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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 6, 1912)
r- i m m v Camel Hump and Giraffe Sway at the Capital " Ik In th.,lr dealr for rrr,n. ltl. rl.t , ,0 c.,ll,.MU. "M.y j ,,,.. N(), ,0 WASHINGTON. la a furtlv tort of ay people have taken nota of tha "camel bump walk," It's bar It came t l'nnylvanla avenue rath er gradually, but by much quicker ,r.K-r I Imn that by which tha abor iginal mnn stopped walking on all fours; for It lro. Ita ancestry back lo the liohlila aklrt anil no farther. Just a used to bava tha "kan garoo walk," we now have tha "camel bump n'k.M Tha i nmcl hump walk la nature' way of lail triaT Itaelf to tha hath aklrt. It la natura'i law and probably th vrry beat natura could do under )m rlrc mnatanrea. It lie amm by careful attention to the pli iurra that tha genuine ram' el hump la nothing mora nor la than an a'ii'int tin tha part of tha holiLlfl female to Kt-t away from what l runiln hrhlii'l her, a direct applica tion of (ho theory that olf preaerva Hon I :i of tha primal Instinct of tnitiuinlty Tha peculiar effect U due to tha tetidenry of tha upper portion of Iho t.ir.o to advance little faster tliiin the tiotti!r-i extremities, TIio liolililo aklrt. being trua lo Ita -...!.. m poiiteneaa. tha left leic but I w.ro you that you will not ba al.l to go far. Your career neca arlly will b aomewrmt limited." 'Cat!" airlnlmi th. rUl.t g, a4 rarea forth confidently, only to coma up axalimt that hotb!e Ilka a colt at tha an, 0f tg t.ther. Meanwhile, th. ahouUer and .pin, having th. utmoM confidence In tha right lug to do Ita full duty and mak ing no allowance for the confounded hobble, forge ur.en, t a they used to In the Inya before the tub. aklrt was ever dreamed of. Now. It I thnt very tendency of the upper portion of the torso to continue the old movements f a liHturnl gait that produces thnt peculiar pheno menon the camel hump. There la alku the "glrnffo away," which la a variation of the camel. hump en, i, love, ,y !i.n,r xlrls only. Tha complement of thesn two ac- llona U the "wl.leaw nke nit." The name originate w 1 1 ti the tendency of the anklet and fi-t 0 rnme rlelit out and greet you In broad daylUht. Tha I oca no longer peep from out of the foMe of a tailored gown; there ar. no fold Needles to say the wideawake la i-anieuinriy popular with occupant ir ine opposite unit iin rar anj with the manufacturer, of IJk hoa. Famous StockLvidge Indians Are to Go West ' T KflMMl to abandon their tribal U form of government and adopt tha hltn man'a way uf doing thing, the mini. wit of tha Hto ktirl.lK tribe of Indians, numbvrlng 600 men, women n. I cMldrrn. will shortly become rltlreii of WUronaln and ceaaa to be ud-r the supervision and guardian ship of the federal government The Kto khrldge Indiana will have a h! township to themaelve. east cf I uk Win he tin go, and other land Unit the government Intend giving them Already they are planning the oriMi.luilon of a town government, and thi-v r-nve wrlttrn to varlou fed ml and siutn ofnclal about the atate for liiformutlou respecting civil gov ermneiit. piirllnrnentary practice and mhnterer ele mar ba ua-ful to them In m hinK the problem! hefura them. Originally the Htm-hbrldg Indian were a nrt of the Mohican confoder ncjr nn rre Known undor the name of llounalonlc. When tha pilgrim lathera Inn.led at IMymouth Hock, the Ktorkbrldge occupied fart of th llimaatonlo valley at llerkahlra Ullla, .Mua KiHin after tha famotia ml lonarr. Sergeant, went to work among then, they -re collected on a tract r.-.rve,l hj tha Engllah government. The Fr.-nch an I Indian war. which t'roke out In 1751. marked tha begin "lug of the decline of th Ktock tiM:e. They Med with the French and thu arouaed tha Ire of many oth er In. Il,,n trlbee. At th clcaa of the ar llii-y re forced to move, partly became the war had reduced their fun. her an. I pnrtly be.aua the New rriK'nri.ler dealred they ahouli leave that ciitnriiiinlty. Their number reduced to a beggarly Mil hand of :r0 and their vlllnge pillaged MAY ABIDE" BY CANAL KUL1NGS Britain Kxpccted to Abandon Arbitration Demand. Er.gh EtU01f Qu.tlonWahlngton Baliev bj.ttlon Aill btcp Whn Fully Urdtrttood. WaahinRton, I). C In diplematic circle her it I believed that the de lay by Great Kritain in a.king for ar bitration of tha free toll aection of the Panama Canal act i an indication that the London forelijn office event ually wili abandon that plan. It hai been (aid that tha foreign Office Wa Withholding formal .tin pending a careful tudy of the act It i believed that when tha Uritiah nov- ernment come to underatand that the free toll provision of the act aoulie only to American coaatwiae trade, in wntcn llritiah thipping cannot partici pate in any event, the reaaon for an appeal for arbitration will diaappear. "Diplomacy Likely to Fail. Umdun Kecrct at the anirit in which the Panama (mention ia being diacuawed on thi aide of the Atlantic ia expreaaed by the Wcatminater Ga xetle, the government organ, whose editor, J. Alfred Spencer, is consider ed a poaaitly the next Uritiah ambaa aador at Waahington. The charges of "Yankee perfidy," it aay in an editorial, have had the effect that might have been expected in the American retort that Europe ia atrewn with example of this perfidy. Thi only serves to "generate heat where light is wanted." It ia likely, continues the Gazette, that diplomacy will fail to arrive at a settlement, in which case the govern ment's course clearly is to aak for ar bitration. In conclusion, it says, I'reaidunt Taft is so deeply committed to the principle of arbitration that his refuaal to submit the question cannot be conceived. ARMY POLICE FOU ALASKA. Syitem Like That cf Carada Being Considered by War Department. Ssn Franciaco The problem of giv- an.i imriie.1 by their enemies. It wru jn( Alaaka a thorough military police with joy that they accepted the Invt- ,ysu.m may be solved in the near fil iation In 17 to join the OnHdaa In tur)i nt by the stationing of a regi Onel.la and Mafllaon counties. New ment or moTe 0f g,ddiers there, scat I tering the troops through the territor- The Interior Department haa given t,y companies, but by establishing ... eppr.M.,, oi p.an. an.i tin , constabulary svitem modeled some- to-k bridge are planning to lay aaM wht alonf? the ineg 0f the Northwest aoon mo oiaiiKei. tepee and other mounted police, which ha accom mark of the only real Amerl. au." j pl(r,ed wonderful reaults in Canada. ami tn up m wtni man a lutlc. OHicera at the I'reaidio aavthat , such a system of mounted police is MOBS MENACE NICARAGUA. Rebels, Wall Armed, Overrun Coun try and Defy Troop. Waahlngton, D. C With tha Nica raguan revolutionist split into small band of marauding outlaws, aa recent report to the Stat department seem to indicate, tha United State haa on ita hand mot difficult diplomatic question to aolva regarding tha coun tries of Latin America than ever be fore In history. The apparently apent revolution agaimt the Madero government Mexico, the attack of the police o t anama on American, the uprising against ih Federal government Cuba and the question of the collec tion of the custom of Santo Doming' on have drawn the State department Into difficult relation with the peopl or those respective countries. A mob of ragged but well-armed men, according to recent dispatcher to the state department, ba been wan dering through the country near Man agua, robbing and burning building on the outskirts of the capital and ter rorizing the resident. It ia uppoed that they were part of revolution! band which escaped from the federal force two day ago. The latest word received from the detachment of 500 marine under com mand of Commander Terhune, U. N., which had left Corinto for Man agua over the railroad, wa that bridge were down and in many place rails torn up. Marinea were expected to reach Managua and restore comma nication within 24 hours. The fate of 125 Americans, who have been prac tically beaieged in the interior, is matter o-f speculation, for no authen tic news haa been received from them in aeveral days. As soon as the rail road between Managua and Corinto ia open it is expected all the foreigner within reach will be taken out of the country. CANAL TO HELP MEXICO. EAST SUFFERS INTENSE HEAT Weather Bureau Registers 95, Breaking All Record?. In l.v3 th Munae. OimMa and Htiickbridg In. Mini Joined force, aft er being gradually driven westward by the march of civilization for a cen tury, and settle. I on a tract of land near th head of Green Hay, Wla., whli h they had ptirchnaed from the Menomlneea. Since that ilute they being considered and may go through, If so, it would be under the jurisdic tion of the War department, the mounted officers being recruited from the ranks of the army Major George H. McManua, of the inspector general's department, who have become one tribe and are known has jut returned from an inspection as the Stia-khrllgea. tourofAlatka army posts, acknowl- After years of bickering hetween edged that such a constabulary was ructions or u,m trine, which rough! , being contemplated. "Personally," constantly over th nueatlun of secur ho - j believe that a syetem of ing imiiu.iuai allotment or land or i thjg kind would work out well. Cer-eat.-ililUhlng a township and living In . tjny if a corps as elfieient as that of on community, the proKinent of the the Northwest mounted police could townMiip lu-a risv won out an.i the De developed, it would do much to pre result la a decision to hnve what re- ,erve law and order in Alaska, posi- nml n a of Ihi-lr original land east of . i,v f.r more than a larcre number of l.ak Wlnnehacn mi,! hut the gov ernment Int'-n.la Klvlng them reserved for thi purpose. Uncle Sam Opens Another National Playground TIIUKU yenr ago congress passed a law setting KJn a tract of I, 'j ..lii.iri inlli-K In nortliuratern Mnn t.itin of tho wlldext routitry on thla coitimi.t lo be kept a a tiBtlimnl I-uk mid pln)gro,iud and g.m. pro K ivn 'j h ii rk hn now juat been oien.,,1 for tho senson. mid It will re lniiln oen for lsltir until October lj 1'or elKlit iiiotith of th. ear It l practically liinccoaaltilo, a now block the mnuntnln pnsae. There ure i,a y,. tti t few riwids. and tourbta tune to do moat of their traveling on tiorsehnck over mil trails. The tSn-at Northern railroad skirts the aouthern loi.l. r of the park, and It una put up a clmln of hotel and camp for the aciomnio.liitlon of vlnltore. The place Is a pnr.iillxo for flshermen. Though Hd game niilmal abound, all hunt tig and carrying of flrenrm I for Mddeii, a In Yellowstone I'ark, and It all! be a great rival of that attrac tion as soon as It In eli known. (Iiirler Niiloinl park Is so named from (he f net that within Ita borders there are upward of sixty II vine glacier Thei'n glaciers feel Humor ou stream which go pint glng through gorges of the wildest grandeur. There ar m arly 3"0 lakes, tho largest of which Is Lake McDonald, covering soldiers. " AMERICAN" CANAL LOOMS i. ...... o v I-r ten afpi.iro miles mil lelng orer " U.lirj tei t above eel level. Mount Cleveland Ii tho highest mountain lil.Clj feet but there nro scores of other caks of ti us o hl;e. many of wl.lch nio very groti s-iuo In shape, tine id the most curious U a great clllt which has been dubbed 'Heaven's Fold." Here the strata of rock for mation have been doubled and crurh ed In a very striking way, and the height from tho vail, y Is over :oi) feet White goats are numerous In the re gion. They hnve worn trails around cllrr which rice vertically from the vnlleya, and they tread theso precari ous paths with apparently no Idea of fenr. Traveler who llko to try their mountain climbing nlillltle will have plenty of work lefore them here. It will take year to explore the whole region, and every party that goes through report Interesting new dls-coverle. Spokane Chamber of Commerce Would Drop Panama Appellation. SpokaneInstead of the Panam c.inal. why not the American canal? Make Uncle Sam's big ditch joining the Atlantic and the Pacific distinctly American. This is a suggestion 'which the chamber of commerce will make to the members "of the American Ceo graphical society, who will be in Sno- s pec i id train early in Sep tember. This action was decided up on at an executive meeting of the trustees of liifi chamber of commerce, The GMerBlhical society party will be the guests of the chamber. Chinese Are Happy Over tho New Issua of Bills VASIIINQTONfJ II ly Chinatown eager- await the appearance of Hie new paper money of th. Chinese republic, chop suey reatauranteur. dealer In celestial tea and aplce "" I brlc a brae and the vender who linn lower reniinylvaiiln avenue Ire " wi the qui viva of anticipation. Hunker, particularly those who have account with Chinamen and lth Americana now traveling or llv lnR In China, ar alao Interested In ! new money, which I now being manufactured In New York and which 1 expected to make an appearance shortly In chlne.e clrclo In thi country. Local Chinamen any that a great 'mnplimrnt haa been paid to the i lilted State by the celeatlnl repub- In that the standard of value of. " now money la the American del-Ur- One (f ,(, ,,,, ne "'"ted In Cblneso, the othor In Eng It will be extremely enay to f hsnge American money for Chinese d Vlco versa. The money Is the first Issue of pa rr by the now Chinese republic, and "id. primarily to retire the money "14 atuulre. wblcb . also waa w printed In the t'nlted State and bore the portrait of the Chlnee diplomat. IJ Hung Chang. t'pon the new bills will be found the portrait, not of I.I Hung Chang, hut of th. Philosopher Menlzea. who I held second only to i onruciu in th estimation of the Chinese. Tha t ills are In denomination of $1, 3, $;.() and $100. China, of all nntlons, waa the nrst t. use paper money. As eariy a me second century paper money was used by the Chinese, but In the flftoenth century the Chinese minister of A nanoo abolished It, and not until tha latter part of the nineteenth century was It resumed. In 1938 the American Hank Note rompnny received an or der from the Chinese government to urlut an Issue of paper money. Wheat Movement Heavy. Spokane The Spokane Inland is moving 100 carloads of wheat a day from the Palouse to SeaUle, Tacoma and Por'land. aceorlimr to a state ment made by K. R. I.illie. superinten dent for' tho II i II e'ectrie Inteturhan system. The Palmise wheat handled by the Spokane & Inland is distribut ed among the three Hill steam roads between Spokane and the Coast cities, the Northern Pacific and Great North ern getting tha hnul to Seattle, and the Spokane. Portland & Seattle the Portland freight. Good Come V a Su'z. Seattle Part "of the cargo of the Hlue Kunnol liner Titan, which ar rived here from Liverpool via the Sucg cannl and the Pacific, is a con signment of household furniture ship ped by a group of 100 emigrants, who are now on their way to the Pacific Northwest from England. They found that they could save money by shipping these goods three-quarters of the way around the gl bo, as against paying the high rates across the At lantic and the railroad freight from the Atlantic Coast to the Northwest Forty Coal Miner Dead. Lens, France At least 40 coal . J 1 L I . Ik. miner are oeau aa um rceuii u, explosion of firedamp in the Clarence nit. near Hruay. inreeoime r.-scu- leir nartv were among the killed and other were Injured trying to aid their entombed comrades. rurther explo sions occurred and the entire pit is on fire. Mining engineers have decided that it must be sealed. Twenty-one bodies had been brought to tho sur face at Inst accounts. Trainmen Urge Murzlea. Salt Lake City Muzzle for dogs is one of the demands of the Western Association of Haggage Agents, which concluded it semi-annual con vention here Thurdsay. Government Official Say Country Is Having Great Awakening. San Francisco Senor Rafael Hern andez, accretary of the Interior of Mexico, who is in San Francisco on a business trip, gave assurance of the friendly attitude of the Madero ad ministration to the United States. Mexico haa awakened to new realization of ita opportunities," said Senor Hernandez, "and it has further realized that ita progress must keep pace with that of the States. Mexico will profit by the Panama canal more than any other nation except the United States, having the second long est coast line on the Pacific, and Pres ident Madero is keenly alive to the possibilities of development accruing from the building of the canal." The Mexican statesman, who Is ac companied by Albert Madero, uncle of President Madero. and Emerterio de la Garza, his attorney, was enter tained at a luncheon given by repre sentatives of the city administration. and chamber of commerce and the Panama-Pacific Exposition after he and hi party had been taken on a trip around the bay. DEATH REVEALS REVERSES. Fred Bormann, One Theatrical Mag nate. Die Alone in Hovel. San Francisco Fred Bormann, jan itor, died alone in a squalid lodging house in this city Monday. His body was found propped up in bed in the barren room, r red Bormann, theatri cal magnate, was an intimate of the bonanza kings many years ago. When the rush to the Comatock, Nev., mines began he threw hia fortune into min ing stock. His friends Flood. Fair and Mackay became rich. He be came penniless. A few years ago he cut off all association with hi old in. timates. Bormann came to San Fran cisco 46 years ago from Germany. Cut Wire Follow Plea. Nogales. Ariz. Rebels have sur rounded Cananea, where many Amor leans are relocated at the copper camps, and an attacg is imminent, it was reported here Tuesday. Bridges leading to the Fast have been burned by the invaders. An appeal for aid waa received by Federal officials from Mrs. Sarah Wood, Southern Pacific agent at Santa Cruz, for herself and 16-vear-oId daughter. She said that rebels occupied the town. Shorty after her message was received the wire were cut. Prayer to Die Answered. Los Angeles While dancing a jig at a dance given by the White Dove class of the Bible Spiritual Church of Truth here. A. A. Smith, Spiritual 1st. 70 year old. who for the last three months had been praying to die, dropped dead. Immediately following hia death and while others present were waiting for the coroner to ar rive, there was an unusual scene in which Mrs. M. E. Kratz. a public sneaker, delivered a benediction and declared that Mr. Smith was entering upon a new and better life. Coal Claims Canceled. Juneau. Alaska Three hundred of the 1100 Alaska coal claims have been canceled by the general land office. In most of the cases the charge filed against the claim was that applica tion for patent had not been made within the time required by law. Ftur claims in the Rathbone group were canceled because it was charged that the locations were not made in g-ood faith. Forty-three claims in the Watson group have been canceled. Quarantine la Lifted. Los Angeles Quarantine due to the prevalence of Infantile paralysis, which prohibited children under IS years of age from attending theater, Sunday Schools, parka and . play grounds for more than a month, has been raised. During August 20 moving-picture theater were forced to close because of lack of patronage following the quarantine order. Chicago Ha 2,326,400. Chicago Chicago' population i 2, 326.400, according to census esti mate made for a local city directory, a gain of 62,219 over the figure com piled by the lame concern a year ago. Chicago Gives Up to Humid Wave- Five Die and Many Are Proa tratd Corn Crop Aided. Chicago All heat record for the eaaon melted away Saturday when government thermometer registered approximately 95 degree. Thi waa on top of the Federal building, where breezes were blowing, but down in the cavernou street the heat wa above the 100 mark. One death and many prostration were recorded by the po lice. That the death list is not much larger I dae to the fact that thi wa a half-holiday and thousand of per- aon bad quit work at noon. The maximum degree of heat wa reached at 2 o clock in the afternoon and continued until after aundown. The entire city wilted and gave up the battle early in the day. The night bad been hot and there wa no opportunity to store energy against the next day a heat. The proprietor of department store and factories, realizing the unusual situation, dis missed aa many of their employee a possible and permitted the remainder to drag around as they chose. An in vading army of 15 enegetic men could have captured the entire city with mall resistance. Dispatches from cities and towns in Illniois, Northern Indiana, Lower Michigan and Wisconsin tell of un usually oppressive heat, which half baked the life and energy out of man and beast alike. Prostrations were reported in many of the smaller cities. and advice from small towns and rural districts tell of horses being killed by the sun's rays. There wa one bright spot in the en tire situation and that stood out prom inently in the general picture of mis ery. The torridity i pushing the great corn crop rapidly beyond the peril of early frosts, which now eon stitute the chief bugbear in the grain markets. Although tbe'weather Sunday was two degrees cooler than Saturday, five deaths of adults from beat were re ported. There were several prostra tions, one of which will result fatally. The temperature 'reached a maximum of 93, and a 16 mile wind from the southwest served to dispel much of the humidity, which added greatly to the Buffering Saturday. The low death rate is due to the fact that few persons were at work Thousands scattered to the northwest ern resorts to remain until Monday night, and the streets were practically deserted. The lake, on the contrary. waa densely populated, boats of every desciption being commandeered to carry the sweltering populace out where they could get air free from the dust and steam of the hot city. The death rate among babies was high and a majority of them practical ly suffocated or fretted themselves in to a state of apoplexy over their suf ferings from the beat. SCHOOL FRATS CONDEMNED Chicago uudge Say Societies Are Menace to Law and Order, Chicago "School frats" and secret socictes generally were condemned in a decision banded down by Judge John Gibbons, in which he ordered reinsta ted Edward Smith, a former pupil in the Oak Park High School, who was ex pel led because be was believed to be a member of the hih school frat. ine court flehl tnere waa no evi dence to show that the boy was a member of the secret society. "Societies are and always will be a menace to law and order," said Judge Gibbon. "They inculcate in their members a spirit of insubordination, prevarication and falsehood, and thereby indirectly, if not directly, shield from punishment members leagued together by secret pledges and pass words. Greeks Atk Turks to Go. Athens A bellicose mass meeting held in the Greek island of Samoa or ganized and sent to the foreign con suls a resolution demanding the de parture of the Turkish troops from the isiand and a revision of the constitu tion. The Russian consul promised that the troops vould leave the island as soon as the island police force was organized. Samoa, which lies off the west toast of Asia Minor, a short dis tance southwest of Smyrna, is an aut onomous principality under the sover eignty of Turkey. Lawful Death Desired. New York Governor Dix will next week receive an appeal from Mrs. Sarah Harris, 33 years old, a sufferer from paralysis for three years, for an act of the legislature which will make t lawful for physicians to end her sufferngs by a merciful death. For three years Mrs. Harris has not been able to move hand or foot because of a spinal malady which keep her con stantly in intense pain. Her appeal was dictated to a clerk at the Audu bon Sanitarium and will be forwarded to Albany. Canal to Open in Year. Los Angeles Writing a personal letter to Clarence H. Matson, secre tary of the Los Angeles board of har bor commissioners, Colnnet George Goethals, chief engineer of the Pana ma canal, laid that the big trans-isthmian ditch would be handling inter- oceanic traffic in September, 1913. Such handling of traffic, however, ac cording to Colonel Goethals, will be a 'try-out, in preparation for the for mal opening a year later. Two Marine Killed. Panama Reliable information from Nicaragua received here Is to the ef fect that two American marines have been killed there. Managua, Granada and Masaya are still beleaguered, and the inhabitants of the two latter towns are nearing tha point of starvation. U. 8. WILL NOT ARBITRATtT, British Protest Against Canal Rules Believed Groundl. Waahington, D. C Although the State department will authorize no statement to that effect, it ia under stood the administration will decline to permit the question of tha right of the United State to relieve ita own hipping from toll in the Panama canal to go to arbitration. Thi posi tion of tha government, it ia aid, may not be developed fully for om time. While the Britiah protest clear ly intimated a purpose to demand an arbitral decision in the event that a more careful study of the Panama canal toll act brought out the imprea ion that it is in violation cf the Hay Pauncefote treaty, if tha usual course in diplomatic exchaige is followed, many arguments and counter argu ment must be (ubmitted on both sides before the resources of diplomacy would be exhausted, thus warranting a demand for arbitration. The Britiah foundation for such a demand rests upon the broad basis of two special treaties between America and Great Britain, in addition to the great general convention creating the tribunal of The Hague and binding all parties thereto to adjust their dis putes by recourse to its raehoas. - ine first of these treaties, the Hay Pauncefote treaty, in its third article declares that there shall be no dis crimination against any of the nations obeying the rules of the canal, and in its fourth article asserts that no change of territorial sovereignity lhall affect the obligation of America and Great Britain under the treaty. The second special treaty, made four years ago, binds each country to submit to The Hague any difference that my arise relating to the interpre tation of treaties, provided they "do not affect the vital interests, the in dependence or the honor" of the far ties. On its face, a British demand for arbitration on such a basis is gen erally regarded to be sound and be yond discussion. from the American viewpoint there are many loopholes for escape. In the first place it may be contend ed that the admission of American coastwise traffic to free passage in the canal constitutes no actual discrimin ation against British shipping. Ex isting law permits no foreign bottoms to transport American coastwise com merce and British vessels could not be employed to carry goods from New York to San Francisco through the Panama canal, even if they were com pletely relieved from tolls, as will be the American coasting trade. Thus, it is figured, it cannot be contended that British commerce is affected one way or another by this favored treat ment of Amercian ships. Another American argument is that owing to the acquisition by America of sovereignty over the canal zone, the Hay-Pauncefote treaty no longer applies to it, that convention being itself voidable under the principle of international law which makes a treaty's life depend upon the contin uance of conditions upon which it is made. Back of thia contention, how ever, lies the danger of loss of the whole neutralization feature of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty. A third argument against arbitra tion is found in the fact, admitted in the senate debates, that nowhere would it be possible to secure un biased arbitrators, because every mar itime country finds ita interests in op position to the American contention to a right of discrimination in the use of the canal. The avenue of escape, if the United State really deires to avoid arbitra tion, is to be found, it is declared, in article 2 of the arbitration treaty of 1908, which affords an opportunity to the United States senate to take a band in the settlement .of such an issue. That article makes it pre-requisite to actual arbitration that both sides shall conclude a special agreement defining clearly that matter in dis pute, and this must be approved by the senate. So that of the senate takes tho same view next winter of the predominant rights of America in the use of the canal as it did last ses sion, it may prevent arbitration by de clining to accept any "special agree ment" satisfactory to Great Britain. CUBANS WOULD STIR UP STRIFE Attack On American Minister Part of Plot Washington Backs Its Representativa and Will Sift Matter Cuban Press Hostile. Waahlngton, D. C That lEnriqu Maza, the reporter who attacked Hugh Gibson, American charge of tha ' legation in Havana, last Monday night, waa merely a tool in the bands of Cuban plotters who are antagonie tic to the United States and who would like to get the Cuban govern , ment into trouble with this country, waa the opinion expressed by Senor ' Antonio Marti n-Rivero, the Cuban minister. He waa of tha opinion that Maza bad been urged on by others who bad made him think he had been insulted and that be should seek revenge. Under no circumstances, no matter what his provocation may have been, , said the minister, waa Maza justified ' in the action he took. That justice would be done in the case waa the dec laration of Senor Martin- Rivero. .The minister has notified his gov ernment of the demands of the United State that the assailant be punished. As soon as he learned of the attack the minister "spontaneously sent word to Cuba," he said, "that the United States had laws rendering virtually immune from attack the person of foreign representatives here and that, on account of this reciprocity, the full rigor of the Cuban laws oould be ap plied. In case of a country which does not protect Cuban representa tives," said the minister, "no further rights are extended to its diplomats than to any other foreigner. " SLAYER GETS REPRIEVE. Says Acting Governor of California Law Works Unevenly. Sacramento, Cal. Acting Governor Wallace, who is representing Gover nor Johnson while the latter is in the East, has issued a 14 days' reprieve to George Figueroa, who waa to have been executed at San Quentin prison Friday, September 6, for the murder of his wife in Los Angeles. The re prieve was extended on the request of Figueroa'a counsel. Asked concerning what action he intends to take in the six other cases of men condemned to be executed, the acting governor said : "I have not made up my mind that the abolition of capital punishment would be an unmixed good. One of the strong points in the removal of the death penalty is the fact that under existing conditions the law works un evenly. A poor man suffers the ex treme penalty of the law and the rich man, by long-drawn-out legal process es, usually escapes." BOY DROPS 2000 FEET. Lad British Section Invaded. Hongkong British territory was nvaded by a party of heavily armed Chinese 'marauders. Sixty of these desperadoes attacked and seized the customs station at Le Fun, across what is called the "new territory," belonging to the British colony. They captured, bound and gagged two Eu roperans and some Chinese and carried off a stock of rifles and a small sum of money from the collector's office. Af terward the marauders raided the Chines town of Samchun, known aa the resort of many outlawed criminals. Parcel Post Seen Fact. Washington, D. C The Postoffiee department will on January 1, 1913, put into operation the recently author ized parcel post system, according to an announcement made by Postmaster7 General Hitchcock. The postal ex press business as prepared will extend over more than a million miles of rural delivery and star routes and will cover all systems of transportation of parcels now utilized by private ex press companies. The details of the parcel post system wilt be worked out by department officers and experts. Tombs Prisoners Foiled. New York A jail delivery from the Tombs prison, where Police Lieuten ant Charles Becker is awaiting trail a charge of murdering Herman Rosenthal, has been frustrated by the accidental falling of a steel saw on the floor of a cell. A guard, investi gating the noise, found eight finely tempered saws and a bottle of mur iatic acid. The saws were distributed in two cells occupied by four prison ers, some distance from Becker's cell. Dreadnaught Formally Accepted. Philadelphia The new dreadnaught Arkansas was formally turned over to the Navy department. Officers as- igned to the new war vessel are R. C. Smith, captain; Commander William Motfatt, executive officer; Arthur Keating, Lieutenant Commander, and J. H. Ingram. lieutenant. Tangled In Balloon Guy Rope Hurled From Great Height. Flint, Mich. In the presence of hundreds of persons, 15-year-old Ches ter Betts, son of Bert O. Betts, of this city, was accidentally caught by the guy rope of a balloon and carried about 2000 feet in the air before the rope untangled and dropped bim to death. He crashed against tha roof of a barn and was still alive when spectators reached him, but he soon died. The tragedy occurred at a county fair, and when the balloon and aero naut shot upwards many persons thought the youth dangling at the end of the rope was a dummy. Tee heroic efforts of the balloonist to rescue the boy soon disclosed the truth to the crowd below. As the big bag crept higher and higher, the aero naut, in peril of his own life, could ba seen working desperately to pull the dangling form to the trapeze. Final ly the rope swirled away from the lad and the form dropped. Humanity Growing Bald. Los Angeles "Within 600 years there will scarcely be a hair on any woman's head, and men will lose their hair 200 years before that time," de clared Professor Carlton B. Wells, an eminent brain specialist of Paris, who is here on bis first visit to the United States in 20 years. "Baldness will be the fashion for both men and women," he continued. "The development of brain power of the human race will precede the loss of its hair and to bava curly locka will be a reflection on the intellect of the wearer." Turks andGresks Fight. Athens Serious skirmishes between Turkish and Greek regular soldiers on the frontier resulted recently in the killing and wounding of many men. A semi-official dispatch says that Turkish troops attacked the Greek blockhouses at Argypolis, Hagios, Eli as, Tavval and Vryssi. In the fight-, ing the Greeks lost one sergeant and five men killed. In another encounter later in the day 20 Turks were killed. The Greek minister has issued instruc tions for the dispatch of reinforce ments to the front. War Exists, Says Aikans. London "Germany and England are now in a state of war," said J. A. M. Aikens, Canadian member of Parliament from Brandon, Manitoba, who has just returned here from a con tinental trip, in an interview here. "The 'overt blow has not yet been struck," he continued, "but when it is all may be over in three months or three days. When Canada under stands, I believe the Dominion's hear ty help will be forthcoming." Thibet Policy Attacked. London Thibet's future promises) to become ss great a bone of conten tion a that of Persia. The same sec tion of the Liberal party which ac cuses Foreign Minister Edward Grey of sacrificing Persia, and, incidental ly, W. Morgan Shuster, to Rusaiaa in terest, declares that Great Britain's Thibetan policy is on parallel lines.
