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Nothing that falsehood could in
vent was left unsaid, and even the
virtues of the two candidates were
ridiculed as foibles or sneered at
as hypocrisy. And when calumny
had coiled all its loathsome folds
around the hero. to crush out his
manhood and destroy his political
life, it spread its vile slime over the
purity of his exemplary companion,
who, as a Christian and wife, was
as chaste and unsullied as falling
snow. Yet the patriot stood erect
in the midst of all assaults and his
conscious rectitude felt nobly sus-
tanned and strengthened when the
voices Of an overwhelming majority
of his countrymen proclaimed him
the man Of their choice to I'LL the
seat Of Washington.
AT the moment of the patriots
triumph, and while cannon were
laundering, bonfires were blazing,
orators were declaiming and multi
tudes were shouting all over the
land in his honor, crushing ca
lamity was poised over his head.
1t fell within a week after he was
certified Of his election. Death came
to the Hermitage and snatched
his wife from his bosom. No greater
blow could have smitten the noble
nature, for his affection for his wife
partook of the holiness of devotion.
1t crushed his spirit at the moment
when its greatest energies were
needed and he assembled to the seat
of highest national honor, amidst the
joyous acclamations of the people
sad-a very sad man. The be-
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T tobacco Producers
Helped by Work
of Scientists

granaries of the ancient AZtecs
Long before Columbus discovered
America, they were used for making
bread OF like interest is an Afri-
can tree whose berry has been long
known to natives because Of its Pc
culiar capacity to make sour foods
taste sweet-which is to say that,
for at least "a hours after consum-
ing the delicacy, the mouth retains
an invigorating flavor, superior to
many of our breath sweeteners."
Four Flavors in One.
With a climate much like our own,
China has contributed large numbers
OF promising plants. A particularly
novel one is the yang-tal, a fruit
said to combine the flavors Of the
gooseberry, strawberry, pineapple
and rhubarb. The same country
has supplied us with new and valu.
able pears, peaches. jujubes an,
chestnuts, not to mention manS
shade trees and ornamentals.
Japan has contributed. amons
many other plants, the mitsuba. 1
common vegetable which resembles
some of our native plants growing
all the way from Nova Scotia to
Texas. From Colombia has come q
night-blooming cereus, with blood
red flowers as large as saucers, and
a promising blackberry. We now
grow high-yielding wheats from
England and Australia; from New
Zealand, corkwood tree producing
cork one-half the weight of the
ordinary variety; from the Philip
pines, brilliant guord. which has
possibilities as q Christmas tree
ornament; from West Africa, . wild
rice which may be used for marsh
pasture: from India, curious citrus
fruit with a concentrated peach
flavor; from Yucatan, . dooryard
tree which Is an ornamental and
whose leaves provide delicious
greens; from Australia. elephant
grass, which yields 80 tons Of hay to
the acre.
And that brings us back 10 DR..
Koelz. the lone explorer this year In
Afghanistan.
Soon, the slow mails will bring
from him packets and bundles and
boxes filled with seeds and cuttings.
Into our American soil will 60 plants
that have grown for years in no
other soil but that of remote Gen.
trail Asia. Other scientists will watch
their growth with loving care. They
will be subjected to every test known
to science; then they will be cross
bred with a host of native plants.
Out of it may come much-or 1T
tle-of value. But nothing will be
overlooked In the vast and continu-
ing task of making America the
greatest experimental ground for
growing things In the long history
Of the world.
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Oriental producers. Uncle Sam now
is engaged in the task Of designating
the varieties of soybeans which do
best in each part of this country.
Vegetables From India.
DR.. Harvey Westover aud DR..
Charles r. Enlow have explored
Turkey and the Near East for alfal-
fas and sweet clovers, and with con-
spicuous success; South America has
been gone over with a fine-tooth
comb by parties searching for plants
which might be used in making in
secticides; DR.. KoelZ, mentioned
above, has sent back scores of differ
ent vegetables from India; DR.. L. H.
Blood has explored South America
for tomatoes to be used in making
better, more disease-resistant toma-
toes here.
The plant explorers have ranged
the world for specimens. That Is
their special job. On this side,
other scientists take the material,
plant it, study it, use it, with the
ultimate purpose of building up
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well. is roaming the land in this re-
markable quest. Afghanistan is not
generally hospitable to outsiders,
but DR.. Koelz has way with the
natives that wins their confidence,
and his knowledge of their tongue is
an immense asset
Travel is by foot or horseback or
mule team; the mail service, such
as it is, brings a letter from the
United States in about two months
but by that time, of course the
explorer may be hundreds of miles
away from the post office" Send
ing specimens back is attended by
numerous difficulties: and for the
average American each days travel
would be an adventure to be re-
membered for lifetime. To DR..
Koelz however, it is commonplace.
But it may be years before he or
the Department of Agriculture knows
whether or not any Of the plants he
is sending to the United States will
be useful. For, once arrived here,
seeds or cuttings must be carefully
sorted, planted, observed and cross
bred for months and years. Out OF
it may come new varieties which will
mean much to every American,
whether farmer, distributor or con-
sumer. Or, the whole project, ex-
ploration, cultivation and observa-
fion NAV end in failure
But Uncle Sans plant scientists
are accustomed to failure as well
as to success, and the explorations
will continue so long as they give
such rich promise of being Of value.
Tobacco Is Benefited.
Only now, for example, is it clear
that the exploration of 1885. which
carried a party of scientists deep
into South America, is having tre-
mendously beneficial effects upon q
great American crop and industry
tobacco. DR.. w. A. Archer, Ray
mond Stadelman, and the late Mrs.
Yves Mexia, were sent to South
America by the Bureau of Plant
Industry to attempt to find tobaccos
which would be resistant to certain
types of diseases prevalent here.
They were looking for wild tobaccos
grown year after year on small
farms where sturdy, disease-resist-
ant strains had been developed by
native growers.
This expedition went deep into the
back country, coming in contact
| with natives whose farms had been
in their families for generations
Hundreds of seeds from such farms
were sent back to Washington
After several years of careful culti-
vation and study, the bureau has
been able to give real help to growers
whose tobacco had been troubled
with certain types Of plant diseases
That means more money for the
farmers and better tobacco fol
manufacturers-and also for thu
tens Of millions Of persons WHIT
smoke American-srown tobacco.
! One Of the most outstanding q
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The procession started from Union
Tavern, at Thirteenth and M streets.
to the strains of funeral dirge, and
moved thence to the appointed
place where the services were held.
Minute guns were fired from a new
ship in the harbor owned by WASH
ington Bowie. Georgetown mer-
chant, and named the General Lin
gan, and Washington's tent. now in
over the stand erected for the
speakers.
Francis Scott Key, author of The
Star Spangled Banner" was invited
to deliver the grafton, but so bitter
was the party feeling that he was
unable to accept the invitation, and
George Washington Parke Custis,
owner of Arlington and grandson
of Mrs. Washington, was substi-
tuted.
d. A. r. Marker at Grave.
The interment of the body of Gen.
Lingan was made in the grounds
about the home on Foxhall road,
short distance north of Conduit
road. In May, 1908, Dolly Madison
Chapter of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution put bronze
marker over the patriots grave, and
in November. 1908, the body was
transferred to Arlington National
Cemetery and reinterred with the
honors due an offlcer Of his rank.
But for real SANDER, defamation
and vitriolic vilification, the year
1923. when Andrew Jackson was first
elected President, no doubt stands
supreme in American political cam
paigns. AS has been so we'll stated:
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lorers Find Foods for L. S. Remote Parts of the World

with them, introducing, in more or
less haphazard fashion, many OF the
continents more popular fruits,
vegetables, grains and berries.
But it has only been in recent
times, and since the establishment
Of the Bureau Of Plant Industry,
that plant exploration and plant
introduction work has been formal
lied and carried on regularly and
scientifically. And it also should be
noted that no other country in the
world has done this on so wide a
scale.
Because of this activity. for exam
pie, the American can haVe-and at
modest cost-grapefruit or orange
Juice for breakfast. The banana,
so popular and so inexpensive, is
believed to have originated In the
African jungles, while the citrus
fruits began life far away in the
Orient.
The value of the crops the Fed
eral plant explorers have intro
duced or improved upon is estimated
at several million dollars year.
They include, in addition to species
already mentioned, the hardy durum
wheat; Peruvian alfalfa, now the
most important variety in Cali
fornia; Pima cotton; the date palm,
so useful in the Southwest; Sudan
grass, an important forage crop in
many States, and host more.
Grown in Detention.
DR.. David Fairchild, formerly chief
explorer for the Bureau Of Plant In
dustry and the grand old man" of
this intrepid group, explains that
there are at least 10 times as many
undiscovered plants in the tropics
as are to be found in the colder
regions. That's why the explorers
concentrate their efforts there.
After the plants are brought into
this country following a rigid Gus
toms inspection. they are grown for
q time in detention, to be absolutely
certain they are free from disease
and insect pests. Then they are
spread among research workers in
Washington and the field and also
State experiment stations. Here
efforts are made to determine their
adaptability as breeding agencies.
These plant immigrants are much
like human immigrants in some
ways Most Of them require long
acclimatization and many have to be
bred with domestic varieties before
their worth is known.
While, Of course, q good many of
the plants brought to America are
destined for the economic dump
heap, q surprisingly large number
continue to be successful either in
q large or small way as field, Or
chard, forest or garden crops, or as
ornamentals for street, park or door
yard.
Some Of the new immigrants have
had . fascinating history in their
native habitat. For example. there
is q Mexican amaranth plant close
ly related to some Of our common
weeds, whose seeds once filled the
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the campaign for Mr.. Madison,
when one of its foremost citizens OF
the West End, James Lingan, lost
his life when working in the in
terest of the Federalist candidate,
De Witt Clinton.
Just where Mr.. Lingan got his
title of general" no one seems to
know. He did serve as captain in
the American Revolution and be-
came an original member OF the
Society of the Cincinnati.
He was a personal friend Of
Washington and was, besides, an
original proprietor of the District
of Columbia, owning that tract Of
land known as Widows Mite, en-
braced within the city limits.
Lingan helped the first President
materially in acquiring title to the
property necessary for the seat Of
Government, and was in every way
a prominent and useful citizen.
Federalist Sentiment.
He, of course, like the candidate
he was supporting, was a Federalist
in politics, and the Federal Re-
publican and Commercial Gazette,
a tri-weekly paper, was the organ OF
that party. whose editor was Alex
ander Contee Hanson.
The sentiment In Baltimore was
Democratic and not in sympathy
with Lingan's party, which was
against the administration, and on
June 81, 400 men and boys assembled
with axes, hooks, ropes, ETC.. at the
office of the Republican, corner OF
Gay and Second streets, and de-
stroyed everything in sight, in
cluding the furniture, presses, type,
and even the house itself.
The paper was removed to George
town, where it was published for a
short while, then Mr.. Hanson re-
turned to Baltimore and continued
the publication of the paper in a
small house on South Charles street,
although the actual printing was
still done in Georgetown, where the
paper later became daily.
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commercially useful adjuncts to
what we already have.
Thus, DR.. Blood's exploration
brought to DR.. Victor Boswell new
varieties OF tomatoes. These he
grew and crossbred at the Belts
vile Md experiment station Of
the Department of Agriculture, with
the result that new types OF toma-
toes are we'll on the way.
Colonists Brought Seeds.
Grasses and legumes have come
from many parts of the world. Hun
dreds of varieties have been grown
here and found wanting. Some few
have been introduced and are thriv-
ing under conditions here-and are
making farming more profitable for
many growers.
Great numbers of fruits and vege-
tables, common here today, were
brought from abroad. Indeed, when
the first colonists arrived, the staff
of life was corn, beans, potatoes.
As the years went on, arriving colo
nists brought European plant seeds
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reavement chastened the purest
feelings Of his nature.
The memory Of his wife became
q hallowed sentiment, and during
the stormy period of his eight years
administration the spirit of her he
so tenderly loved was daily, and
almost hourly, before the vision OF
his mind. He wore her miniature
next to his heart day and night
until the hour of his death, and, like
the image of saint in the closet
of recluse, that picture was always
before him in the secret moments
of his communion with his God"
His devotion for his wife ended
only with his death.
President Lincolns first campaign
was a very dramatic one, with four
candidates in the field, and if there
was anything left unsaid about him
at the time it was certainly said
about him four years later, when
even he, for a while, had doubts
Of his reelection. Indeed. so acute
was the situation that on August %,
1864, the President wrote the follow
ing memorandum:
This morning. as for some days
past, it seems exceedingly probable
that this administration will not be
reelected. Then it will be my duty
TO so cooperate with the President
elect as to save the Union between
the election and the Inauguration;
as he will have secured his election
on such grounds that he cannot
possibly save it afterward.'
He then folded and pasted the
sheet, we are told, in such a manner
that its contents could not be read,
and as the cabinet came together
he handed this paper to each mem
Der successfully, requesting them
to write their names across the
back of it.
After the campaign was over, and
he had been reelected, he Is re-
ported to have shown this same
paper to members of his cabinet
and said: You will remember
that this was written at the time,
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Federalist. OF the electoral votes
cast, Jefferson and Burr received
73 each, Adams IS, Pinckney 64, and
Jay /. There being a tie between
the highest candidates, the House
of Representatives took 35 ballots,
and jefferson was declared Presi-
dent and Burr Vice President.
President James Madison, in his
campaign for reelection in 1872,
had for his opponent De Witt
Clinton, a Federalist of New York,
and both candidates had their
enthusiastic supporters. Madison
had as his running mate Elbridge
Gerry. and Clinton had Jared Inger-
soil. War with England at the time
complicated the situation. for there
was large portion of the American
people who were not in favor of this
war with the Mother Country.
Partisan Spirit Here.
OF course, since 1900, when
jefferson was first made President,
to the present time, the people of
the District of Columbia have been
denied the privilege of voting for
the Chief Executive-though 1t Is
believed that Congress has finally
realized this injustice. But regard
less of this, there is strong polit-
ical partisan sentiment in Washing
ton, and if any one doubts this for
a minute, just let him watch the
crowds around the newspaper
bulletin boards, on the forthcoming
election night, on November 5, and
he will be convinced that the people
of the District are in favor of vote
for President and representation in
both Houses of Congress, and would
exercise that right If given the op-
portunity.
But even though the people of
the District have not been able to
cast a vote in National elections
since 1900, yet they have always
been enthusiastic rooters for their
man and their party, sometimes,
unfortunately to their sincere
regret, as proved to be the case in
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Rowing Assignments
Aid Consumers
and Farmers
Bv Herbert HoUander.

In the heart of Asia, in the back
country of the most remote, mac
cessible and inhospitable land In
all the world, a lone American ex-
plorer is conducting tireless search
not for gold, not for precious
stones, not for antiques or the lore
of a forgotten age, but for fruits
and vegetables.
He is roaming the rugged, road
less, often trackless wilds Of Af-
ghanistan, cut off by weeks OF
weary travel on foot or horseback
from the nearest outpost of civiliza-
ton, on a quest which, If it Is sue
cessful, eventually will be reflected
usefully and happily upon the tables
and in the diet of millions of Ameri-
cans.
There is romance and high ad-
venture in this exploration by DR..
Walter Koelz of an Asiatic fastness
which jealousy guards so many OF
its age-old secrets, but If you could
speak with him you could not get
him to view it that way.
Shrinks From Spotlight.
For DR.. Koelz, like his fellows In
that small, select, well-trained band
Of explorers who serve the Depart
ment of Agriculture's Bureau Of
Plant Industry, is a scientist bent
upon the accomplishment OF q
specific job. And. wonder of won
ders in this day and age. honestly
shrinking from the spotlight Of pub
lie attention.
1t is these little-publicized explor-
ers, DR.. Koelz and others who have
preceded him in every corner OF
the world as emiSsaries of our Gov
ernment, who have sent into the
United States literally thousands Of
varieties of plants, many of which
have proved invaluable in broaden
ing our diet, enhancing our econ
omy, aiding farmers and city folk
alike.
The purpose of the present ex-
ploration of Afghanistan Is to
gather native fruits and vegetables
which will help our growers to raise
better crops, freer of diseases and
perhaps to give us new kinds OF
fruits and vegetables to vary Our
menus. But, more than that, DR.
Koelz Is under instructions to send
| tn the Denartment of Agriculture
specimens Of as many different va
rieties of growing things as pos
sible, because Afghanistan is almost
virgin territory insofar as plant ex-
ploration is concerned.
Wins Natives Confidence.
And 50 this scientist, who speaks
the language Of the country ane
that of other Asiatic countries q
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night. Tony Firpo and Don White
each slugged out homers over the
left field fence, both coming with
q man on base.
Lefty Isekite. Tiger iefthsnder,
went the route for Tacoma, pitch.
ing a splendid game until the last
two innings, when he suddenly lost
control. He walked two men in
the eighth and five In the ninth.
lie gave up but four hits.
On the whole, however. 1t was
an suspicious home debut Of Bobby
Garretson as manager. The team
had hustle and fight
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WV. League Games

Two unbesten teams in the sec
ond half race-south Tacoma
Pines and superintendent meet
Sunday at Robert Gray field in
South Tacoma in the feature West
ern Washington league tussle this
week.
Tillieum Chiefs of Western
Washington hospital take their
unbeaten seeond-half record
out to spana~ay to battle the
Lakesiders Who lost 10 the
revived shipbuIldsrs last Sun
DAY.
Midland and Pacific City. rivals
for the past four years. lock horns
al Pacific City in the third league
fray II the week.
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Spokane Hot Ball Town

Spokane is going to town better than in baseball
attendance -.
There every TO believe the eastern Washington
metropolis will shater its national record for class ball
established last year ;.
The Indians riding high. Right up there the
ball of the flag mast Last they didn't enjoy that
distinction yet turned out better than 100000 fans
Now with winner the packing big park
before They only proper
from neighboring Idaho Montana Not dbb
nearby states, but in
Rev. A r. NJ Kettne pastor
series
gone
far this they ahead
nights
$500 That money .
mark
Rev kettner ball college Indians
played good ball. Joley hit like
played top-fight ball
Ketner, way or o Spokane
Tacoma here for The Tacoma Times
I be
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Two Games

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and Ensein; players walking, Dc,ofe,
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White.
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TACOMA

Losing pitcher Oliver. . hts 2 nuns
off oliver in 90 Innings 5 hits 3
runs off Davis In a. lnnings at bat
off Oliver 20. Davis IL. runs RESPONSE
bic for oliver 9 Davis /. struck out.
Oliver 3. isaslte ~ baseA on balls,
OFF Oliver 3 Davis l. fsekite 0 Wild
pitches. isekits passed ball. OBrien:
left on bases. Salem 7 Tacoma TO-
home runs Fiipo White two-base
hits. Coscarart q Shirley. Garretson:
runs bstted IN HBrFiE Cosesrart.
Petersen Knoll, Hartman Osrfet-
non 2, Ffrpo 2 White 3 stolen bases.
Abbott. Flrpo. Farrell 2 Hartman
ilme 2Xi umptFes. Nelson and
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Losing pitcher. Ardizoia; innings
pitched. by Ardizoia az: at bat, OF
Ardizoia ~ hits off Ardizoia 5; runs
scored, off Ardizoia 4, runs response
bic for. Ardizoia s, Salyeson lost
3 struck out. by Ardizoia 2, sslveson
4 lost 8 bases on balls, off Ardizola
2 Salveson /. lost l.; wild pitches.
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on bases. Oakland 9. Hollywood IL
home runs. CHI istopher Dunn: three
base hits, w Raimondi. 0udst. two
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Christoff. Herman. Christopher. runs
batted in. Christon W Rsimondi
Gudat 2, Dunn 3, salvebon q Christ
opher q Luby. Chapman. double play,
Christoff TO Chapman TO Luhy, time
OF game. zoe umpires, Edwards.
Powell and Mazzeo.