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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-23
TO BUILD UP ]. S. TRADE
WTHLAT|N AMERICA
Federal Commission to Investigate
With View Of Establishing
Reciprocal Relations.

An investigation of the tariff laws
and customs regulations of South and
Central American countries by the fed
|eral trade commission is announced as
Ia step in the governments efforts to
promote reciprocal trade relations be-
tween the United States and Latin
America. The commission. after a
thorough inquiry, will submit to Presi-
dent Wilson recommendations for recip-
!rocal agreements to remove artificial
obstacles to trade.
The trade commission will cooperate
with the international high commits
sion now being organized by Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo in accordance
with recommendations made by the re-
cent pan American conference here.
The United States. Chile. Peru. Panama,
Cuba and Ecuador already have ap-
pointed representatives on the com
mission and it is expected that its or
ganization will be completed in time
for meeting at Buenos Aires Novem-
Der ].
Seeks Cooperation.
The federal trade commission" said
a statement issued by the Treasury
Department, will cooperate with the
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TO STUDY HOSPITALS HERE.
DR.. Seishu Kinoshita Designated by
Japan to Make Tour.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
TOXIC. July 20.-Dr. Seishu Kinos-
hita, professor of gynecology and OBJ
stetrics at the Imperial University, has
been designated by the government to
visit the United States to make an ex-
tensive tour and study of American
hospitals. The visit is viewed by the
Japanese as being of great Importance.
Japan is seeking steadfastly to i'm
prove her hospitals and to advance in
medicine and surgery. She wishes to
learn more of the achievements in the
United States.
A dinner of farewell was arranged by
| DIR. r. b. Teusler, director of st. Luke 4
Hospital, who toasted DR.. kinoshita as
one of the foremost men in the medical
profession. DR.. Ichiki, the minister OF
educa ton, was present and spoke OF the
value of the work of DIR. Teusler and
his associates. The meeting developed
the fact that plans are rapidly progress
ing for the tablishment of the pro-
posed international hospital at Toxic.
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PROPHET MUST STAND TRIAL.
Russian Who Predicted Present War
Deemed an Offender.

PETROGRAD, August GA. Alexan-
drov. a member Of the Russian duma,
published eighteen months before the
war began newspaper article predict
ing war between Russia and Germany.
The deputy based his prediction on the
appointment Of the German officer, Gen.
Liman Won Sanders. as commander of
the Turkish armies.
An illustration of the anomalous posi-
ton Of the Russian press is given in the
fact that NJ AleXandroy will be placed
on trial at the end of the present month
for the publication of the article.
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international high commission. so far
as practicable, to bring about, If pos
sible. uniformity of laws in all Latin
American countries and the United
States with respect to customs regula-
tions, consular invoices. port charges.
etc. Aside from exposing conditions
and barriers which impeded trade re-
lations between the United States and
Central and South America, the COM
mission will give careful considera
ton to the larger question of reci-
procity. which would be a practical
and substantial basis for the enlarge
ment of pan-American relations.
Under the Underwood tariff law, the
statement pointed out, the President
is authorized to negotiate reciprocal
trade agreements to be submitted 10
Congress for ratification.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-23
FOR A CUBAN MILITIA.
Plans Being Made for Creation Of
Second Line of Defense.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.


HAVANA. Cuba, August 14-Tenta-
tive plans are in process of formation
by Col. Jose Marti. chief of the general
staff of the Cuban army, for the Great
ton of n national militia as a second
line of defense in the event of war.
All Cuban citizens of military age, of
good repute and capable of passing the
regular medical examination are elici-
Bile for enlistment, and the oreantza-
ton. equipment and arming of the force
Will be uniform with the regular army
Officers and men will be required to at
tend drills twice week, and their arms
viii be kept in the barracks of the reg
ulars, to he issued only for drills or
when the militia is called into actiN =
service. No estimate has been made as
to the probable strength of the force
that can be raised. No Limitation is
placed on the enlistment. and ii is be
lieved that the service will prove very
popular in Havana and the other prin-
cipaf cities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-23
Fiftieth Anniversary for Two.

No celebration was held to mark the
fiftieth anniversary of the ordination
to priesthood of Rev. J. h. Becker at
Georgetown University yesterday. ow-
ing to a wish expressed by him that
the event should not be formally oh
served. Yesterday also marked the
golden jubilee OF Rev. Henry J. Shan
dele, librarian of the university, as !.
member of the Society of Jesus, but no
formal observation of his anniversary
was noted either, Father Shandelle
being out of the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-23

The feat accomplished yesterday was
the second time King car proved one
of the important factors. In 1918 a
car of the same make made the trip
from Washington to the camp at Har-
pers Ferry. w. Va, in record breaking
time. beating the railroad in that in
stance also. In 1911 The Sunday Star
was the first paper in camp at Fred
erick. duplicating the performance the
following year. In 1914 the encamp-
ment was held at Virginia Beach, Va,
where the papers were sent direct to
camp by train.
The itinerary of the run was as
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making enforceable the laws now on
the statute books, through the crea-
tion of administrative machinery that
will be entirely removed from political
influences.
On the question of boycotts and dam
age suits. the report Endorses the pro-
visions of the Clayton act, but. in view
of the doubtful constitutionality Of
that measure. it recommends the aPpli-
cation of the British trades dispute at.
Equal Rights fer Labor.
The report holds that as employers
now have practical immunity from
punishment for maintaining black
lists. labor should have the right to in
stitute boycotts. either primary or Sec
ondary, without being liable to prose-
cution.
To provide funds for the maintenance
of the industrial commit ssion and fur
ther social welfare, without increasing
taxation of the people, the report rec
ommends an inheritance tax on large
fortunes.
The rate of the inheritance tax is
graduated from ! per cent on the. eX-
cess of $4,000 fortunes left to direct
heirs. to Is per cent on fortunes over
$1,000 The tax on estates going to
distant heirs is greater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-23
THREE-CUsHION BILLIARDS.
Third Annual Tourney Starts Next
Month With Twenty-Five Players.

CHICAGO. August 23.-The third an
nual tournament of the Interstate
Three cushion Billiard League will
open September 20 with a schedule of
500 games, it was announced today.
Twenty-Five players. representing four
cities. viii play for thirty weeks.
George Slosson, the veteran balk-line
player, will be one of the contestants.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-23
BET 5000 AGAINST CARROT.
Henry Steel Laid That Wager With
Late King Edward.

Correspondence of the Assoca ted Press.
SHEFFIELD. England, August .
Henry Steel. head of the great English
steel firm of Steel, Peech & Tozer. who
has just died at his home here. was per-
haps best known outside trade circles
as the man who laid King Edward, then
Prince of Wales, 5000 to a carrot
against horse at the Epson races. The
prince lost and paid with carrot formed
of coral mounted in gold.
Mr.. Steel and his partner. Mr.. Peech
formed the greatest firm of bookmakers
on the English turf fifty years ago. The
fortune which they made on the race
track enabled them TO enter the iron and
steel industry pioneers in 1875. Mr..
Steel died at the age of eighty-three
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-23
Papers on Sale at Col O'Clock.

Although there was terrific gale
blowing at the time, the boat plunged
through the heavy surf, and at 5:3'
o'clock tied up at the dock at Colonial
Beach. Here the papers were once
more unloaded and placed on hand
freight truck and pushed to camp,
which was reached at 5:44 clock, ex-
actly three hours and twenty-four
minutes from the time they came off
the presses in Washington. At Sol
o'clock the first papers were placed on
sale on the boardwalk at the beach.
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Indians to Get Timber Land.

ASHLAND, Wis, August 23.-Pine
timber valued at $4,000 on the Bad
river reservation near Ashland will be
distributed among SAT Indians. many
of whom are children, according to Of
fetal notice received by the Indians
from the Secretary of The Interior to-
day. In addition to the timber each
Indian will have title to the land on
which the timber stands, averaging
about eighty acres for each person.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-23
Bad Road Encountered.

Swinging around through the CEN
ter of the turn, the new gravel high
way south of La Plata was followed
to Cox station, five miles distant. The
highway continues on to Lothian, and
this fine stretch of roadway was fol-
lowed until the fork was reached in
the direction of Popes creek. Leaving
the smooth roadway behind, the re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-08-23
Cholera Reported Near Berlin.

AMSTERDAM, via London, August 90
The Berlin Vossische Zeituns states
that the bathing places on the rivers
near Berlin have been closed by the
police, owing to several cases of cholera
among ship workers in Brandenburg
province.
The first thing a man does in trying
to cut down household expenses is to
fuss with his Wife.
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Wholesale Arrests Cited.

THE system of wholesale arrests dur
ing industrial disturbances for acts
which. committed under ordinary con-
ditions and when no industrial dis
turbances prevailed. would not consti-
tUte ground for arrest. is one of the
significant Indications of the use of
governmental agencies. not as a pre-
server of peace. but a purely eco
nornic weapon.
The intrusion of what has been APPLY
described az invisible government into
all the channels Of life. the educational
system-pr:mary. secondary and high
tr-the church. the press. the 1egisla-
tive branch and the judicial system.
and the recognized potency of its mere
rriciors efforts contributes its elements
to the whole.
Tracing the history Of every van
ished civilization makes apparent the
fact that in ever instance decadence
was preceded by urban congestion and
by immense land holdings by the arts
tocrat or the ca pitaiist.
LAS to the remedy for these evils. an
income and inheritaDce tax that would
be. aboVe a certain figure, absolutely
confiscstory. would make impossible.
first, the creation, and. second. the
transmission of the dominating accu-
mutation of wealth in the hands of any
individual. group or family. When the
unlimited power Of reward or pur-
chase had ceased to exist che subcon-
scious tendency of legislatures and of
those who interpret and administer the
law to be subservient to property in
terests would. of necessity; disappear
Distrust of Governments.
The greatest cause of industrial un-
rest is the breakdown in the admins
tration of labor laws and the distrust
o. our municipal. state and national
bc nf l.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
DISPUTE ORIGIN OF PHRASE
Words Used With Such Effect by Lin.
coin Have Been Ascribed to
Many Orators.

From time TO time discussion arises
in the newspapers over the origin OF
the most famous phrase in Lincoln's
Gettysburg address: Government OF
the people, by the people, and for the
people" The words were not struck
out by Mr.. Lincoln on a purely orig
inal impulse; the thought had been in
the minds and on the lips OF lovers
OF liberty and democracy for years
In 1850, Theodore Parker, address
ing an antislavery convention at Bos-
ton. spoke OF the American idea as "a
government of all the people. by all
the people, for all the people" Twen-
ty years before in the course OF the
reply to Hayne, Daniel Webster voiced
the same thought. THE peoples gov
eminent. made for the people, made
by the people, and ansverable to the
people," is the form in which he left
the thought.
Still earlier, IS a Companion reader
points out, the germ Of the historic
phrase can be found in William Wirt's
Life OF Patrick Henry" published In
1918. In describing the political tenets
OF the Republican party, OF which JEFF.
ferson became the leader, he said:
"They declared themselves firm
advocates of a government OF the peo-
Pile, by the people considered
man as the only title OF nobility which
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smudge, and, somewhat relieved at
least from the attack of the bugs"
would eat our sandwiches in a bath
of smoke.
Bathing Under Difficulty.
The matter of baths was difficult.
Often in the evening we would pad
die out to bar in the middle of the
stream, build smudge of drift, and
take a hurried plunge in the icy Ia
mana waters. We would be nearly eat
en- alive by the persistent little bugs"
before we could get back into our
clothes and to camp. One mans meth
cd of taking bath was ingenious. He
would drag the camp washtub, filled
with hot water, into the Office tent,
carefully kill of all the insects inside,
and take his bath with the utmost
luxury.
We were fortunate in not having to
depend upon pack trains for our trans
portation. All our work being near
the river, we were able to do our NOV
ing with boats.
In the actual field work we made
great progress, unless in heavy spruce
timber, where our speed depended up
on the axmen. In the swamps-and
there was swamp wherever there was
no spruce-we were forced to wade
for miles in water to our waists or
higher. There were occasions, too,
when series of streams and lakes
had to be crossed by swimming and
by RATS. In this swamp work we were
able to practice that beautiful athletic
and modern dance, the "niggerhead
tango" Niggerheads are tufts OF
coarse grass that grow in several feet
of muck. When traversing a niger
head swamp one must step quickly
from niggerhend to niggerhead on else
drop between. and as they are worry
Unstable a peculiar step is evolved.
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begin, the time of year when the de.
ficiency occurs and from an agricul.
tural standpoint the texture of the
soil and other physical conditions also
have a bearing.
Professor Henry, in his "Climatol-
ogy of the United States" notes that
the greatest drought this country
has ever experienced in the last hun.
dred years, both as to intensity and
extent of territory covered, extended
over the middle Mississippi and Mis-.
souri, valleys, the lake region and At
lantic coast districts from early sum-
Der of 1894 until about the first OF
August, 1895, the precipitation def
cheney being about ten inches. Since
then there has been no real serious
drought in Michigan.
Sunshine.
The sunshine annually will average
somewhat over so per cent of the pos
sible amount. the percentage being
much higher during the period extend
ing from May until the middle of Oc-
tober than during the winter months
During December. January and Febru-
airy it sometimes falls as low as 20
per cent of the possible amount, while
during June, July, August and Sep
TENDER it exceeds so and sometimes
7O per cent of the possible amount.
AS a rule July is the sunniest month
and December is the cloudiest.
Winds.
The prevailing winds for the great
er part of the year are from the west
and the average hourly velocity
ranges from 12h miles per hour in
March and April to a minimum Of
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had passed over it. Running aft, we
saw the bear bob up unframed, and,
after shaking himself like a dog, swim
serenely on his way.
We arrived at Fairbanks on the af-
ternoon of June Is. Fairbanks, thriv-
ing town, is the market place and dis
tributing point for a placer distri t
that turns out from $4,000, 900 to $4,-
100000 annually. Then, too, 1t is the
agricultural center of the Tanana val
ley region, where, despite the general
idea to the contrary, large crops are
grown of potatoes and other root prod
ucts. besides a great deal Of barley
and oats.
The country along the Tanana river
has a weird sort of monotony. On the
south side the country is one vast fiat,
mostly tundra, swamp. In this lati-
tude the ground seldom thaws beyond
a few feet in depth; consequently
there is little or no subdrainage. This
is the swamp country through which
our portion of the preliminary line
ran.
A great deal has been written OF the
Alaska mosquito, but nowhere have
seen accounts of the little insects ex-
aggerated. During the period from
May to August 1t was necessary that
one wear constantly head net that
dropped from a stiff-brimmed hat to
bottom taken in and securely tied
around the chest. To protect ones
hands one had to wear heavy canvas
gGuntlets, which were tied tightly
about the wrists. The little pests
would sting right through an ordinary
cotton shirt, so l found it necessary
to wear an additional flannel shirt. At
lunch ION line" we would build a
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
POWDER MILLS AT
TWO TOWNS BLOWN
AMERICAN AND DUPONT COM.
PANlEs ARE VICTIMS OF
EXPLOSIONS.
TWO MEN LOSE THEIR LIVES
Work On War Orders Will BE Held
Up For Several Weeks-Detona-
ton is Heard For Many
Miles.

Acton. Mass.-With a shock that
was felt within a radius OF 40 miles,
the glazing mill of the American Pow.
der company, which. since the
outbreak of the American Powder
company, which, since the outbreak
of the European war, has been work
ing to its capacity. blew up early SUM-
day.
The actual money loss to the COM
pany was not heavy. but it was stated
that work on large orders probably
would be held up for several weeks.
Property owners in the surrounding
towns, particularly in Maynard, were
heavy losers because of the shattered
windows.
Armed guards have been stationed
about the works for several weeks.
but the mills are widely separated in
an isolated part of the town and tho
dense woods and shrubbery in the vi
entity offer easy concealment for any
one wishing to avoid discovery.
The defamation was unusually
heavy. The shock was felt distinctly
as far north as Manchester, n. H.,
about 40 miles distant.
Two Dupont Mills Blown.
Wilmington, Del.-With terrific re-,
ports heard for miles two black pow,
der mills of the Dupont Powder COM
pany at the Upper Hagley yards,
naar this citv On RraDdvwina prae1y
exploded at $3.50 o'clock Sunday morn.
ing. Lawrence Cunningham, aged 46
years. married, OF Henry Clay, a SUI.
burb, and John Gillespie, aged So
years, of Hazleton, Pa, unmarried
were instantly killed.
The cause of the explosion has not
been determined. Several hundred
pounds Of powder OF a powerful brand
were stored in each mill. The first to
explode was fuse plant which caused
the explosion of the second mill near
by. The two victims were employed
In the fuse mill.
Both mills were destroyed, being
swept clean OF their foundations. The
force OF the explosion hurled pieces
of machinery, shafting and large
stones for a great distance in every
direction. Trees were uprooted or
twisted as though a tornado had
struck them. Houses shook in all
parts of this city, four miles away
while the property damage near the
mills was considerable.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02
Friend of the farmer.

The department Of agriculture critt
cally examined ghe ptmachs OF 292
blue jays collected throughout the
year in % states and Canada. The
test conclusively p-ovoI The jay birds
case as a friend II the farmer. Over
rs per cent OF the food consisted of
vegetable matter and 25 per cent OF
animal matter, mostly injurious in
sects, mice, etc. The remains OF birds
were found in only two Of the 292
stomachs and the shells of small birds
eggs in but three. During the grow
ing season the Jays devour an enor.
nous number of harmful beetles and
other insects. In August, grasshop-
pers, locusts and cricbets formed near.
ly 20 per cent OF tbs contents of the
stomachs examined. Caterpillars are
also eaten in largo Eumbers. or the
grains, corn is eaton to some extent,
but the Jay much prefers acorns and
other forest produces. Only in few
cases was It found that cultivated
fruits were eaten.
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ersing a great deep and green river,
and the echoes from the screw were
thrown back from both shores. The
shores were precipitous walls, spruce
clad and fitting down fromsnow-capped
SUBMITS. Little waterfalls trickled
down every slope.
We touched at Ketchikan and
Wrangel, and at Juneau spent part
of a very pleasant afternoon. Skag-
way, the breathing place for many 81
and '9S pioneers who crossed the Chill
coot and White passes, and which lies
at the extreme end of Lynn canal,
narrow channel with many small
glaciers on its shores, is almost de-
serted.
Leaving Skagway on the world-fa-
nous White Pass and Yukon railroad,
the train started the heavy climb al.
most Immediately. There were places
on the climb, where looking down an
enormous depth, we could see the tum-
bling Skagway river, like an uneasy
streak of molten silver, and then, look
ing up, met only the overhang of a
granite cliff, with the glare OF snow
covered peaks across the canyon. We
shortly tipped the summit and rushed
through White pass, Bennett, Caribou,
down into White Horse in the ghost
ly midnight of an Arctic day.
Down the Yukon. 3"
II was a. m. when we tumbled into
our hunks aboard the river steamer
Yukon, and we were we'll across Lake
La Barge before | awoke. Several
little incidents occurred to break the
tedium. We heard one morning an out.
cry on the forward deck. Leaving
our bridge game, we rushed out to dis
cover huge black bear swimming not
far ahead. With the helm shifted a
little the steamer bore down directly
urca 10 swimmer and in q moment
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1915-09-02

clock at the foot OF the bed. close to
my feet, but in such a way that the
clock mechanism would not be inter
fered with. The plan worked to per-
lection, for promptly at FIVE o'clock in
the mornings, through my sensitive
feet, felt the loud and intense vi
brations of the alarm bell. would
then wake up my husband. He always
marveled at my ability to feel the
sound vibrations of the alarm clock.
which he himself could not feel dr..
ing sleep. This is accounted for by the
fact that he was not a nervous per.