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Evening star., 1915-06-02

There is something very stirring
about the chase. There is some
thing loud and thrilling about the re-
port of gun There is something
ministering to feeling of triumph
in gazing on the body of the quarry
stretched on the ground.
Bird nests are a new proposition,
although when lad Mr. Roosevelt
must have climbed trees to see how
the birds were coming on in their
homes. And there may come to him
at Pass Christian memories-all of
them happy. let us hope-of early
days and such visits. and soften his
heart toward everything and every
body. including the bosses.
Still. how will it be possible for
Mr.. Roosevelt to give his whole
time to the birds while the guest of
the most prominent bull mooser in
the south. and one of his most faith
full and enthusiastic political follow
ers? Col. Parker. at one time a
democrat. left his party largely
through admiration for Mr. Roose-
welt. and since then has been a
Roosevelt man. through and through.
He has the means to indulge in poll
tics, even on the minority side. and
the courage to take a side which at
the time holds out no hope of re-
ward.
1t is inconceivable. then. that Col.
Parker and his distinguished guest
should sit through the long twilights
OF these southern evenings without
exchanging views about politics
without going into the committee of
the whole on the state of the Union.
They will obey. We may all be sure.
the laws of their being. and talk
about what most concerns both. Next
year approaches. A President is to
be elected. There are men in the
south. as elsewhere. who would be
glad to see Mr.. Roosevelt returned
to the White House Col. Parker
is of the number. Has he any in
formation ready to be impaired to
Mr.. Roosevelt for the good of the
order?
Evening star., 1915-06-02
No Extra Session.

The Presidents intervention has
checked all present talk of an extra
session of Congress for the purpose
of pressing to an issue the question
of cloture in the Senate. This is not
the time, he urges. for meeting of
the houses, when there is no imme-
diate emergency. and when the pres
ence of the lawmakers in Washing
ton might seriously embarrass the
government through the emission of
heated oratory. Cloture would GER
tainly be poor topic for an extra
session. The immediate occasion
calls for no curtailment OF the right
of debate in the upper house. If the
supreme emergency arises and the
country is brought TO the point of
possible conflict with a foreign power
the lack Of cloture in the Senate will
not be an obstacle to appropriate and
prompt action.
Evening star., 1915-06-02

building beyond the normal street
line, east and west traffic proceeds
under difficulties and at almost all
hours it is necessary to proceed cau
tiously at this junction. Thus if an
additional noise maker is necessary
anywhere in Washington to clear the
way for the fire apparatus, the cor
ner OF 9th and F is surely most suit
able for the test.
Collisions between vehicles and fire
apparatus are not frequent here, ow-
ing to the width of the streets and
the comparative lightness of traffic.
The new motor apparatus advertises
its approach SO vociferously that
there is no reason why everybody in
the street at the time should not
have ample warning. Some private
vehicles, however. have adopted
horns similar to those used by the
fire apparatus, and confusion is
thereby caused occasionally. 1t
would be we'll for the Commissioners
to prohibit the private use of any
warning signal which resembles that
employed on the fire motors, SO that
there can be no possible mistake
when an engine. truck or hose wagon
is within range.
Evening star., 1915-06-02
Rounding Up the Race Gamblers.

Yesterdays raids on the handbook
makers and their patrons prove that
this wretched form of gambling can
be detected and brought to book.
despite all the subterfuges and tricks
and concealing devices that may be
employed. The Department of Jus
tice has struck at this evil several
times of late. and the latest raid
should effectively serve to disoour-
age the promoters of the horse race
betting game. 1t is. perhaps. impos-
sible to put fear sufficiently into the
heart of the inveterate gambler to
keep him from seeking means of
stalking his money, on no matter what
desperate chance. for the sake of
possible winning. But the law is
strict enough in its penalties to make
it extremely dangerous for those who
pander to the tendency of certain
part of the people to play for some
thing for nothing" The arrests
made yesterday were on warrants
which charge offenses for which
there is but one punishment, on con-
viction. namely, imprisonment. The
Department of Justice should inves-
tigate the manner in which the race
reports and the bets are transmitted.
1t is certainly to the point in pur-
suing an illegal traffic of this char
acter to determine whether the car
rier of information is acting in com
pliance with the strict terms and the
spirit OF the law
Evening star., 1915-06-02
American Capital.

Harrying capital is not likely to
mark the first session of the sixty
fourth Congress, and it may be that
the country has seen the last of that
sort OF thing for some time.
There is reason. In fact, there
are several reasons. In the tirst
place. the work in mind for the coun-
try is OF such an ambitious char
aotcr. capital in quantities will be re-
quired to prosecute it. The revival of
our sea-carrying industry is large
undertaking. Increasing our foreign
trade is a task for commercial giants.
Reviving business at home after a
depression of several years will not
be easily accomplished. Turn in any
direction and for any purpose, and
we shall find need for money in large
sums if our hopes are to be real
ized.
In the second place. in every field
where we meet the foreigner COM
peting we shall encounter him we'll
"heeled." Home capital in large
sums will be behind him. Whether
he be English. German. French. Rus
sian. or Japanese, he will represent
capital in large sums in association
for large ends After the war, the
nations now engaged in the war will
have task far more difficult than
our own in the matter of resuming
activities after a long season of de-
preston and waste There will be
no marrying of capital in Europe or
Japan.
This is not to say that an era OF
trusts. by trusts. for trusts is open
ing. Many of the complaints
against the trusts were we'll founded.
Many OF the steps taken to regulate
trusts were we'll taken. and some
have resulted in much good. There
was a trust evil calling for correc-
tion. and many trust abuses have
been stopped. There should be no
loosening OF the legitimate grip the
authorities have established on COM
utlCHC(hCu "
monopoly injurious to the general
welfare.
But. as has often happened. the
crusade in some OF its phases was
carried to an extreme. For time
q reign of terror existed. Business
men of all grades and degrees be-
came confused, not only as to what
had been done by Congress, but what
seemed on the cards to follow. And
in some cases confusion caused
paralysis. Not knowing what they
could do with safety. capitalists held
their hands and did nothing.
Capital wants to get busy. and
should be encouraged to enter the
game again, not altogether on its
own terms, but on terms warrantinp
profit to itself and benefit to the
country.
Evening star., 1915-06-02
Fire Apparatus Signals.

The FIRE apparatus now makes so
much noise in coursing through the
streets of Washington in responding
to alarms that there is no excuse for
any obstruction of traf'c to the free
passage of these vehicles. yet the
Commissioners are about to try an
experiment with q FIRE horn at the
corner Of 9th and F streets to de-
termine the further value of an auxil-
iary sounder of alarms. The corner
chosen for this experiment Is the
most congested in the city. Owing
to the crook in F street caused by
the obtrusion of the patent Office
Evening star., 1915-06-02
No Jingoism!

Speaker Clark. in terse and pic
turesque manner. deprecates the
lingo" talk that is heard in some
quarters at this delicate juncture of
international affairs. He would
pitch into the European trenches
every man who is making an outcry
for war with Germany over the
Lusitania case. That is an effective
remedy for the irresponsible advo-
cacy of conflict. As rule the men
who are most clamorous for hostili-
ties are the slowest to respond to
the call when the country needs help
to maintain its position in the field
There is no occasion now to talk
about war with Germany. Such
thing is in the present situation un-
thinkable Even if the relations be-
tween the two countries strained to
the point of breach of diplomatic
intercourse there would be no war
Neither side could deliver against
the other a stroke of force But
this fact does not excuse fervid
clamors for action by the United
States that in normal conditions
would probably lead to an actual con-
fict. The present question at issue
between Washington and Berlin must
be worked out in spirit of reason,
regardless of the hot temper of the
people who are inflamed by sense
of wrong. The President can be re-
lied upon to treat the case judicially,
unmoved by the jingo spirit that
Speaker Clark so sharply and prop
er1y rebukes.
Evening star., 1915-06-02
The Fierce Conjunction.

A simple proposition may
Be handled in a devious way,
Which serves the human mind to vex
BY making 1t appear complex
The words that are direct and strong
Are dovetailed into phrases long,
And through each statement there
expands
A host of "ifs" and butts" and
"ands."
At first a question seems so clear
That a solution must be near.
The words that lengthily extend
It isn't hard to comprehend.
The longer parts of speech are plain,
Though they are quoted oft in vain ;
But wise is he who understands
The various "ifs" and butts" and
"ands."
Evening star., 1915-06-02

The Evening Star. with the Sunday
morning edition. is delivered by carriers
within the city at As cents per month:
daily only - cents per month. Sunday
only % cents per month. Orders NAV he
sent by mail or telephone Main o44o
Collection is made by carrier at the END
of each month
Evening star., 1915-06-02

For the present Col. Roosevelt has
nothing further to say with reference
TO the military status. Once the colo
ned expresses himself, he leaves very
little necessity for further elucidation
OF his opinions on any subject.
Evening star., 1915-06-02
Cumulative Injury.

"Do seventeen-year locusts arrive
every seventeen years?"
They come offener'n that" said
Farmer Corntossel
Then how do they get their
name?" ~.
Il s'pose mebbe its because when
they come around 1t takes a place
seventeen years to get over it."
Evening star., 1915-06-02

The submarine challenges the
safety of everything in sight, even
while its own right to exist is in
question.
Evening star., 1915-06-02

China's enormous population may
require some time to enable it to be-
come unanimous in approving of the
supervision Japan has undertaken.
Evening star., 1915-06-02

The pan-American conference has
established an acquaintanceship with
good feeling which should represent
an important step toward close trade
relations.
Evening star., 1915-06-02

The diplomatic correspondence SO
far al least conveys the assurance
that the matter has not escaped Ger
many's attention.
Evening star., 1915-06-02

If the Lusitania was fighting ship,
as is now asserted. it cannot be
claimed that she made much of a
showing in actual conflict.
Evening star., 1915-06-02

The man who comes forward now
with the statement that he is pro-
gressive will be entitled to recogni-
tion as something of standpatter.
Evening star., 1915-06-02

The republican party, far from be-
ing worried about what we shall do
with our ex-Presidents, frankly pro-
poses to add another to the list.
Evening star., 1915-06-02

7, must be admitted that the Ger
man government is more tactful in
outlining its position than DR.. Dern-
burg was ...-..
Evening star., 1915-06-02
Relative Values,

The toiler plods along the road.
The cynic halts and snickers.
One man who helps to pull the loat
Is worth a thousand kickers.
Evening star., 1915-06-02

Having gone to war, Gabriel dan
nunzio will see real horrors instead
of depending on his imagination.
Evening star., 1915-06-02

None of the Mexican generals ap-
proves of charity from this country
They are not among those who
need it.
Evening star., 1915-06-02
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Intensity Of Language.

What kind of motor car did Mr.
Chuggins buy?"
I'm not sure"
Haven't you heard him de-
scribe it,"
Several times. But don't be-
lieve it can be as bad as all that"
Evening star., 1915-06-02
Pride Injured.

From the st. Louis Globs Democrat.
The colonel does not mind those
fractured ribs 30 much a. he does his
shattered reputation a. . rough rider.
Evening star., 1915-06-02
ALL Armedi
From tho New York Tribune.

Probably those ferocious Belgian
civilians, men. women and children. re-
ferred to in the German White Book
were as completely armed as the Lusi
tania.
Evening star., 1915-06-02

rav,hIs in advance-hy mall pcstar. prepaid:
naiIv Siniav included. month. 80 cents
Daily Sunday eycepted. one month. - cents
Saturday Star. 81 year: Sunday Star. y 40 year.
Evening star., 1915-06-02

The straw hat season came in and
went out with unprecedented rapid
ity.
Evening star., 1915-06-02

The air raid, though a terror to
civilians. has not gone far toward
incapacitating armies.
Evening star., 1915-06-02
Hog Contest.
lIxankAe Iournal.

Bfom the MtIW1ukee J00f06I.
Why doesn't some. ingenious little pro-
moter stage a heavyweight hog champion
ship contest between the man who won't t
move UP on the street car and the auto
driver who thinks pedestrians shouldn't
cross the street?
Evening star., 1915-06-02

Some of the horrors of war are too
great to be concealed even by cen
sorship.
Evening star., 1915-06-02

Switzerland has become a place OF
refuge instead of summer resort.
Evening star., 1915-06-02
The Evening Star Newspaper Company

Business Office. nth ST and Pennsylvania
Avenue.
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England
Evening star., 1915-06-02
Doubtful Benefits.

IF you will allow us to take you
in hand" said the greatly advanced
nation, I'VE will civi1ize you in very
few years"
Yes" replied the primitive man ,
but how do | know that myself and
family will be among the survivors
Sometimes" said Uncle Eben, "a
man gifts de reputation of bein' ter
rible industrious when he's only
hdRety."
Evening star., 1915-06-02

Mems 35c Fiber Silk Half
Hose. in black. white and
colors: made with
reinforced seam ~
less feet. Sale Z0C
price
Evening star., 1915-06-02

Mems $1.00 Hand EN- =
broidered Crepe Four-in-
hands, in dark, Palm Beach
and white grounds. with
hand embroidered figures.
Very elegant and smart.
The white grounds EE
are guaran t e d 0oC
washable. Choice.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-23

Dodd and our Nell are all but en-
gagged Going to disturb their hap
piness?'
Yes, ami" fairly roared Post. III
SO much as hear Of my daughter en-
couraging the son of an enemy, I'll
lock her up in hunnery!"
Mrs. Post sighed and turned away.
When she got home she had good
crying spell. She knew her husband
was in the wrong, and lamented the
fact and feared for the outcome. A
neighborly row, she realized, was
thing to be dreaded where a man Of
the set ideas of her arbitrary husband
was concerned.
Mrs. Post was superstitious, She
had imbibed all current old-country
lore regarding signs and tokens from
her father and mother, and always
had q trite and hackneyed saying OF
a past generation to fit the case OF
the moment To kill a purple moth
was worse in her estimation than
walking under ladder, or seeing
white horse driven by girl with au-
burn hair on a Friday.
Her husband was too wrathy to
pay more than passing attention to
the killing of an insect.
Accidental. anyhow" he quieted a
certain respect for the predictions OF
his wife by muttering There's no
usei DocG has been setting down on
me hard since he got comfortably
xed in money way, and I'm not go
ing to stand his high and mighty
ride There's the warning. ! pity
thoee vino don't heed II
But Posts work was worse than his
bite. His spell of jealousy and re-
sentiment might have passed by, only
the very next day in the choice of Sc
lectmen for the township his neigh
Dor. Dodd, was chosen and he was re-
tired. II was clearly explained to
him that this was done to give the
north district of the township a fair
representation, but Post would not
have il that way.
"Underhand workman, sneaking
tactics somewhere" he insisted on
believing
Herewith he no longer spoke to
Dodd when ne met him, and forbade
Nell TO keep company with that
young sprig OF smartness, Bob Dodd.
Once started on career bolstered
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-23
HEART OF ANCIENT EMPIRE
Fertile Highland Valleys That Lie Be-
tween Two Towering Mountain
Ranges.

To the east tower the White Cordil-
lera. beyond which mOlder the MAS
matte jungles of the Montana; to the
west rise the snowy attitudes we have
just traversed, writes Ernest Peixotto,
in describing The Land of the Incas,"
in Scribner's. Between these two
ranges lie a succession of highland
valleys some 10000 to $4,000 feet
above the sea, each separated from
the other by nudos, or knots, of lesser
traverse chains of mountains.
These valleys in our ATTITUDES would
be covered with eternal snow. Here
under the tropics they blossom with
all the products of the temperate zone,
enjoying q cool, invigorating climate
and supporting large population of
Indians.
They constituted the heart of the an
cient empire OF the lncas, that amaz-
ing despotism that stunned the Span
ish cOnquerors with the wisdom of it's
institutions. the splendor and the size
OF its buildings, the rich produce of its
fields, and, above all, with the wealth
of its mines OF gold and silver and its
amassed riches of centuries. When the
Spaniard came, Huayna Capac had al
ready extended his dominions as far
north as Quito and as far south as the
land of the Araucanian Indians OF
Chile. Even most of the savage tribes
OF the Montana owed him allegiance,
and only the Pacific bounded his ter
ritories to the westward. The center
OF his empire lay in these high pla-
teaus Of the Andes-the fair and fer
tile valleys Of Huaylas and vilcanota,
the bare and bleak plains of Cerro de
PascO and Titicaca's basin.
We were now entering the ]; II
named. the most southern OF the four
and were then to turn northward to
visit the Inca capital. Cuzco, the navel
of the kingdom, as its name signifies.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-23
SIGNS AND OMENs
BY isADoRE eENshINcHAM.

Nov you've done it, Abner!" ex-
claimed Mrs. Post
Done what?" demanded her hus-
band Grossly, giving the hammer in
his hand last vicious bang across q
nail head.
KILLED purple moth-see, with the
head Of the hammer. and it's q bad
sign"
Sign, nothing!" growled Abner, but
wrathfully. The only sign I'm inter
ested In at the present time is the
sign I'm mailing up right here and
now. and it says No Trespassins.'
and the first one who questions II
gets dose Of salt and pepper"
you think you're quite right, Alb
ner?' insinuated Mrs. Post gently.
Il know I'm right" stormed back
her better half. See here, Maria, no
milk-and.water sentiment! This creek
was on my land when I bought it.
wasn't it,"
yes, Abner. but it's crooked and
cut in on the other side so that neigh
Dor Dodd has near a third Of It,"
Let him keep it; let him keep it!
that's all right" shouted Abner. I've
no objection, but when he sets his
visitors to fishing all over it, and his
cows wading in to muddy it, and in.
trudes on my land, let him look out.
I'm going to stake it of and set up a
barb-wire fence. Then let him and
his crowd enjoy the two or three feet
of shallow water to their hearts con-
tent"
Il think you're wrong, Abner" pro-
tested Mrs Post seriously 1T didn't
used to be this way. but all neighbor-
ly and pleasant. l do hope because
Mr. Dodd crowed over you bit when
you insisted about there being no
likelihood of a war, and it came, that
you won't harbor up wicked griev-
ance"
Never mind about that snapped
her husband "Dodd can't lord it over
me. The sign goes up, and the fence
later"
And what about the young peo-
ple?' voiced Mrs. Post. gravely. Bob
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-23
AN OLD RUSSIAN CHURCH
Relics Still Exist at Fort
Ross, Cal.

At Fort Ross. Cal, some fifty miles
north of San Francisco. there are the
very interesting remains Of what was
once a church of the holy orthodox re-
ligion-as the members of the eastern
or Greek church call their faith, says
the Youths Companion. It was in
1909 that an expedition of the Rus
sian American Fur company came
south from Sitka, and made settle
ment at Bodega bay. which they
called Port Rumiantsof. Two years
later they chose a position for their
main post about twenty miles farther
north. little beyond the Russian
river, which they called the Slavianka.
At this point, which they named Ros
or Rus, they built a fort with watch
towers and mounted 40 cannon.
The settlement was ostensibly only
q peaceful trading post and a center
for sealing operations. There was no
reason, however. in the character Of
the Indian inhabitants of the region,
for post of such strength to hold the
territory as Russian colony and, by
gradual settlement farther SOUTH to
offer an effective challenge to the
claims of Spain to the coast region
north of San francisco.
The fort was built OF heavy redwood
timbers 1t was about 100 yards
square and contained the quarters
of the officers and men, work
shops, warehouses. granaries. a wind
mill, and, of course, bath houses The
population varied between 200 and
400, inclusive of some Aleuts who
we're employed in the sealing and sea
otter industry. The fur business grew
to be large and very profitable. Sir
George Simpson, the governor of the
Hudson Bay company. who visited
Fort Ross in 1s41, reported that up
to that time no less than $4,000 sea
otter skins alone had been taken and
marketed by the Russian-American
company. In 1918 the Russians built
a church, and there the gorgeous rit-
ual of the Greek Catholic church was
conducted until the close of the Rus
sian occupation.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-09-23
THE LOST BABY
BY MARY p. MUNsoN.

Nora Mulcahy bent over the little
bundle In the hallway. A faint cry
issued from among the masses Of fine
linen and wool. 1t was an abandoned
infant.
Nora's husband John had Just left
for the factory. Nora glanced timidly
about her. Then, with resolution, she
gathered the bundle into her arms
and sped up the stairs with 1t to the
little four-room nat at the top of the
tenement. A few moments later she
was grooming over the little girl -
she rocked her in her arms.
The Mulcahys had been married five
years and had had no children. John
was the kindest and most considerate
Of husbands, and this was the only
cloud upon their married life. But
often Nora wept secretly over the
home Of two, and in imagination felt
the little fingers Of the unborn pulling
at her gown.
That day she went about her work
happier than she had been for months.
When John came home she whispered
to him mysteriously, her finger upon
her lips.
What" cried her husband.
shes q little darling" said Nora.
"Oh, John, say that we can keep her. u
Let me look at her." said the hus-
band, and, entering the bedroom he
bent over the crib, which had been
improvised out of a large packing
case.
Mora, girl" he said, this child isn't
for the likes of us. It's rich WON.
ans child. Nora, it's"-his voice
dropped-"it's the Van Nest baby.
You know, the one that was kidnapped
last week and everybody's making
such hullabaloo about. Look at the
letter."
He turned the corner of the linen
garment, and Nora saw the letter N
upon it.
They went back into the living room
and argued the matter pro and con,
Nora in tears, pleading that the child
could be kept
1T isn't possible, girl said John,
shaking his head with conviction.
The police would get wise to it, and
that would mean years in the peniten.
tiary. The kidnapers got scared and