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Evening star., 1916-10-31
INFORMATION IS SOUGHT
ON VARIETY Of SUBJECTS
Questions Asked The Star Cover Al
most Everything, But Are
Promptly Answered.

A reader of The Star recently found
himself in most delicate predicament.
A large swarm of bees made their home
in box on his front porch, where they
spent a busy summer making honey.
When fall came along. it occurred to
this man that he might well take some
of the honey himself. and also that the
bees ought to be put jim winter quar-
ters. The only trouble was that he did
not know how to do either of these
things.
What did this man do? Tackle the
bee question ignorantly, and get stung?
Not he. He wrote to The Evening
Star information bureau and promptly
received a complete treatise on bee
keeping, which is published by the
United States government. Now he is
thinking of going into the bee busi-
ness on a large scale.
People in search of opportunities are
still among the most numerous patrons
of The Star free information bureau.
1t has helped prospective aviators, au-
tomobile mechanics. dentists. civil
service employees, school teachers,
farmers. housekeepers and business
men,
Told How to Preserve HAIR.
A more personal note is sounded by
an inquirer whose hair is falling out.
The bureau was able to give her val
liable recipe for hair tonic, which is
approved by the United States public
health service.
Another feminine inquirer wants to
know what is the best food for par
rots. and also how these birds go about
taking a bath. Several exhaustive
works on parrot keeping were recon-
mended.
Can you tell me how to repair the
asbestos covering on stovepipes?" asks
a worried housewife, "and can you also
tell me where I can learn enough
about plumbing, boiler and pipe repair
ing so that I will not have to call in
plumber" This ambitious woman was
told how to repair her asbestos pipes;
but the bureau of standards says that
Evening star., 1916-10-31
Address of Mr.. Capers.

Mr.. Capers in his address thanked the
women Of Washington for the protest
which they have made against the speech
of Secretary Baker. in which he compared
the soldiers Of the army Of Washington
to the bandits led by Villa.
.'I want to call your attention in behalf
of the splendid people who work in this
city to the attitude. that they might expect
of the President Of the United States upon
the question of the enforcement of the
civil service law after the next election"
This question was put to Vice President
Marshall as a result Of a speech made by
him representing the President himself, in
which he said: Did ! say civil service or
about the same thing. We found the
offices well guarded by snivel service. and
our only regret is that we could not pry
more Of them out than we did
Now that is what you can expect and
what you have had handed to you al
ready under the present regime. and in
absolute contradiction quote to you the
language of Presidsnt-elect Hughes. on
For my part now. you government
employees, here is what your President
is saying to you-after March next, u
am deeply interested in the welfare of
We should in every practical way seek
to promote the efficiency of the civil
service and the just interests Of those
who devote their lives to the federal
service. I desire to see our civil service
di ignified and safeguarded not only by
appointments based upon special compe-
tence, but by every reasonable system
including retirement. for the we'll being
Of our civil service" So that you can
take your choice between the Woodrow
Wilson Marshall "snivel service" and
exposition and the splendid stand of
the President t-of-your-country-to-b after
March next upon his dignifed attitude
in that respect"
Evening star., 1916-10-31
ing contributions to other agencies
carrying on philanthropic activities.
Most Anything Answered.


Most Anything Answered.
When was the body of Admiral John
Paul Jones brought to this country?
r. H. v.
Answer: In 1905. It was conveyed by
a squadron under Admiral Sigsbee. The
body was located after a search Of six
years. carried on by Mr.. Horace Porter
at a personal expense Of $4,000.
When did the first printed English
book appear?-R. NJ
Answer: In 1874, the work of Thomas
Caxton.
What is the world record for the high
kick ?-R. E. NJ
Answer: For the running high kick.
8 feet inches.
These are only a stray few of the
many questions the information bureau
is answering. Is there anything that
you want to know? The bureau is
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you? Ask whatever you want to know.
Send line and a two-cent stamp for
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Evening star., 1916-10-31
Chancellor Charges Slander.

LONDON, October 31.-The Vossische
Zeitung. Berlin, learns that the i'm
perial chancellor has brought an action
against Count Won Reventlow, the naval
expert of the Tages Zeitung, for SLAM
der in connection with the meeting OF
the Independent committee for German
peace. according to Reuter- dispatch
from Amsterdam.
Evening star., 1916-10-31
Y. M. G. A. Talks.

The greatest indoor game ever invented
for business men fs hand ball. The Y. M. G.
A. does much to encourage the playing Of
this game by members Of the Central
Branch. 1t urges this game upon its MEM
bers. and stakes its reputation upon the
proposition that when played 1t will yield
abundant returns in the way Of genuine fun,
real sport and good fellowship.
Just above the main gymnasium are two
hand ball courts. Four men may play at a
time on each court. Each group generally
will not want to exercise more than twenty
minutes at time. This makes the capacity
of these courts ample to accommodate q
large number Of members. Besides this the
games Of basket ball and indoor base ball
are fostered by complete equipment for these
popular varieties of sport. Medicine ball 10
also another form of workout that is very
popular with the men.
We also have a twenty-laps- to- emile
running track in the main gymnasium. which
10 available for those interested In track
athletics. Some Of the best track athletes in
this section have received their training on
this track.
Rowing machines are provided and afford
the same advantages as real rowing.
All these privileges and many others are
available to you at the very small cost Of
$500 year.
Ask for further information.
Young Mems Christian Association
Telephone Main $3.50. 1873 Street NV.
Evening star., 1916-10-31
Go and Examine

Go and Examine
the Homes For Sale at
18th and Webster SITS. NV.
Just that little suggestion
may result in you becoming
an OWNER.
We are confident the home
and the community will sat
isfy.
1t will be just question
whether you can buy or not,
and if you are paying as
much as $50 or SIS rent now
the chances are greatly in
favor of your being able
to own this home NOW un-
der our terms.
So come, investigate.
Open for Inspection Until 8 PM.
SHANNON & LUCHS,
7I3 18th St. NV.
Evening star., 1916-10-31
"weighed and Found Wanting"

Because in every balance in which
he was ever weighed Woodrow Wilson
has been found wanting. In every po-
sition he has ever filled Charles E.
Hughes has overhowed the measure of
expectancy. have asked college pro-
fessors who know him well what they
thought of Woodrow Wilson, and Il
have heard them imprecate him in
could supply. I have asked lawyers
who know him we'll what they thought
of Charles E. Hughes, and they have
praised him as the best and noblest of
with whom he deals like children. MT.
Hughes, who has dealt with men all
his life, treats men with whom he
deals like men. AS a national figure
The people have known him longer
and certainly have known him better.
for nobody knows Woodrow Wilson to
this day and wouldn't II he lived
thousand thou and years; an.. How can you know a
MIR. Estabrook outlined the career Of
Gov Hughes. first as prosecutor Of tho
gas trust in New York. then as in
vestigator Of the insurance frauds. as
Governor Of New York and as justice
of the Supreme Court He told of the
effort of President Wilson to obtain
for himself. when he left Princeton
University to become Governor OF New
Jersey. a pension from the Carnegie
fund He said that william Jennings
Bryan had seen no improperly in try
ing to appropriate to himself half the
little estate of the Widow Bennett and
her orphans.
Contrast all this with the action Of
a man whose conduct is based On some
what different principles You know
the French have q saying that q man
may be better than his reputation. or
even better than he deems himself. but
ciples. Mr.. Ralph Pulitzer and his
Newspaper, the World, are opposed to
Mr.. Hughes In this campaign. And yet
tho late Mr.. Joseph Pulitzer: father Of
Ralph and founder Of the World. named
Evening star., 1916-10-31
"Chaos Confounded."

"The situation in Mexico is at once
tragic and ridiculous. 1t is neither
peace nor war, but chaos confounded,
with only one fact plain and outstand-
ing, viz, the unadulterated hatred of
the United States by every Mexican of
every faction. These guileless Indians
are some letter writer's themselves, and
have ingloriously beaten our own
ready letter writer at his own game.
What this country needs today is
new birth of American independence,
with the backbone-the old virility-
that goes with it. The people are tired
of epicene politicians. who are neither
male nor female, fish, flesh, fowl or good
red herring.
I'm one Of the darkest hours of our
war for independence, when our gov
ernment was torn with seditions. jeal-
ousies, intrigues, the command went
forth: Let none but an American stand
guard at night" So. in these times of
growing perplexity. Of doubt and hesf-
tation, Of suspicious, recriminations,
disorganizations, all which must be
done away with II we are to preserve
our independence as a nation, the COM
mand will surely go forth from the
loyal people next November: Let none
but an American stand guard for US
and let him be 100 per cent Amer1-
cant"
Evening star., 1916-10-31
Attacks Presidents Record.

Prefacing his criticism of President
Wilson with the statement that you
dare not mention the name of Wood
row Wilson above a whisper without be-
Ing accused Of lese majestic by his infatu-
ated followers" Mr. Estab attacked
the record Of the President from the
beginning of his term of office up to the
present. - -o
Mr.. Estabrook insisted that no man
who has ever called himself a repub-
excuse for not voting the republican
ticket next November" in view Of the
nomination of Gov. Hughes.
Turning again to his criticism of
President Wilson. Mr.. Estabrook said:
Mr.. Wilson is by nature effeminate.
He Is robust only in words and even
these These have more fat than fiber; beau
tiful in contour. but wanting muscle.
And, for all his words. Mr. Wilson is
not a man of his word It is NO longer
possible to believe anything he SAYS
or his sincerity in saying 1t. He con-
vinces nobody-not even himself. What
he says today with a vehemence which
seems to spring from the convictions
of q lifetime he will unsay tomorrow
with equal volubility"
Evening star., 1916-10-31
How much do you know?

How n1ucH 40 you Know
This question decides your rating in the world
in which you live. It gets you position and pro-
motion. It fixes your salary. It extends or
limits your influence with Others It determines
the number and kind of friends you have. It
achieves or halts your ambitions.
This is true alike of men and women always
of men. more and more so of women as their
sphere of activity enlarges.
knowledge is power" it has to be accurate,
practical, usable knowledge. Ignorance is mill
stone which puts men and women in the below
the-average class.
Evening star., 1916-10-31
Greeting Sent by Candidate.

Greeting Sent by Candidate.
At the opening of the meeting Col.
Parker read the following telegram
from Gov. Hughes:
Edward B. Eynon. Jr., Secretary,
Hughes Club, Washington, D. c.:
please give to those attending the
meeting tonight my most cordial greet
fngs, and express to them my most sin
cere appreciation for their interest in
the issues of this important campaign.
CHARLES E. HUGHES"
The mention of the republican candi-
dates name was loudly applauded The
Hughes Club of Georgetown University
gave the college cheer for the repub-
lican leader
Col. Parker said that when he first
came to Washington, in 1865. and lis
tened to the second inaugural address
of Lincoln there were practically no
republicans among the residents Of the
capital. After more than fifty years, he
said. Washington is strongly repub-
ican.
Mr.. Esta brook. who has Just returned
from campaigning trip for Hughes
carrying him clear to the Pacific coast,
told the audience that the states west
of the Mississippi were safely and
rapturously for Hughes" The only
element of doubt in the middle west,
ne sa1d., was the woman vote. It would
be paradox. he said. If Wilson should
owe his second election to the women
Of the country"
Never. never" cried a woman's voice
in the audience.
And I don't believe he will" fin
ished Mr.. Estabrook.
Evening star., 1916-10-31
"one-Term Plank superauous."

Mf. Estabrook said that the democrat
ic platform Of 1912 had proved to be a.
scrap of paper" under the handling Of
President Wilson. He referred to the
"one.term" plank and said:
1T was really superfuous and re-
dundant for the democratic party to
have made any such promise, for no
democratic administration has ever vet
succeeded itself-four years at sporadic
intervals being about all the people are
willing to stand for"
President Wilson. said Mr.. Estabrook.
has appropriated all the policies of the
republican party. one after another in
an effort to take the election out of
partisan politics.
What can you do with such man
except to love him or despise him"
asked Mr.. Estabrook. well, can't love
him for the life of me, can your"
chairman Mccormick boldly pro-
CLAIMS that Mr.. Wilson is his own plat
form and the only issue in this cam
paign. Mr.. Wilson, in effect, says:
Amen to this. for by his attempted
elimination of platform differences he
not only challenges. but compels the
comparison of individualities. Surely,
unless the American people have ali
! succumbed to infantile paralysis or to
senile dementia, republicans may accept
this challenge and confidently await the
verdict of November.
Evening star., 1916-10-31
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Evening star., 1916-10-31
HUGHES SPEAKERS
.cHEERED BY 5000
Washingtonians Applaud At
tackS on Acts of Wilson
Administration.
GREETING FROM CANDIDATE

"Americanism versus wisconsin was
the keynote sounded by Henry D. Esta-
brook of New York at the huge re-
publican mass meeting in Convention
Hall last night. Nearly 5000 persons
cheered and applauded the speaker as
he attacked the democratic admins
tration, and particularly the man at
it's head. Every seat in the great hall
was filled and hundreds stood. 1t was
probably the largest political gathering
Washington has ever seen during a
political campaign.
Taking issue with the oft repeated
statements that Wilson resembles
Abraham Lincoln, Mr.. Estrabrook de-
clared Lincoln God made man" and
Wilson a book made man; Lincoln,
he said, "sprang out of clean earth"
Wilson was a genie conjured from an
ink we'll"
John G. Capers, former internal reve-
nue. commissioner, denounced the sur
render" of Wilson and the democratic
Congress to force in the enactment of
the so-called eight-hour law. The
meeting was held under the auspices
of the Hughes Club of Washington and
was presided over by Col. Myron NJ.
Parker, in the absence of William r.
Harr, president of the club, who was
unable to act on account of Illness
Evening star., 1916-10-31

Gov. Hughes as one of the trustees
under his will. The appointment meant
100000 to the appointee. and Mr
out violating any code of business
ethics that 1 know of. But he turned
it down. Why? Because he did not think
that the governor of a state shouid
be beholden to the private fortune of
anybody. You may not love Charles
q. Hughes in the sense that you want to
slap him on the back-and there are
those who mistake familiarity for af-
fection-but you are bound to do more;
you are bound to honor him.
Mr.. Estabrook contrasted the record
OF President Wilson toward labor with
that of Gov. Hughes, characterizing
wilson's support of the eight-hour law
as surrender which did not even fool
the brotherhoods> and quoting from an
address by Wilson in 1909, in which
he scored American labor
The Presidents foreign policy Mr..
Estabrook attacked with vigor.
In some localities" he said, patriot
ism seems dead and buried We have
been told so often that America is
not only too proud to fight. too proud
even to be prepared to fight, that the
very word proud has become a hiss
"Has Not Kept Us Out Of War"
why, the one lonesome glory at
tTiuuteu 10 MI. wilson Dy MS 1elIOW-
lotus eaters is that by some miracle
of statecraft he has kept US out of the
European war. OF course, he has done
nothing Of the sort. All that can be
claimed for him on this score is that
he has not by some superhuman blum
der plunged us into that war-a dis
tinction with difference. For I admit
that all that Mr.. Wilson has refrained
from doing has been well done; while
all that he insisted upon doing had far
better have been left undone
Kept us out of war? Tell that to
the marines-our marines-if you dare,
LAS for the utter degeneracy of
American character implied in the
argument that Americans had no busi-
ness to be in Mexico, nor on the Lusi-
tania, nor anywhere else on earth but
in their own bailiwick, and that the
American flag should not protect an
American beyond his dooryard-I have
neither heart nor words to characterize
it except as utterly depraved-too sor-
did to be taken seriously. But if there
are votes to be made In this election
by that sort of argument, then. for the
glory of the republican party, let
woodrow Wilson have them-they be-
long to him.
Kept us out of war? Why, If Spain,
Holland and Scandinavia, on the very
verge of the vortex, have not been
sucked into it, wouldn't Woodrow be
sucker indeed if he had gotten US
into it? What nation in the world is
thinking of war with the United
States?
Evening star., 1916-10-31
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The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
Mrs. Vara Miller
Died Feb. 25th

Mrs. Vara Miller, wife of Mr..
Willie Miller, died at her home
two miles west of Easley FRIDAY
evening, February 25th, after a
short illness from pneumonia.
complicated with other troubles.
She was about FL years of age
and had been married only about
three years.
Mrs. Miller was the eldest
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. w. B.
Couch Of this county. Besides
her husband and parents, she is
survived by several brothers and
sisters, all of near Easley.
The funeral services, conduc-
ted by her pastor, Rev. Willie
Hammond, was held at Enon
BAPTIST church at 3 o'clock Sat
urday afternoon, and the BODY
was laid to rest in the church
cemetery, witnessed by a large
concourse Of sorrowing relatives
and friends.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-03-09
State Track Meet
April n and 28

The annual track meet and oratorical
contest of the Inter-High School Ath-
tletic and Oratorical association of South
Carolina will be held in Columbia Thurs.
day, April 27, and Friday, April 28, ac-
cording to an announcement made by
X. G. Burts. of Rock Hill, president of
the association. AS usual these con-
tests will be held at the University of
b South Carolina, the preliminary contest
or oratory to be held Thursday after
noon nt' and the final contest Thursday
evening, The preliminary contests in
the n! track work will be held Friday
morning and the finals Friday after.
8 noon. The university will again enter
I tam the contestants Last year the
4 l9ls,ls tickens team won first place and the
state championship in the athletic con.
test and third place ii the oratorical
contest ss .'s We have! the material to win
( hrst place again this5year. q