to see several
Panaman policemen in attendance Al %
soldier trial at army HEADQUARTERS at
Ancon in the Canal Zone. They come
complaining witnesses. and find tn"
swift justice of the military courts
revelation.
IT is well understood by both the
military and civil authorities on the
Canal Zone that the withdrawal Of the
provost guard from police duty in the
Panaman cities would mean quick re-
version to the old methods and :. re
! kindling of the illfeeling that only
| smolders in the heart of both Panaman
and American.
a preventive of future trouble he
tween soldiers and Panaman police is
frequently suggested by Americans on
the isthmus. II is the taking over OF
the policing of the two cities of Pana-
ma and Colon. Treaty provisions amply
| sanction such a course, which. how
ever, would be bitterly resisted by tue
Panaman authorities. who would look
upon II as a serious invasion of the
| sovereign rights of the country.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

election days 1t becomes the duty of the
police to see that the party they sup
port really wins. The control of the
national police usually is followed by
success at the polls.
Under such conditions 1t is impossi-
BILE for the police force to become an
efficient body of men. Appointment is
made by the president of the republic,
who also alone has the power of dis
missal 1t is therefore practically i'm
possible for the chief of police, no
matter how well equipped he may be
discipline among his men. They in
variably appeal to the higher power
to save them from just punishment.
The duties of OUR military police in
Panama are manifold. They have their
city headquarters in the restricted dis
trict, where the floor above a notorious
"cantina' has been rented for the pur-
pose of quartering the guard when on
duty and confining the prisoners prior
to being taken to the large guard
house on Military Heights. The early
days of the month are the busy ones for
the guard. since then the three regi-
ments, coast artillery and other or
ganiZations receive their monthly pay.
Throughout the day and night the
guard patrols the streets of the city in
the sections where the soldiers are
liable to congregate in large number.
They are strongest in the restricted
district. 1t is their duty to prevent
trouble between policemen and soldiers
and between the soldiers and civilians.
The guard looks after the soldiers only,
no Panaman policeman being now per-
mltted to as much as place hand on
one. The policeman must appeal to the
nearest guard; he can make no arrest
himself. Since the tablishment of the
provost guard no soldier has been con-
fined even for a few moments in the
filthy Panaman jails.
Orders under which the guard acts
Evening star., 1915-11-28
Danger From Glaring Lights.

From the New York sun.
They have been making arrests uf
motorists recently for having head
lights which are too glaring to be used
properly within the limits of the city
1t is the cause of a great deal of dis
comfort in driving at night that there
is so much use of unnecessarily bright
lights on the roads. To drive against a
succession of such lights is to finish
the trip with a severe headache There
always are chances. too. of being so
dazzled as to run the risk of going off
the road into the ditch, Some automo-
bilists have hit upon plan of switch
ing off their lights when they meet an
other car. That is, they switch off the
big lights and use the dinners, or the
side lights Those who do this find
that the motorists they encounter act
with like courtesy. or almost all do so.
There are. of course. cars without cleo
tric headlights which cannot accomp-
lish this feat, but most all the cars tina
have electric lighting go on the 5o-oD
basis in the nonblinding act.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

Europe's appreciation really came first.
An early paragraph which Miller wrote
revealed something of the satisfaction,
mixed with regret. that he felt on he
ing so favorabIy received in England.
1T seems to me-. he wrote, that
from the day | was suddenly dsscoN-
cred and pointed out in London ! have
been an entire stranger in my own
land. the land | have loved, lived for.
battled for from the first AS for that
red shirted and hairy man bearing my
name abroad and standing before
kings | never saw him, never heard
of him until. on returning to my own
country / found that this unpleasant
and entirely impossible figure ever at
tended and even overshadowed my
most earnest work.
This is no longer true. The Grand
Old Man of the Mountains appel
lation which dates from his visit 20
England-remains as fine type u
pioneer Hoosier Liberty has done well
to establish a memorial to him.
Evening star., 1915-11-28
lax laws they stand aside, with the re-
suit that the purchase is exceedingly

lax laws they stand aside, with the re-
suit that the purchase is exceedingly
easy.
There are many reasons why the SOL
diers stationed on the isthmus fall
easy victims to the drug and liquor
habits. The main one, however, ac-
cording to army officers, is the isola-
tion In which the soldiers are COM
PEELED to spend the greater part Of
their time. Their camps are on the
west bank of the Panama canal, in
former canal construction camps, which
have poor communicat tion with other
parts of the isthmus. The three regi-
ments are separated and they are far
removed from the terminal cities
where the life and amusement of the
population is concentrated.
Both drinking and taking drugs are
habits easy to form. since both are
purely social. 1t is seldom that per-
son will acquire the use of drugs by
himself unless bv inheritance or
through illness which required the use
of sedatives. The soldiers on the 18TH
mus frequently learn to use drugs
from their associates in the regiment
who already are confirmed "snowbrds." :"
1t is known that many of the habitues
of the restricted districts of Panama
and Colon are vendors and users of
cocaine and other drugs. Opium smok-
ing is unknown among the soldiers.
This habit in Panama is almost alto
Evening star., 1915-11-28
TABLET TO JOAQUIN MILLER.
Unveiled Near His Birthplace, Union
County, Ind.


A tablet commemorating the birth of
joaquin Miller has been unveiled at
Liberty. Ind Miller, who was Indiana
born. was not recognized generally in
his own state as a poet until he had
achieved considerable fame elsewhere.
J he monument is bowlder taken
from the farm in Union county on
which Miller was said to have been
born.
He was cEristened Cincinnatus Heine
Miller, and was the son of farmer par
ents who came to Indiana in the early
days from Kentucky They settled first
in Union county and lived later in
Grant county. The most trustworthy
data give the date of Miller's birth as
November 10. 1871 Union and Grant
counties. says the indianapolis News
have disputed the honor of the Miller
farm, but the choice seems finally to
have rested with the former.
The bowlder rests in the courthouse
square at Liberty. Embedded in it is a
bronze tablet. bearing the likeness of
the poet and verse which. if not Mil
ler's best at least expresses his phi
losophy-
In men whom condemn III
] find much of goodness still:
In whom pronounce divine
] find 50 much of sin and blot
| hesitate 10 draw line
Between the two where God has not.
1t may not be amiss to call attention
to some features of Joas suin Miller's
life. The name by which the poet
came to be generally known was the
product of natural change and growth
and it expresses better the quaintness
of character, originality and individu-
ality which the world remarked in Mil
Ter, once he had become famous. In
his case, possibly as in Whitman's
Evening star., 1915-11-28

the importation of opium by the Chi
nese so long as the opium tax is regu-
larly paid into the national treasury
1t has been farmed out to a Chinese,
who pays $4,000 annually for the priv
ilege of importing and selling the drug
There have been recent indications that
opium smoking is spreading among
the native and American population.
X X
The cocaine habit is by far the most
difficult for the military authorities to
cope with, since it is the easiest for
the soldier to form. The stringent
measures adopted by Gen. Edwards
have had very salutary effect, and IL
is believed thai the use of cocaine is
now decreasing among the soldiers.
La Policia Nacional," or the national
police of Panama. is virtually also the
standing army of the republic, and is
so regarded by both the officials and
the general public. Its functions are
chiefly those of police, but on occasions
1t has been known to assume those of an
army. In its purely police capacity IT
is armed with police clubs and revolVers
and uniformed in khaki, the uniform
being not unlike those of the American
soldier. except in color. The police uni
form is light brown instead of olive
drab. When on dress parade they are
armed with Mauser rifles and bayonet
and uniformed in dark blue blouse,
white duck breeches, black leather leg
gins and black shoes. A blue cap with
straight visor completes the uniform.
The officers are designated by their
gold badges and numerous gold lace
stripes on sleeves, according to rank.
They also carry swords.
Police headquarters in Panama City
presents more the appearance of an
army barracks than a police station.
It's entrance is guarded day and night
by an armed sentry, while inside an
armed guard of not less than ten men,
commanded by a sergeant. is constant
~ on duty A daily detail of ten police
men and armed with rifles. commanded
by a lieutenant, is sent to the residence
of the president of the republic, or Pan
ama's White House, where they mount
guard Two of them, with rifles on
shoulder. constantly pace back and
forth before the main entrance.
The chief of police bears the title of
general, and is in command of the en-
tire police force in the country. He
seldom visits the other stations. but
contents himself with looking after the
detail in Panama City. The military
training, however. since the chief is
not appointed for his police or military
knowledge, is in charge of a drill mas
ter. who has the rank of captain. The
tactics used are those once in vogue
in the Spanish army but long since
discarded by it as antiuuated. Military
instruction is given the most promi-
nence, and little or no attention is
paid to adequate teaching of police
duties. of which the average Panaman
policeman knows practically nothing.
AS political machine the national
police of Panama has few equals any
where. They are consistently recruited
from among the friends of those IN
power. Should a new party gain con
troll of the national government an en-
tire new body of police is recruited
those discharged being compelled to
seek elsewhere for a livelihood. On
Evening star., 1915-11-28

Allowed Authority Over Soldiers
Canal Zone-tay Headquarters Military Heights, Balboa
Effort Drugs American Soldiers
Political Machine of the Native Police.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

Electric Massage means
vigor. health, good looks
for all! Eliminates the
cause of disease-keeps
old age at bay. All New
Life" Vibrators are guar
anteed. Prices, $40 up.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

American soldiers as victims. Repre-
sentations have been made to Panama
by the United States looking to the
disarmament of the Panama national
police.
Evening star., 1915-11-28

The Sew Ell" fits any machine
shifts from belt to electric drive or back to
foot power in an instant, without aid of
tools Of any kind. PLACED ON TRIAL
FOR ONE WEEK FREE of charge Price,
$l5-Terms to Suit Your Convenience
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-26
100000 RUSSIANS ARE TAKEN
Berlin Says That Seven Generals Were
Also Captured In East Prussia.

Berlin, via London.-The German of.
ficial statement says that the captures
in the battle of the Mazurian lakes
district of East Prussia have been In.
creased to seven generals and more
than 100000 men. The pieces Of can.
non taken numbered 100.
The statement reads:
''In the eastern theater the pursuit
after the wintsr battle In the Mazu.
rian district has come to an end. Dur
ing the clearing up of operations to
the northwest Of Grodno and in the
battles reported during the last few
days in the Bobr and Maven district,
one commanding general and four 9th.
er generals and approximately 10000
men have been taken prisoners up to
the present. Seventyfive cannon and
some machine guns, the actual number
of which has not yet been ascertained,
and much other war material has been
captured.
"The total booty taken in the winter
battle In the Mazurian district as
result of these additions has been in.
creased to date to seven generals,
more than 1000 men, upward Of $50
cannon and quantities of other mate
rial of all descriptions, the amount OF
which cannot yet be approximately es.
timated.
Cannon of a heavy caliber and am.
munition frequently are buried by the
enemy or sunk in the lakes near Loot
zen and In the Widimer Sea. Eight
cannon of heavy caliber were dug UP
or pulled out Of the water.
''The Tenth Russian army, under
Gen. Baron Sievers, is considered as
having been destroyed.
New battles appear to be develop
ing at Grodno and to the north of
Siechawolas. It is reported that the
battles to the northwest of Osowetz
and Lomza, as well as those at Przas-
nysz, are taking their regular course.
There is no news from Poland t.
the south of the Vistula river"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-26
MEAT CLOGS KIDNEYS
THEN YOUR BACK HURTS
Take a Glass of Salts to Flush Kid.
neys II Bladder Bothers YOU
Drink Lots of Water.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make mistake by flush
ing the kidneys occasionally, says a
well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which excites the kidneys.
they become overworked from the
strain, get sluggish and fail to filter
the waste and poisons from the blood,
then we get sick. Nearly all rheu-
matfsm, headaches. liver trouble, ner-
vousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and
urinary disorders come from sluggish
kidneys.
The moment you feel a dull ache In
the kidneys or your back hurts or II
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full Of
sediment, irregular of passage or at
tended by sensation Of scalding, stop
eating meat and get about four ounces
Of Jad Salts from any pharmacy; take
q tablespoonful in a glass of water
before breakfast and in a few days
your kidneys will act fine. This IA
nous salts Is made from the acid OF
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for
generations to flush and stimulate the
kidneys, also to neutralize the acids
In urine SO it no longer causes irrita-
ton, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
ininra: makes a delightful efferves-
cent Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active and the blood
pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney
complications.-Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-26
BILIOUS, HEADACHY,
SICK 'CASCARETS'
Gently cleanse your liver and
sluggish bowels while
YOU sleep.
Get q 10-cent box.

Sick headache, biliousness. dizzt
ness, coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath-always trace them to torpid
liver: delayed, fermenting food in the
bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged In the In.
testines, instead Of being cast out
Of the system Is re-absorbed into the
blood. When this poison reaches the
delicate brain tissue it causes con-
gestion and that dull. throbbing, sick.
ening headache.
Cascarets Immediately cleanse the
stomach. remove the sour, undigested
food and foul gases, take the excess
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and
poisons in the bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep-a 10.cent box
from your druggist means your head
clear. stomach sweet and your liver
and bowels regular for months. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-26
OWNER EXPECTED TOO MUCH
Borrowing Neighbor Considered He
Had Done His Fair Share In
the Transaction.

A few days ago saw Oh Mcmahon
borrowing Ratchet or other imple-
ment to drive or draw nails at Sher-
mans hardware store, says the To-
ronto (Kan) Republican. And that
brought to mind a borrowing story
of Uncle Oh:
A great number of years ago Her
bert Lockard owned one Of the few
two-section harrows hereabout Uncle
Oh was farming some, and went up to
borrow it. Herbert always would loan
anything he had, but he wanted it
brought home. So he waited a rea-
sonable time for the harrow to be
brought back, and finally, having to
use it. went after 1t. AS he drove along
he began to get rolled over the thought
of going after his own harrow,
and by the time he got 1t loaded
into his wagon was downright mad.
Said he: "Ol, thought you was neigh
Dor enough to bring home what you
borrowed"
Bring it home!" shouted OIL, with
a great show Of indignation; bring 1t
home! Why, heavens to Betsy, man,
went after It! How much do you
expect Of neighbor, anyhow"
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-26
FALLING HAIR MEANS
DANDRUFF IS ACTIVE
Save Your HaIri Get rs Cent Bottle
Of Danderine Right Now--AIso
stons Itching sealp-

Thin, brittle, colorless and scraggy
hair is mute evidence Of a neglected
scalp; of dandruff-that awful scurf.
There is nothing 80 destructive to
the hair as dandruff. 1t robs the hair
Of its luster, its strength and its very
life; eventually producing a feverish-
ness and itching Of the scalp. which
II not remedied causes the hair roots
to shrink, loosen and die-then the
hair falls out fast. A little Danderine
tonight--now--any time-will surely
save your hair.
Get 25 cent bottle of Knowlton's
Danderine from any store. and after
the first application your hair will
take on that life. luster and luxuriancs
which is SO beautiful. 1t win become
wavy and nuffy and have the appear
ance Of abundance: an incompatible
gloss and softness, but what will
please you most will be after Just .
few weeks use, when you will actual
ly see q lot Of fine. downy hair-new
hair-growing ali over the scalp. Adv.
McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1915-02-26
TO CARRY NO WAR SUPPLIES
Germany Advises United States to
Guard Merchant Ships With
War Vessels.

Berlin, via London.-Germany's re.
ply to the protest of the United States
against designation of a naval war zone
about the British isles is couched in
the most friendly terms, but firmly
maintains the position of Germany as
already announced.
The German note recommends that
the United States send warships to
England to convoy merchant vessels
through the danger zone as security
against attack, with the understanding
that vessels thus guarded shall carry
no war supplies.
The note, which has been transmit
ted to Washington through the Amer
lean embassy, explains that Germany's
action was made necessary by Great
Britain's policy of attempting to cut oft
the food supply of the German civil
population by a method never recog-
nized In international law.
Englands course in ordering mer-
chantmen to fly neutral flags, equip
ing them with artillery and ordering
them to destroy submarines, Germany
contends, renders nugatory the right to
attack English shipping. Germany
holds that she cannot abandon that
right under the stress England has
forced upon her.
Germany argues that since she must
compel her enemies to return to the
recognized principles Of international
law and restore the freedom of the
seas, the stand she has taken is neces-
sary. Hope is expressed that the
American government will understand
the position in which Germany has
been placed and appreciate the rea.
sons for her course.
The reply closes with expression OF
the hope that the United States may
prevail upon Great Britain ito return
to the principles Of international law
recognized prior to the outbreak Of the
war" and in particular obtain observ.
ance of the declaration of London. II
this were done, the note explains, Ger
many would be able to import food sup
plies and raw materials. Germany
would recognize In this, says the reply,
an invaluable service toward q more
human conduct Of the war and would
act in accordance with the new situs
ton thus created.