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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1910, RGHTH NEVER WEARY IN CENML1EB Revolutions Have1 Been Carried on ' for .Over a Century -4 Trouble Caused by Love p r: Power. ' ' . ,' ijr ireuenc 4. Jtaskin. .Washington,' Jan. From the time when Nelson, then an humble Officer of marines, put afterward the hera of Tra fairer, lost his shoe In wading- through a. rjuRgmlre to receive the surrender of a Spanish battery, down to tho living present, there hat been Utile real from political tribulation and, revolution in Central America. .Internecine strife ha Dee a so cunnvani mm id trail lorin me re mark that there never waa a time when Central Ameclca was not planning revolution, fighting one, or ending one, The cauae la not far to seek.. The peo ple are not temperamentally' fitted for freedom, The Republican form of gov ernment obtains In theory, tut not In fact The . ballot box. In the . United - States a great' engine of liberty, which transforms the will of, the people Into action, there stands for. little more than a pleasing fiction. No sooner does Central American, ruler get Into power than he makea plans to stay there, with the result that; the only way to change hta administration is at the point of the anlf with more power' than Edward of England ever knew, and more, than Wil liam of Germany every expects to have. ra&ama's Tmix Election! It was eatd that the last presidential oonteet in Panama was -the first fair election ever known In tropical Amer ica. Plana had been perfected to Insure, the perpetuation of the Amador govern ment, and only a healthy display of power on the part of Uncle Sam pre vented a revolution there. The "ins" were planning to operate the election machinery in such a way as ,to Insure their success,, ana tne "outs' were ae fter mined to enforce their, rights at the point of the bayonet Except-for the part Uncle -Sam played - in that event this outline might serve for a hundred different election rows in Central Amer ica, with the details merely filled In. Sometimes It la the Moderates against the Liberals, sometimes the Conserva tive against the Radicals, sometimes tjie Centralists against the Federalists and sometimes th Democrats against the Republicans, but nearly, always the trouble is brought about by the effort of the 'Ins" to make' the results of the ballot box favorable to them, no matter what the will of the people. It 1 sim ply a case of the shadow, of democracy and the substance of tyranny. The Central American states, on latlng of Guatemala, Costa. Rico, Hon duras, Salvador and Nicaragua, spent three full centuries under Spanish rule. Explored and taken possession of by a representative of (Jortex,. In the name- of Spain, they Immediately became Spanish territory. It would be-a long and te dious process, to. review their , history during these 'three centuries,: starting w ttttuSpinlatf S pcmsessiOB .1V-1 tsr and ending with independence in 1821. The latter part of thia period haa -a deep Interest because there was a well laid plot on the part of Great Britain to ,r cuup her losses of the revolutionary war I In North America by getting control pf Central America. ;, y ' Kelson's Experience. It was at this time. that Horatio No! son. still an humble subaltern, at the head of BOO marine, waded throuKh mud and water and "boarded'' a Span Ish battery, as he termed It Successful In his .first battle, the campaign as whole went against him. Once htsltfe waa saved by a Heard running across his face and awaking him In time to escape a deadly viper colled at his feet Not long thereafter he , was poisoned by drinking water from a spring In which grew a deadlytree, an,d It is said that hi health never recovered irom tnai ex perlence. ' ' -i Country would Be Tree. - Although England failed to get pos session of Central America she was re sponsible for Spain loa.nsr It. It was at Trafalgar that -the spell of. Spanish power was broken and the Invincible Ar mada hurled back in ' defeat. and de SDalr. What England did not do In driv ing Spain to poverty and weakness ws completed by Napoleon. Emboldened by the weakness of the mother country, and cheered by the example of the United States, the Central 'American colonies wroie their Declaration of Independence, and through an all but bloodless revolu tion established themselves a Independ ent states. It fell to the lot of the little province of Chlapls, then a portion of Guatemala, to start the movement that resulted in .freedom from the Spalnlsh yoke. It declared Itself Independent of Spain, Guatemala followed quickly and her action was duplicated jr the other states. Mexico sought through iturmae to annex them all to her territory.-declaring they could not stand alone, but only Chiapas was finally mads a part of that nation. , Mexico aid not give up her pretensions to possession without a struggle. Guatamala naving quicaeneo her hope of success, but after forcing one or two of the states to submit to annexation. Iturbide's government in Mexico was Itself overthrown and a re public established there. Anything to Cans Trouble. Then came a constitutional conven tion. A constitution modeled after that of the United 8tates was prepared and adopted, though there Is no proof that It was submitted to tne people themselves. - Wo sooner bad this new nation been formed than Intense par tisan spirit, arose. The Centralists and the Federalists, known'also' as the Mod erates and the Liberals, and also as the Aristocrats and ' Radicals, became ex tremely . bitter toward one another, Starting under the most favorable aus pices, except that-the people were not fitted for the sovereignty vested in American citizens. It wss not long un til the question of states' rights arose In a peculiar way The national con gress planned a big celebration In honor of the' first, anniversary of the new government but Guatamala refused to participate. This refusal was most em- harassing, as the seat of. government was In her territory. So the national congress passed a resolution compelling the Guatemalans to participate In the exercises. In 1824 President Arce Issued a proc lamation convening an extra session of the congress, which was clearly an un constitutional act. Salvador rebelled, invaded Guatamala and was defeated. Arcs) countered with cn Invasion of Sal vador, and - was In turn defeated. ' Civil war was the result The troublous times brought m-leader Who forced the states Into submission for a while, but even he -could not Indefinitely postpone the separation that Seemed Inevitable. By 183S every state had seceded. It was a general secession, for which. In the very nature of things, there could be no remedy.- The United States - of Central i America was nothing Jbu ,', n name.""" " ."" "" "' " About ' this time thers 'arose a new power In Central American politics. This man was Carrera, norant as his vocation would Indicate, yet possessed of a cunning and cruelty seldom surpassed. - Years of fighting followed his rise. The states were led to a reunion, only to split up again, At times Carrera was. a defeated guer 111 sulking in the mountains with price, upon his head, and then a trl umphant leader with a recruited forca He finally defeated' Morazan in, a great battle, and had., that valiant warrior put to death .fin the anniversary of Cen tral American Independence.. Carrera placed himself at ths head of ' the Guatemalan government1 and remained its dictator until 18(6. - ' ';; V 'Would as JCiaff. We now come to the time of William Walker, the rversatlle'and daring Ten nesseao, wno sought' to establish an empire of his own In Central America. This , dashing soldier of .fortune first failed In an attempt , to create a state In lonely Mexican province,, but,1 noth ing dauntiyl by thfs reverse, pressed on southward in his career of conquest For a time he was actually In control of the government of Nicaragua, and seemed ; la . a fair way, to realise ..his ambition to be a ruler.-' But bis tenure of power was brief. After being turned from one port by the American navy and ordered away from another by the admiral of a British warship this val tant - freebooter was captured by Hon duranean troops, court-martialed and Shot . . ; - The subsequent, history of the Cen tral American states Is on of abortive efforts to reunite them, of revolutions and' counter-revolutions,-with occasion al bright period of peace, undor tem porary beneficent administrations. Even as. late as 1907 a serious effort was made to reunite the states In a perma nent , union like our own. There had been suoh a ' succession of revolutions that Mexico and the United States Joined hands In asking the republics to take part In a conference at Washing ton looking to mufual understanding that would end these constant wars. When the delegstes met the represent atlve from Honduras . proposed a un ion. He Insisted that - federation was bound to ' come, and that the question Involved was-only whether. It should be ndw or hereafter. . Honduras and Nic aragua favored the proposition, but all the others opposed it The result was the court of arbitration1, a sort of mln lature Hague tribunal, but no union. Tomorrow II Nicaragua. Land of , Blasted Hopes. MR. BLUE SAYS HE LOSES " MONEY WEARING BLUE It has taken A, C. Blue Just 11 months to find out that It does not pay to be policeman. ' Yesterday afternoon Patrolman Blue walked Into Chief Cox's private office, laid down his star and handed In his resignation, saying that to walk cobble stones night after night for 1100 a month is not a paying proposition; that it does not pay a, man of ordinary In telligence. ' Chief Cox was surprised and grieved because Officer Blue was. not only one of the best men on the beats, but was also entitled to the front rank In the famous "beauty squad ..of the department. But, my dear man. you're getting $100 a month, the chief stammered. "Doesn't that pay?" No, sir, it does not the officer re plied. "I have now served 11 months and have tried to save some money, but it can't, be done at . 8100 1 aT month. There's nothing In It, so her Is my star and I want to quit save the .department's loss.the chief ac cepted the resignation with regret. in lim LIU Willi mi . m . i wen r v7 i vn v ,-m , m m m. , r , m limn i , a predominant streak or Indian blood m brRnd of chewing tobacco to stand at in his veins, and who had been a pig-1 the top. supreme and uncontested. Piper driver in uGatamala. He was as ig- I Heldsieck enjoys that distinction. SL PETERSBURG Display of Brilliancy to' Dis prove Statements That Czar ina Is Mentally Afflicted. ' London. "Jan. 8.-r-Ciepatchus from St Petersburg tell of the elaborate, ar rangements made for .the winter social season In the Russian capital, which, the correspondents state, Is designed to be the most brilliant since the present czar cams to ths throne. Beginning with an imperial reception at the Winter pal ace tonight; there are to follow in rapid succession ' a series of state dinners, amateur theatricals and other social festivities. The purpose of these enter tainments. It Is said. Is to disprove the statements, made abroad that the czar ina has become mentally afflicted. Despite the official : denials, It Is learned from an authoritative source that the czarina, who is closely related to the English royal family she is niece of King- Edward Is .seriously 111, both mentally and ' physically. ,- Her present condition Is such. In fact, -that her recovery is regarded a difficult, if not Impossible.,: Yever ropula ta XuasU. , The czarina, as 1 well known, ha never been popular In Russia. From the very day of her arrival there, .indeed, she has been looked on askance as an Intruder one who ha neither part nor lot In the land. And of late year the feeling against her has become much more intense. Surrounded by enemies. she has. for years been the unhapplest royal personage In Europe. Though she ha been a devoted wife, her domestic life all through ha been one of great sorrow. The czar nun gered for a son, and as each of the many daughters was born the gloom Increased, till' melancholy had marked her for It own. Even when the' long- wished-ror-neir - arrived the joy was short ' lived. Attempts to kidnap the czarevitch were narrowly frustrated, and the terror of violent death at any moment for herself and family broke down what little fortitude' remained. . The csarlna received a - great shock when the' Grand Duke Serglus .was as sassinated at Moscow, For weeks afterward she could not sleep without opiates. Although .-she compelled her self to attend the funeral of her .hus band's unole. .the' Grand Duke Alexia, her terror of bombs waa so great that afterwards fears were entertained as to her reason, wnen sne traveled to tne Crimea with',1 her family, - making her first Journey through Russia In seven yeara her one thought was of revolu tionists, and practically during the whole time ah had the little czare vitch clasped to her breast Every political disturbance in Europe has increased thia depression, and the recent tour to France and England, where ahe had passed so many happy days in her girlhood, was delayed too long, it Is believed, to accomplish all that was hoped for in the way of restor ing shattered nerves. Draper Begins Second Term. Boston, Mass., Jan. 6-r-At noon today Eben S. Draper waa inaugurated for the second time governor of the state ZZmummlr mfM Massachusetts, , -Tn.-oatlwof-.f flc EL.. uT,!;1wA8 Mmlhlsteftdft lilm in "the Tall of OF ER MEET hrst Step Toward Carrying Out of Slogan, "Missouri Demo cratic, Again in 1912." Kansas City, Mo., Jan. . Democratto leaders of "Missouri, officeholder, edl: tor and others who work with brain and pen the year round to keep a party In good fighting shape, are gathering In Kansas City for the biggest pow-wow they have held In many a. day. Tomor row there will be a meeting of the full stats committee, followed on Saturday by a general conference under the au spices of the Missouri Democratto Edi torial association. Ths gathering -Will wind up Saturday night with a "Jackson day" banquet at which Democratlo lead' era of national prominence will be the speakers. I "Missouri Democratlo Again In 1811." Is to be the slogan of the conference. It has been unanimously agreed that candidacies shall not be considered, but that the entire time of the conference shall bs devoted to a discussion of Is sues and principles and the considera tion of plana for a closer organisation In preparation for the next stats cam paign. Senator Stone is expected to take part In the conference, and also ths three men. who are regarded as rival candi dates for Warner's seat In the senate, which will be filled' by the next legis lature. The three candidates are ex Governor Joseph W. Folk, David R. Francis of St Louis and James A. Reed, former mayor of Kansas City. In cer tain quarters considerable significance 1 attached to the fact that William J. Bryan was not Invited to speak at the banquet to be given Saturday night while on the other hand, Norman J Mack Of Buffalo, who Is said to have declared himself In opposition to Mr, Bryan's leadership of the Democratic party, will be the guest of honor and chief speaker at the banquet FOURTH MAN ON TRIAL FOR MURDER OF ARTIST the ' house of representatives In the presence of both branches of the legisla ture and other high officials and citi zen's of the atate. After taking the oath of office, Governor Draper deliv ered hla inaugural address. Alexandria, Va., Jan. 8. Henry Smith. the negro who turned state's evidence in the Schults murder case, was placed on trial today In the corporation court It la expected that not more than two days will be required to dispose of the case. In the event that Smith Is found guilty of murder In the first degree It is expected ths state will ask that the sentence be commuted to life imprison ment In view of Bmlth's aasistance In bringing about the conviction of Rich ard Pines, Calvin Johnson and Eugene Dorsey. Walter F. Schults. the victim of the murder, was a Chicago artist In March, 1809, he came to Washington' to attend the presidential Inauguration. Four days later his mutilated body waa found on the outaklrta of Alexandria. Hla pockets had been rifled, giving evi dence that robbery had .furnished the motive for the murder. A few days after the discovery of the body the four negroes. Pines, Johnson, Dorsey and Smith, were arrested by the police on suspicion. On cross examination Smith confessed to his participation in the crime. According to his statements Schults was found by three of the negroe in an Intoxicated condition on the street. One of them had thrown hi overcoat over the artist's head to stifle his cries and he was then led to a field close by and beaten to death. 53j Smith has always- maintained that he had come upon the trio while they were beating Schults and upon Inquiring- the cause of the disturbance had been foreed at ths point of a pistol to join In the crime. ' Upon the evldenoe of Smith his three companions were convicted and ars now awaiting death' In the electric obalr In the stats prison At Richmond. , .Mississippi Historical Society. Jackson,-Miss., Jan. I. A number of prominent visitors ars in the city for ths annual meeting of the Mississippi Historical society, which holds Its open ing session In the ball of ths house of representatives this evening. The pro ceedings will oontlnue over tomorrow. Among those on the program- for ad dresses and papers are Dr. Franklin L. Riley of ths University of Mississippi; Professor G. M. Brunson of Mississippi college; Miss Mary B. Jenkins of Natchez, Mrs. Dunbar Rowland of Jack son, JudRS R. C. Beckett of Went 1 i l '. Hon. R. K. Wllborn of Meridian, 1 . - i Beef of New Orleans and rror.-s,.r tr C. Nichols of the A. and M. coll'e i f Texas. ' (. ' i' i m i ii To Reform Municipsl Covernment. Richmond. Ya. Jan. 8. In pursuance of a 'movement launched last fall ly the League ' of .Virginia municipalities delegates representing ths , commercial organization of ths chief cities of tlm state met at the Hotel Jefferson In this city today to consider certain sug gested reform In method of municipal government, which will be attended by ths mayor and other official repre sentatives of Virginia cities. , It 1 an ticipated . that the report may recom mend the general adoption by the ottim of Virginia of the Galveston or L Moines plan of government by commis sion, with certain modifications. . ! - - L-KiLfTS VAe newest EDISON A wonderful musical instrument, a beautiful piece of furniture a Phonograph with the horn built in as a part of the cabinet .;v A trained musician may purchase a piano; simply for the beauty of its tone and the lightness of its action. The real home maker will purchase for this and more. The instrument purchased must be a delight to the eye as well as to the ear a pit of the home. And that is just "the why. of the Amberola" combining as it docs, all the tonal beauty of the Edison Phonograph, with the added richness, simplicity and charm of a masterpiece of cabinet work comparable only to the highest grade piano. - The Amberola comes in several finishes of Mahocany and Oak to harmonize with sur roundings in your home. It has drawers in the . lower part for holding 120 records. 1 he pnee S ' is 1200.00. Hear the Amberola at your dealer's today play both Amberol and Standard Records. ' '- Slezak And be sure to ask to. hear the new Grand Opera Amberol Records by Slezak the great tenor of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, who is the greatest Grand Opera sensation since the days of Jean DeReske. ' " ' '; ' Kdlioa Phonographs, 112 JS to $200.00 Edlioo A mberol Records (play twice as loot?) f .50 Edlaoa Standard Records . JS Edison Grand Oper Records . .7Saodl.00 There are Edison dealers everywhere. Go to the nearest and bear the Edison Phono graph play both Edison Standard end Amberol Records. Get complete eaulog-s front : your dealer or from us. Warlensl "Itaaotr&p. Cot, 75 I sSesirfe Avmae, Oram. N. J. m $ Talking Machine Edison . Machines and Records 333 Washington Street Talking Machine Edison Machines and Records 1 gMSfJBSSSZSBJBJBBJSfJSJBSJBBZfZSJBSJB mm .... - . - . - - - - - ' . - . ......... -. -- - - - - - - -- - - sjsssssnjsJssjBaszsj - jjsbssssjssssbsbssjssbsb 3 1 J Flannel'te Gowns 98c Heavy Flannelette Gowns blue, pinks, ,; white . and fancy s tri p'e d patterns; Made full, wide and long. They are made to sell for $1.50. Come in all sizes. These gowns are now on special sale at, 4 teacn ............ 98c Sweaters, Res. $3.50 Values $1.95 Women's PureWool Sweat ers, in all sizes, latest semi fittied. The colors are car dinal, navy blue and white: They have never been sold before for less than $3.50 each. Buv them at the Clean Sweep Sale, at . . . . . rlli I Z, WIIV $1.95 c n j u LABOWrrCH BROS. 169-171-173 THIRD ST. WS8? fKimonos, $2 Vals. 88c aar - nirr - ' .yir,,;,1 , , " , " .lies' , I Clean-Sweep Sale of EF HI "' 111 H U Mil--: fttl i,"--, 1 'I'lIW-M"! BBBBBMnSBMIraBBHaSVXaBBBBSlHBl KSftVia PctBe6afe $U2 Beautiful Heatherbloom .Petticoats, elaborately trimmed with 15-in. heavy embroidery ruffle, also dust ruffles. They look like silk; but wear longer and better. Every one cut full and wide. .. Label on each petticoat. Reg. $3.50 vals Clean Sweep C 1 Q Sale price'-. . . . . . . . . .'. .J) 1 llnHll fAli i .uaaIaiki CAN uauuvi utile jtcan:r j.ju Long Coat " Style, length 32 inches. Knitted of heavy wool white yarn; trim'd in either red, green or , blue, with large fancy pearl 'buttons and two substantial pockets in all sizes; regular $7 Cft value, clean sweep sale price; ..!) DU, Woinniaim's 5mi "iuffsiock Every Suit One-Hall Price That was the order given our garment-buer, and the way he has marked down all remaining suits means tremendous savings to those who have not purchased Winter Suits, if they will but attend this sale, which starts Friday morning. In brief we mention gener ally the old and the new selling'prices: $25.00 Soits. $12.50 $37.50 Suits. $18.75 $30.00 Snl Is. SI 5.00 540.00 Soils, 820.00 All colors, including black. Materials comprise di agonals, worsteds, serges, men's wear worsteds and broadcloths. We guarantee you can't buy these suits anywhere else at double our price. BETTER COME EARLY, BEFORE THE SIZES ARE BROKEN. Women's Long Kimonos of good igrade flannelette in pretty patterns, in me dium, dark and light colors, neatly trimmed with con trasting materials. All sizes. Values to $2.00 ea. Clearance Sweep QQv Sale OOt, Anfeltul Dose" Rt 25c A great special . purchase of Boys and Girls" Aufel tuf Black Hose, fine and coarse ribbed JThey come in all ' sizes. Regularly priced at 25 cents the pair. Buy them here during this sale at two pairs OQn for .......... ...LDLJ Seven CalicsFels Napttra Soap 25c .Ge'nuine F e 1 sv N a p t h a Soap, large size cake, regu lar 5c, during ' our Clean Sweep Sale, 7;' ' : "Cr cakes '.Xuv Ladies' 85c Union Suits Now at iOc ' fTTViiT,--,-,-,: ,,, I'',,;, i.l, , mi. 'ii.' ,1.1 '',,'''! f, Ladies' Fine White Union Suits, made of good grade yarn in all sizes. Sell regu larly at 85c.: Clean Cfip Sweep Sale, pricq. ; OUL 1: 1000 newest style Hair Barrettes, tortoise or am ber shades, plain or carved style, with sub stantial clasos. Values to 50c. 111 Clean Sweep Sale . ...V Real flair Ppffs al $1.95 flair Switches for $1.95 Real Hair Puffs,your Real Hair Switches," choice of five differ- natural wavy hair, 24 ent styles. They are sani- inches long. They are sam tarv made and in all shades; " tary made and in all shades. Reg. $3.50 and $4.00 puffs. They are values to $10.00. Clean bweep. 1 lie ucan sweep CA .tll.l 70 Sale .P7i7U P. , tiUtVVBal' -ii AT . , ' 'J - IB V l Sale Every Onc-PIccc Dress In the Store Clean-Sweep-Sale at One Half Price $17.50 and $20 Long Coals $9,90 ; One hundred fine Coats in this lot. Made of all-wool 'materials and tailored in plain and fancy styles. They are made in all the most wanted styles and shades.' 'All si?cs:-:Value$3 Sweep Sale . . . . v . . . . . . . . . . ,vJy sJ 35c Darnomore Hose Three Pairs fori SOc . i i i 1 1 i ' ' t .- 1000 pairs ladies fine black Hose, the Darnomore brand; sell .ev- ery where at 35c pair; fast black,1 double sole, heels and toes, of fered for this low price, while, they , IaSt,rr-i..i"Q';;;'f S3 Pairs lor; 5pc Clean-Sweep Sale Women's Waists Values to $5, $6, $7.50 for $3,954 Taffeta Silk, Lace Net arid Messah'ne. Qean price ;.k. M)Oy0