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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 6, 1912)
TO INSURGENTS Radical Stand of Mexican Gov ernment Bar to Peace. jS'rw Minister of Interior Advises Policy of Moderation - Fight in U On IktrnM. M,-x i- City - Convinced thut numer oUi bands "In-lit in the states of Pursngo, Couhuila Southern Chi huahua are nuitinuinn their oerutions merely beeiiuse thi-y believe surrender wuU,l rm iiri summary execution under the sunciiion Ifuaruntees, Itufuel Hernandez, the new minister of tin interior, li" announced Hint hu would iltcnipt In gain f,(r them it promise of amnesty. Chcli" ""I1" '"'lijiimiti Argu-uiln-er in Orust-o'a organization, re'tlie thief rebel lender in these Jinlrii-n. ii'i'l M-venil engagement w,.re fought lt week, the govern ment as ukiiiiI uiiiioiiiirlng victories, f I,,.,,., nii'1 nllied louder, hv been nuking successful raids on itrttiill OUt nusK miuiuging f"T the most P"rt to fvwli' encounters with miMTior forces. The rich country virtually is at their mercy iiml I ho Federal forces kro nlile t,, i-roinplish little tnoro limn giirri n the hup r towns. Minister Hernandez is confident tin1 rumlcs, who rcHirl to hi ili-pui linen will lie able to oiMTutc more effectiv lv ihiui the rcgulur troop ami with thin object in view, he nun conferred with (icm-ml tie In Vega, command iti.eiiie f of the ruiiile guunl. Mernan di-2 hat issued a general onler to th ruralc to rommitniloer horses when needed, iriving receipt to the owne ami notify intr the government. The rurules huve compluined fre qui'iitly they are unable to follow th jmmrnctin liecuusu of worn-ou nioutit.i. It is lieheveil thin will pre vent the rehi-U from obtaining horm nil will assure the owners of puy merit. AlK KOlTK TO I'Ol.K.lS SAFKST Peary's Companion (iivca I'oint to A iator-Kplorera. ;.i,l.m I lie safest anil eusies way to reach the North Pole and an rntirely feasible way, is by aero iiliine, " said Captain Hubert A. ilart lilt, of the IViiiy North Polo party tn tlie members of the Aero club o New r.iielaiul, at 11.1 animal Uiiim-r, C.iit.uii Cartlett said an aeroplane cnul'l be taken by land to t. Me Morri K. Jeiiip, which is only .'txl mil from the tile. With the latest mi r)iine4 tins would mean only a foil h"iir- tli v'ht to the jhiIc, he sui "The ice would furnish suitable tail' iiiL' l lai es all aloni; the route, but all necivtiarv mil 'plies would have to be curried for the trip to and from th pule. "The ideal trip," said the Seiiker, "would be to git from t iiie Jesup di n elly over the pole ami land at Cue Mirhu .km, iii Siberia, the latt ik fit. however, beinir 73 miles be yurid the mle. In the summer month of Aih'uj.1 and July the conditions are peri. 1 1 fur tlyitiir, anil I can see no serioin liillieulties which miKht not 1 (Tj.inli-.l aeainst." CIIAKITY I'ATIKNT WKALTHY IfuH-i.i 11 Dies nt County Ilonpital Wallet Meld $S,I(M). ia(tle, Wash, J. r rii'ilnian. an a(;ed Hiiiiinn miner from Fairbanks Alaika, a charity patient, died a Waytide l')uieri:ency lioHpital Novem b r L'o. after an otieration for coitn' II. 1 hail applied to the county Minimis- ners for relief and they sent him to the pital. In his isickcts were hal a loaf of tale bread a sausage mid wall.-t He fore the operation he Rave the wallet to a nurse to keep for him when it was opem-d it was found ti contain cash, drafts and certificate's of l-i-.it for 4m). It also contaimi a will bi-o;iieiithinK his whole fortune to his nister, Jane Krii-dmaii, f0 yeius olit, who lives in a village in Kussia, Indians Are After Money. rtnimore, Hkla. Steiis were taken here by which the Choctaw and Chick aw Indians hox eventually to induce the government to distribute amnntf members of thos. tribes f 1 7,000,01(0 derived from the sales of their lands in Western Oklahoma. Kesolutions were ado,tetl at a meeting of WW lead ers of both nations urtfintf the distri hiitiun of the money and axkintf con gress to enact such Icirislation as will no lunger make the tribes wards of the government. The matter will be presented to congress soon. Trnvelinu Auto Hank Propose! ' lucago A proiswed automobile linnk was the feature of the testimony at the inipiiry into the affairs of the Kirhy Savings bank beforo Juil(e Landis Monday. Dr. William T. Kir "y, owner of the defunct bank, was he witness who testified regarding nie niovabbvbank. He said that he had conceived the idea of usinir a biff automobile-, emu'iiiied with office fix "ires and a small safe, as a means of rolled in (letMisits and carinff for cus Joiners located some distance from his "iith Side bnnk. Deposed Royalty Suca Government. Urussels Royalty and society arc interested n the outcome of the suits 'hich I'rincess Ixiulso and Princess ptephanio have brought to obtain a larger pnrt of the fortune of their "her, the late Klnff Leoold. Neither Princess I,iuiso nor her sister, the countess, are poor, as they receiv "d $1,000,000 and a quantity of valu B,'li! plate and jewelry when their father died. I'rincess Iiouisc's share nf the money did not pay her debts. Hungary launches Dreadnaujjht. Trieste The thin! drendniuiffht of fnn Aiistro-Hunffnrian nnvy was 'Hunched Mo.wlnv Kho christened I'rini Kiiffen by the Archduchess Wario fhri..;. I REPUBLICANS IN MINORITY, D.mocr.t, H.v. Control ConKprORr,Mjvtt Washington, Jj. C.-Complete r turn, on the congressional .lotion how onclu.iv.ly th.t th, rec,)((nilw, minority party n the 63d congress w d the Kepublicao party, return show that minority members of th amonff th house. 12H wer. elected a. Republicans and only 15 as " Progressives." tk- win nav four "Progressives" onlv ' ! utterly absurd to et up the claim that the "Progres sive party win b. the recognized ml nority In th next congress. lr....-o . ...,, ol prevloui p,rtiM amuaiions; regardless of the pre. I dtntial tickets which received the in m.....u, supisiri or the respective member, of the new house; regard!,, of the possible deadlock in the senate that may result from dickers and trades between Democrats and "Pro Kressive republicans and actual Hull simmers In that b .dy, the minority orgsnlxstion in the house and senate win ou nominated by the Republican parry anil Its chosen leaders. It Is io true that there will tie new Re publican leaders in the next congress, rwmjning irom the fact that many of me on leaders will retire on Mrch 4 1 oe mi 1 nouae or rcoreaentatives win comprise 4.I members, of whom c.it are Uernocrats; the total minor ny will nuitiher 143. As the "Pro gresHives" number only IS in all, they will amount in the aggregate to less than 4 per cent of the total member ..L.I .. il-l I f . . snip. 1 ins is a nuceieus ror anew iiini.iiij orKsiinsiion wnirn ny no means approaches the Potiulist oriran listion that existed in the 6 2d and 63d congresses. As a starter it repre sents a scant third of the original in surgent membership of the house as it stood at the heyday of its power, when .Speaker Cannon wss deposed tnim membership on the house com mittee on rules. OFFICIAL COUNT SHOWS WOMEN LOSE MICHIGAN Detroit, Mich. The constitutional amendment providing woman suffrage in Michigan was defeated by 'J4 votes, according to figures compiled in the secretary of stale s office at Lans ing from every county in Michigan. until uie result is otlicially an nounced by the state board of canvass ers December 10, it is said that no definite statement will be made by the advocates of the amendment as to whst course of action they will next take up. Plans are now being made in many districts, however, to peti tion the legislature to re submit the question in the spring election. The only recount definitely decided upon Is in Saginaw, where the figures showed a majority of about 2500 against the amendment. There is a possibility that the recount may swing the victory back to the women suf frage advocates who have been claim ing it up to within the last two days COLONEL RANSDELL DIES. Senste Officer Succumbs to Serious Operation. Wanhington, D. C Colonel Daniel M. Ransdell. sergeant-at-arms of the United States senate, former United .States marshal for the District of Co lumbia, and an intimate friend of the late President Harrison, died here as the result of an operation performed November 7. Colonel Ransdell was one of the well-known figures of public life. He had been sergeant-at-arms of the sen- te nearly 12 yesrs, having been elected to the post in January. 1900. As such officer he had practically com plete charge of all official senate af fairs, the issuing of subpoenas in sen- te inquiries and the conduct of senate functions. He was 70 years old and a native of Indianapolis, where his body ill be buried Sunday. Four of Sis Powers Aaree." Ixindo'n Sir Edward Grey's proposal that the ambassadors of the six great powers. Great Rritain, France. Ger- ' . . . . ll . 1 many, Kussia, AUHiria-iiungsry ou Italy, assemble In one or me capuais with the view or empnasixing me points arising out of the Hakan war on whicn me nations r ... ureemrnt is understood to have tne support of Germany. France and Rus sia. The idea is intended to avert the disposition to dnrt Into an alignment of the two groups of powers forming the triple alliance and triple entente. Soldiers FIrM Police. Wsnhineton. D. C Advices to the State department report a fight In the treetsof Managua, nicaragus. II- . n.l .iI1IaP ween Nicaraguan jmuco u,ki..k an Knffliahman was acci dentally killed, one soldier killed and one mortally wounded and two sol diers slightly wounded. The native soldiers, it is reporteJ. were under the nftuence of liquor wnen me iiffni t.rtA hut nulet wss soon restored. The American legation reported that no political significance was attached to the outbreak. River and Harbor Bill Soon. Washington. D. C "We hope con- i ... . lik...l an. gress will mane mo wu"$ -r propriation for rivers and harbors this year that has ever been made, said ' ri J 1 1 ...nsaf nt.aalart Representative itanoan, e..-. from Iiouisiana ana presiuem u. stional rivers and naroors congrr. u. ....la nt the country are so pressing that I believe the -PPJP'-ions should not be less than $50,000 - 000. and we hope to nave u passed by the Christmas holidays. Salvation Army to Help Police. New York-The Salvation Army Is going to help New ora j - urns, "moon nnu r iro .. . . i . unj.,.siani1 hnnr to andle the roughs who have terrorised lew York better than the guard ana f the peace, who work with ' billy as r rnuv iiniiriniaiiu ml revolver. They are Ro.ng to tive steps to train ana eoucaio .r.. officer! in the exa nu - handling of desperate) characters. :t:.Jbooks kept by GANG OF THIEVES Chicago Men Made Business of Mealing Goods in Transit. Automobile, Motorryclea and Gen eral Merchandise Taken From Cars and Warehouses. Chicago That half a million dollars in property bas been stolen by a syn dicate of 20 thieves, headed by two physicians, now under arrest with two other men at detective headquarters, is the assertion of officers who have been following the trail of the thieves for months. The alleged leaders of the orgsnization arrested are Dr. Nicholas Kern. Dr. Kdward H. Stal hutto, Joseph Todd and Romus Daghty. The property, it is declared, was sys tematically taken from railroads, warehouses and steamship lines, and consisted of automobiles, motorcycles and loads of merchandise of every description. Within the last two years, it is said, the band of robbers has Included freight house employes, express company men, "fence" keep ers and jobbing houses to dispose of the stolen goods. Ixmt amounting to 110,000 has been recovered from barns and warehouses. A little boy, adopted son of one of the alleged thieves, is said to have given the information that led to the disclosure of the hiding places. The boy told where the books of the syndi cate were to be found. A remarkable ledger, said to have been kept by the "manager" of the organization, showed just what prop erty the system had on hand. A code was used, and columns of figures showed the cost price of the goods, the selling price, the cost of deliver ing the goods for auction and sale, and the profit accruing to the gang. TYPHOON TAKKS HEAVY TOLL 300 Iteported Killed in Philippine Island Storm. Manila Owing to the prostration of the telegraph wires, no definite esti mate is yet possible of the number of fatalities or of the property losses caused by the typhoon that crossed the islands of Samar, Leyte and North Panay several days ago. Such infor mation as has been received indicates that 200 persons were killed in Samar and Leyte and 40 in the other terri tory traversed by the storm. Despite the enormous damage in Tacloban, capital of Leyte, the fatalities there were fewer than a dozen. The government is forwarding re lief supplies to the stricken district. No word has been received from Min- dsnso except a wireless dispatch from the transport Warren, which said the storm was unusually severe. Wuh i n tftnn, D. C. A typhoon swept Visayas, Philippine Islands, on Noveber 25 and carried away three fourths of the town of Tacloban and the town of Leyte, according to a dis patch received at the Intular bureau from the governor general of the Philippines. No details of the disaster were told and no estimate was made of the loes of life. ' War department officals say there is no reason ror Delieving mat a great number of lives were lost. ZAPATA EXECUTES ENVOY. Rebel Leader Carries Out Threat and Kills Peace Messenger. Mexico City Kmiliano Zapata, the nsurgent leader, carrying out a re cent threat that he would put to death any additional peace envoys sent by the government to treat with him, a few davs ago passed the sentence or death on two men who had approached him on behalf of the government, ac cor J ing to news received here from Kxcuatla. Morelos. One of the men was shot- The other escaped. A dispatch to the Imparcial from Vera Crux says that W. W. Canada, the American consul, has informed the correspondent of the Imparcial that the United States battleships Kansas, Michigan, Vermont and South Caro- na soon will visit Vera L-rux. The news has caused apprehension here, as it is considered unusual that naval visits of courtesy should be in such strength. Troops Drive Elk Back. Livingston, Mont To prevent recurrence of last season's slaughter nf elk. Un ted States troops irom Fort Yellowstone are engaged in a protracted battle 'along the boundary ines or tne xeiiowsione nuuni prlc. The echoes or the nun are continually awakened by the firing of blank cartridges in an etiori to nean off the elk herd, which, because or heavy snow, are trying to cross the hnrHem into the lowlands, where hordes of hunters are In waiting. The season closes December 10. Gangsters Coming West. Salt Lake City To the exodus from New York City following the convic tions in the Rosenthal murder case, Salt Lake City detectives attribute the presence in Salt Lake City 'at var ious times within the past two weeks of no fewer than 15 members of East Side gangs that were brought under fire at the trial of Police Lieutenant Charles Recker and the "gunmen." Most of the travelers have passed on toward the Facific Coast, but others are known to have obtained employ ment here. Chineia Demand Firm. London A dispatch to the Dally Telegraph from Pekin says it re ported In Chinese circles that the Rus sian minister is under orders to return to St. Petersburg to discuss the entire Mongolian situation with Foreign uini.ipr R.soneff. A semi-official newspaper pays the Irreducible mini mum of the Chinese government con cerning" Mongolia is that Chinese sov ereignty and not suierainty, shall be recognised throughout Mongolia. LOOKING TOWARD OLD AGE Some Reflections as to a Rscord That Comes to the Majority of Mankind. Whether long Ufa be a blessing or not God alone can determine, who alone knows what length it Is like to run, and how It Is like to be attended. Socrates used to say that It was pleas ant to grow old with good health and ood friend; and he might have rea soned, a man may be content to live while he Is no trouble to himself or friends; but after that. It Is hard If he be not content to die. In life, as In wine, be that will drink It good, must not draw It to the dregs. Where this happens, one comfort of age may be. that whereas younger men are usually In pain whenever thej are not In pleasure, old men find a sort of pleasure when ever they are out of pain; and as young men often lose or Impair their present enjoyments by craving after what Is to come, by vain hopes or fruitless fears, so old men relieve the wants of their age by pleasing re flections upon what Is past. Therefore, men In the health and vigor of their lives should endeavor to fill their lives with reading, with travel, with the best conversation, and the worthiest actions, either In puhllc or private station; that they may have something agreeable left to feed on when they are old., by pleasing remembrances. RATS SETTLE AN OLD SCORE In Numbers They Mutilate a Vellum Copy of Browning's "Pled Piper of Hamelln." Rats Invaded Wall street a few nights ago and made a vicious as sault upon Robert lirownlug's poem of the Pied Piper of Hamelln. In that poem. It wlK be remembered, the rats do not have a very good reputation. So far as known, this is the first case of retaliation by the rats against Browning for the hard things he ac cused them of. George D. Smith, a dealer tn rare books, discovered the evidences of the fray early one morn ing. The particular volume of the Pied Piper upon which the rats vent ed their spite was an unusually hand some copy printed on vellum and Il lustrated with quaint views of the Pi per and the army of rats in his wake wending their way to the river. The IllUBtrntlons and decorated borders were by Harry Quilter, and the book was printed In London In 1S98. It is not a rare book, but Is a choice edi tion of the "Pied Piper." and very few have ever been printed on vellum. The volume was on a shelf with some other vellum books In Mr. Smith's shop. All edges of the book from top to bottom were nibbled down close to the printed text and it Is a curious fact that one or two falls of the rats In the decorated borders have been eaten cff. Arts and Crafts Idea. We have all seen very attractive bits of Jewelry made from gold or sil ver coins by having the background space etched away, leaving only the head and the encircling rim with a few little connecting bars. The same Idea can be carried cut by using for the head a little silhouette portrait, made by posing the subject against a bright eky through a window in a room, dark pned all except that one window, then taking a snapshot. A camera taking a picture two inches by three is large enouKh and the whole head should be less than an Inch. Take several pic tures until a good outline Is obtained A baby's head is exquisite and done In silver would be a beautiful scarfpin For such a pin have only the head without an encircling rim. A mother's baby's head in gold would make a pendunt that would be a great treas ure. For a man who has two small sons I am planning cuff links, each link to have ai one end a "different" boy, the other end of the link, ot course, to be the usual dumbell. De lineator. Simple Dimples. She had a dimple In each cheek a deep, dainty, loving, kiesable, delicious dimple. "Ah!" exclaimed the young fool, "how I wish I had dimples like that;" and he reached out his hand and pat ted them softly. The maiden smiled until the dim pies were a hundred times lovelier than before, and the youth was com pletely captured, lie took her for drives in the park. Then he took her to a hotel and treated her to a din ner such as viBitlng princes indulge tn at the expense of the government Next they went to the theater and oc cupied a box, and after that they sought out a cozy cafe. And since then he has had two dim ples, two deep, cavernous, empty dim ples, one tn each side of his purse, and they will stay there until next pay day Present From Grateful Convert. The walking stick of General Booth nsed on the last walk be ever tool has a little history of its own. meeting In Paris some time agi notorious Russian anarchist was co: verted by the general's eloquence, anc soon after the latter'a return to Eug land he received from his convert a niece of string, with the request that a knot might be tied in it to show th length of the walking-stick the gen eral usually carried. The string was knotted accordingly and returned tn Paris, and a little later this stick ar rived in London, a present rrom th grateful convert and the work of hit own hands. Stone Microbes. The decay of building stones, ac cording to more than one authority, li jot due to wind action or other sur face Influence, but to Internal disin tegration resembling wood rot, and this Is ascribed by some to a low or ftitnlfin likn tne lungi anu me moidt that cause the decay of vegetable sub stances. A cure has been found for the stone disease, or nt leasi a rorm or treat ment Hint diminishes Its ravages. The stones are treated with germicides the best of which appears to be a mix turo of sulphate of copper solution with bichloride of mercury and ere so to. FLEES HOME OF WIFE ENGLISHMAN HAD TRIED TO DROWN SPOUSE YEARS AGO. Ex-Prleoner Suddenly Sees Benefactor la Really His Fathsr-in-Law, Af ter He Had Swindled Him Po lice Search for the Fugitive. Sydney, N. S. W. Released from the city prison after serving a nine months sentence for a number of petty larceny offenses, Norman Graf ton, an Englishman, about thirty years of age, applied to the Hon. L. R. Burns, a prominent solicitor and one of a number of people whom he had mulcted on British magazine sub scriptions, for aid to assist him in leaving the country. Mr. Burns had not appeared against Grafton to the criminal proceedings and the fellow said he came to thank the solicitor for his consideration. He was a very smooth talker and at once won the friendship of Mr. Burns. On being questioned concerning his life in England, Grafton told an appar ently straightforward story, so Im pressing Mr. Burns that the latter In vited him to his home, with the inten tion of having bim dine, supplying him with good clothes and furnishing him passage money to the old country. But upon arriving at the rich and handsome Burns residence on Haver ley lane, Grafton took a look at the premises and Immediately began to make excuses about entering, saying that bis clothes and general appear ance would not permit him. But as his would-be host urged, Grafton of fered the excuse that he had forgotten until that moment that he had pro mised to meet a friend. Thereupon, very excited, he hurried from the vicinity. Mr. Burns believed that all was not right and going into the house he re lated his suspicions to hlr family. In cluding a daughter who had married In England during her school days In that country and whose husband, a Charterhouse student, attempted to drown her at a lake tn Scotland, whither they had gone on their honey moon. In the meantime the husband, whose name was Henry Grafton Studley, had secured possession of all her valuables. Including about $1,750 In cash which she had drawn from the Exeter bank. The fellow immediately fled England and diligent search by the English and Continental police failed to trace him. With her father's description of the stranger Mrs. Studley, who has long since resumed her maiden name and who has never quite recovered from her terrible experiences of a night at Lough Inver, told her suspicions, and Mr. Burns at once communicated with the authorities, with the result that today the police of all Australia are looking for the man. He is believed to be not only the one who attempted to make away with the young woman six years ago, but also the culprit, at that time unknown and unsuspected, who Induced the Hon. Lema Parcsen, a daughter of Count Parcsen of Denmark, to elope from the Exeter Girls school in 1905, and whose body was found floating in Inver lake during the first days of the fall vacation. Concerning this tragedy but little was published in England at the time. Miss Burns until today bad never shown a picture of her renegade hus band and the would-be murderer, hut when her father saw the photograph he was unable to say whether or not It was the man who had appealed to him for aid, a full blond beard being worn by the ex prisoner, while the photograph re vealed a boyish .looking student Endeavoring to explain the fellow's sudden change of mind when the home was reached, Miss Burns says that at the time of her love affair In England she had no pictures of her home or parents, but that just a few days previous to her flight a newly made photograph of the Sydney man sion arrived in the malls, and she re calls that her husband studied it carefully. FINDS THUGS, BUT NOT KIN David Williams, Back to Old Home Af ter Eighteen Years, Vain Seeker, Is Robbed. Hazleton, Pa. Upon his return to Hazleton, the first time In eighteen years, to hunt his parents, who had believed him dead, David Williams, a middle-aged man coming from Omaha, was waylaid on one of the streets of the city and robbed of $45 In cash, together with some valuables. His assailants got away. Williams was found unconscious by a number of boys, who took hlra to a near-by house where he revived and told the story. The man's parents and all other re latives here had died during his long absence. WILL CARE FOR DEFECTIVES New York School Board Adopts Sys tem of Supervision for Mentally Deficient Children. New York. After calling several alienists Into consultation on the sub ject of mentally defective children In New York public schools, the board of education has voted to appoint two physicians and two Inspectors to have the care of such children and a so cial worker whose duty It will to to lake up the cases with the parents. More than 2, POO children classed as "mentally defective" are at present enrolled In the New York schools. 8haka Hands 600,000 Times. Fort Worth, Tex. Six hundred thousand handshakes were given here when 400 converts in recent Baptist revivals were given the band of Chris tian fellowship by 1,500 church mem bers lined up on a Broadway street The converts pressed down the line and were given a hearty shake by very one of the army ot 1,500 and toward the last, according to the con verts, the welcoming became almost an ordeal. The unique ceremony lasted an hour and a half. Musio was furnished during the handshaking. AjLMN irebiand of the p JLa ( IN THE, ALBANIAN HARDLY any other portion of the universe bas been the sub ject of more war talk than the Balkan peninsula, and few sections of the continent of Europe are less well known In the western world. The Balkan war cloud is familiar enough, having ap peared and re-appeared at Intervals for years past, yet few people know why there should be trouble in the Balkans. Today we are face to face with real conflict, the very existence of Turkey is at stake, and even Eu rope may be engulfed in war. In the very center of the conflict are the Al banians. But who and what are the Albanians? Well. Albania Is a prov ince of Turkey situated to the north of Greece, on the eastern shore of the Adriatic sea. It Is probably the least-known re gion In the Balkan peninsula, and compared with the other countries in that part of Europe, it has been but little explored by travelers, with the result that its wild and fearless in habitants, who number some l.COO.000, retain, to a large extent, the primi tive habits and customs of a bygone age. The country la extremely mountain ous, especially In the north and south. There are no railway lines though several have been projected, and the development of commerce Is retarded accordingly. Carriage roads exist in a few instances, hut generally travelers have still to pass one place to another by means of bridle-paths. The Inhabitants, who "are one of the most ancient races In Europe, are di vided Into two divisions, northern and southern, known as Ghegs and Tosks. Both have ever been brilliant fighters, defending their mountain fastnesses In the past with remark able success against all Invaders. Retain Original Customs. In northern Albania the clan sys tem still exists, and the Ghegs very rarely pay taxes. The scattered Turk ish officers possess little authority, and the one obligation the Inhabitants owe to the Ottoman empire Is that of providing soldiers In time of war. In each clan the elders form a council and preside over gatherings of the tribesmen, which exercise the supreme legislative power. Loyalty to the chief of his clan, and to his work, is the Albanian's greatest virtue. An In born courtesy is common to the race. The best fighter Is the best man. and every Albanian feels himself Indepen dent, except when bound by the an cient customs of his race. In northern Albania he recognizes no law except that based on such ancient customs. The Turk until recently has hardly attempted to Impose any other law. Whether In the field or the market place, he Is nearly always armed, and Is ready to fight on the smallest pre text The boy attains manhood when he can show he possesses arms which he has captured from an enemy. All fire the rifle as a sign of Joy. and Christian congregations are summon ed to divine service by a definite num ber of shots. The primitive method of revenge by means of the vendetta, or blood feud, still obtains In the country, and the slaying of one member of a family or clan leads to a series of crimes or to warfare. The claims ot hospitality. FORENSIC AMENITIES. "As to the Judicial decision quoted by my learned friend on the other side of this case, If the court please," began the prosecuting attorney, "I say it's punk" "I protest, your honor!" interrupt ed the other lawyer. "Such a remark is not In keeping with the dignity of a courtroom." "I say It's punk" "Your honor, this is outrageous! I demand a ruling on that point!" "I was only going to say that It's punk " "Mr. Sharp," interposed the Judge, "you will not be permitted to indulge In abusive slang in speaking ot a judi cial decision In this court." "I assert, once more," bellowed the attorney, "that It's punctuated wrong ly, as he quotes It! That Is all I was trying to say, your honorl" Why the Distrust A banker In central Kentucky was In the habit of wearing bis hat a good deal In business hours, as tn summer Uts flies used his bald pats for a pa-1 7 TxTIYcv? MOUNTAINS however, are very strict, and Injury to a guest bas to be revenged. In the case of marriages, a stipulated price is paid for the bride. It Is this primitive race whose quar rel with the Turk Is not very clearly understood in the west, which Is wor rying the concert of Europe. In the first place, as has been shown, ther most successful of sultans and con quering generals In the heydey of Ot toman power never succeeded In sub duing the Albanians. These gallant mountaineers acknowledged the sov ereignty of the sultan only so far as it protected them from the encroach ments of other nations who would have civilized them. Turks' Nefarious Rule. The present trouble with the Alban ians began when the new constitu tional regime came Into being In Tur key four years ago. The Young Turk Insisted on regarding themselves as the dominant authority In Turkey. This would have been all right If they had had numerical preponderance and the moral and Intellectual ability to dominate the other races. . 1 All races In the Turkish dominions have suffered during the nefarious rule of the Young Turks' secret com mittee of mediocre men, but none more than the Albanians. In a few weeks their centuries-old privileges and immunities were abolished, their -country was Invaded by hordes of In experienced officials of a race which they held to be their inferiors, their language was tabooed In the schools and forbidden In the printing press unless written In Turkish characters, their young men were drafted Into the Turkish army and sent off to Asia Minor and the deadly Yemen to be shot, a system of taxation was Intro duced which threatened to drain them as dry as their Macedonian neighbors, and worse than all. they were notified to surrender their firearms. The result was rebellion. But the Albanians could do nothing against the trained troops equipped with ma chine guns which the Turks turned against them. The rebels fled to the mountains and soon their little peace ful villages were the scenes of fright ful massacres too horrible to recount Arms having failed, the Albanians de cided to try constitutional methods at the general election which took place last spring. But by violence and Ille gal use of the army the Young Turks' secret committee. It Is said, prevented free elections not only In Albania but throughout the empire, with the result that a parliament of Turks, subser vient to the committee of union and progress, was elected. Again the Albanians rebelled, and this time with greater success. The army ordered against them refused to march. In fact made common cause, many of them, with the rebels. This time. Instead of having to defend themselves in their mountains, the Al banians have been able to invade Macedonia, since when the "packed" Turkish parliament has been turned out and a new cabinet of Young Turks formed. The Albanians have been promised redress of their grievances by the new government But so far they have refused to go home. They want to see the promises of the Turks carried out If they are not they will march to Constantinople. rade ground, and In winter the cold breezes swept over its polished sur face. A negro workman on the rail road, each week presented a check and drew his wages, and one day as he put his money in a greasy wallet the banker said: "Look here, Mose; why don't you let some of that money stay tn the bank and keep an account with) us?" The darky leaned toward him, and, with a quizzical look at the derby the banker wore, answered con fidentially: "Boss, Pze Jes' afeared. You look like you was always reuctv. to start somewheres." A Coincidence, Maybe. "What do you think ot 8ulzsr chances?" "They seem to be very good." "Why so?" "Well. Sulzer has a cowlick, and I've noticed that men with cowlicks seem to get what they want." Handicapped In the Waist. Thsre was a man In our town Who always tried to do his best. But what queered htm with proper folk Was that he wore so loud a Teas, . - w..s in VI j '
