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hat nnd wont with Johnny to tho Jui
tlco of tho poaco. Ho Kroanod as hi
saw them approaching. n0 know thi
law, and muat Ibbuo a warrant nnd
impoBo tho ponnlty, but his neighbor!
would lo6k nt him nuknnco for ilnino
hla sworn duty. Johnny told hla story,
nnd MIbb Nina dotnnndod n warrant.
As It was holng mndo out, tho gun of
tho BportBmnn was huard firing on tho
gullB. Tho constablo wanted to delay
sorvlng tho warrant. He also feared
hlB nolghborB. Ho was talked to in n
way to put springs under his heola.
no nnu aiwaya supposed Uttlo women
woro timid, hoflitatiiig croaturos, and
ho wns saying "Goo!" to hlmeolf as ho
Btartcd off with tho warrant.
Johnny followod on. Ho had novor
noon n man nrrostcd. and the onnor.
tunlty had como. HoBldos, that con
stnhlo wasn't going o bo glvon a
chance to go off flshlnc Iriiivlni? thn
guilty to mako his eBcapo from tho
united atatcs. The gull-Bhootor was
to bo takon rod-handed, and If ho
didn't go to tho electric chair It
wouiun i oo tno boy'n fault. Ho In-
tontieu to swear hard enough.
Mr Oeorgo Lawronco of Now York
had como up to tho South Hay for a
fortnight's recreation. He know tho
ruloc of the throe or four cluba ho bo
longed to, but he novor paid much at
tention to i-tijto law. No ono had said
no mustn't shoot birds. Ho had a bIb
tor who had takon up taxldormy as a
fad, and he had promised to bring her
specimens, .
He had shot and eocured flvo gulls
whon the constablo reached him. Tho
oincor hod lost his enthuBlaBm. but
Johnny had not. Ho had gnlnod more.
no ran on ahead, and seizing tho
shooter by tho arm he called out:
'The schoolma'nm and I arrest you
for shootln' gulls, and If you Btlr hand
or root blood will flow!"
It took some tlmo to oxnlaln thlntts
to tho guilty party, but when it waa
all cloar to him ho willingly went
along with tho officer. Tho iustico nut
mo cnao ror two o'clock in tho nftor
noon, nnd It was not until that hour
that MIbb Nina saw tho prlsonor. Sho
had mcanwhilo boon hardening her
heart. Sho had a mental picture of "a
big follow with an ugly mug on him,"
nnu sho would show him no morcy,
Sho got a surprlso when sho camo Into
court Tho prisoner was not a great,
big man. ho was not ugly. In fact, ho
looked Ilko a gontloman. Ho was also
In n sorone instead of a dosporato
mood. Sho had Bcarcely looked at him
when sho began to fool sorry over tho
situation.
Hut It was Johnny who got tho
greatest surprlso. Ho would got a
licking anyhow, and he dotermlned to
earn an old whopper. Ho waa going
on tho stand to swear that ho bolievod
tho prisoner guilty of at least two raur
dors and Beveral highway robborlos,
and that ho expected nothing but a
bloody resistance when he holped to
nrreBt him, but ho was cut out Whon
called to plead, Mr. Lawronco not only
answered "guilty" but nskod to bo
fined tho full limit. Ho said ho was
ashamed of himself for what he had
dono; that ho had boon heedless; that
It was right to prosorvo tho birds, and
that ho wanted to Join tho Audabons
nnd present tho club with tho sum of
fifty dollars to aid it In enforcing tho
law
Tho Uttlo school ma'am blushed
and blushed and kopt hor oyes on the
floor.
Johnny wriggled nnd wriggled and
wriggled nnd said to himself In
loud voice: "Oh, what's do uso!"
Tho justico hummed nnd hawed nnd
stammered nnd finally obsorvod that
tho oxnmplo wns a most worthy ono,
and thnt ho would lot tho dofondnnt
oft ns ensy as posslblo under tho law
Mr. Lawrence was fined and paid ovor
tho cash. Some folks looked to him to
got right out of town, but ho didn't go
Ho had a duty to perform. It was to
hunt up Miss Nina Anderson and re-
Iterato all that ho had said in open
court, nnd then go on nnd add to it
Ho did become a member of hor club,
nnd ho did hand ovor that fifty, and
ho did mnko It known that ho should
have an oyo on nny ono olso who was
tomptod to broak tho bird law,
And of course thnt opened tho door
for Cupid to como in. and ho didn't
llngor outsldo. Mr. Lawrence had
como for a fortnight. Ho stnyod a
month, nnd then wont homo to bo
back in n wook and stay longer. Ho
fished nnd shot nnd visited tho school.
Ho hunted up nnd down tho shoro for
law-bronkers nnd visited tho Uttlo
schoolma'am's bonrdlng house to ro
port all well, Things had gono on this
way for a long tlmo whon tho teacher
found Johnny with, tears In his eyes
and asked tho causo.
"What I want to know," ho ropllod
ns more toars cnmo "what I want to
know Is whoro do I como In!"
Alts, ho was left out In tho coldl
Liverpool's Costly Docks.
T Irornool's docks, which nro to bb
furfnor oxtondod at n cost of ovor
?1G,000,000, woro begun In 1709, whon
tho town constructed tho first wot
dock In tho world. Down to 1813 tho
docks woro conflnod to tho Llvorpool
sldo of tho Morsoy. but In thnt year
nirkonhoad'B dock Bchomo was begun,
.ivnrnnnl owos Its very origin to its
suitability for n port, having boon
fnnminil when tho silting of tho Deo
rnlibod Chester of Its position ns chief
port tqr north Iroland. Aftor Strong-
bow'B partial conquest or tho island
undor Honry II. n froBh port waB need
ed, and tho foundntlonB of what 1$
now Llvorpool wero laid.
Frequently.
"Do you ovor talk to yoursollr'
"No, but ray wlfo dooB."
"Talks to horsolf, oh?"
"No, to myself."
iNMENT
NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST
ENGINEERS WILL BUILD.
Canal Builders Will Also Erect Forti
fications at Panama.
Washington Tho construction of
tho fortifications along tho Panama
canal is to bo dono by tho same en
gineering organization which is build
ing tho canal itself. Such a decision
has been reached by President Taft,
Major General Leonard Wood, chief of
staff of tho army, and other oflicials
interested. In commenting on tho do
cision, General Wood said it was do
sired to avoid duplicate organizations
of engineers in the same territory.
A reduction of several millions of
dollars in the total estimates for ap
propriations for tho military estab
lishments, including rivers and harbors
expenditures, as compared with the es
timates of last year, has been deter
mined on by the War department
Major General Wood laid tho final
draft of tho estimate before President
Taft, at Beverly last week. General
Wood, said that the president had ap
proved of tho estimates, with a few
changes, and that they were now ready
for submission to congress through the
secretary of the treasury. One fea
ture of tho estimates calls for the con
struction of permanent buildings in the
Philippines for tho use of the army,
rather than temporary structures, Buch
as have been the rule.
COTTON CROP COMES LATE.
SEEKS RATE CASE IDEAS.
Commissioner Prouty to Hear Cri
ticism at Spokane.
Washington, D. C. All parties
havintr criticisms or suggestions to
offer with reference to the tentative
decision of the Interstate Commerce
commission in the Spokane rate case
and the Portland-Puget Sound back
haul case will have full opportunity to
be heard before Commissioner rrouty,
Beginning September 13, CommiS'
sioner Prouty will conduct hearings
open to shippers, railroad ofncialB,
commercial organizations and anyone
else interested in these two big rate
cases and hearings will be continued
until all who desire have been heard
pro and con. It may require a week
or more to dispose of these hearings.
Commissioner Prouty says it is his
purpose to collect all new evidence,
protests and complaints relative to
these two decisions, bo that when the
commission takes up these caBes next
winter for final decision it will have a
full and complete record before it and
will understand the attitude of all tn
tercstcd parties.
FLATHEAD LANDS OFFERED.
Government Will Give Opportunity
to Take Left Over Claims.
Kaliepcll Mont. Offices are being
established by the reservation land
locators and the holders of numbers
first drawn have already put in their
appearance here to be ready for the
opening to special entry of the last of
the Flathead Indian reservation lands
The earliest arrivals have been fre
quenting tho land office and asking in
formation, but their number is not
large. Government officials do not ex
pect a large proportion of those who
have chancea to appear. Of the first
3,000 names called in Junq, only about
10 per cent enme, and not all of them
accepted claims. Those familiar with
tho reservation persevere in their
assertions thnt a great area of land as
desirable as any that has been taken
still remains to be had.
Fire-Fighters Receive Aid.
Washington Brave firefighters who
risked death ind suffered injuries in
protecting life and property in the
Northwest, nnd whoso small wages
from the fight stopped when they be
came incapacitated in line of duty, will
receive funds for their immediate
needs through tho sympathy of em
ployes In the forest service here, who,
from directors to messengers, almost
to a man, contributed to give tem
porary relief nt leas.
District Forester J. is. Ureeley, at
Missoula, Mont., replying to a message
Bnid:
"Can use $150 in relief of injured
rangers nnd temporary employes nnd
in Bonding bodies of men killed to re
latives."
Between $150 and $200 was 'tele
graphed to Mr. Greeley.
Moro Coal Briquettes.
Washington, D. C. Coal briquetting
is slowly increasing in tho United
States. The production in 1909, ac
cording to a compilation by E. W.
Parker, of tho geological survey,
reached 139,001 nhort tons, valued at
$452,097. Tho output in 1908 was
90,358 tons, worth $323,057 and in
1907 60,524 tons, worth $258,420. The
survey has nn experimental briquetting
plant at Pittsburg. Tho German press
used turns out 23-6 to 3 tons an hour.
Test Eastern and Western Coal,
Wellington With n view to teat
ng Western coal in compnrlson with
tho Eastern article, tho armored cruis
ers Maryland and West Virginia, now
at Mure Island, havo been ordered to
ro-conl. Ono vessel will be provided
with Western coal and tho other with
Eastern. Should tho Western coal
prove good, a mino for naval use will
bo sought.
Falling Off In Glnnors' Reports is Not
Regarded as Serious.
Washington The number of baleB
of cotton ginned to September 1, from
tho growth of 1910 was 356,824 bales,
round bales counted as half bales, ac
cording to the report of tho census
bureau just 'made public. The 1909
total was 388,242 bales, the' 1908,
402,229 bales and the 1907, 200,282.
Statisticians of the census bureau do
not consider tho falling off in the fig
ures of the first ginning report to East
ern states as significant as they might
appear. They attribute the decrease
to the lateness of the crop rather than
to any cause which in the end would
affect its volume. Without having any
other definite information, they expect
a material improvement in the future
reports. The aeaaon has been unusu
ally good in Texas, which fact accounts
for the prospective larger crop there.
Purchases of Egyptian cotton by
American manufacturers for the first
half of the present year were only
about half the amount taken during the
corresponding period last year. The
figures of the foreign trade of Egypt,
just received from Consul D. R. Birch,
of Alexandria, show that the cotton
exported to the United States aggre
gatqd only $3,945,012, as compared
with $7,208,7,32 for the firstsixmonthB
of 1909. The other important items
of exports to this country all showed
substantial increases.
TALK EXCITES PANAMA.
Charge d'Affaires Replies to Anti
American Element.
Panama In an interview Richard
O. Marsh, charge d'affaires of the
American legation at Panama, inti
mated that if the Panaman govern
ment should ignore the wishes of
Washington, the United States would
be compelled to occupy or annex the
Republic of Panama.
Mr. Marsh's statement was made as
a consequence of the evident intention
of the Liberal praty. which has a ma
jority in the assembly, to elect as the
next vice-president, to fill the unex
pired term of the late President Obal
dia, an anti-American citizen. The
assembly was recently occupied with
a very heated discussion of the matter.
Mr. Marsh made this statement:
"In view of all that the American
government has done for Panama and
its great interest present and future on
the governmnet should resistently re
fuse to accede to the clear wishes of
the American government, that gov
ernment can only adopt such means as
occupation and annexation.'
The foregoing has stirred up some
thing of a sensation.
Question May Be Reopened.
Washington A substantial victory
for Grtat Britain in perhaps the two
most important points, a consolatorv
triumph for the United States in the
other five points, with a prospect of
another arbitration later at the in
stance of the United States govern
ment, is the way the decision of The
Hague tribunal in the Newfoundland
fisherie' case is viewed here.
The decision eliminated the right of
the United States to share in the mak
ing and enforcement of "reasonable
regulations" governing the fisheries in
the disputed territory, and it is that
qualification "reasonable that may
permit this government to reopen the
question.
State Census Bulletins Soon.
Washington Census Director Dur-
and announced that the census bureau
will begin about January next the is
suance from time to time of a sreies of
bulletins, each giving certain popula
tion statistics for a single state and its
subdivisions. The form of these bul
letins, which will later be bound up
to constitute regular census volumes,
marks a very distinct departure from
the method of publishing census sta
tiatics ten years ago. It is one step in
the carrying out of Director Durand's
aim to simplify and make more ac
ccssible the census data, so that they
can readily used, not merely by expert
students and statisticians, but by the
average citizen.
Navy Man's Talk Costly.
Washington Because First Lieu.
tenant William L. Burchficld, of the
Marine Corps, flourished a revolver
and used threatening language to Pa
trolman H. K. Kaha, and several oth
era at Honolulu, has been diciplined by
the Navy department. "You know
where my Jdog is; if you don t bring
my dog back I'll shoot you," is the
threat Burchficld is said to have mado
in pointing his revolver at the police
man.
OKEAT STEIKE ENDED.
Lakes-to-Gulf Plan Aided.
Washington The initial step to
ward tho co-operation with tho state of
Illinois in the lake-to-the-gulf water
way project has been taken. Tho War
department has announced the appoint
ment of a board of distinguised en
gineers to pass upon tho proposed es
tablishment of navigation from Lock
port, 111., to the mouth of the Illinois
rivor.
Order Given to Kill Talk.
Washington Instructions promptly
and quickly to repudluto tho interview
ho is alleged to have given at Panama,
wero cabled to Richard O. MarBh, tho
American charge d'affaires, by Act
ing Secretary of State Wilson.
Portland Bank Would Be Repository
Washington Tho Security Savings
& Trust company, of Portland, has ap
plied for postal savings bank funds.
Seventy Thousand Oloakmakors Will
Eotum to Work.
Now York, Sopt. 2. Tho cloakmak
era' strike, ono of tho greatest indus
trial disturbances in the history of
American labor, was settled tonight.
Seventy thousand garment-workers, who
havo been idlo for nino months, will
return to work.
Tho industrial loss to employors and
employes has run high Into tho mil
lions. In loss of wages alono tho total
has been estimated at moro than $10,
000,000, whilo tho loss to manufac
turers, jobbors and retailers tho coun
try over has boon computed at ton
times that amount.
In spite of tho stupendous readjust
ment involved, tho striko has boon In
tho main notable for pcaccablencss.
Thoro wero numerous cases of petty dis
orders and a petition of the manufac
turers brought forth from Justico Goff,
of the State Supreme Court, nn injunc
tion, in which ho ruled that any strike
called to demand the closed shop was
in restraint of trado.
Julius Henry Cohen, counsel for tho
manufacturers' association, describes
the agreement signed by him and rep
resentatives of tho strikers in this sen
tence: "No principle has been surrendered
by tho manufacturers, yet tho union
may truly claim they havo won a groat
victory for their people. The manufac
turers believe in tho union and in the
principle that all who Jesiro its benefits
should share its burdens."
Ono essential of this victory and one
important not only to tho strikers, but
to tho Nation at large, is tho abolition
of all contract work at homo. Here
after garments made in Now York will
bo manufactured under sanitary condi
tions. -Thoro will bo no moro sweat
shops. Tho rock on which all previous eff
orts at mutual conjiliation havo split
has now been avoided by tho adoption
of the "preferential union. shop" idea,
for which Eichard D. Brandcis, of Bos
ton, formerly counsel for Glavis, in tho
Pinchot-Ballingor hearing, is given full
credit.
In the articles of agreement the idea
is thus described:
"Each member of tho Manufacturers'
Association is to maintain union shops,
union shops being understood to refer
to a shop where union standards as to
working conditions, hours of labor and
rates of wages prevail, and where, in
hiring help, union men are preferred, it
being understood that since there are
differences of degree of skill employers
shall havo the freedom of selection as
between ono union man and another,
and shall not be confined to any list
nor bound to follow any prescribed or
der." The articles provide for these more
important points:
"Firsts Electric power free; second,
no work at home; third, discipline of
any manufacturer found guilty of dis
criminating among his -employes;
fourth, six days' -work a week, and a
cash weekly pay day; fifth, all sub
contracting within shops abolished;
sixth, nine hours' work a day, five days
a week and five hours tho sixth day;
seventh, tho subject of piece-work to
be agreed upon by a committee of em
ployes and thoir omployor; eighth,
double pay for overtime."
Mr. Cohen concludes his statement
witn tno following declaration, remark
auie ior one in nis position:
"Trade unions are not only neces
Sary. but must bo truidod nnr BtrAntrtli
ened. I havo not been fighting your
unions; jl nave Doen ngntmg for what
I believed were tho rights guaranteed
by the laws of the country to my
GREAT LOSS OF
LIFE IN JAPAN
FILIPINOS OPPOSE TAXES.
Governor-General of Islands Is Disliked
by People.
Chicacro Hii?h TflTPq nrrt fin tmnnnn
lar with citizens of tho Philippine Is
This is the opinion of Governor Leon
ard Osorio Koves. snecinl ntnTnio
sioper of tho Philippine government, in
vncago on nis way nomo nftor a year's
tour of investigation of harbor condi
tions thrOUPhout thn urnrM TV fT.1.
circumstance ho attributes much of the
unpopularity of Uovernor-Gonoral "W. C
Forbes, of the Islands.
"Onr new Govemnr.nonAToi o-;i
Governor Reyes, "does not stand near
ly as uiun in tne onimnn nf thn nunio
as his predecessor. He is spending too
much monev and rsnltinc iiirri. tum.
; "" "
iuvjuu on ino poopie arc breeding pro
uuunceu uiaoontoni. rnen. ton hia to.
cont action with reirnrd tn thn
of Chinese immigrants has caused much
uniavoraoio comment. That is undoubt
edly the reason for Secretary Dickin
son's present visit to tho Islands."
Illinois Coal Strike Ends.
Chicago, Sept. 5. 'At the closo of a
mooting of minors and oporators that
lasted until aftor midnight it was an
nounced that tho striko in the Illinois
coal Holds had been virtually brought to
an end. Although the settlement will
havo to bo ratified by the Illinois Coal
Onorators' Association, thnt is aniil tn
bo a moro formality. In tho sottlomont
tno miners got tno lion's sliaro of thoir
demands, only a fow minor dotails hav
intr boon chanced. Tho full senlo nf
wanes nnd prices sot bv tho Peorin con-
vention will bo paid.
Rod Cross to Glvo Aid.
Washington Aftor a conforonco with
tho Forestry Servico oflicials tho offi
cers of tho American National Red
Cross announced that It would pay tho
hospital expenses of tho Government
omployos injured in fighting tho forest
firos in tho 'Northwest.
It is estimated thnt tho oxponses will
amount to about $1000, which will bo
pnid out of tho contingont rollof fund
of tho Rod Cross.
Torpodo-Boat Is Speody.
Bath, Me. An averngo for four hours
of 32.8 knots nn hour wns mndo by the
torpodo-boat destroyer Paulding on her
official accoptanco trial. This oxcoeds
tho showinc of hor slstor ships, the
Fluzzor and Roid, a year ago. All
threo are Bath built
Recent Disastrous Floods Cause
Death of 1,400.
Starvation Ends Misery of Mon Who
Had Climbed to Tops of Poles
to Escape Drowning.
Victoria, Sept. 0. More than 1400
lives were lost in the Japanese
Hoods according to official reports
received by the Kamakura Maru to
day. In addition several hundred
arc missing. Arrivals by the steamer
say the scenes in Central Japan
were of unparalleled misery and
destitution. Many cases of looting
by boatmen were reported from the
flooded districts of Tokio and the
health authorities were bending
every effort to prevent the outbreak
of epidemics.
M. L. Ryan, who took food to the
Honjo district of Tokio says the
official estimates of the deaths is
far too low. He tells of finding
houses where parties from 20 to 100
in number were cut off and starving
and estimates that 1000 perished in
this district alone.
In Senju districts a number of
persons climbed telephone poles to
escape the waters and starved to
death.
Relief parties found the bodies of
13 men and women tied with ropes
to posts.
The official list for 15 prefec
tures shows the drowned or missing
to total 1113, while more than 180,
000 houses were flooded and
wrecked, 3593 being swept away.
More than 50,000 acres of land
were flooded and 200,000 people
are homeless and are receiving re
lief. Among the victims was the fam
ily of Mr. Hondo, president of the
Nippon Yusen Kaisha, who were
drowned when his villa was de
molished. The great floods were followed by
heavy storms at sea, in which sev
eral Japanese steamers were badly
wrecked. The steamer Hokuriku
Maru was lost in Tsuruga Strait,
with all hands, on August 13.
On the same day the Shingu Maru
went ashore, near Atsuta, her com
plement of 130 being saved by reve
nue steamers. The Kwannon Maru,
which was driven into Toba for
shelter, had some of her boats
rushed by panic-stricken passen
gers who thought she was about to
founder. The boat crews left the
vessel and their fate was uncertain
when the Antilochus left. The ves
sel ultimately reached Yokkaichi in,
safety.
ine big volunteer steamer Ume
gaki Maru had a severe struggle
with the gale with 308 passengers
on board and reached Yokkaichi in
distress with her coal exhausted.
Several other steamers suffered and
several sailing vessels were badly
wrecked, the Eiriki Maru, laden
with coal, foundered off Nikijima,
Miye Prefecture, her captain and
several others being drowned. Two
schooners also foundered, a ma
jority of those on board swimming
ashore.
ENGINEER FASTS 57 DAYS'.
Record for Abstinence Broken and
Stomach Trouble Cured.
Denver A new record for long
fasting is believed to have been
made by Roland Moeller, a young
civil engineer, who, after going 57
days without food, began taking
nourishment in the form of orange
and plum juices. Young Moeller,
whose rather is a prominent physi
cian of Milwaukee, began his fast
for the purpose of reoaininc his
health. He had been suffering from
stomacn trounie and a form of
deafness that he believed could be
cured by abstaining from eating.
When he began his fast Moeller
weighed 148 pounds. Today he
weighs 97 and one half pounds.
For the last two or three weeks one
of the four nhvsicians who have
been watching Moeller has been
giving him daily olive rubs and
these are believed to have civen
him nourishment sufficient to sus
tain him bevond the 40-dav neriod
of fasting which physicians say is
the limit of safetv-
Cyr Is Victim of Fires.
Los Angeles Joe Cyr, who died
at Bakersfield after a severe hemor
rhage of the lungs was a victim of
the forest fires in Montana. In
fighting the flnmes he breathed so
much hot air and smoke that
hemorrhages resulted.
He was sent here by the Missoula,
Mont., Eagles in the hope that the
change in air and climate would
prove bencficinl. He was seized
with hemorrhages a short time
after arriving and died in a few
hours.
Tong War Breaks Out.
Snn Francisco While the streets
of the Chinese quarters were filled
with parlies of visitors, a Hip Sing
long man stepped from the dark
ness ot lioss alley into Jackson
street. A shot rang out and ho
sprnwled on the sidewalk with a
unlet in his hack. He was Yeo
Mee, one of the principal owners
of the Sierra Club, the gambling
nstitutlon which recently was
raided by the police and is now the
basis of an investigation
Hindus Shoot Official.
Silas, British India A native po
ce Insncctor. Snrat Chandra, was
shot and probably fatally wounded
at Dacca, where n number of young
lindus arc on trial for conspiracy
against tho government. The as
sailants of the inspector are mem
bers of good families.