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Graham guardian., 1916-09-29
"OUR BOYS "

Our Boys" came back Sun
day and everybody was glad to
see them and welcome them
home. The boys have put on a
good coat of tan and some have
reduced their avoirdupois and
they all appear to be enjoying
good health and declare they
are as hard as nails.
There is no doubt but that duty
on the border has brought into
existence a company of veterans
in the boys of our town ard val
ley who enlisted in Company B.
Every member that we have met
and talked to, declares that he is
in fine health and satisfied, tho
the monotony of camp life is
wearisome at times, which we
can readily believe.
But the people of Stafford and
Graham county can feel proud of
"Our Boys" for what they have
accomplished. Company B has
the best percentage, SO, for com-
pany inspection. They are we'll
drilled and a fine appearing body
and if ever called into action,
will give good account of them
selves.
In Captain Roach, they have
the best company commander in
the regiment, and a man who
takes care Of them like a father,
looking after their every want,
even to the smallest detail, and
as we have noticed in camp here,
every private can come forward
and talk to his captain as a COM
rade who is interested and will
ing to help him without a show
ing of snobbish superiority. The
kind Of a man whose men will
follow his lead into the thickest
of a fight with enthusiasm and
patriotic spirit.
Lieutenant Wickersham is a
hard working officer and making
good. Lieutenat Ijams is the
idol of the company and a fine
officer.
Altogether, we have much to
be proud of in "Our Boys" and
we are happy to have them with
us at this time and make their
visit one that will be long re.
membered.
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29


could not see,' as Mrs. Blatch
puts it; but running for presi-
dent where women "can vote his
ambitions up or down" in sew
eral states, he declares for a
federal amendment on the suf-
frage question; and yet he dares
talk about presidential vacilla-
ton. From speech by Governor
Martin Glynn, notification OF
Vice President Marshall, Indian.
apolis, Indiana, September Ia,
1916.
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29

During President Wilson's adj
ministration a vote on the nation
wide suffrage amendment was
obtained in the House of Repre-
sentatives for the FIRST TINE,
and in the Senate for the first
time Is years. IT OBTAINED A
MAJORITY IN THE SENATE. Meth
er Miss St. Claire Thompson or
Miss Helen Todd told this fact to
the women of Stafford and Lay
ton while here last week. They
were not here for suffrage, but
for the purpose of defeating
democratic candidates who have
always voted for equal rights for
women. They were here to Sc
cure women votes for the repub-
lican candidates, Kibbey, Eads
and pretty boy Campbell.
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29
CHAMPION VACILLATOR

President Wilson or any other
man has got to do some vacil-
lating in order to keep up with
Mr.. Hughes, the republican can
didate for president as the cham
pion vacillator of the political
arena.
As a candidate for president,
the republican nominee declares
in favor of a federal amendment
to the constitution in favor of
woman's suffrage. And yet when
he was governor of the state of
New York he refused to receive
delegations seeking equal rights
for women and the most he could
be induced to say on woman
suffrage was, That anything
that was right must prevail. I"
For this conduct Mrs. Harriet
Stanton Blatch, a prominent
leader in the woman suffrage
movement, condemned the re-
publican candidate for president
in speech in Cooper Union, in
New York City, on February 9,
1908.
In this speech, Mrs. Blatch
struck out from the shoulder and
about the republican nominee for
president, she said: Politicians
have no principles; they have
only ambitions. The governor
of New York has ambitions.
When a delegation from $4,000
women asked to see him about
the inequalities of the sexes, he
refused to see them. Do you
suppose that if we had had votes,
he would have refused? He
never will see us until we can
vote his ambitions up or down. "
When running for governor,
in a state where women do not
vote, the republican nominee
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29

Judge Kibbey has lot to say
about Senator Ashurst sending
campaign literature through the
mails in official envelopes, but is
silent as to the use of the frank
ing privilege that is being used
so extensively by the republican
senators and congressionmen who
are flooding the mails daily with
their 'leave to print speeches, :"
after they have been OK'd by
Wall Street.
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29

Tom Campbell says he never
yet run for an office that he
could be elected to without the
help of democrats and that the
democrats simply cannot help
voting for him. Well, Tom, take
it from US that this is the time
that the democrats of Arizona
are going to forget your pretty
face, your big words and your
bull con long enough to give
Governor Hunt the biggest ma
jority ever given a democratic
candidate.
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29

When Tom Campbell reached
Globe and spoke before an audi
ence of mine workers, he found
himself telling them that he was
always the friend of the work.
ingmen. Really, Tom, you have
taken a long time to wake up
from your republican dream, but
you don't expect any working
man will believe you at this late
date, just because you are a can
didate for governor, EN-?
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29
As Arizona is a suffrage State,

As Arizona is a suffrage State,
it is clear to every thinking mind,
that when the Congressional
Union sends in their women
speakers to organize local unions
of their organization, it is not
done for the purpose of securing
votes for women. Arizona has
granted that right; but
these women come here for the
sole purpose of getting votes
for the republican candidates. y
That is their real object and the
women of Stafford and Graham
county should not be fooled. r.
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29

of children in industrial servitude
have endured, they are grateful
to him.
''They know that he has given
the country prosperity that has
not been confined to the few,
such as the Whitneys, the Van
derbils and the Guggenheims,
but which has been showered
upon the many, and they will
prove their appreciation by vot-
ing for President Wilson's re-
election.
"Mr. Hughes may initiate the
ostrich by declaring his belief in
woman suffrage at the eleventh
hour, but he cannot hide his rec
ord as governor of New York,
when he vetoed the Coney Island
Nickel Fare Bill, which provided
cheaper fares for the poor of
New York City to their amuse-
ment ground; the Two-Cent-a-
Mile Bill, and the Equal Pay
for Equal Work" Bill for New
York teachers, measure which
gave to women equal emolument
as that received by men doing
the same work.
These are the contrasted rec
ords which brought under the
Wilson banner the women lead
ers of American ideals. They
are the records on which the
democratic party stands. And
they are the records that will re-
elect President Wilson by an
overwhelming majority in which
women's votes will have been
the important factor"
We believe that the above para
graphs show conclusively what
the Congressional Union is Or
ganized for in the present cam
paign. and that there can be no
doubt of the real purpose of Mrs.
st. Clair Thompson and Miss
Helen Todd coming into our
State, which is one of the twelve
suffrage states and where wo-
men enjoy equal rights of suf-
frage.
There is no need of a Stafford
local union Of the Congressional
Union for suffrage purposes, the
women have that right now and
it cannot be taken away from
them. Then it must needs be
that the Stafford Union is being
organized to secure votes for the
republican candidates, Hughes,
who turned women down when
he was governor of New York;
for Judge Kibbey, who is a can
didate for senator against Sena-
tor Ashurst, who introduced the
suffrage bill in the United States
senate and secured a majority
vote in favor of it, and Eads, the
republican candidate for con-
gress, against Congressman Hay
den, who fought TO, and secured
the first vote ever given in the
House of Represen ;atives for the
nationwide suffrage amendment.
If the Congressional Union is
honestly seeking votes for wo-
men, it would be organizing and
campaigning in the thirty-six
states that are opposed to equal
rights for women, nearly all of
which are republican states.
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29

Vice President Marshall hits it
about right when he says that
the whole republican campaign
hinges on the little word "If."
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29

The democrats of Graham
county and the State of Arizona
owe nothing to the republicans
but a darned good beating at the
DOlls.
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29
EDITORIAL NOTES

President Wilson was the first
president to cast a vote for wo-
man suffrage.
Graham guardian., 1916-09-29
How to Give Good Advice

The best way to give good advice
is to get a good example. When
others see how quickly you get over
your cold by taking Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy they are likely to
follow your example. This remedy
has been in use for many years and
enjoys an excellent reputation.
Obtainable everywhere. adv-29 st
Evening star., 1916-01-02

the office live a life of misery. Their
work has been easier since the begin
ming of the war. however. During
piping times of peace thousands Of
American tourists came to England
every year, and it seemed as If one in
ten brought with him a legend of
wealth left by some ancestor. and his
search for it usually led him to the
court. But the flow of letters from
America keeps up just the same; in
fact, it is greater, for those who re-
main away on account of the war now
write.
But the myth OF unclaimed millions
exists in England as well as in Amer
ica, and in one month recently the su-
preme court of judicature received
nearly half thousand letters of in
quiry. All were written in vain. In
none was there any evidence of gen.
uine claim. The writers are SO in
formed, but that does not prevent them
recurring to the matter and the corre-
spondence often develops into abuse
and accusation of foul play on the part
of court officials.
There was one famous case concern
ing the Page estates" 1t concerned
property of tremendous value which
was left in litigation. Next-of-kin
agents seized upon it and evidently
worked it for all it was worth. They
Evening star., 1916-01-02

fields riding to them comprise num-
ber of well known WashingtonIans
who have recently purchased homes in
Virginia, including Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam F. Hit, Gen. James A. Buchanan
and daughter, Miss Helen Buchanan,
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry T. OXnard and
many others.
The Loudoun hounds, a new pack of
recently imported English hounds,
have taken the place of the old Lees
burg pack, which. as a club. ceased to
exist a few years ago, as the result
of the death of Clarence Moore. their
newly elected master. Mr.. Moore was
returning to America from a trip to
England for the purpose of selecting a
pack of English hounds for the old
Leesburg club when he met his death
on the ill-fated Titanic.
Since then there has been no fox
hunting around Leesburg until this
fall, when it was revived by Edward
B. Mclean, with a recent importation
of English hounds under the designa-
ton of the Loudoun hounds, kenneled
at his place, the old Belmont estate,
six miles from Leesburg, on the pike
leading to Washington. They meet
Evening star., 1916-01-02

claims. Half of them perhaps exceed
$3.50, and not more than one-seven-
teenth are in excess of $4,000, and the
largest individual sum is only S35, 900.
SO the tales of countless millions lying
there, only waiting for the rightful
heir to appear. have nothing in them.
Some of this money has been in the
hands of the British law since the
eighteenth century, and the chances
are wholly in favor of it's remaining
there forever. And the authorities do
nothing to encourage collection of
claimants. There was a time when de-
tails were published as to the various
sums lying dormant, but nowadays, in
order to avoid a lot of bother. only the
names of the persons and corporations
directly interested in the accounts is
published, with no details The sys-
tenn is something of blow to the next
of-kin agents, but does not deter them
from seeking heirs. ensnaring the un-
wary. The official list of accounts is
published each three years and usu-
ally contains the names of nearly 5000
individuals and corporations.
The functions of the old court of
chancery were long ago taken over by
the supreme court of judicature. 1t is
that institution that issues the trien-
NAL list of claims, and the officials Of
Evening star., 1916-01-02

CARDS with longing the closed money
safes of the court of chancery.
More than 91.0O0.0o 900 Is guarded
in the subterranean cellars OF this gov
ernment building. This money really
is nobody's property. and now that he
is faced with such formidable dimcul-
ties whichever side he turns, the Eng
lish lord chancellor of the exchequer
slider the advisability of violating the
law by virtue of which this treasure
has always been regarded as sacro-
sanct.
will shortly bring forward in the cham
Der of peers a proposal to enable him
to utilize this money for immediate
war purposes, though the question Is
bound to cause lively discussion. and
may lead to very serious discord.
We have here an incontestable proof
that England's financial resources are
nearing depletion Let us hold out but
a few months longer. and bankruptcy
will become unavoidable to the wealth.
lest state in the world"
The legend has been kept alive by the
ceaseless activity of next-of-kin
agents." for the most part an unscru-
pulous lot who prey on the credulous
and collect great fees for 'investigat-
ing" Once in long while they re-
cover a bit of money. just about often
enough. in fact, to keep the game go
ing. But for every successful research
there are literally hundreds of failures.
The victims. more often than not. are
Americans, and the ''n.-o.-ki sharks
operate on both sides of the Atlantic.
The latest German version Of the old
story is like all previous versions
wholly wrong. 1t is quite true that
there is a fund here consisting of un-
claimed sums, but the amount is a pit
tance compared to what is claimed for 1t.
The actual sums lying unclaimed do
not top seven and quarter million
dollars, instead of five billions. And
this amount has against 1T no fewer
than 1000 separate and individual
Evening star., 1916-01-02
THE LOUDOUN HOUNDS.

afternoons. On legal holidays they
sometimes chase the live fox and then
the meet is in the morning. The fields
average between twenty and thirty at
a meet and Montgomery county is usu-
ally the territory chosen, with an oc-
casional excursion into Prince Georges
county and even across the Potomac
into Virginia.
Local horsemen also hunt at times
with the Green Spring Valley and Elk
ridge clubs, and even so far from home
as some of the five splendid packs of
the clubs around Philadelphia. But for
the greater part Washington horse
men, when visiting, patronize the
nearby Virginia clubs, principally the
Warrenton, Piedmont and Loudoun,
where they have been most cordially
welcomed. w. F. Wilbur is master of
the Warrenton hounds and ]. B.
Thomas of New York of the Piedmont,
upon which pack he has expended
thousands of dollars in their kennel
ing, breeding and training. The dogs are
tan in color with white markings and are
probably the only hounds of their type
in the world, the nearest thing to them
being the pack of black and tans of
Samuel r. Riddle of Glen Riddle. Pa.
Light in frame. with long slender legs
and heads. they present a very racy
appearance and are very fast. The
Evening star., 1916-01-02

CONSENT IN

distributed broadcast in the United
States circulars telling that members of
the family of Page had something COM
ing to them There are, doubtless.
thousands of American Pages, from the
ambassadors to England and Italy
downward. There is no evidence that
Walter Hines Page or Thomas Nelson
Page ever became imbued with the idea
that they had a share in this estate, but
most of the other Pages in America, 1t
seemed, did, for the court here was
showered with letters from across the
water.
AS a matter Of fact, the Page estates
were distributed years ago. An appii-
cation to reopen the case was made IN
1912, but the Judge declared 1t closed
forever. That has not served to cut on
the claims entirely, however, and ire
Quently a letter on the subject Is re-
ceived from America.
Before the war the average NUMBER
of letters year from America was
around 5000. Now there are even more.
Most of them come from very poor peo-
pie. as the character of the corre-
spondence reveals.
Some of the claimants are very per-
sistent. A few years ago there was one
Englishman who believed that he was
entitled to certain funds which were
lying dormant" He made representa-
tions to his member of parliament. ask
ing assistance. but the M. p, knowing
the futility, declined to see the claim
ant. So the claimant determined to
force an interview and action. He
Evening star., 1916-01-02
Flights of Fancy.

MR. CORNELIUS WEYGANDT of the
~ English department of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania was warning a
class against the use of mixed meta
phors.
Flights of fancy" he said, inspired
by the war, have contributed many in
teresting specimens to my already large
collection of mixed metaphors. Here
are a few:
1.-The Huns are blonde beasts of the
blackest dye. But the worm Will turn,
hoist them with their own petard and
thoroughly cook their goose
1.-The spirit of revolt is rampant, and
unless we take the bull by .he horns II
will start a confiagration which will
deluge the world
Austria in her ultimatum to Serbia
has let slip the dogs of war in con-
flagration which has drawn all Europe
into one gigantic holocaust
".All along the ever-fiowing stream
of history we can discern the silent
footprints of the crowned heads of Eu-
rope
Evening star., 1916-01-02

Tf9HE following is translation of an
article entitled Warning to the
Needless" that appeared IN the
Jornal do Comercio Of Lisbon, Portugal.
November 10;
According to the annual statement
of the treasury for the fiscal year 1914
1915 published in the Diario do Goyerno
of November 2. 1915. the receipts Of
the treasury for that period were es-
cudos 74.73S.o and the disbursements
escudos 114.5ss.oo0. leaving a deficit of
escudos 39.ss0.000. zone escudo equals
about 10 cents at present exchange)
The report that accompanies the
statement explains the causes of this
financial perturbation by the general
European economic crisis. on account
of which only through the exchange
the republic had to pay escudos 1914
900 more than in the fiscal year 1913
1914
The indirect taxes brought in escu-
dos 7.s47 900 less. which is due to the
decrease in the importation of vari-
of cereals and the falling off of ship
ping dues.
1T may therefore be said that our
hostile attitude in the face of the pres
ent european crisis mas cost our coun-
try during the last hscal year the
amount OF escudos 40.Voy.O00, and as
during the current year the loss on
exchange will be greater. the decrease
OF the customs receipts will be still
more pronounced and much more money
will be spent under the protext of
preparation for war. II is natural that
the deficit for the fiscal year 1915-l916
will be another escudos 100000. II
not more II we accept. however. only
this amount, the initial steps of our
participation in the war will have cost
our treasury the sum of escudos S0.-
000, 900.
.'On the other hand, the notes of the
Bank Of Portugal have already suffered
a depreciation of IS per cent. and as
escudos o5,000.000 of such notes are in
circulation. IL Is evident that the coun-
try's wealth has suffered a loss of es-
cudos 6s.250.000. and this besides the
increased cost of living in consequence
Of the conhagration and the lesser
value of the Portuguese currency.
I'VE see that our country has paid
Evening star., 1916-01-02

garbed himself with great placards.
like sandwich man, with an inscrip-
t1on briefly outlining his case and mem
tioning the name of the member with
whom he demanded an interview.
Then he stood for day after day outside
the house of commons, and, finally, he
forced the member to take action. AS
the member had foreseen, however,
there was nothing in it.
Sometimes money is actually recov-
cred. There are, of course, moneys
lying dormant which really belong to
some one and which are simply tied up
during litigation, which often stretches
out for years. These cannot possibly
belong to missing heirs Often
enough the sum is found to be very
small. A next-of-kin agent will seek
missing heirs" When he finds them
he will tell them that a certain sum,
probably the agent himself does not
know how much, is waiting only for
the legal claimant. The heir will nat
urally do all he can, and spend con-
siderable sums. perhaps-he certainly
will If the agent can arrange it-and in
the end recover a few shillings, for in
publishing the list of claims the court
sets forth all of them, from those OF
few cents. overlooked in some settle
ment. to the rounder sums where the
heirs are actually missing.
There are some sums still in the pos
session of the government which have
been there for centuries, but they are
all small and can never be recovered.
There are other things besides money,
Evening star., 1916-01-02
PORTUGUESE VIEW OF WAR

dear for it's pretention to enter the
war. Under these circumstances it
would be just to explain to our poor
nation what compensations are in
sight for such sacrifices.
**
Yes, all powers at war have their
ambitions. their plans which they hope
to carry out. France wants to con-
quer the provinces which she lost in
1870: England wants to get rid of a
rival like Germany. so dangerous to
her commercial and naval supremacy:
Russia wants to proclaim her hegem-
ony In the Balkans and to SECURE an
open way through the Bosporus and
the Dardanelles. with Constantinople
under her sway: Italy wants to real
ice her plan of irredention: Serbia and
Montenegro pretend to enlarge their
frontiers by absorbing Albania and
the Slavic provinces of Austria-Hun-
gary; Germany hopes to see the reali-
cation of pan-Germanism and to OBJ
tain commercial and naval supremacy:
Austria wants expansion In the Bal
kan states; Turkey desires to increase
her empire in Asia and in the north of
Africa: Bulgaria fights for the recov-
cry Of Macedonia. All entered the
contest with more or less clearly de-
nned plans.
What does Portugal expect to get by
entering the conflict? Does she expect
to extend her frontiers In Europe or to
make new conQuests beyond the seas?
Have we to defend our violated neu-
trality. as Belgium. or fulfll obliga-
tions imposed upon US by standing
treaties? II we had to fulnll some such
duty. toward England. our only ally.
our troops would already be fighting
where it would be necessary. Our guns
and rifles were sent long ago where
they were required.
1T becomes therefore necessary, to
tell the country where they want to
take it and what 1t is going to do there.
as no Portuguese would decline to
make any sacrifice which the salvation
or aggrandixement of the nation may
require. A free people cannot be driven
like cattle to the pasture or to the
slaughter house. as II may please its
rulers. 1t 10 therefore a duty to ex-
plain to our people where they want
to take us and what we are there to
do. and II we are to leave our homes.
be II 30 decided. and an end be put to
these uncertainties which disturb our
national life. causing so many useless
expenses that lead us to perdition."
Evening star., 1916-01-02
The Stacker Gets Back.

FREDERICK PALMER. the war cor
u respondent. was talking. in New
York, about England. whence he had
just returned.
Everything is war. war. war over
there" he said. Dear help the young
man who is not in khaki, He has a
dreadful time.
Now and then. though. one of these
slackers-as they are called-ge's bit
of his own back.
"A Stacker. for example. was passing
a prison camp near London. wh>n an
interned German shouted at him from
behind the barbed-wire fence:
Hey, Kitchener wants YOU
"The Stacker frowned. 'WhatT he
said.
Kitchener wants you" the German
repeated.
"Well, by Jove.' said the Stacker.
he's got you, all right"