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.! , 1 C-llTLAIl3, LUIIDAY , IIQ..IJI2.G, JULY 17, 110. ,
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ffiS OF PEACE
World Struggle for Peace Gains
Ground in Spite of Increased
bitral Court
(United fre tensed Wire.) -
' Washington, July 16. Just at the
present time the season of naval
maneuvers and battle practloe, of army
encampments ant rifle matches on the
army ranges in various parts 4 of the
country the , most absorbing struggle
in which the United States has a share
is the struggle for peace. i
It is a campaign of manifold aspects.
In Europe, and in some other places,
It Is being carried on under the guise
of Secretary Knox's proposal for the
establishment or the court of arbitral
Justice at The Hague. In South Amer
ica 'the task was set ' before - the Fan
American conference at Buenos Ayres.
In the far east things have been at
cross purposes since - Secretary Knox
played his biggest card for assuring
peace in that troublesome environment
the neutralization of Manchurlan rail
roads. Although Japan and Russia ob-
' r-ing now been expressed it will grad-
ually soak Into the Intelligences of the
' guiding spirits, of the various powers
until some plan is adopted, -'u
It is true that Central America . is
a' rift In ; ta 'Jute upon ' which It is
proposed to sound the divine- harmony
' of peace; but Central America, has al
ways been more rift than lute, any-
' v way. With one os two exceptions, peace
in those enlightened, republics Is in
terpreted as stagnation and, therefore,
a thing to be avoided under all clrciun-
stances. ...... . . '; .
. Seeking a Fears Court. .
, . Th most stupendous step the world
now is contemplating Is the establish
ment of the arbitral court at The
Hague. . - '
- Secretary Knox has delegated the So
licitor of the state .department, i' Dr.
, James Brown Scott, to take the cam
' . ' paign in hand and keep the ways well
.greased for the launching of the stu
pendous project (. ;;- . .
' Bo far it has- been shown ! by The
Hague conferences that the details have
blocked; the way, for the international
program of disarmament. All coun
. , tries agree on the point that it' would
be a very good thing If -the huge navies
' and standing armies could' be reduced.
- Lately they have also agreed that it
would bs a very good thing if a court
could be established for the adjustment
."v.. of vexatious problems arising in con
nection with the iaking of prizes dur
- ing time 'of war. This latter instltu-;
tlon is now a f act . but It came near
'not being a fact because the nations
could not agree on- 'the method of se
lecting Judges. ,
' ' Similarly the' Important nations of
the world have practically agreed that
1 Secretary Knox's scheme for an arbitral
court, for the adjustment of all inter
national questions arising in time of
, peaee as well as in time or war, would
be a good thing but that does not mean
- that it will be established. -
. . The Latin American republics may
object that they will be at the mercy of
the great maritime powers, the United
States, Great Britain, Germany, France,
Russia and Japan, and may insist that
they can settle their own' v disputes
without the aid of a court, dominated
, by the Influence of the great powers.
' Japan, which has pursued an aggress
.. ively Individual policy' in the . orient;
may, for the sake of appearance, come
in for the general principle and then
' block the entire, project by an adroit
lnlatpnce on the adoption' of s certain
minor detail.
" , But the prospect Of a smoothly work
. ing International court administering
Justice to -all the , world and 'making
. war obsolete. Is one which philanthrope
.. dreamers - may' contemplate with . the
, greatest ' sa tlsf action. ,
The court will sit at The Hague in
"the building erected " by Andrew" Car-
' ' negle. The Laird of Sklbo has made
v peace his hobby and appears in tne
forefront of every - gathering which. Is
called to throttle the demon war.
A few of the ships of -each of ikC
i great .navies will bs placed at the-dli
- posal of the marshal of the 'court to
act as bailiffs in tnforcing the court's
decrees , and chastising . the offenders
among nations who do . not , obey its
. commands. , If Nicaragua does not be
have properly and rows with one of its
' ' neighboring republics., the neighboring
- republic- can appeal to the court which
will hand down Its decision,
If Nlcarasrua does not submit the
marshal of the court will call half a
aozen warsnips and give them InStruo.
tlon i to so over and spank tne recaici
- trant republic. If it still acts badly
the court will appoint an international
committee to go over and take affairs
in hand, run the country as if it were
; temoorarily in the bands of a reeelver-
' shlo. until ,a' new set of officials is.
elected.
A rat Ory in the Tutors.
This is looking far into the future
but it Is a logical step from the. estab
lishment of the international court to
v such u happy condition and hardly 4
greater step than has. .been taken by
civilisation in the past from the time
when the stronger nations preyed upon
the weaker without pretext to the time
- w.hen they met at The Hague through
their representatives and deolared that
certain things should not be done,
The greatest obstacle in the way of
" peaee is the popular interest In war.
"V Rarely, nowadays, does a government
" declare - war on its own initiative.
Fighting is almost invariably brought
on by the clamor of the people and the
' - government, is helpless to hold the
masses in check - once sentiment : is
-. aroused. ; The panoply of war appeals.
. to tiie lay mina. - ,
From time Immemorial military dls-
piay nas exercisea a son or. nypnotio
spell. - ;There is- inspiration "in the
trampling of martial hosts, the glitter
; of the unuorm. and tne rorbldding as
' . pect of the gviniN weapons of war. J
battleship- is a thing of perpetual in
tercet to the people at large and a fleet
is the most glorious of modern specta
cles.. , ' The International lawyer, on the other
. hand, who is at the head of the struggle
- tor peace, is not the kind of personal
lty, as. a rule to attract general atten
tlon. His ' avocation segregates him
from the bulk of the people, most of
:, whom have not the vaguest idea what
' international law means nor the slight
est desire to find out The subject is
a .bore. IUlUiei-iaS"-tlf-4Btmionai
lawyer to" public life any extraneous
v . trappings of glory to catch the popular
j eye.'
Senator Root is, peThaps, the most
dlfltingxtlshed of the small ' gTOup lu
the United - States, and he frankly sd
mlts that his temperament Is not th
kind which wins for one the presidency
ncy
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JSliiELI iWi-
hicago Man Visits European
Cities and Compares Them
With Ours. '
Chicago, July 16. London is almost
the only city In Europe that can give us
any lessons, on the proper handling of
street transportation, ad the faults to
be noted in Chicago's tneroughfares are
due partly to a lack of respect for law
and partly ttd the leniency of the courts.
This summary of a two months' study
of street traffio conditions In the princi
pal cities of Europe is made by Captain
vnanea U Heaieyin his report to Super
intendent of Police Steward. He recom
mends a number of important additions
to the present street rules, but he urges
the unquestioning obedience which Eu
ropeans, . and . particularly .'Londoners,
give to their, traffio squad. ,
y Payors High Deliveries. '
That all. houses in the business dis
tricts should"; be required to receive all
supplies at hours that will not Interfere
with traffio is a new regulation paptain
He&ley recommends. This would mean
either night deliveries or receipt of con
signments at early morning hours.
A school for newly appointed traffic
men . is another innovation he urges.
Subjects tauglit.' he says, sh6uld be gen
eral police duties, crossing regulations,
proper demeanor to the public, the ordi
nances of the city and tnethods of pre
senting and handling cases in court. At
tendance at this school, according to
Captain .Kealey, should be required for
at least a month before a new man is
permitted to go on duty.
Pedestrians and drivers, on the' other
hand, should bs given some wholesome
lessons in the 'power of the law,' the
cnier 01 the traino squad declares. The
present Indifference to the crossinsr'oo
liceman,. especially on the part of -pe
destrians, 1 cannot continue, if movement
on toe citjrs streets is to continue in an
orderly mann4rv ' They must be taught
or compelled to obey the law.
There ase a number of other nolnts in
which American cities' methods of. han
dling street traffio should be modified
without delay, Captain Healey believes.
In urging these upon Chief Steward, he
says: -: ;;:' vv -
Borne Points Healey Hakes.
I thlnS there should be absolute un-
obstruction of streetcars, and the rule
shosld be applied to make alt slowly
moving vehicles keep as close to the
curb as possible. .
I think It would be wise to place the
regulation of cab and express stands
Under; the supervision of the inspector
of the traffio division:
"The streets in the business district
should.be cleaned at night and properly
sprinkled, so as not to obstruct traffio
during the daytime. .. '
No obstructions should remain Tjn
necessarily long on sidewalks and all ve
hicles should unload from the siae.-
"Motor wagons would, in my opinion,
tefiil to relieved coneestion. u
"It is my opinion that the traffic
rules and regulations can never be thor
oughly enforced by the officers without
tho hearty and impartial cooperation of
the courts." ' .. .. ,
. , Zrfsdon Model City.
London is the model traffio city of
the world. Before the Royal Exchange
In .London there pass an Average of 7201
motor and horse. busses and 19,t40 other
vehicles in the "12 hours of every-business
day. This would never be possible
if the gar which now pass through the
subway were on the level of the street
A pedestrian subway at this point also
obviates the need for foot passengers to
be on-the street :
The care taken in London to pretvent
Sll obsttuctions In the downtown streets
was carefully noted by Captain Healey
No vehicle," he says in this connec
tion, "is allowed to remain loaded or un
loaded on any street or lane in the een
trail business district : Close attention is
paid by, the officers assigned to street
duty, as well as the traffic officer to
this particular ,law-forbidding any ve
hicle to remain on the street so as to
In " any thanner affect" the passage of
other vehicles. ' No obstructions of any
kind are permitted to remain unneces-
sarilyiipon the--6treets;
. Time Limited for Xepairs.
"When repairs are made by any tndl
vidual or corporation the time provided
for the doing of the work is limited in
the permit -When the-work of repair is
completed the street must bs put back
in its proper condition as soon as pos
sible. When the work desired to be
done by an individual or corporation has
been authorized and in Its performance
openings in the street must be made,
the police commanfler in charge or tnat
district is required to see that such per
sons or corporations provide the neces
sary protection- to the publio so as to
prevent accidents."
i -
of the country. Tet In the field of in
ternational law, of which diplomacy is
a phase, Senator Root, as secretary of
state, achieved many things of the
greatest import of which the country
for the most part is profoundly ignor
ant v ' - r' - V.
- ' Armed. Pesos Xs Costly,
war ana uu amnss 01 war are in.
terestlng. Peace and the 5 efforts for
peace are uninteresting. That is the
reason the momentous struggle now
rolni; on . among the countries of the
world is not appreciated. It la net
likely that this campaign will receive
serious consideration from, the masses.
until the burden of armament which
costs, all things considered, $2,800,000,
000 annually, brings home the idea that
It is time to quit building battleships
and maintaining standing armies and
devote more time to the soli, mother
earth being tne source or an comrort
. AS an example of what may be done
in the way of peace the united States
will have appeared before the Internet'
lonal Tribunal at The Hague for the
settlement of two cases this year. One
of these, the North Atlantic coast fish
eries. -is now being argued.' The other,
one of the American . claims against
Venezuela, wilt come up for hearing
next September.
The fisheries dispute is the most 1m
nortant case yet settled in this novel
fashion.- It "was one of the issues of
the war of the Revolution fought by
the colonists. ' ,
Twice since it has led to the verge
of war with Great Britain and for'
eentury has been a source' of irritation
which might at any moment had dip.
lomatic relations become at all strained.
have fired the gun which would have
heralded the -turmoil of warr . If this
had occurred the people of the United
States would have arisen with one
mighty Impulse to defend this previou
right from the aggression of Great
Britain. 1 "' ' 111 "
-The case' being .left to The 'Haft-US'
court for settlement the people pass it
by without comment and look upon it
as a very dull proceeding about which
nobody cares except the lawyers who
are-arguing tho case.' AS a bloodloaa
battle of peaco it is the ..greatest Vent
I thut has occurred iu a century. "
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UllETOC
With Exodus of Senators, Con
gressmen and Officials, the
Capital Residents Can Only
Talk About Politics.
, By Ralph M. Whiteside. a-,-
(Publtsher' I'rtM lksed Wire.)
Washington, July 14. Washington Is
till In the vcondltlon of semi coma
Whicb, always follows the adjournmeht
of the long session of congress, the dej
parture of the president and preUy
much everybody else who can get away,
for the summer vacation. ;
Those who can't get away find very
little to talk about save politics. Wash
ington Is a city of politicians and there
are more men here comparatively if hot
actually who can tell Just how any giv
en, election is going before the votes
are cast than lu any . place under the
star spangled banner,, The trouble is
that each of the know It alls tells a
different story so that the ordinary in
dividual still hat to wait until the pap
ers are published the morning after the
election to be sure who has won.
Taxe tne congressional election next
fall for example. Speaker Cannon just
before he left ' for home, declared pros
pects were never brighter far a sweeping
uopubucan victory. I saw Hon. Champ
Clark Just before he went over to New
Tork. to Instruct" Tammany Hall 1 in tho
true principles of Democracy,; and he
was so sure the Democrats were going
tor carry the next house that he 1 has
already begun to make up his commit'
tee lists. . 1 .
So there you are". : . ; ..
-r'. "Want roraker's Influence.
I heard one bit of political gossip the
other day which is Interesting whether
It is 'true or not It is to the effect
that the Ohio Republicans had sent
or we.ro about to send out a Macedonian
cry to Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker to
come over and help us." It Is said they
are mightily afraid that one Judson
Harmon will repeat in November . and
give - President Taft a hard- run two
years hence.' It will take a master
machinist like Senator Foraker they
believe to get things in shape.
Already the work of the next session
of congress is being mapped out Hers
are some of the things which will be
presented to the short session for
action.
To create the Appalachian and White
Mountain forest reserve. . -
To build up the merchant marine by
a system or snip subsidies.
To regulate the granting- of injunc
tions. X
To permit the federal incorporation
of railroads and other common carriers.
To- regulate the' Issue of stocks and
oonas 01 transportation companies.
Tne , enactment of additional conser
vation measures,- eight bills remaining
without action., ,
To establish a bureau of pubHo
neaitn. ;
,To" encourage the study of asrricul'ture
and the mechanical arts for which an
appropriation of $10,009,000 As proposed.
A rorm of civil government for Al
aska. .
Modification of the Sherman antl
trust act. '. ,
Codification of the postal laws and
reorganization of the postal system.
A plan for the retirement of civil ser
vice employes. -. i. .
To expedite litigation in federal
courts. . ',, ..
', To It model House Chamber. '
A 'new scheme far changes in the
seating arrangements in the house of
representatives had been planned bv
New York architects. The present
crowded condition of the house is re
sponsible for this attempt to rear
range the seats and increase the capa
city f;th6''haiLic,i:;;:;..;:;.;;,.,:,:;;,;..::,..
Under the plan desks will be done
away. with. Instead of the present little
desk there will : be, running in front
or the rows of . eaata, narrow- shelves.
presenting the effect of old-fashioned
school desks. These will be provided
for use as reading tables and for such
necessary , papers ' and books as the
members may feel compelled to 'bring
wi th them whem about to -speafc The
width of the JhoAe will be slightly de
creased, .but its, depth will bs Increased
to compensate. It is not believed tuat
the projected change will be necessarr
until after the reapportionment in
creases tho membership. If the slxty
tnira congress should, as is expeoted.
contain something hear 425 members,
the house will be compelled to take up
the plan to provide the necessary ac
commodations on the floor. ,
Disagreeable Conditions.
"What with the disagreeable odor
emitted from automobiles, the oil and
grease deposited by them " alona- the
sides of the streets, and the tar which
covers the spaces between the street
car tracks and endangers life on ac
count of unstable . footing, . I cannot
inmifat una time Of any other cltv
which,; in this respect, is ' mors unat
tractive than Washington," sayp Farley
S. Springwell, of Portland, Or. i , .
Washington is not a manufacturing
town, and it seems that for this reason
yvu.;v auuiurmes BUOUla DO
able to- abate these tar and other nuis
ances; If there were a heavy commer
cial traffio in - Washington." "conUnued
Mr. eprmgweu. -mere might be some
excuse. ; The disagreeable odor spread
by automobiles, the tar, and the spill
ing of gasoline can bs prevented in
Washington as well as it is prevented
in other places. These features detract
from the beauty of the capital, and are
at once noticed by strangers. They cer
tainly' do ; not cause a favorable im
pression and they make an mail ponder
on the fact that Uncle Sam .is not pow
erful enough to ' stop nuisances in his
own home town." . .' ,: ,
; W. C. Squire, former United Rtt
senator from Waehlngton, , was in the
ouy- recenuy. .piscussm politics he
said that the situation with return
the election of & United States senator
from Washington this fall is somewhat
compucaiea,' as mere are four 'candi
dates in the field; and it la difficult
to tell which will receive the-vote" of
me primary. -
"'President -' Taft's - administration.'
said the former senator, "has proved
a satisfactory one. The neoola
that matters which are brought before
President Taft receive his thorough at
tention ..and are attended to in a spirit
of justice and. of judicial sanity, ' There
is souna aen Deration Derore a declitlnn
is reached.? Whatever comes from the
White House now is not snap ludir-
mrarr
"Colonel Roosevelt Is right popular
with, us, too, ,and it seems to me that
ne wiu oe neara irom a great deal
ror many years 10 .come on matters of
puono interest."
Senator Squire, In referring to the
CaiiinKer-i'iuchot ittfiulry, said
j' ft"Of jcouibo, Mr. Jjailliiger Is a.WaSU
OST R1VLR;
til l
1GME DEffl
Farmers Near Dcmfng, fj; M.,
Make Heretofore Barren-
Country Blossom.
Deming. N. M., July 16. Private cap
ital is accomplishing much in the south
west in the way of reclaiming arid
lands. . When water for irrigation pur
poses is not available upon the surface
the homemakers delve Into the earth and
bring forth a bountiful supply. ' - "
The southwest ; Is - noted, for its so
called lost-rivers. Many of those streams
come out of the mountains, where they
are fed by the shows of winter and by
springs, only to disappear into the bIUh
tenlng sand, perhaps not to reappear
upon tne surraca , tor several nuuarea
miles. : One of them, the lost Mlmbres
river,' has long been of Interest to geol
ogists and scientists who have Investi
gated the water resources of this part of
the southwest -
' Xeappears In a Xke.
This river has its source In the moun
tains north of Doming and flows in a
bold stream until it gets within ISO
miles of Demlng, when it suddenly
plunges Intq the sands. It follows , a
channel, beneath the surface until it gets
beyond the boundary line between the
United States and Mexico, when lt re
appears in the form of a large lake. 1
The course of this stream underground
lies In a broad valley, and at apy spot In
this depression an almost Inexhaustible
supply of water is obtainable by means
of wells.;: So great Is the suply that it
has been suggested that by .digging a
canal from 20 to 80 feet deep ahd from
75 to 100 feet wide along the -course fol
lowed by the underground river Demlng
could bo reached by water navigation.
Human energy and Ingenuity are rap
idly bringing about a transformation of
the territory between Cook's Peak and
the " Florida mountains. The desert is
being- reclaimed on a scale that baa al
ready added much wealth to this part. Of
New Mexico. Individual farmers are
doing the work. They are tapping , the
underground river in many npots,' a!'
ways obtaining a water supply to irri
gate their lands and produce abundant
yields of crops.
L
Establishes New Home at Chi
cago Where Better Care.
May Be taken of Them.
Chicago, July. 18. Ths league for the
protection of Immigrants has moved
from the Rand-McNally building to the
corner of Po'k and Prymouth, directly
across from the Polk street station,
where about three times as .many im
migrants arrive as at any other station
in Cbagc"-v-.fV- '".: v.r-se ';-' -
' By special arrangement with ths Chi
cago and Western Indiana railroad, the
league will take charge of all the lmml
grants ,who corns in at this station. In
the past, the league officials say, the
newcomers have been . much , over
charged by express and cab men, . have
been taken to wrong addresses, and
have suffered from petty exploitation
of various sorts. , Under the now man
agement uniform charges Will be in
els ted upon, and those who have lnoor-
rect addresses or whose friends cannot
be found for other reasons will be es
pecially cared for by the league.
In the new building will be a large
general waiting room on the first iloor
and en the second floor will be the -of
fices of the director and visitors of the
league, a special waiting room for
women with babies and sleeping rooms
for women and children who oome.ln
on Delated trains at tne various rau
raadstattoainthr'clly nih(r whose
friends cannot bs found at once.
Tne league zor tne protection or im
migrants is working in the interests of
the community as well as the immi
grants',- to prevent - their moral and
financial exploitation and to assist
them in adjusting themselves to- their
new environment Last year it aided
in securing a much needed modification
of the employment agency law and It
Is trying to have the state free employ
ment agenoies organize on a more ef
ficient and businesslike basis. Some
studies of certain foreign colonies and
of construction camps have made by
it ahd much has been done for the lm
migrant glrL
lngton man. and we have every oonfi-
denca In him. We are of the opinion
that he has given his best efforts to
the government and that he' has been
eminently successful In handling a most
difficult question. I do .not mean there
by to insinuate that Mr. Pinchot does
not understand his business, but what
I wish to say Is that, although we be
lieve, lnvthe conservation policy, every
body ought to have an equal chance,
and the conservation question should
be regarded as of practical Interest for
the people. ' I am of the opinion that
the people of today should have' the ben
efit of their own exrorts: the man of to
morrow will take care of himself. It
is this thought or manner of reason
ing, which has made ths pioneer sue-
cessiui." ' .
Homeseekers rout Into West.
Reports from sall over the west re
ceived by the reclamation service at
Washington, indicate an unusually
heavy movement of homeseekers this
spring."
Tralnloads of settlers are pouring in
to Montana, Oregon and Washington,
and large numbers are seeking the re
gions of milder climate, in the south
west A feature in connection with this
movement of homeseekers is the return
of thousand of Americans from Can
ada.
The recent cold wave which was so
disastrous to fruit - In the Mississippi
valley and in the south did not extend
to the rar west, wnere tne iruit grow
ing districts are predicting record crops,
with promise of high prices.', AH the
Important irrigated valleys report fav-
nrfthlo cron conditions with ft Eteaiiv in
er. . .
rud bulttlug fs now going on in Mou -
. a .. t. ... -i.r u i .
tana, Idaho,
uuiiu, aoiiiimniii mm .uregon.
In Oregon a. virgin empire is' soon to
e made available for settlement by the
construction of numerous lines pene
trating a region which is largely publlq
domain. It 19 estimated thut an area
of 12.000.000 acres in Oregon alona soon
will be made avallable,
FAGUETQ AID
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KG GOOD
IIME CHIEF
Metropolis Executive" Takes
Position Seriously, Lends a
Helping Hand to Persons He
Finds in Distress.
, . ' By Ralph Johnson, -
(Publlsotri' Pres Letted VTlre.)
New York, . July IB. Mayor Oaynor,
whatever may be said in criticism, is a
most interesting personality, t He takes
his position most seriously - and makes
himself literally the servant of the peo
ple. One result of this is that nearly
every day sees at the city hall from 15
to 10 peosle with , blind faith in bis
ability and willingness to take up their
troubles. Their appearance at first
amused old time olty officers, who had
been accustomed to seeing "cranks
turned away by other mayors; but with
in a short time Gaynor established the
fact that he would receive anyone who
had a legitimate reason for seeing him.
provided he was not otherwise engaged.
Outside the mayor's office ail visit
ors are met by Police Lieutenant Ken
nell, a polyglot guardian of the law,
who speaks many languages and sings In
Yiddish. Kennoll has been there since
the time Of Mayor 8trong. -and his ex
perience, would more than qualify him'j
for different diplomatic service. In
other days the politicians were more ob
streperous i and commanding visitors
than they are now at the city hall, but
even than Kennel! gave to i the poor,
complaining immigrant ' an : apparently
heartfelt sympathy. ,
Probably 80 , per cent of the people
who bring their troubles to the Mayor
are taken cars of by Kennell who is able
to satisfy them that the police commis
sioner, the district attorney,- the chari
ties department, etc., will answer, the
purpose ; just as welL Of the 10 per
cent remaining Mr. Adamson. the may
ors secretary is able to take care of
about half, leaving thev mayor himself.
to receive and handle about 35 per oent
Of his curious and troubled visitors.
The Woman's friend. ; t
For more than a week one little Ger
man, woman kept calling at the city hall.
It 'Was at actinia when the Mayor was
still considering and making appoint
ments arid was receiving; only persons
whose business was imperative. . Neither
to Kennell nor to Adamson would
tell her buslness, insisting that the only
person she would talk to- was the. mayor
himself. ' Eventually Adamson. who is a
suave southerner with an abundance of
tact got her to confide in him to the ex
tent of learning that she expected tne
mayor to help her collect some money
that a city office holder owed her. ,
He suggested that she employ a law
yer, but- she vehemently, declared that
she would never have anything more to
do with lawyers.
"But Mayor Gaynor is lawyer," ex
plained Adamson.
"Yes," was the reply, "but that is af
ferent ; He is honest" j - -
When the mayor heard of this h
smiled-in his grim way and declared
that he would see her. For almost an
hour he listened to her story, which was
really a sad one, and then carefully ex
plained to her that her money could
only be recovered by process of law, and
that he was unable to take the case Him
self. If she would trust him he would
get her a lawyer whom he knew to be
honest Trust him, of course she would
trust him, And several weeks ago the
young lawyer succeeded In making a
collection for her. '
A week ago a woman from a small
town in Alabama wrote to the mayor
and asked him If he would not please
call on the. head of one of the largest
dry' goods firms In the city and ask If
she was going to get the $19 that the
stor had owed her for a year she need
ed the monoy Very badly, The dire ne
cessity of her case was stated with
quaint simplicity, and the mayor, who
has an unerring Instmct for" detecting
real distress, sent, a letter to the dry
goods firm, asking them to look into
the matter. " A long letter came back
the next day apologetically admitting
that' through negligence the money had
not been sent to the woman, ;
Probably thereJbave beenseveral
dozen cases of a similar nature, coming
from all parts of the country. In all
cases where the mayor, is Impressed
with the sincerity of , the writer he has
taken pains to do what he could, with
the consequence that there are scattered
throughout. . the eountry a number of
people who probably believe that' he is
what one distressed immigrant called
him, "The City's Great Father." -
Origin of Anti-Bat Onutads.
"It is a curious thing that the so-
called antirrat crusade which is now in
progress In various sections of the
country, especially on the Pacific coast
is the outgrowth of the fertile imagina
tion of some Chicago newspaper men."
says G ,Kl Pendleton of Springfield, III.
"Some years ago a group of newspa
permen gathered In a Chicago , hotel and
compared notes. News was scarce that
night, and every man felt It incumbent
upon himself to get up a story. All
racked their minds for something with
which to interest their city, editors.
Filially? they created : a straw" man, a
traveling Japanese merchant who had
Just left Chicago in a mysterious man
ner. f Before leaving he had supposedly
confided to the newspaper men the se
cret of his mission. He had bees sent
over here by the Japanese government
he4 said, to study, the most scientific
methods of exterminating rats, which
at that time were threatening to overrun
the island empire.
"It also was hinted that he was in the
United states on some secret mission
related ' to the American navy, Each
writer in the squad wrote a story about
the imaginary Japanese and of the "rat
peril.' Interviews with .American sol
entlfio men added color to the story. It
was this chance story of Chicago news
papermen" " that first!' directed popular
imagination to the ruln' and waste and
spread of disease icaused by rodents,
This subject has become exceedingly
popular In the magazines' in the ' last
few months. It is not known whether
tho Japanese merchant carried back any
extensive data about the extermination
of rats."
f Rather Embarrassing.
" From 'the New York Sun.
A small boy. of .i Washington souare.
brought up by a fire, eating' father to
hate anything .connected with Jingland
or the Bihgllsh, was eonsigned recently
to eat dinner m tne icitcnen with nla
... X . j. ...ii . " .
Tgeuulne M. P.lu the dliilng room. TheT
I .. vn s.aa t
grown-uys juccm wmv. umi
minutes' past" stage where conversation
halts direfully, when "a chlldlyh treble
foil upon, the dumbwaiter shaft from
the kitchen.! This was what the aston
ished M. P. heard:. , . 1 .
l-'e, fl, fo f um,
I flineU.ijha piaoi of. aa. Eusaahiiuv-.J
on isstD
GBEATESTGROP
iotton Crop of 1809 Equalled
One Half of Corn Crop
. ; in Value. "
Washington. July U. A bulletin Just
Issued by the bureau of the census on
cotton production for 1909 In the United
States shows 1 that the value or the
cotton crop for that year was about
one-half' that of the corn crop, was
nearly $100,000,000 more1 than that 'of
the wheat crop "and was twice the value
of the oat crop. ' -
It is . pointed out that the .world's
production of gold: in 1909 was the
greatest ever produced, $480,000,000,
and this amount Is but slightly more
than half the value of the American
Cotton crop for last year, and that the
total building expenditures for 1909 in
106 cities of the United States, whiciv
amounted to $857,530,669, was only $45,r
500,000 more than the value of the cot
ton production for a like period. ,
Cotton growers are becoming annu
ally more efficient and successful in
subduing and holding in check tho rav
ages of the boll weevil through follow
ing instructions of the national and
state departments of agriculture. The
bulletin says investigations by the for.
mer have proved that through a more
careful selection of seeds for planting
and better! methods of cultivation the
maturing' crop can be so hastened by
the use of commercial fertilizers and
cultural methods as to develop a large
percentage of the crop before the wee-,
vil has so. multiplied as to materamy
damage It? '. T , - - r.
The most effective check for the pest
Is dry weather. The damage- from it
is practically in proportion to tne pre
clpitatlon. The greatest advance in
boll Weevil ravages in 1909 was that
of ' 120 miles In southeastern Mlssiss
slppti but the insect failed materially
to extend Its. range into tne Yazoo river
valleyr - In Oklahoma the greatest ad
vance! was only 30 miles, while the aver
age was only' 10 miles. ! , ;? si
The bulletin further' says" that; uie
United States in 1909 contributed ' 59.8
per cent of the commercial cotton; .Brit
Ish India. 21.8 per cent; Egypt, &.b per
cent, and Russia, 4.1 per cent
The world s production in 1909
amounted to about 8.279.000,000 pounds,
valued at about $1,000,000,000. ,
t :
E
Conditions Are Aggravated by
; Merry del Val; Source of
Worry to Pope-Pius.
By Clement J, Barrett
fPobllibers' Pratt Leased Wire.)
Rome. July It. The situation in
Spam and the health of the Pope are
causing serious concern In the Vatican,
It is feared that there is now1 little
chance for an amicable adjustment of
the Spanish situation. Cardinal Merry
del Val has plaoed tho church in a
position from which it , cannot recede
without serious loss of prestige, and It
la feared the Spanish government will
be impelled to go muoh further along
the way of the separation of church and
state than it was at first intended. -
The situation has weighed heavily on
the mind of the-Pope and has caused a
serious breakdown in his physical con
dition. I understand in fact that those
Close to the holy father take a most
serious view of his condition, and would
not bo surprised at any time if ,he
should break down entirely.
The departure from Rome of Pnesl-
dent-elect Saeua Pena of the Argentine
Republic . was a. notable, event Vt.
Saeus Pena has been Argentine minister
to Italy for the past three years, and
has done a great deal to cement a close
friendship between the two countries. It
has been due- largely to his efforts that
asteady stream of Italian-immigration
has been turned to the South American
republic '.. t-.-----r: .:vt .
i It Is thought altogether likely that
when he assumes the presidency - spe
cial steps will be taken to attract more
Italians to Argentina by offering special
inducements to settlers. : - :- - , -Princess
Clementine, the youngest
daughter of the' late King; Leopold Of
Belgium, in Turin on her arrival- was
welcomed at the station by Prince Vic
tor Napoleon. The princess proceeded
to a hotel, where the powager Duchess
of AOsta-visited her.'''";. '' ':.. w'vfc
It is stated that the marriage of Prin
cess Clementine and Prince Victor Na
poleon will take place shortly at Mon
ealierl castle, where the chapel has al
ready been prepared. The, ceremony
will be of a private character, es the
bride is in mourning for her father.
Con Robbiano, chaplain of an orphan
boys' -home, , committed suicide" by
throwing himself down from the top of
Milan cathedral. The death was wlt
1 w Th;,:fatB,
nessed by the -Klng'Of -Italy's - court
chaplain, who happened to look up from
the rojal palace opposite.
HT the International News Service.)
Berlin, July 16.The kaiser is de
lighted at the idea that Germany Is to
regain the supremacy of the Atlantic
with- the gigantic new liner now build
ing for the Hamburg-American lino.
Ills majesty's visit to Hamburg was
postponed 6y the Injury to hts knee,
but he listened to an Illustrated lec
ture given .at' President BaTlln's house
on the details of the new German
leviathan.
She will be 10 feet longer than the
Mauretantn and els feet deeper and
wider. : Her tonnage will be 45,000
nearly' twice; that ttf the Kulsorln Au
gusta Victoria, the present Tnonstor of
the Hamburg fleet' The new -liner's
speed will be ,22 knots, generated by
turbine engines. , -
When the kaiser heard all these facts
and saw, the lantern slides showing the
doslgni.' for tho nionst'ir liner, h
I Aac rrn Tflv fnfl'.'i TIT ftfv ri" t ., lfniii .. lij
Pf3"-.! , - u u v '
ciatminfr: CjOOUI - WS : snail have thi
i - , ;,, ; ' .
lead again 1",
The first ' Sunday prior to 'the first
Monday in September is Labor Piindny,
upon which day all ministers are re
quested to preach sermons uyun souu
pUass. vf. tho iabur situat.on.,,
SPISHfFI
pes on pop
KAISER PLEASED
WITH NEV LINER
,iiU .... w 4
r?fp 'r'ii nrr.rii,.-
ieipowk;
Reactionaries Hold Sway fc;'
Time Being but Their As
cendency Is-Bound to Ei
Short Lived.'
By Charles P. Stewart' ' :.
s :.(0siUd' Preis "Iitssad Wlr.) - -
- 'Ijndon, July 16. English reaction has" -.
finally got'Engllsh progress flat down
on the mat and is sitting on it. '
Six months , ago the . progresslvot
seemed to be. having everything their
own way. , Today the reactionaries seem
to bo having- every thing theirs. The
progressives -are not permanently beat
en, of course. Before long they are '
going, to squirm out of the reactionar
ies' clutches; get 4 up and try another
fall Wlth them. And in the end they are
bound : to win, but it isn't going to b
anything like such an easy viotory as It
promised to be a, little while back.
For one thing, It Is safe betting that
the ' progressives will never get ; any
thing but the worst of it as long as they
remain under the management of Pre
mier Asquith. The premier is only 'a
nominal Liberal at heart he is a Con
servative.' From the moment that ha
succeeded the late Premier. Sir Henry
CampbellrBannerman as Liberal, party
leader, he has fought every progressiva
movement his party ' has undertaken. !
Most of them he has actually succeeded
in defeating. His , opposition ha '
robbed such Liberal successes as he
could not prevent of a large part of their
value.-; ' ;v.: .' -
It is hard for a progresslvs party to
aocompllsh much under the leadership
of a reactionary.- It is hard to get rid
of him, too. , In fact it cannot be done
without shattering the organization bad.
ly. That -.-Is the reason the rank and
file ha vf delayed so long, in the end,
however, it is sure to come and the
sooner it does come and a fresh start
is . made the better It will be for the
cause of progress In England; - . .x '
: Pew Progressives In Cabinet.
In Premier Asquith's entire cabinet
which he has taken care to make up as
far as possible of merely nominal Lib
erals, like himself, there are only three
real progressives. These three eot.ia
against the premier's wishes because
they were personally so popular- that tt
would bflVA hflAn nnlltlall. . .
' w....uw..j WUfQlUUB IU
Ignore them. . ;
Against two at least of this trio-
Chancellor of the Exchequer LlovtU
Qeorge and Home' Secretary Winston .
Churchill It Is no secret that Mr.. As
quith nourishes a venomous personal
dislike. The third First Commission
of Work Lwls Harcourt-i-he dlBIlltes
only politically. 'Ha dislikes htm pollt
IcaUy enough,: however, so that he su-v
ceedod in euchering him out Of the vlc
royalty of India, to which, against the
premier's wishes, but tuidef the same
sort of pressnire that got Messrs. Lloyd-
George, Chuichlll and Haxcourt into the
cabinet ths first commissioner of works
had been appointed all but officially.
.; But Asquith made a mistake when he
kept Harcourt out of the vice royalty
of India. ;i,;;.;,'i;,(-.;,;!;. '-.y :.yv;Ay.
All that Harcourt needs to beconrt i
suitablecandldate for the Liberal party
leadersnln la n wlni. irin.rnt.nA.
his countiymen. He has all the other
qualifications, but he. Isn't well enough
home he will be. As soon as he is, it is
as certain as anything can .be that the
progressives will depose Asquith and
elevate Harcourt'; v .
Why , not Chancellor Lord-George or
Secretary Churchill for the leadership!
Why, It may be a misjudgment but the
concensus of . -Rnrllnh nnlnlAM ..
neither the ohanoellor nor the secre
tary is quite' -heavy" enough. Brains,
political skill and all the gifts of popu
larity are freely conceded to them, and
yet the average Briton cannot get it out
of his head that both are lightweights
first . class lightweights, but - light
weights.' ' "" . i
; LowisJHsrcourt Is distinctly heavy
weight He Is a f tatesman rather thaij "
a politician. It was he who drafted the
"budget"; which goes- by Chancellf
LOoyd-Gaorge's name. He is a real Lib-
cr&l. e nrncrrBlvAL .n . vaifAi -n-v.
he assumes the progressive leadership,
the progressives will do tome actual
progressing. . , f '. , .5
YVEEBER REFUSES TO !
MARRY WHOLE FAMILY
i
New York, July 16. Arthur Weobw
of Jackson, Mich., and Miss Florence
Kertland of London were -married by
Rev, Pr. McCandless of the EplseoriJ
mission," on Ellis Island. The wedding
was the.culmlnatlon Of a romance not
without its humorous, side. . .
,.Weeber came here from England three
years ago and settled v In Michigan.
Strange as It may seem to many persons
who have been In Michigan,, he made
w more aso .
1 .... back far hia wfthr - - 7
'ta . ZS..
Uj . flir 0 h. .fw Ci
cfioico cross the ocean in something like
style and comfort, and so sent her 1150
with Instructions to come over second
class. - ::. : " ; -r' - ''.-".' v- r. -
When the money arrived in England a
brilliant idea seised the bride-elect. In
addition to, coming herself, she deter-
mined to bring with her her sister and
her. sister's child, the sister, Mrs. Phut,
being a very comely widow. To do this
It ka3 necessary to .travel In the 8tvr--age.
They arrived oa the Majetstld last
week.- . . .
.' Having ho money, the -bride-to-be. lir
slstor and niece, were detained, at. ths ,
island.. Wceber was informed and canm
on from Jackson. - , . ...
"My word!" said he; "but X dMn't s?
to bring the family. I'm not nmrryii,?
the family." .
In vain the slstor protected thst it
had cost no more to bring hi utid h r
child, and, bcsMe if thoy all went t-
Michigan they could all be well o'f.
It would be like starting with a twiy
made family.
"I ean't-see it that way," MM tt-.t
man from Michigan.
. Nothing could move him. Th VU-n
of a family that whs grown vipan.l a,.
ter-ln-)aw and a nla tfid not ari'fil
him. Hs talkiid It over, and V- '
lanci who wue growfi. ti'-'"l of t!i I 1
atti r all, 11..1H n"'. 't 1 i" " '
girl and utill not t' t r r
llynaiMUd upon mm r r 111 t, ij
the sister and child wer rf'!,'t.
husband-had to ciy )i v,m;il t-
1
of theci.
Th coupl
, n't r f
'I t
f
,l for M.. h
.v.'.i i' !