-. -V-f i r &:& .... i iiA' IimI"" MMrtMMMMMMfillM , v 1 twi 'imvlii IV ' ) '. 'I . lay t h v fv f " ? - t''V'' VOL XXI, MARSHFIELD, COOS COUNTY, OREGON, Dec. 27, 190 NO. 52 "r . . It M.B ilfr r : -v. i , r . coast kBfe H AMbk MH f f MuvKtf r1 j m rh iH JL CUSTOMS SCANDAL AT MANILA 1 , . Government Robbed of Thousands CABLE LANDS TODAY By Smuggling Operations Cpiclal to the Mall. Washington. Deo, 2d Advice elate Hint tlio cmtom department archipullgo has unoarthud n colloenal system of muggllng which has coat the govern ment ninny thoucrnds ot dollars Dep uty collector MiX'oy charges tlmt rnnny tifllccis and moil on tlio trnn ports nro in tlio combine, Secretary of tlio yTrear-ur Blmw tlilu morning said that Judging from tutor views with many noun tor a nnd ropro oeullatlvoi, liu had no.hopo that any currency lojjlalitllon would bo nt torn pod In tlio Jlonro at thlt toetton, , . - Silverton Reachesthe Islands With New Trans-Pacific String Kan l'nuieleco Dc. 2(i CabloKMin? from tlio rhip Silvorton eaya tlio veiaei arrived In sight of Honolulu tlifo morn Inp, having laid 2238 mllca of cablo. Tlio liind ond of tlio cabol la now being laid nnd tlio work will bo finished to morrow, whon Governor Dole will Bind a mcaaago to I'realdcnt- Itooaovolt. Honolulu cltizona will eclobrato the event in an olaboroto manner. lWf -m.u i.nKiiWf , v rinj Anrlrnf llonr. The early JCgypthwiH divided tlio day mid ttltrlit each Into twelve houra, n cub tout adopted by the Jew or the Grvuks probably from the HiibylonlaiiH. Tiio day Lh wild to Imvo Unit Ihiiii divided Into bourn fioin It. C. W.l, when n niiii dlnl woh erectwl In tho teinplu of (hilrt nui ut Home, I'revloiiH to the Invention of water cloclcu, It. C. l.VS, tlio time wua culled ut Home by public crlem. In oarly KtiKtund ono expedient ,of men urltit; thno wnn by wax cundle, three InebeH burnlnj; nti hour. Tho flrut pr feet mochnnlcul cluck won not innde uufjl about A. D. 12A0. Day began at iuorlito ninooK rnowt of tho northern nn tliuw. ut Hiinwrt iiuioiiL' tho AthenbinA niKl Juwo, nt nildulKht among tho Ho uiuno, an with no. l-um4a4MaM. .a.m... av . . - - - WIKr lllar. When tlio celebrated phyHlciftn Sir ilcnry Holland told Hydncy Kmlth that he had fulled to kill either ono of a bni(e of pheuHiintn that had risen with in envy nuiKO near tlio latter!1 home, tho. wttty divine nnkitl, "Why did you not prescribe for them?" Ono day Kir Henry wn PiiRncet't, In it hot argument with "llobus" Bmlth, a barrltrter, eonoernln tho mcrttn of their rvupvcttvo profcHaloiiK. "You will uduilt," Hold Hlr Iliuiry, "tluit your profcHHlou doex not mako angels of men." "No," i-otortod Smith, "titer you Imvo tho bent of It." Clvlo Prltle In SoltooU, Civic prldo la belnu tuutiht In tho 8t. LoiiIh publlo dcIiooIh, with tho litera uru of the Civic Improvement Ichkuo for textbooka. Tho leniriio Ima been eudeavorhiK hIiico Uh orKnulzatlon to lutereHt tho HchoolteaeherH and through them tho inipllri. Tho good effect of tlilu campiilKii hi now heliiK felt. Tho ton chora aro becoming interested, nnd rccpiastN art holm; received from them for llteratui'o to ho lined In their uehoolu. Tho league h'lH been furnltdi- in? tho teaeherH with -all tho UteniUiro they Imvo called for up to tho present tlmo and will coutlnuo uo to do. Tho education of tho children In civic prldo hi ono of the fundamental principles for hccuiIiik a beautiful town or city. Tho children beeomo Interested In tho ,worl: and convert their purenta, and n Kvnernl tsenMmout for betterment in tlio reuult. . lloiv o Clnin ainttlnir. ' Llttlo uued matting, an hi iiparo jdmmberH or tipper BUinmer roomo,, Hhould bo Hwept very clean, then wiped; hvlth a cloth wrung out of oweot nilllci jlo thin onco a year. It keeps the) utrnw ullvo and to a degveo iillant. If ,'thu milk wuhIi Ih usod In it living room 'c oh a iduzzu, follow it by wlphul with .very hot clear water to keep thej floor from drawing tiim CURRENT COMMENT. It la worthy of notice tlmt Brnrll ha n now president, Dr. llodrlguw Alvea, nnd that not a shot was tired. Spring Held Itepubllcau. Now China would llko nrbltrntlon nt The Hague. Could Micro bo more ur prltilng evidence of awakening In tho far eiiHt?- New York Tribune. I'OHslhly Japan lends tho world In the qunllty of its political spirit. Certainly its Ideals nro u lesson of suggestion to other tuitions. St. I.ouhi Republic. There should be no objection to the cost of coast artillery target practice. It will be u deal more expensive sonic day If our guunent eun't hit whrtt they shoot at. Washington Times. Kt til another polar expedition lo pro jected In uplto of tho fulluro ot, tboso tlmt have gone before. Duns for tho relief party will bo announced u little luttr on. Unltfmoto American. Dr. Outllng says ho will soon have on the market n plow tlmt will albo har row, roll and seed the ground at tho same time, m wo may look out for an era of rapid llro farmlug. Indhinaiwllu News. GREAT SCANDAL THREATENED "MADONNA AND-CHILD," BY DOLCE. 'L I 1 I. IM.U IIMW ffll 1 !' II I I nTGUE TRIBUNAL Canal Commission Un der Fire S'quand- Accused of ing The Funds- Will Probably be Arbitrator the CURTAIN CALLS. May Irvlu Is to star In "Sally hi Our Alley." Tony Deulcr hi arranging to open a hippodrome In Chicago in January. Ellon Terry, It Is said, will .not nc- company Sir Henry Irving on his next American tour. Kdim May Is to have tho chief role In a new musical play by Leslie Stuart and I'atil Totter. II. W. Savngo of tho CaBtlo Square Opera company n ml George Ado Imvo returned from Europe. Letty Llud will, It Is wild, make her reapponraiieo on tho stage In "Tho Girl From Kay's" at Loudon. A now brldesmnld In "A Chinese Honeymoon" Is Isabellu Whltlock, who won fumo In tho "Klorodora" sextet. Ono of Weedon (jiossmlth's actors, Herbert Smith, has bought if three act fnrco onlltleil "Tho Adoptlonu of Archi bald." Mlsa Elizabeth Tyreo la making ready for "Oretna Green," u romantic comedy, by Grace Livingston Kumiss, In which she will tiiuke her debut na a Htnr. ALLIED POWERS CONSENT CASTRd MAKES CONDITIONS United States Likely to Insist on Blockade Being Called off Pending Arbitration ' Special to the Mall. Wathlogton, Dec. 26 A losolntlon waa offored in tho IIouio by Hepburn of Iowa, promUea to develop a canal (can dle. Hepburn aeka an iuqnry into the expenditures of tbo Isthmian Canal commieslon. Under tbo act authoriz ing tho creation of tbo commission a million dollars was act aaide for its ex penses. It la openly stated that half a million baa already been expended in salaries to tho comtnlsBioncra and an army ot holp. Hepburn charges that it ba been tbo praties of tho commie elon to make places for sons of army and navy oflicera of high rank and Influence, J also tho eona of prominent eenntora and congressmen, paying them far moro than under any clrcumetancea their ccj vlcea Iz worth. There baa norcr been any publication of the liet of tboao em ployed or of the expeniea thus far in curred, although many aembora of con greea have ropcatedly endeavored to ob aln information on tuia point. PEN, CHISEL AND BRUS"H. Henry Ilncon, tho noted Boston paint er, will spend tho winter In Egypt: Frederick MncMonnlcs, the sculptor, has recently devoted his wholo time to painting. Dr. Edward Stclncr of Richmond, lud,. Is to go to Russia to become biog rapher of Count Leo Tolstot, nt tho re quest of tho author himself. W. I). Nciblt, who for three" years has conducted the "Josh Wink" column of humor In the Baltimore American, has become connected with the Chica go Tribune. William Grant James, owner of the Boston Budget, has secured tho Boston Saturday Evening Gazette, whose gen eral manager, John W. Ryan, has be came associate editor of the Budget. MASCAQNI. Mascagnl can Introduce some of his American experiences In his next tragic opera. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Mascagnl may not tako many Amer ican dollars to Europe with him, but he is richer in experience. Pittsburg Gazette. Tho Intermezzo in the "Cavallerla Rustlcann" entitles Mascagnl to a fa' vorable verdict in any suit that msy be brought against him. Memphis Commercial Appeal. It Is gcnesUy asserted, that a com poser cannot do his best work until his soul has been mellowed by nflllc tlon. Accordingly, Mascagnl ought now to be ub!efto write his sweetest music Baltimore American. Not Gall tr- IIc GcU Wei. A British army otDccr when in fnll uniform is not allowed to carry an umbrella, no matter if the rain is fall ing In torrents. in i fjytf to go to heaves. I "Do you expect Jhn?" ' "Cert. I ain't never dono uothln', her rA MMIUIMMIIIfllnililUlflllilllfcllEiMiuKQ I uiu MilucNo Ilnnktiote, Ono of tho curiosities at tho British museum is a Chinese baukuoto of tho fourteenth century, which was discov ered In tho rulim it a. stntuo of nuddha at Peking. Papei money was not Intro duced Into Uuropo till the seventeenth century. Washington, Dec 20 Tbo Cabinet moeting today was devoted to tho dis cussion of Vonozuolun affairs, import- 4 ant communications had boon recoivad during tho night from London nnd Borlinc but woro not mado public.1 An announcement Is shortly expected from tho state department to tbo o fleet that tho quoalion will ba aubmlttod to the Hasuo tribunal; It was tomi-offlclally stated this morning that tho cablegrams contained V . tho acceptanco by tho'alliod powers of tho proaident's proposition. Tho ma jority of tho cabinot ia opposed to Presi dent Rooievolt accepting .tho reaponil blllty to arbitrato. No matter by whom the matter bo ar bitrated, either by tho preaidont or the II ago u tribunal.tho feeling here isatrnng that tho Uultod Statoa government, it occasion nriaoa will intlatthat the block, ado ba called off while1 the arbitration ia lo prograaj, ' 'l)u uroiuul blotlt.tU.ij; fUbt hlong thB Venezuelan coaat is a sure monnco to peaceful condition;. Diflicultios of vnri- oua kinds may arlao at any time through tho arbltrny action of soma command era of ships of tho allied ileot or tho in trepidity of eomo akippor who may at tonipt to run tho blockade. But tho greatest objection to a con tinunncoo oi tho blockado pending arbi tration, will bo tho loss to American shipping iutoreats, which tho govern ment does not bolieyo should bo tolerated. SHOE TALK CaracaB. Dec. 26 Prosidont Castro has occoptod tho proposals to submit thft pending difference to tho arbitration of tho Hague tribunal, subject to coi tain conditions, which iucludoa cessation of the blockade and return of tho Vene suola Hoot seized by tha allied powers. 'President Castro's acceptanco has bbeh transmitted to) 'the WaBftuigton government from which the proposal emanated. tf&ZT' VT l...! t...H T1A1MH1 A. ' .. 1 T. t - AM w Jff ' """LritfyTV 1 UU-V1"K siiuuu wuai gui piueueu. it you ouy n ;t,ou or &l&Fimn ,0 ell0Q at a B,oro w'uo Vi to 3 shoes aro sold you do jriWlL B' get plucked nearly every time. : : : : Satisfactory shoe! for Winter Bhoes that ploaso tho peoplo shoea in which tho shape will hold won't "aquash" out, or sag iu the shank, or got shabby-looking in a little while. ::::::: : : : Shoes that hold out becaueo thoy'ro' rightly built not a skimp any where, insido or out THAT'S tho Walk-Over Shoo : : : Must bo right or wrong no middlo ground or wo couldn't everlastingly preach Money-Back Shoos good wear or a uew pair ' : : : : : : Why pay $5 'and JO for let-woll-enough-alono shoos Tom, Dick and Harry makes that Imvo been foisted on a l loug suffering public with scarcely u change in quality $3-5 nd $ nor in shape for tho last ton years. never ! WALK OVER SHOE 3 MAGNES- & MATSON . OUTFITTERS & FURNISHERS i. 1 ' K liaM,TSirjWlillWallMlWiMiilMDKiii1MaMlflliMliMl I kf