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.