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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-30
handling of the affairs in Europe and

handling of the affairs In Europe and
Mexico.
Charges that democracy has failed to
keep Its promise OF an economical adj
ministration and has failed to keep
it's 1912 platform pledges. including
the declaration in favor OF single
term for the President.
Attacks on the Administrations gov
eminent ship bill and other administra-
tton measures.
Long List Of Candidates.
Mr. Hilles declared that there was no
lack Of interest in the presidential
race. Active organizations, he said.
are in the field for Senators Burton,
Weeks, Cummins. Borah, Smith and
Sherman. Others who have strong fol-
lowings, he said, are Justice Hughes,
Elihu Root, Philander c. Knox, Charles
Warren Fairbanks and Gov. Brum-
baugh Of Pennsylvania. He also add
ed that he had positive assurance that
former President William Howard
Taft will not consider another nomina-
ton for the presidency.
Besides selecting a convention city,
the republicans will arrange for the
of various subcommittee
and make other arrangements for the
campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-30
WHITE PLAGUE DEATHS
REDUCED IN THE j. S.
DR.. George M. Kober Says There Is
Hope of Solving Grave
Problem.

Great and grave as the problem, of
tuberculosis may appear. there is GER
lainly hope for its solution, in tho
opinion of DIR. George NJ. kober ex-
pressed through a bulletin of the pub
lie health service. He finds encourage
ment in the fact that the death rata
from tuberculosis apparently has been
reduced from 32i per 1000 in 1850 to
lf'b IN 1913, which means that If the
former rate of mortality had been con-
tlnued the number of deaths from the
dlseaSe last year would have been S22-
o21 instead of $4,000. This is eauiva-
lent to q saving of 100 or lives during
1913 from this disease alone.
tuberculosis has been apply spoken
OF as the great white plague. says DIR.
hoher, and its ravages may be APP
preciated when We recall that in spite
of marked progress in preventive ef-
forts this disease carried Of during
the year 1913 over l43,oao victims in
the United States alone. II we acCSpt
Or. Phillips estimate that for ever
death from tuberculosis there are ten
cases of the disease. the number of
persons afflicted in this country would
be 1,i3o,uuD. If We accept the most
conservative estimates offered on this
point-viz-, l per cent of the popula-
ton-the number OF consGmptives
would be 9SI,sl3. The average dura-
ton of a case of tuberculosis is about
three years, and the cost of medical
attendance, food. nursing and loss Of
work during this time has been esti-
mated at $40: but taking most
conservative basis and calculating only
Sl,5OU for each death. the l43,o0u deaths
represent an annual cost of s214. SOC, 900
to the people of the United States.
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|CARRANzAF FORCES
AWAITING ATTACK
Villa Is Expected to Besiege
Garrison at Aqua Prieta
Tomorrow.
TROOPS TO ENCOUNTER
ELABORATE DEFENSES
Douglas, Ariz., Crowded With Sight
seers Anxious to Witness
Spectacle.

DOUGLAS, Ariz. October 30.-Nigger-
head, black butte family resembling
the cranial outlines of an Ethiopian.
which rises out of the desert nine miles
east of here, claimed the attention OF
all eyes today as marking the portal
of a mountain pass through which Gen.
Villa is expected to swing tonight or
tomorrow about 5000 men to attack or
besiege the Carranza garrison at Aqua
Prieta, Sonora, opposite here.
Besides his 5000 soldiers Villa is
authoritatively reported to have TWEEN
ty-eight field pieces of unknown callber
and efficiency. To oppose him Gen. +.
Elias Gales, the Carranza commander,
has approximately 300 troops. ten
pieces Of artillery and between thirty
and fifty machine guns.
Unless reinforcements coming over
American railroads via Eagle Pass ar
rive tonight, they probably will be late
for the opening gun of the battle.
Must Pass U. S. Army Camp.
AS they advance westward toward
Aqua Prieta the Villa forces must pass
near an encampment of American
troops stationed hardly mile north
of the border, where Brig. Cen Thomas
F. Davis, who assumed command command yes, yes,
sixteen three-inch field guns; The
United States troops have definite
orders to keep Mexican soldlers on
their own side of the international line
and to prevent them from shootlns
into the United States.
Gen. Villas army today reached the
Callardos ranch. some eighteen miles
southeast of Aqua Prieta. in Bernardino
valley, just on the other side OF Chirichua
r,,;c Mo
east march to the barbed wire entangle-
ments fronting Gen. Gales elaborate
system of defenses.
Gen. Villa is expected to attack tomor-
row, providing Sunday spectacle 1or
throngs of sightseers, who are crowding
Douglas.
Although already possessed of a fairly
effective system of protective works, Gen:
Gales had his men employ their hnal
waiting hours today adding to mazes Of
trenches and redOubtS.
Women and Children Plentiful.
Not a blade of grass grows in Aqua
Prieta, and dust whirls sent dancing
about by winds that constantly sweep the
country coated gray the brown faces and
blue overalls of the soldiers as they
Iabored with picks and shovels under the
ewes of women and children, who fringe
every Mexican military encampment or
battlefield.
The city of Douglas extends right down
to the border line. but is sparsely built
for perhaps half a mile north from the
boundary. Facing this open space, the
CarranZa soldiers finished today a trench
line which completed around Aqua Prieta
a band OF defensive works that extend
roughly three-Quarters of mile north
and south and about a mile and quar-
ter east and west.
The town itself with its adobe build
ings, tents, go-downs and lean-to bar
racks housing thousands of refugees,
driven in by the Villa advance. lies
within and overlooking this ellipse of
defensive works.
The refugees, mostly women and chill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-30
So, 900 CAPITALIZATION
OF NEW STEAMSHIP FIRM
Pacific and Eastern Company Incor-
porated at Albany-Prominen
Chinese Interested.

NEW YORK, October 3O.-Interest and
curiosity was aroused in shipping circles
here today by the Incorporation at AL
bany, N. Y, Of the Pacific and Eastern
Steamship Company.
The Incorporation papers showed that
the new company is to be capitalized
at 81, 200, 900, and that some Of the shares
are owned by prominent Chinese. one of
them kai Flu Sha, who is about to retire
as Chinese minister at Washington. The
principal object Of the corporation, 1t is
stated, s to purchase a certain contract"
executed In Peking. China, between the
Chinese government and F. Mertens Sons
of Cumberland. Md, and H E. Liang
Shih vi of Peking
Charles Blandy, a New York lawyer,
one of the directors, said that he was not
at liberty to discuss the purposes Of the
new company without consulting his
clients. I'VE are, of course" he said.
only nominal incorporators. 1t is a big
enterprise"
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dren of the poorest classes in Mexico,
will be brought over to the United
States when Villa attacks Plans also
have been made to bring over the Car
rama wounded If the general hospital
comes under fire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-30

Barcelona, Spain, has a population Of
598,556. ...-
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Weekly Forecasts Discontinued.

The weather bureau has discontinued
the official weekly weather forecast
until the beginning of the crop season
in the spring of 1916, 1t is announced.
AS conditions may warrant and occa-
sions require during the interval fore
casts in extension of the regular re-
port may be issued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-30

Philip Arth. member of the Chappa-
uamsic Club and an enthusiastic duck
hunter, last Sunday entertained Phiilp
Schwartz and Frank P. Madigan at the
clubhouse on Chappawamsic Island.
Arth's chief mission to the island
was to make inquiries about the pros
poets for good ducking season. and
while there he saw number of ducks.
He expects to take a hand at shoot
ing shortly after the opening of the
season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-30
Democratic and Republican
National Committees to
Meet in December.
NEXT YEARS CONVENTION
PLANS ARE TO BE MADE
New York, Which Has Not Had
Convention for Fifty Years,
May Bid.

NEW YORK, October 3O.-Chairmen
of both the democratic and republican
national committees last night issued
calls for meetings in Washington to
select cities for the coming national
conventions. The democrats will meet
December and the republicans De-
cember IA.
Chicago, St Louis and Dallas, Tex,
have applied for the democratic con-
vention. The two first named have Of
fered to meet all of the expenses of
the national committee. Dallas has Of
fered the use of an auditorium and a
bonus of 100000.
New York May Enter.
In some quarters there is sentiment
in favor of putting New York in the
contest, but as yet no formal applica-
ton has been filed by representatives
of this city. 1t has been more than
fifty years since national convention
was held here.
The date for the meeting of the demo-
cratic committee was set after Chairman
McCombs had conversed with President
Wilson by telephone. The date was
agreeable to the President, Mr.. Nc
Combs said.
The chairman also has issued state
ment saying that he regarded the date
as appropriate, inasmuch as it would
come in the first week of a new demo-
cratic Congress.
In addition to naming convention
city the democratic committee will de-
eide all contests regarding member
ship of the committee and devise ways
and means for raising money for the
conduct of the campaign before and
after the convention. At present there
are only two contests in sight, one from
Kentucky and the other from oregon.
Hilles Outlines Issues.
= In addition to issuing his call, Chair
man Charles D. Hilles of the republican
national committee set forth the proba-
bile line of campaign to be followed by
his party. 1t will include:
; An attack on the democratic tariff.
Criticism of the administrators
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w. R. Foster, sixty. jumped or fell
from the eighteenth story of a bank
building at Birmingham. Ala, to
three-story building adjoining. He
was dead when first aid reached him.
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Justifiable Conclusions.

DR.. Kober considers that the facts dis
covered regarding tuberculosis Justify
the following conclusions:
tuberculosis is an infectious disease
caused by a specific organism. An in
herited acquired predisposition plays
an important role.
There is reason to believe that infections
may occur at all periods of life, and that
the disease may remain quiescent until
some facilitating factors tighten up these
latent infections
The germs may enter the system by the
respiratory and alimentary passages, and
even by the skin and mucous membranes
If there be an abrasion.
While the bacillus may be transmitted
through the milk, flesh and blood of ami
mails and man, the most common ard
effective way of disseminating the tuber-
culosis is by the sputum and dronlets Of
tuberculosis patients.
The habitationS of consumptives,
their personal effects. clothing. bed
ding, etc. are infected and liable to
convey the disease to others From
what has been stated ii is evident that
the prevention of the disease should
be the central object of the campaign"
he adds. For this purpose popular
education, which not only emphasizes
the cause and means of spread of the
disease, but also the Improvement of
the general health of the peop e there
by increasing the resisting power of
the individual to the ubiquitous tuber-
Gle bacillus. is of the utmost impor-
lance.
The writer is confident that the
value of health talks is especially
great for school children. When we
supply our children with healthful
schoolrooms and teach them the value
of pure air. sanitary homes, proper
and sufficient food. physical culture.
baths and suitable clothing, and the
Importance of temperance and pure
and clean lives, the lessons taught will
be applied in the homes and workshops
of the nation.
''1Ich a plan should be supplemented
by annual medical examinations for
the recognition of incipient cases. No
opportunity should be lost in the gem
eral campaign to spread the gospel Of
personal hygiene and general SANTA
ton, for be it remembered that every
movement which makes for better
health and a temperate, untainted and
virile race will offer the best safe
guard in the prevention of tubercu.
losis."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

100000 as compared with 1913. You
might well expect a man with
hardening of the arteries to win race
as the railroads to serve you well I'M
less they are able to finance them
selves.
I'm st. Louis, 1 was told yesterday
of a railroad man who offered per
cent for a loan. He was refused. BUSH
ness men in other lines found plenty
of money at 5 per cent.
1.-The evils of commissions are not
so much in the intentions of the max
erS of the laws, but in the arbitrary
powers that bureau officials assume
to themselves. When the office of
comptroller of the currency was Gre
ated, it was intended it's encumbent
should have supervision of national
rect statements. -
1.-The public should be protected, it
was believed, in order that swe could
all feel sure that a national bank s
published statements were trust
worthy, and that we could feel sure
of it's stable condition.
what we need in this country is
non-interference Individual initiative
should be encouraged. Let every man
stand on his own feet and the keen
competition of business will be self
regulating.
by passing hampering laws we
cripple the individual. We make the
many suffer for the sins of the few.
Efficiency should be the watch
word, and not regulation
Delegation Met Him.
A delegation composed of D. w.
Mulvane, G. S. Elliott, E. l.. Copeland
of Topeka and Charles F. Scott of
lola accompanied Senator Weeks to
Topeka. He was met at the depot by
Charles Curtis, United States senator;
Joseph L. Bristow, retiring senator;
Arthur Capper governor, and several
state house officials.
This afternoon the senator visited
the state house. A dinner will be Civ
en- in his honor this evening and Sem
ator Weeks will leave for California
Saturday. Mrs. Weeks will join her
husband in Topeka Saturday.
His Idea of Kansas.
Kansas is peculiar at times" said
club dinner. 1T is said to be peculiar
at all times.
''It is said that you have more pros
perity than any other state. You have
prices. 1 know the conditions in
Kansas and this neighborhood are
certainly good. But speaking in gem
eraI terms the business relations of
tht it is impossible to say that one
part of the country is prosperous
while another is not so.
Charles Elliott, president of the
Commercial club, stated that when
Senator Weeks returns to the east the
question that will be asked of him rel
alive to his trip through Kansas will
be: Did you see any Indians ?"
President Elliott then introduced
Senator Charles Curtis as "Our own
Indian. "A good one, too some one
shouted out. Senator Curtis in a few
we'll chosen words introduced the
speaker.
Those who sat at the speakers ia
BILE were: Senator Weeks, President
Elliott. Senator Curtis, E. L. Copeland,
Senator Joseph Bristow, Arthur Cap
or1oe
F. Scott, former congressman, and
Charles s. Gleed.
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TWO THOUSAND
ANSWER FAIR CALL
CONTINUED from Page One.I

continued from Page One.I
installed in the more populous pre-
cincts. The machines would expedite
the voting and will be an object of
that a proposal to officially adopt
them in Topeka will be submitted at
the same time. Where the machines
are used, the result will be available
Immediately upon the closing of the
polling places.
Free Gate Is Popular.
That the free gate tax levy pro-
position will prove a poular one in the
city and county is indicated by the
rapidity with which the Commercial
clubs petitions have been filled. As
the levy will mean an increase of only
rs cents on the $1,000 of taxable
property, it will be infinitesimal with
the large number of voters who pay
upon only small amount of personal
property. But among the most en-
thusiastic supporters of the proposal
are Topeka business men to whom the
small tax will mean visible increase
upon their bill for taxes. They be-
lieve it an investment worth their
while for the sake OF the success of
the fair.
Only One Out of 100.
''The enthusiasm that has been dis
played in connection with the free adj
mission plan has been wonderful
commented Samuel E. Lux, president
this afternoon. Hardly one in 100
persons has been against it.
'Best Thing Done Yet"
1t is an interesting fact that a num-
Der of Topekans who are not noted
for their liberality in providing funds
for public entertainments, have ex-
pressed themselves as being strongly
in favor of voting money for the pay
ment of premiums in order to make
possible a free gate. at is the best
thing that has been done yet" was
the comment of one of these men.
County to Handle Money.
There need be no fear relative to
the careful handling of the funds
from the county. The law makes the
following stipulations:
Sec. A. All payments out of the
funds provided for in section 2 here
CT shall be made by the county treas
urer upon the written order of the as
ISOLATION in charge of such fair; each
order to be signed by the president
and attested by the secretary, OF such
association. Any balance of such fund
treasurer after the payment of the
premiums herein provided for shall be
annually transferred to the general
fund of the county.
Sec. s. 1t shall be the duty of each
association having in charge any fair
section of this act, to make and
file, annually, on or before the 31st
day of December, with the county
commissioners of the proper county,
a report showing the total amount of
money received from the county treas
urer, and an itemized statement of the
disbursements of such money. The
correctness of said report shall be GER
titled to under oath, by the president
and secretary of such association.
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bring home the bacon, but they want
better odds than are offered.
Jack Johnson has offered to bet
$4,000 to $4,000 that he would de-
feat Willard. He declared that the
offer was open to anyone but refused
to accept any longer odds.
Willard Plans Tour.
Jess Willard meanwhile is spending
his spare time delving into railroad
folders and planning triumphal en-
try into the United States The cow
boy is confident he will be able to
land johnson with his right and if he
does, he intends to charter a special
car and make back platform speeches
in every town and hamlet between
Key West and New York. Jess stands
to make his everlasting fortune if he
wins and he does not intend to over
look single opportunity for public
itY
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Public Interest in the Military
Affairs of Europe
Has Been Obliterated by PrOhi-
bitiOn Fight i'm England.
PETITIONS ARE POURING IN
Asking the Government to Stop
Traffic in Liquor.
Cabinet Has Power to Act in
Arbitrary Manner.

London, April 2.-The attention OF
the British public is today concen-
trated on the question of abstinence:
For the moment it has overshadowed
the war. This is Good Friday, and in
London there are no afternoon papers
but it is doubtful if the biggest head
lines chronicling military activity
could divert the attention of the peo-
pie from the all-absorbing topic of the
possibility of a "dry" country.
That some drastic measures are
contemplated is beyond question, but
the public is divided in opinion as to
or whether the consumption of alco-
holic liquors will be permitted under
sharp control.
Several of the London morning pa
pers appeared today with full page
advertisements, presenting petitions,
with the request that supporters of
the movement cut them out and send
them to Chancellor of the ExcheQuer
Lloyd-George. These petitions read:
Il am entirely in favor of the sus-
pension of the manufacture and sale
of intoxicating liquors during the war,
which l consider imperative for a
quick and successful termination of
the war. 1 shall heartily support the
government in any such measure"
The petition idea is backed by mer-
chants and business men and other
employers of labor, who disclaim any
save a war interest in the proposed
measure.
The sense of personal liberty is so
strong in England that it may defeat
total prohibition. But the sense of
fair play fights on the side of the eX-
IRENE measure for the opinion is
of their right to drink, employers
must take their place in the same |
boat. 1t is believed that the cabinet |
is in favor of total prohibition which, |
under the defense of the realm act, it |
has the power to enforce without any |
further legislation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02

Record Newspaper Man Struck by
Union Pacir1c Train.

Raymond P. Weld, of Russell, Kan,
a brother of Charles J. Weld, of To-
peka, was killed last night by a Union
Pacific train at Russell. Mr.. Weld
was a newspaper man, at one time
editor of the Downs Times and up to
the time of his death was foreman of
the Russell Record.
Mr. Weld was only 81 years of age
but he was very hard of hearing and
it is supposed that he did not hear
the train approaching when he start
ed to cross the track.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles J. Weld, of
Topeka, went to Russell today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
Wholesale Fruit and Produce

FURNISHED by s L lux.1
NAVEL oRANGESFPer box. $2.55a2 IS.
FLORIDA GRAPEFRUIT : Per box
LEMONS-Per box, $3.50.
winesaps per boR 5o9e ReT 9gH Baeh
Twigs, per box, $40; Roman Beauties, per
boz s1 40 i, Z Ben 81 ID Davies Per boy 81 % -
LETTUCE-Fancy hot house. soc.
=, CALIFORNIA CABBAGE-Crated, per
SWEET PoTAToEs1PeE bu,;. s125.
p peT' bu,' 81 Red Jerseys, per bH.. sI5o
ams per sS6 Black spaiIsb pts
PARSNIPS-Per bu., 75c.
6 6ER SSL s,ETs oS1S5Ns@PssE bq:;i $l1o;
loY, Per RT $l55 G white 5d per bu-' $500
NEW BEETsNPer doz., Soc
TTBB IN IT5 Per do 6Oz' 81 5C Dc
FANCY FLORIDA TOMATOES-Choice
Sat E6t MdA.e RbHbBlb e. ,d box
CAULIFL0WER-Per crate. $3.50; per
NEW POTAToES-Per hamper, $3.50.
MINNESOTA BURBANK POTATOES
MINNiESoTA KINGs-Per bu.. Toe.
GENUINE RED RIvERS-Per bu., 95o.
NORTHERN RURALS-Per bu., 65c.
CELERY-Per bunch, 90c.
OYSTERS-35@50c per can; $1.5062O0
per gal
COCOANUTS-Per doz, soc; per sack,
original, $3.50.
HoNEY~~No. 1 White Comb. Colorado.
per case. $40
POP CORN-White Rice variety, per h.,
3Ac.
pop CORN-In original sacks. contain
ing 100 lbs, per h., 314c.
BULK DATES-719c per lb.; package
dates. box, $3.50.
CHEESE-Per lb., 17H@19hc.
HORSE RADISH-Doz. bottles. 9Oc.
Topeka Hay Market.
FURNISHED by L. A. Beck, 212-214 e. 6th.I
PRAIRIE HAY-S10no
Topeka, Kan, April 2.
ALFALFA -sl2e
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MUST keep POULTRY.
Russia Refuses Export of Food From
Country.

London, April I'm order to con-
serve her supplies of food Russia has
prohibited the export of poultry, dead
or alive. The Poultry World" states
that all available supplies of poultry
in Russia are being collected and
shipped to Finland for preservation in
cold storage. In normal times, Eng
land imports monthly nearly a million
dollars worth of Russian hens and
chickens
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-04-02
Kansas city Live Stock Market.

err Bulk of sales, $665@6.sO; heavy, S665
@6,so; packers and bu tc sne s6.7o@e.so;
light ,r Sc 7G@9sS; pigs Goo s64o@6 eta steadv
Prime fed steers, $S.oO@s.50; dressed beef
steers, $7.00@S.00; western steers, $6.75@
S425@7OO; heifers. S6.O6@s.60 stockers
and feeders, Sc 25@7.S5 bulls. $5.OO@65O;
sHEEPwReceipts 1000 Market 1oc
higher Lambs, $9.3O@1O.OO; yearlings,
SS25@9O 90; wethers, $7500S.25; ewes, $7.25
GS.OO; stockers and feeders, $5.75@s.S0-