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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02

Graham b. Nichol went to motion
picture show one night last week ana sa"
a weeping melodrama in which grief
be a Joyous spot in the whole reel. ana
there is a strong suspicion that the oper-
ator who took the pictures died of mei-
ancholia shortly after his work was COM
pleted.
In the first reel there was shown the
gray and gloomy walls Of prison IN
which fingered convict sentenced for q
crime of which he was absolutely inIo-
cent. This is grievous in the extreme.
However. he managed TO escape by many
painful bodily efforts. and made his way
into the wide world with his convict
clothing and large appetite He strus-
sied on through muck. murk darkness
and despair. never getting bite to eat.
1t rained, hailed. showed. froze. .hawed.
froze. rained. hailed. showed. froze and
thawed all over again several times. with
Little Innocence right in the worst of II
every time. 1t seemed he travelled 10000
miles, each mile worse than the first and
each moment more agonizing than the one
before. in no place dide lie get bit of
food and at no time did he sleep on any
thing softer than a pile of scrap iron.
Finally he worked his way to the great
city and ran across the pale-faced. sad
eyed young woman designed to be the
heroine. Instead of bringing sunshine
into his life she contributed another
COB of gloom. because she was running
away over a pathway of broken glass and
thorns from Il cruel stepfather He was
more cruel than anything you ever i'm
asined.
Finding that together they had n
monopoly on all the hard luck in the
world. they struck up partnership, and
by that time all the old ladies in the
audience We're being led out in tears.
The hero and heroine, however, stag
gered on through the slough of despond
for a few more hundred feet of reel,
clutching madly at their vitals so that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
Made Good at Work.

"Of course" she says, for doctors
and nurses. trained women, the work
was mapped out" and she adds
promptly-'they have made good in it,
too Look at Miss Garrett Anderson,
the physician. who was snubbed when
she began her work near BouIogne, but
later was honored by the government
and called to organize military hos
pital of 5000 beds in London.
MANY women before the war had
been taking a short course in nurs-
ing, with a pretty stiff examination
at the end said Lady Murray These
women We're soon utilized as nurses
aids, known as the voluntary aid divl-
sion. Since the outbreak of war others
have been taking a three month train
ing in hospitals and are called war
probationers. Both these groups while
not engaged at the front have render
ed valuable assistance in the base hos
pitfalls, as in the great military hospital
now established at Oxford. 1t is a
customary sight at home to see dis
tinguished women who are doing a par
lor maids work"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
Treaty With Spain.

Also worthy of note is the treaty of
peace and arbitration with Spain, signed
on the 9th of July, the date upon which
q hundred years before the Argentine
Republic declared all political and eco
notnicaI relations with the mother
country broken, non-existent, null and
void The Spanish legation was, on
the following day raised to the dignity
Of an embassy. the United States and
Spain being the only countries thus
represented before the Argentine gov
ernnent Naturally the Argentine lega-
ton in Madrid will soon experience an
Identical augmentation of dignity, and
thus the last vestige of the old quarrel
will have disappeared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT.
Mrs. Boggs of Virginia Has Plan for
National Bureau.

Urgent need Of a federal employment
bureau. designed and equipped to
handle on a national scale the prob
lem of unemployment, has been brought
TO the attention of members of both
houses of Congress- by Mrs. Lucy Hooe
RogsS of Virginia and this city. She
has drafted Il comprehensive outline of
a measure establishing such "A bureau
Assurances of support for such a
measure have been given Mrs. I,oggs
by several senators and members of the
House. 1t is expected the measure Will
have the support of the White House
when introduced in Congress.
AS outlined by Mrs. Boggs the bureau
would have branches in the capitals of
the various states. Its work would be
to classify and list demands for labor
of all kinds. and to put unemployed
workers in one section in touch with
prospective employers in other parts of
the country. relieving alike unemploy-
ment and lack Of workers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
Philip Has Cut Taxes.

The conservative victory two years
ago over the La Toilette adherents IN
the bitter race for the governorsnip
was decisive The two years Of Phil
ipp.s administration with cutting OF
state taxes and further cuts in pros
pect have only strengthened him in the
hearts of the voters.
But the friendship of Gov. Philip
aas not diminished the personal regard
of the progressives. even OF those VINO
have joined the Philip standard. ior
Senator La Toilette. The national
prominence he has attained and the
feeling OF state pride in the leader OF
such renown and strength. Will oper-
ate to give him the votes even of those
who are personally hostile to progress
sivism.
AS the democrats are without con-
test they are counted upon as sure TO
vote for La Toilette. whose efforts, two
wears ago. beat the conservative canol-
date for the Senate and placed Paul
Husting. democrat, in the upper mouse
nS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02

He was away off and his friends gen
tIy Jed him TO the gateway of well
known rest cure resort and showed
him in.
He stayed there for long time. get
ting rest, bodily and mentally, and the
time came when he would soon be out
in the busy marts of trade again.
He was sitting under tree writing
a letter 10 one of his old pals. Upon
his knee was a little writing desk, and
he rad completed the sentence:
Il will be out again now in three
days
just At that moment q vagrant breeze
came along and blew Il stamp from the
desk 10 the back of d cricket who was
travelling along miuding his own bust
ness. Feeling the stamp upon his back
and reseutiuE it beyond measure, the
cricket started to run about in zig "a e
manner. with the stamp sticking upon
him.
The man, looking down. saw to his
utter dismay a, two-cent stamp rushing
apparently of its own voIition through
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
Care for Russian Refugees.

Lady Murray herself is particularly
interested in the units for Russian ref
ugees, known as the Millicent Fawcett
units. SO far maternity hospital
has been opened at Petrograd, a chill
dren's hospital for infectious diseases
at Kazan and an isolation hospital at
Christopol. a town through which
pass refugees carrying all sorts of
infectious diseases.
4 believe" declares Lady Murray,
summing up the work Of the sUffra gis:s,
that this quiet efficiency of women
working beside men viii gain more
for their cause than could ever the
noise of the militants"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
Has Rise in Sentiment.

The treaty had its rise in sentiment
Ever since the war between Paraguay
and the allies (Argentina, Brazil and
Uruguay, the vanquished have had to
struggle against adverse circumstances.
The manhood of Paraguay was literally
wiped out of existence before the allies
We're able to impose peace. me coun-
try was in fact, financially and com
pletely ruined. Civil wars succeeded
war, and, with very brief intervals po-
litical connections and military reVolts
have been maintained ever since
Though at peace for six years and well
governed, the situation in Paraguay IS
still precariouS to a degree the paper
currency having deprecated to an al
most incredible extent. its purchasing
power is practically nil. Fluctuations
are SO frequent that speculation on tne
rate of exchange has become verit-
able gamble, as IL was in Argentina be-
fore the monetary problem was solNed
fifteen years ago, when the paper unit
was given a definite gold basis 1t is
hoped that the treaty will give the
Paraguayan dollar a certain degree of
stability and consequently an en-
HANGED value. This is one of the ma
terial advantages which local financlers
foresee
Another important one is that SNUG
Cling will be discouraged and finally
stopped This traffic has hitherto con-
stituted serious problem for the from
tiers are SO vast and so accessible that
no proper vigilance could ever be es-
tabiished along their sparsely populat-
ed subtropical and unhealthy extern
sions.
The belief that the results of the
treaty viii be a series of Identical ar
raugementS is not, however, general |.
At least no other republic has yet
asked for an adjustment in accordance
with the spirit of the most favored ma
lions clause Nor does the commercial
union of the future receive much Gre
dence 1t is well known that the staple
products OF every one of these repub-
lies are very similar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
BRITISH SOCIETY WOMEN
Do THEIR BIT" IN WAR
Lady Mary Murray Tells of Their
Work in Military
Hospitals.

Pictures of how English women of
the so-ca,led leisure class are doing
their bit for their country are given
by Lady Mary Murray, wife of Sir Gil
bert Murray, the distinguished classical
scholar. who is lecturing at the sum
ner school of Columbia University. in
a statement sent out by the Survey.
The article follows:
Trade Enionists have brought TO this
country the story of how English
working women are doing their bit
for their country. taking the places of
men in shops and factories. Lady Muir
ray is full of praise for the service of
thousands of a different class, the c{iu-
Gated leiSured class of women
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02

Consul Homer Brett at La Guiara re-
ports that the government OF Vene-
zuela has determined to undertake the
construction of a highway from Ca
racas to San Cristobal. in the extreme
western part Of the republic. This
| road will be the largest public work
ever undertaken by the government OF
Venezuela; it will be 6S3 miles IN
length, and will run from Caracas to
Valencia, San Carlos. Guanare, Barinas
and San Antonio de Caparo. The work
will probably be done by the ministerio
de obras publicas. Caracas, without the
assistance of contractors.
Commercial Attache Montavon re-
ports an epidemic of hog cholera in
several provinces in Peru The cpl
dVmic seems to be of a most virulent
type and many of the hogs are perish
ing. 1t seems to be most severe in the
| valleys around Lima, but this is prob
ably due to the fact that greater vigil
lance is observed in these valleys. The
government is sending veterinarians
! into the affected regions.
Santiago, Chile. reports that it is
stated by La Cronica Mercantil of Val
| paraiSo that American coal is falling
] in price, on account of a freer Offering
of ships The c. !. f. quotations, vary
| ing with port. delivery and brand. are:
Australian, s20.05 to s10.65: American
S16.2S to s17.62: Chilean. SASS to
| s2065.
The nitrate of soda manufactured in
| Chile during the month of June, 1916
| amounted to 5.153.7O1 Spanish quintals
of 101.4 pounds. against production
! of about 5.353.900 quintals in May OF
this year, 2,613,976 quintals in June
1915: 5,752,a29 quintals in June, 1914
and 5.101.301 quintals in June, 1913
Exports totaled 4.217.s10 quintals
against 5,143.500 quintals in the pre-
ceding month, and shipments of 1885,
quintals in June. 1914. and 3.649.624
| quintals in June. 1913.
OF the two internal loans, one of 3d.
t 100000 pesos national currency and one
| of 100000 pesos gold of IS pence
which the president. of the republic
was authorized by law to make. the
| currency loan of 30.000.000 pesos has
been taken by local banks, but nc
! progress has been made in placing the
gold loan. Now. it is proposed to make
it possible for this loan to be express
ed in terms of American dollars as
well. 1t is reported that a large New
York bank is negotiating for the loan
through one of the local banks.
| The total revenues of the eight
principal maritime customhouses or
the Pacific coast of Peru and the Gus
tomhouse at Iquitos on the Amazon
river during the first six months OF
1916 amounted to $2,16S,145, in COM
parison with s1.6S9,71 during January
June. 1915. This large increase may be
attributed more to the recent law levy
| ing an import duty of 10 per cent and {
/ per cent on an extensive list of articles
| that previously were free of duty thar
to a noticeable increase in the quantity
of merchandise imported.
| The Nicaraguan congress has recently
! approved a law authorizing an increase
| in the rates of duty of from 60 to 81
per cent of the tariff. The collector Of
customs at Managua states that this i:
merely an act to give extensive author.
| ity for a slight increase in the tariff
| on certain articles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
RECORD FOR GEM IMPORTS.
War Profits Being Spent for Dia-
monds and Other Precious Stones.

NEW YORK. September 2.-amporta-
tons Of diamonds, pearls and other
precious stones 10 the aggregate value
II S..525.7l; nj this port during august
shows who're some of the war profits
are going and establishes new record
Thus FAR this year the ignportations
Of gems total S35.423.s1l, nearly So
r"0.cc1 Ia excess Of the total in 1915.
T. is estimated trat this wears total
VIII exceed $4,000, 900. Those figures
are given by the report Of the gem
experts 1t the APPRAISER stores
They Indicate that the jewelers. ex-
poet the greatest holiday buying sea
son ever experienced in the history Of
the jewel trad. in America The i'm
icrtstiouS in August were about 81
ccO.9Ge greater than those IN the same
month last year.
Good gems are higher than ever be-
fore Most Of them come from Am
sterdam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
SOUTH AMERICAN TARIFFS.
Department of Commerce Announce.
Publication of Handbook.

The Department of Commerce an
nounces that the superintendent of doc
uments. go- sment printing Office, now
has for sale pamphlet entitled Tariff
Systems of South American Countries. "
The price is 25 cents. and the document
was compiled by the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce.
The pamphlet supplies information
that will serve as basis for under
standing the tariffs and methods of GUS
toms procedure, actual practice of en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02

Forecasting is n dangerous thing IN
election. 1t is fairly safe bet, how
ever, that the result VIII DE as :ol-
lows:
Senator La Toilette will be renomi-
mated over the conservative candidate,
NJ c. Jeffries of GAINESVILLE.
Gov Philipp will he renom;nated by
big plurality over the various rival
candidates for that office. The spit
among the progreSsives, which was
counted upon to divide the enemy, mas
apparently achieved the unexpected
In the bitterness OF feeling between
former Gov F.. Z. McGovern, bull
moose progressive. ana the La Follette
republicans whose candidate for gov
eruor is w II. Hatton, the mutual an.
1ipathy of the progressives in geneFai
toward Gov. Philip has been FORGOT
ten. He seems sure to win in the lace
o. a divided opposition.
This, in brief, * the probable out
come OF the primary. in whlch the
democrats are at peace with themselves
ana with only one slate to be ratiheo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
NICARAGUA FINANCES
IN SHAKY CONDITION
VIII Be Some Time Before There Is
Sound Basis, Says %
C. D. Ham,

The political future of Nicarasua was
discussed recently by Clifford y HIM.
collector general of customs for thaf-
country. while visiting in Washington.
Mr. Ham, who was appointed collector
general of customs by the Nicaragu
government and confirmed by the State
Department in 1911. said in part:
If Nicaragua can hold its quadren-
NAL election this fall without one OF.
more of the political factions engaging
in revolution, the government will be
on fair way toward recovering from
the awful period OF financial depression
which has menaced its very existence
for the last decade.
In 1910 Nicaragua tried to borrow
SIS, 900, 900 from the United States Gov
eminent to help reha bilitate it's money
resources, but failed. The government
was successful, however, in borrowing
a little more than $1,000. 900 from New
York bankers. for which the country.
pledged its customs receipts This loau
has worked wonders in aiding the coun-
try to regain its financial feet, but
things are In pretty bad way down
there yet. -
Election Next Year. :;
president Adolfo Diaz.s four-yaa.,
term expires in January, and a new
president will be elected. There are,
three candidates in the field All the
candidates are good men, but IL tho,
constitution did not prevent the re-
election Of Diaz he would he the right
man in the right place. Diaz has done
a great deal toward rehabilitating the
country's finances, but it will take a
good while yet before Nicaragua is
placed on a sound monetary basis Aei
the present time she has no money and
no credit Revenue receipts fell off one,
half during the past year. due nc doubt,
to the European war. Freight rates beai
tween Nicaragua and Europe are al.;
most prohibitive and coffee merchants
experience much difficulty in getting
ships to carry their exports. 80
The United States has bought am
option on the Nicaraguan canal route,'
and the 100000 realized from thi5
will help considerably toward stabiliz.,
ing the countrys credit. But in spite or
her precarious financial condition. Nicaf
| ragua is the only country in Central
America that has brought its GOLD
standard back to par since the oute'
| break of the European war. The cur
rency in Nicaragua is based on gold
reserve held in New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
NEW ARGENTINA PACTS
NOW ARE EFFECTIVE
Treaties Are Negotiated With
Paraguay and Spain Healing
Old Breaches.
Correspondence OF the Associated Press.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
BUENOS AIRES, August 14.-Durlng
the recent centenary celebration new
commercial treaty between Argentina
and Paraguay was ratified. Though
the transaction may be considered OIL
little Importance from the economic
point of view, since the present inter-
change of commodities between the
countries is relatively unimportant, It's
probable significance is great for II
may mark what some believe will be
the orientation of the neo-Latin repub-
lies toward future zollverein or Gus
toms union.
The treaty provides for free trade In
natural produce for a period of ter
years. For manufactured articles these
facilities are withheld until five years
after the ratification. This clause was
inserted in the interests of small man
ufacturers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02

Various causes are assigned for the
growing unrest on the part of the navy
ward employees, chief of which are the
of employees in private factories due to
the European war, and the fact that
the call for mlitiamen for service on
the Mexican border has reduced the
supply of available workmen
There are'indications that the various
trades employed in the yards viii resur-
rect their old demands and press them
for speedy settlement under the threat
of a strike. With the navy yards and
private yards also glutted with work
as The result of the big preparedness
program, the union men, encouraged by
the attitude Of the administration in
the railroad controversy, feel that they
are in a position TO push their demands
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
CATTLE MEN TO HOLD
CONFERENCE IN BRAZIL
Will Consider Problems of Refrig-
Grafton, Transportation, Santa
ton, Credits, Etc.

Problems of refrigeration, transporta-
ton, sanitation, credits, experimental
farms, etc, will be considered at the first
conference on Brazilian cattle raising, to
be held by invitation of the National Ag-
ricultural Society in Rio de Janeiro. in No
vember.
According to advices from Commercial
Attache William c. Downs, at Rio de
Janeiro, to the bureau of foreign and do
nestle commerce, the subjects which Will
be discussed at this conference include:
Probable origin of the different Brazil
ian breeds, causes of their degeneration
and means of improving them. Mesolog-
lean influences on the various domestic
animals in Brazil. Productive capacity
of Brazilian cattle with reference to all
modern industries derived from it. World
statistics, producing and consuming coun-
tries Study of conditions OF the consum-
ing world as to quality and quantity; pro-
duction and overproduction, supply and
demand; tastes of the consumer and the
causes, whether permanent or temporary
Direct and indirect federal state and mu-
ncipal assistance in the development of
the cattle industry and the improvement
of it's products.
Thorough and eminently practical
courses on all subjects related to cattle
and subordinate industries. Formation
of a corps of veterinaries, archaeological
inspectors and necessary experts, to be
attached to all establishments exploiting
the numerous secondary industries.
Commercial transactions in cattle and
products: large and small companies: CO.
operation. Necessity to create standards
according to the requirements of the con-
sumner. Elements that must be taken into
considerat ton in the location of establish
ments for the manufacture of and COM
merce in cattle products; application of
natural forces in the operation of plants;
shipping ports, docks and railroad sta
lions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
No Money to Pay for Leaves.

Aside from petty matters which the
navy yards want adjusted, the impor-
tant question which came TO official
notice today was2 the fact that Con-
gress after extending the leave of
navy yard employees from fifteen to
thirty days annually. had neglected any
appropriation in the navy bill to cover
the cost of this added leave.
Other questions concerning the work
of various branches of organized labor
at other navy yards are before the
Navy Department. but have been per-
M tied to rest quietly. chiefly because
| the navy has been fortunate in keep
| ing the strike germ" away from work
at the yards.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
NAVY YARD W0RKMEN
WANT HIGHER WAGES
Apparent Success Of Railroad Men in
Labor Fight Promotes Unrest =
and Encourages Hope.

Encouraged by the apparent success
of the railroad men In their fight for
higher wages, it is reported that the
many thousand union mechanics EN-
ployed at the government navy yards,
including the Washington yard, are re-
newing efforts to obtain an increase in
wages.
Rum blings of discomfort on the part
of the navy yard workmen have
reached the officials of the Navy De-
partment No formal demands for an
increase OF wages. il is said. have been
filed since the existing scale was es-
tablished IL few months ago
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-02
Good Campaign Work.

This sentiment Of state pride, aided
by an efficient campaign organization,
working out into all the precincts of
the state, seems unbeatable. The La
Toilette course however. in having
his adnerents in the legislature vote
against Stephenson after Stephenson
had been given the majority vote in
the primaries may serve 10 inJure La
Toilette.
The governorship is a simple cam
paign II has been argument over
finances throug bout. The Philip arIu-
ment has constantly been, to tell fhe
hearers to look at their tax bills And
see the decrease in state taxes befFe
being continued by Hatton and Nc
Govern that the state expenditures We're
higher the last year than ever before
Pbiffup claims saving of millions in
state expenses during his administra-
non