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FRIDAY, SEPT. 4 THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA OREGON. V S mr inn nrnn iv 07J THE QUI VIVE WATCHING EACH OTHER LIKE HAWKS OVER THE MO1 ROCCAN QUESTION GERMANY'S HIGH-HAND POSE Huddle May Lead to Grara Trouble, , With Franca Sundlng High and I Right In tha Eye of tha Great . Power. . " ; PARIS, Sept. 3-After an Informal conference by the ministers yesterday and the exchange of telegram with Premier Clemenceau, the Associated I'rcu wa authorized to announce that France Intend to purnue the Moroc- can policy already mapped out and that the power will be allowed to de cide whether her course or that of Germany in preferable. The tone of the newspaper! I tem perate, but firm, and indicate! that the "support of the outside world will be on the side of France." The Temp declare that Germany' move prove that he intends to play her own game In Morocco. I "After demanding an Intervention of Europe at Algecira" this paper say, "Germany in now pursuing a policy in Morocco without regard to Europe." ' .The paper points out that Prance consider herself bound to view the situation from the general standpoint even to the neglect of her own Inter est. Had she desired to take advan tage of the situation, the concentra tion of a hostile army under one of Mulai Hafid's lieutenants. on the Al gerian frontier would have furnished an ample excuse to take only her mili tary security into consideration. In stead France allowed Mulal Hafid to be proclaimed Sultan at Oudja, and acting in accord with Spain, she un dertook to aecure preliminary guan antees to safeguard the interests of all the poweri and to arrange an un derstanding among the powers, a thing which is most essential as guar antee themselves. This was explain ed repeatedly to Germany through diplomatic channels'. 'To recounize Mulai Hafid," the pa pers declare, without knowing whe. thcr or not he will accept the Algeci-j rail act or subscribe to the engage ments of the empire toward Europe,' U a policy of incoherence worthy of M. Jaures." i Germany's note, thU journal goe( on, means nothing, or It means that; Germany demands the unconditional recognition of Mulal Hafid. If it Is! the latter it is unacceptabl. Germany! has the right to pursue her own policy; but if she runs counter to the inter-, est of Europe, she mus not be as-, tonished if she finds herself isolated. ; It Is certain that the other powers have sufficient authority without Ger-i many to exact the necessary guaran-( tees. France's line of conduct is in-t spired by'the general interest and it, will not be modified. ' I . "Perhaps when Dr. Vassel presents the olive branch from Wilhelm," it says, "Mulai Hafid may remember that that the predecessors of this particular consul, have cruel sequela; that Ger many changes her proteges in Moroc co as elsewhere and that the promptest recognition is not always the most durable. The Interest of Europe Is to treat unitedly with the Sultan of Mo rocco, who ever he may be, and it is the interests of the Sultan t to treat with a united Europe." , 1 The Liberie is of the opinion that this coup is aimed directly at France, but says that, even Germany's allies must protest against this attempt on the part of Emperor William to mon opolize a situation in which all the power are Interested. "The period of retention has been renewed," says the Liberte, "but we; reed not be alarmed that the tone of the foreign press shows on which si"de are the sympathies of the world." ; The Journal des d'Bates considers that Germany's move is selfish and regrettable ; and sure to complicate the settlement of the Moroccan prob lem. , BIG LEATHER DISPLAY. ; CHICAGO, Sept. 3. The third an nual shoe and leather market fair closed at the Coliseum last night after 50,000 persons, according to trie esti mate of 'the management, had viewed the display Exhibitors have booked orders during the week aggregating $2,000,000. The show will be repeated about this time next year. DANCED TO DEATH. Pittsburg Mulatto Exerts Himself ' Too Greatly. PITTSBURG, Sept. 3.-"Danccd himself to death" will probably be the verdict of the coroner's Jury' in the case of Albert Hulton, aged. 25, a fine looking mulatto who was found dead in his bed yesterday. Hulton wa attracted to the street by the tune of hurdy-gurdy, and throwing the operator a quarter of a dollar, told him to repeat the tune as often as the coin would pay for. Then .Hulton began dancing, execut ing two steps, waltz, jigs and buck and wing "steps as the movement changed. A corwd gathered and when the music the first coin paid for ceased, another one was passed up and the dancing continued until the police interfered. Hulton retired to his room and' the doctor called, who said death was due to heart disease due to over exertion. STUDY "BLACK HAND." New York Official Have Been In Italy For That Purpose. NEW YORK, Sept. 3. After mak iug it study with the aid of the Italian government, of the black hand system In that country, District Attorney Clark of Kings .County and Francis L Carr, his assistant have arrived home. Their Itinerary through Italy was kept secret, on advice of Brook lyn Italians, because of the possibili ties of harm from Italian criminal. Mr. Clark learned on his arrival that a mass meeting of Italians would be held in Brooklyn to denounce him and demand his resignation. He was told that his fellow countrymen In Brooklyn were indignant over his written criticism concerning corrupt practices in the Italian judiciary. LONG OIL PIPE LINE. Extends From Bjkersfield to San Francisco,' About 282 Miles. SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. J.-On Saturday next the new rifled pipe line for the conveyance of crude oil from Bakersficld well to Port Costa on San Francisco Bay, a distance of 282 miles, will deliver its first flow. The line is the property of the Asso ciated Pipe Line Company and pa rallels the line of the Standard Oil Company. It has a capacity of 17,000 to 20,000 barrels past a given point every 24 hours and was constructer at a cost of $4,500,000. Pumping sta tions located , every 23 miles where the uiixture of nine parts oil to one part water is pushing along the water following the riflings, of the pipe and forming a water bearing for the oil which would not be otherwise hand led without being heated. HAD THE NERVE OF DANIEL. Couple Married at State Fair, While Beasts Growl. SACRAMENTO, Cal, Sept. 3.-In the presence of 12,000 spectators, standing in a den of African lions, Miss Abbic Higgins and J. T. Betts of this city, were joined in wedlock last night, at the state fair pavilion, Rev. A. R. Schumacher of Fair Oaks officiating. It was the most success ful function of this kind given in the west and there was not a hitch in the program. During the ceremony Prince, the immense African lion, growled and startled the party somewhat, but was soon quieted by his owner, Madame Schell. The ceremony was short and inside of three or four minutes the party were allowed to leave the cage when the happy bride was handed a check for $50 as the wedding present from the fair management. KILLED IN PANIC. . CHICAGO, Sept. 3 Strap hanging played a part in the death of William Finley, 5 months old. The baby was being carried by its mother, Mrs. Annie Finley, who was forced to hang to a strap in "a crowded Fifth street car which she entered on August 21. She had traveled only a short distance'when a telephone polel fell, striking the roof of the car. The passengers were thrown into a panic ad before Mrs. Finley could get out of the aisle she was knocked down and the baby was trampled on. Ef forts to save the life of the childat the Provident Hospital proved un-J availing, and it died yesterday. HAS A STRONG FRIEND. TANGIER, Sept. 3. The depart ure of Dr. Vassel the Germany consul here, for Fez, which has caused such a sensation in Europe seems to have produced a general impression among the Moroccans that Germany is the first power to recognize Mulai Hafid and tile only power friendly to him, Sinclair's UP Sir&tegy. ty HENRY HAVEN. Clyrl(lilJ, IKI, Uy Aiwoalated t.licrary I'm, "Our dunce, I bttllffi, Miss Trent." Dick Undt'i-by whisked Myra away and to Fred Sinclair, with a declare tlufi of love (ru'll:ig upon his tongue. It r.jod thnt Slyra wcut with III jmcnod eaprm'ss. Undnrby hurried Myra off. to tuu dunvlng flonr, but Bin Clalr rt'UiuIned In the cousmntory and made rude remarks to tlsc tiny foun tain plnylng In the fern lined bnslu. Ail the season If bud been a race be tween himself and Uuderby for Myra's favor, aud now the season was closing with the Daginar dance, yet neither of the two men had been skillful enough to evade Myra's Innocent stratagems and make bis avowsl of love. Both bad come to tbe dance deter mined to put his fate to the test, for on tbe morrow Myra was to leave town for a loug visit to distant relatives. Perlmps bad there been but one suitor his persistence -might" have been re warded by opportunity, but Undcrfoy and Sinclair unconsciously aided Myra In her evasions by Interrupting tbe oth er at crucial moments. When tbe last dance had been played and the guests were departing Sinclair realized, with sinking heart, that bis opportunity was lost. Tuderby, too, was heart heavy with disappointment, and chagrin still show ed In his face when b came to tbe station tbe following afternoon to see 1 SKI WBOTS OCT A 02TI WOBD MESSAOt, "rsa." Myra Trent off. Sinclair was there, but uioii bis face was a smile of such satisfaction a made Underby wonder If perhaps Sinclair had found his op portunity, after all, There was a stir os tbe train pulled In, and under cover .of tbe confusion Slnclnlr handed a package to Miss Trent "It's the ne west detective story." be explained. "1 know that you like all sorts of mystery stories. I have taken the liberty of adding a homemade puz tie In case you find the book too short." Myra smiled appreciatively. She pre ferred cryptograms to chocolates, rid dles to roses, She had won many mag aslne coutests of this sort In her youth. She found (Sinclair's present more ac ceptable tbiin Duderby's violets, aud as soon as she had settled herself lu her Pullman section she unwrapped the book. ' As she ran over tbe pages an envel ope dropped out It contained a single sheet of note paper, and In Sinclair's copperplate handwriting was this note: Kara Mym Eble, ech kun helpo do Un-chl ahloullo, vl trovoa lom da mat faclloco kompreni la lenoon da tln-clil onilltajho. md ml claa ko vi aliatas labor! Je enigmoj, kay pro tlo ml Bcmlas al vl tuln cHI leteroton. Ohl acllgoa al vl tlon kion vt na permeaaa ka ml acltju al vl peraona. Ml vln amaa, karullno, kaj vl Igoa ml ti la pie felloha vlro en la mondo per la unu vorto "Jea." Myra smiled as' she studied tbe odd Jumble of words. Many of them looked familiar. There was no mistaking "enlgmoj." "Mondo" was clearly the "world," aud "laborl" was "labor." Other words were of familiar aspect and then there were some that were totally strange. It might be a combination of the "hog Latin" of childhood days and the real Latin of the college course, but an hour's study showed many words not to be accounted for on any such hy pothesis. Tile more she studied tbe more firmly convinced was Myra that this was some new form of cryptogram Invented by Sinclair to divert her on her two day trip. - She was still studying the slip of pa per when the porter came around to make up her Nrth, and In the troubled sleep which hroke the night Journey strange combinations of letters danced before her eye. When she i-mue back from breakfast In the diner the next morning the por ter approached with a small package. "A gemmnn done tole me gib you dis here In de mo'nln'," he announced as he handed tba package to Myra. The girl's face brightened as she recognized Sinclair's handwriting. "This" evi dently contained the key. She would not have to puzzle longer. From the package dropped a small boo::!?t with "Esperanto Key" on the cover page. Myra had heard of the "universal language" and had heard also that It required but half an hour to, become familiar with the grammar. So, after all, her mystery was nothiug but a letter In Esperanto, and the un raveling would come In a brief hour. She was half inclined to regret that the I II II i. 'VZm W nystery would solve Itself so qalc!y ft she thought of the long day's ride before her. But In this thought she was wrong, for, although the key was accompanied )y o larger dictionary and she found the few rules' absurdly simple, these were but part of tbe mystery. The book laid strew upon accents ss essential to the understanding of tbe words, and Sinclair's letter was en tirely wanting in accents, nor could she find some of his words In the dic tionary. It was not until late In tbe afternoon that she stumbled upon the explana tion, "Sblosilo" she could not find, but under tbe accented B's she found "slot," meaning a lock, and "Do," an Instrument, and decided that a lock In strument was a key. With this clew as to the surplus b's which replaced the accents on preceding letters she toon bad the translation written out It resd: Daar Myra-Perhmpe tvan with the aid of this kay yon will have aoma email dif flaultr In getting at tha tanaa of this lat ter, iut I know that rou tike to puwle ever enigma, and It la for thla raaaon that I am Bonding rou thla not. It la to tall you what rou will not lat ma tell In pareon, I lov you, dear, and you will maka ma tha happleat man en earth with the one word "Tea." Myra allowed the paper to flutter to tbe floor as she stared out of tbe win dow on tbe glory of tbe western sun set toward which they were flying. 8be was half pleased, balf angry, at the declaration. This was ber first sea son In society, and she was not mind ed to give up ber liberty so soon, and for that reason she bad evaded Sin clair's declarations. She did not wish to say yes so soon, and she could not say blm no. She remembered how Nancy Bald win bad been the belle of one season and during tbe next bad been almost completely monopolized by Ben Trayer, Myra bad planned to have another year of freedom before she should be led captive by Cupid. , But In the end an amused smile play ed about her Hps ss she thought of Sinclair's strategy, and when tbe porter came through the car to light the gas she procured a telegraph blank and wrote out a one word message, "Yes." Her uncle was at tbe station the next morning to greet ber and to hand ber a yellow envelope. "This came just as I was leaving the house," he said. "I hope that it does not contain bad news." Myra tore open tbe envelope and read the short message. "I am coming on," Sinclair wired, "to tell It over again In English and pantomime." "It's good news very good news," said Myra, smiling softly, as she looked up Into her uncle's anxious face, for, after all, pantomime, not Esperanto, If properly expressed. Is the universal language of love. 1 Afraid or Safety Pine. It Is not easy to realize the bondage to fear under which barbarous people live on account of their superstitious Ignorance. Mrs. Theodore Bent tells In ber book, "Southern Arabia," how she tried to make a present of a safety pin to a native woman and what a storm of Indignation was occasioned by ber act. On our arrival at our camping ground and while we were waiting for our tents to be ready I was surrounded by women all masked. They seemed highly astonished at a safety pin which I was taking out so I gave or, rathor, offered It to an old woman near me. She wanted to take the pin, but several men rushed be tween us and roared at us both and prevented my giving It to her. I stood there holding It out and she stretching out her hand, and one or two men then asked me for It for her. I put It down on a stone, and she took It away and seemed pleased, but a man soon brought It back to me on the end of a stick, saying they did not know these things and were afraid of them. The Opium Habit. In an article on Robert Louis Steven son's horror of the opium habit the Rev. W. E. Clarke In the chronicle of the Loudon Missionary society gives a letter which the novelist sent when on the Island to the native king of Samoa on the subject In which he said: "Nothing Is more quickly learned than the optum habit It passes from one to another like a song. Nothing Is so pernicious; It feeds upon unaccustomed races like a fire upon dry wood. , And I assure your majesty no race appears less able to stand the results of this drug than that to which your majesty belongs and over so great a portion of which your majesty Is called upon to rule." -V . Stevenson concludes a long letter by suggesting to the king that "any for eigner other than a doctor or a mis sionary acting as a doctor who shall be found to have distributed the drug either for money or as a gift" should at once be deported from the Islands. A Nature 8tudy. I like to watch the old fool hen that's tied beside my door. She has of little chickens ten and thinks she has three score. Of all the blamed Important things that ever fussed around she Is the worst. All day she sings and claws the dirt around. She thinks she has the only chicks, and so she clucks and bumps. All other chickens are gold bricks; ail other hens are chumps. She sees a foe In every friend and drives that friend away. Her feathers always are on end; she's mad the live long tiny. And so I watched the old fool hen, and still she seems to me like many chuckle beaded men whom every day I see. 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