FRIDAY, SEPT. 4
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA OREGON.
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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
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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
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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
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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. This life to them's
not worth a cuss, ho pleasure It affords,
because they fume and fret and fuss
about their little . hoards, with bile
and euvy in their souls pursue their
narrow plau and ever guard , their
dirty rolls and hate their fellow man.
Emporia Gazette. .
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