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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 26, 1915)
WAR PLAN OF ALLIES Diplomatic Purpose to Forestall friction With Japan. WAR AID NOT EXPECTED BY POWERS Tokio Government Likely to Gain in Trade by New Move is General Opinion Among Officials. Washington, D. C Efforts are be ing made by Great Britain, France and Russia to include China in the mem bership of the entente now aligned againBt the Germanic powers. Dis closure of this fact directed the atten tion of official Washington Saturday to a complicated situation in the Far East, the seriousness of which has not hitherto been realized. , It became known that to insure friendly relations between Japan and China conversations and exchanges had been proceeding in Pekin and the Eu ropean capitals looking to the formal entrance of China on an equal footing with Japan into the alliance that now includes Great Britain, France, Rus sia, Italy, Japan and Serbia. Military participation by China in the war would not be expected, but the political necessity of adding China to the allies is looked upon by them as of vast importance. It was learned that recently several Japanese warships were placed at strategic points along the Chinese coast, and that the possibility of in ternal revolution in China through the proposed change from republic to par liamentary monarchy had caused some Japanese officials to believe munitions of war should be husbanded for emer gency cases. When the recent Japanese-Chinese negotiations were in prog ress, Japan similarly felt compelled to hold her ammunition supply for devel opments, a circumstance that is known to have embarrassed Russia consider ably. So far as is known here, most of the conversations have been conducted at . Pekin, and it is not clear ' how far the proposal has been discussed with the Japanese government at Tokio. Lumber Shipping Rate Hearing Causes Sectional Testimony Duel Portland Lumber business in Port land is good, say the Willamette val ley millmen. Lumber business in the Willamette valley is good, say the Portland mill men. Two conflicting lines of testimony developed at the hearing before Ex aminer Butler, of the Interstate Com' merce commission, when the complaint of the Portland mills against the Southern Pacific for maintaining a differential of 4 cents in favor of the valley mills on California business was heard. Each side was willing to admit that busines in the other fellow's territory is good, while each as readily conceded that business at home is decidedly bad. The Portland mills contend that their market has been restricted in various ways in the last four or five years; that the new California rates have restricted it still further, and that their production and earnings have diminished in direct proportion with their losses of markets. At the same time, the Portland wit nesses were ready to point out that many new mills have been built in the Willamette valley within the last de cade, that the capacity of existing plants has been increased within the last year, and that the market of the valley mills has expanded. On the other hand the valley men re ferred sadly to their own lack and loss of business, the while pointing to the improvement in the situation in Port land. From this conflicting mass of testi mony the commission is expected to decide the reasonableness of existing rates and adjust the rate situation be tween Portland and California and be. tween the Willamette valley and Cali fornia accordingly. ' Union Labor Faces Crisis. San Francisco What was said by labor leaders to be the most se crisis that ever confronted organized labor developed late Saturday night when a resolution was presented to the American Federation of Labor, in con vention here, for the suspension of the charter of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners. The organiz ation has a membership of more than 200.000 and is Baid to be the second largest international union in America. A substitute resolution, omitting ex pulsion, finally was adopted. 9 Hours Passed in Well. Enterprise, Or. After being buried for nine hours under a pile of debris in the bottom of a well, Charles C. Col gate was rescued with only a few bruises to show for his experince. Col gate was working alone at the bottom of the well, on the John T. Trainor farm five miles north of Enterprise, when the cribbing began to move and finally pinned him in, while the dirt fell about him but did not quite cover him up. Neighbors who heard his tries teleDhoned to town, and tnree auto loads of recruits responded. Poor to See Fair Free. San Francisco The3 attendance fig ures for the the Panama-Pacific Expo aition passed the 17,000,000 mark Sat urday. There remain practically 16 days in which they exposition may reach the 18,000,000 mark set for it by officials some time ago. Every person in San Francisco too poor to buy a ticket will be admitted free on a day aet apart. Patrolmen on every beat began taking: the names of such as have not seen the exposition. BRITISH REPORTED AJJONASTIR AND GERMANHUONSTANTINOPLE London Press dispatches from Bucharest, by way of Geneva and Paris, say that British forces have ar rived at the Serbian city of Monastir and are being reinforced. A telegram from Constantinople, bv way of Bucharest, says the first con tingent of German troopB has reached that city and that Field Marshal von Mackensen is expected there next week. The entente allies have demanded that Greece either join with them and fulfill her treaty obligations to Serbia, or demobilize, and, ,to impress King Constantino that they mean what they say, the allies have declared a com mercial blockade of the Hellenic em pire, according to dispatches from Athens. There is confirmation of these state ments available here, and it is certain that Lord Kitchener, the British War secretary, who had an hour's audinece with the . King of Greece Monday and afterward Baw Premier Skouloudis took a firm stand and told them what the allies could and would do unless their demands were conceded. The Greek cabinet met to consider the situation and a few hours should MARQUIS OF ABERDEEN The marquis of Aberdeen, accompa nied by the marchioness, Is making an extended tour of the United States, attending meetings and delivering lec tures on social topics. Lord Aberdeen ha twice been lord lieutenant of Ire land. He received th title of marquis last January. show what Greece's future attitude will be. The Greek government has again affirmed its friendliness to the allies, but has not yet taken the steps required to prevent Greece from being counted among the friends of the cen tral powers. The entente allies will not tolerate delay. The position of the Serbian armies makes prolongation of the present uncertainty impossible. Al ready the Serbians are making what may be their last stand before Monas tir and also on the plains of Kossovo. The Bulgarians are being held by un favorable weather, but they are al most at the gates of the Macedonian capital, while the Austo-Germans and Bulgarians are pressing back the northern army. Russians Regain Ground Lost. London According to news from the Russian scenes of war operations, the armies of the Czar are regaining ground which they lost along the Styr river last week. Czartorysk, a little village unknown before the war, and which became famouB for the bitter fighting that has occurred around it, is again in the possession of the Rus sians, who evidently let the Germans enter simply to shell them out the next day. The German attack, which met with initial success, was doomed to final failure, as the country around it is great marsh. Canada Asks Concession. Washington, D. C Efforts are be ing made by Canadian capital, it was learned here, to secure from the Nica- raguan government permission to build a railroad across Nicaragua from the Atlantic to the Pacific. A representa tive of the Canadian company just re turned from Managua, where he dis cussed the subject with President Diaz, Nicaraguan officials are understood to have decided against granting the con cession, but have indicated it might lat er if the U. S. senate fails again to ratify the Nicaraguan treaty. Panama In Urgent Need. Panama President Porras has mail ed instructions to the Panama minister to the United States to endeavor to ob tain the approval of Secretary Lansing to the proposed Panama loan of $1, 250,000 on the best terms possible, even to consenting to the appointment of a fiscal agent for Panama's finances, The consent to the appointment of a fiscal agent is contingent on the ap proval of Secretary Lansing to Pana ma's plan of giving interest from $600,000,000 invested in securities in the United States for the new loan. Chickenpox Is Prevented. Berkeley, Cal. Dr. J. T. Beach poultry expert of the University of Caifornia, has announced the discovery of what he termed a certain preventa tive for chickenpox by the hypodermic injection of a vaccine virus procured from a diseased fowl. University au thorities said that the cost of the treat ment was low. Dr. Beach addressed delegates to the convention of the American Poultry association at the , , I B f f 1 r - 3 'f i exposition on his discovery. DEFECTIVE INFANT PERMITTED TO DIE Death Sentence Is Praised, Also Severely Criticised. MOTHER Of DEFORMED BABE IS FIRM Doctor Who Condemned It Declared Tot Would Be Great Sufferer and Burden All Its Life. Chicago The Bollinger baby, a de fective, whose mother, Xn professional advice, decided it should not undergo an operation which probably would have saved its life, died Thursday at the German-American hospital here. The child was baptized with the name of John shortly before its death. Mrs. Bollinger was not immediately informed of the death of the baby. The subject of the propriety of 'the sacrificing the life of the infant, that it might not grow up a burden to itself and a possible menace to Bociety, was the subject of widespread discussion. Dr. H. J. Haiselden, on whose ad vice the mother acted, was visited by many medical men and telephone calls alternately accused and praised him. He remained unaltered in his convic tion that death was the greatest bless ing which could be hoped for. The principal physical deformities of he baby were the closure of the in testinal tract, paralysis of the nerves of the right Bide of the face, the ab sence of the right ear, blindness of one eye and malformation of its shoul ders. Dr. Haiselden, who officiated at the birth, noted the absence of a neck. The brain he found to be only slightly subnormal, but the cranial nerves were absent or undeveloped. "If he grew up he would be a hope less cripple and would suffer from fits," said the doctor, before the child died. "Would his mind be clear? Would his soul be normally alive?" one of the visitors asked. "That I do not know, but the chances are against it." Dr. John B. Murphy, ex-president of the American Medical association, and physicians and professional men and women, including several clergymen, generally took sides with Dr. Haisel den. But his critics were just as numerous. Mrs. Anna Bollinger, the mother, remained in a room nearby. Many times she asked : "Is it dead?" She remained steadfast in her belief that death was best for the little one, She has three healthy children and the plight of the condemned one is be lieved to have been due to an attack of typhoid fever which the mother suffered recently. The authorities took no action fur ther than to determine that no death certificate should be issued until after an investigation by the coroner. Serbian Armies Almost Surrounded by Bulgarians London The fact that the Balkan situation, both military and diplo matic, is disquieting, if not critical, is believed in London to have led to the visit of the British prime minister, M, Asquith, David Lloyd George and A. J. Balfour to Paris for a conference with the French cabinet and General Joffre, the French commander-in-chief. The mam Serbian army, which is operating under General Putnik in the north, is now encompassed on every side but one, and, being cut off from the south by the Bulgarian advance beyond Tetovo, must depend on the rough roads through Montenegro and Albania for any supplies from the sea. In the south the Serbian position is almost as bad. The success of the Bulgarian flanking attack on Babuna Pass and the advice from Veles have prevented the hoped-for junction of the Sebrian and French forces. This leaves the Serbians only two lines of retreat, one into Albania, where they may be harassed by unfriendly tribes, and the other the Greek border, where they are in danger of being disarmed and interned. Young American It Free. New York Friends of Wolfgang C. Triest, a New xork contractor, re ceived word from London that Mr Triest's son, Kenneth W. Triest, form erly a Princeton student, will be re leased from the British detention camp at Chateam and will start for Amen ca with his father. Young Triest ran away from Princeton and enlisted in the British navy, was arrested as a German spy and was saved from pos sible execution through representation by the State department that he was not responsible for his actions. Social Leaders to Nurse. Chicago Twenty women prominent in Chicago society have organized an emergency Red Cross nursing corps and begun a course of training for the work that army nurses must do. Not only is it their purpose to be ready at a moment's notice should the United States need their services, but in case of a disaster similar to the Iroquois fire or Eastland steamer disaster they wilt be ready to supplement the serv ices of the hospital nurses. Arrange ments have been made with one of the large hospitals for instructions. 445 Receiving Pensions. New.York Pensioni amounting to $674,000 were distributed to 445 pro fessors or widows of professors by the Carnegie Foundaion in the last year, according to a report made at the tenth annual meeting of the trustees Thurs day. The general endowment fund now was reported to be $14,382,000 and the income for the year $712,000. Twenty- eight allowances were terminated by death and 43 were added to the list. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS; GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS Portland Wheat Bluestem, 95c bushel; forty-fold, 94c; club, 92c; red Fife, 89c; red Russian, 89c. Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $24 ton; shorts, $25; rolled barley, $30 31. Corn White, $36 ton; cracked, $37. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $15 16; valley timothy, $1213; alfalfa, $13.5014.50; cheat, $9 10; oats and vetch, $1112. Vegetables Artichokes, 75c$l per dozen; tomatoes, $11.25; cabbage. 90c hundred; garlic, 15c pound; pep pers, 45c; eggplant, 46c; sprouts, 89e; horseradish, 8c; cauliflower, 75c$1.25 dozen; celery, 60 75c; beans, 88jc; lettuce, $2.252.50 crate. Green Fruits Apples, 75c$1.75 box; pears, $11.50; grapes, 85c $1.35 crate; casabas, ljc pound; cran berries, $9.5010.50 barrel. Potatoes Oregon, 90c$l; Yaki- mas, $1.10 per Back; sweets, $1.902 per hundred. Onions Oregon, buiyng price, $1 f. b. shipping points. Eggs Oregon ranch, buying prices: No. 1, 40c dozen; No. 2, 30c; No. 3, 20c. Jobbing prices : No. 1, 42c doz. ; Oregon storage, 2628c. Poultry Hens, 11 J13Jc pound; springs, 13 lajc; turkeys, , 18c; dressed, 2223c; ducks, white, 14 15c; colored, 12c; geese, 10llc. Butter City creamery, cubes, ex tras, selling at 31ic pound; firsts, 29c; print and cartons, ektra. Prices paid to producers; Country creamery, 24 28c; butter fat, premium quality, 33c; No. 1, average quality, 31c; No. 2, 29c. Veal Fancy, 1010ic pound. Pork Block, 7J8c pound. Hops 1915 crop, 1012jc pound. Wool Eastern Oregon, 1825c pound; valley, 2526c; fall lambs' wool, 25c; mohair, Oregon, 28c pound. Cascara Bark Old and new, 844c pound. Apple and Potato Crop Big. The average yield, all crops, per acre in the Pacific Coast states made a very favorable showing, according to a government crop report just issued, The comparison is made with the aver age yields oi recent years and is shown in percentage as follows : Oregon, 100.4; Washington, 104.3; Idaho, 97.9; California, 103.8. In its detailed report on the Amer ican apple crop, the department Bays : "The apple production for local and farms, as well as commerical consump tion, as reported November 1, 76,670,- 000 barrels, more than confirms the earlier promise of a large crop. The crop is approximately 8,000,000 bar rels less than last year's bumper crop, but 18,000,000 barrels above the five- year average. Of the American potato crop the government report says : "The estimates of potato yield show a decline of 2.3 bushels per acre from the promise of a month ago. The es timated yield of 96.3 bushels indicates a total crop of 359,000,000 bushels, 47,000,000 bushels less than the large crop of last year, and 3,000,000 bush els greater than the five-year average. Hog Market Good. In general price conditions of swine in Portland are unchanged. Catle values are quoted steady with demand for good quality. Sheep are firm. The undertone of the hog market is inclined to be weak in view of the large receiptB of late, but a smaller run is looked for this week than last. Commenting on the marketing of swine, the Livestock Reporter says For the period from November 1 to November 13 there has been nearly 100 per cent gain made in the mar keting. This period last year the total receipts were 11,779, this year for the same period 22,542, a net gain of 10,763. For the year to November 13, 1914, there were received 188,471 and the Bame period this year 220,267, a gain to November 13 for the year of 31,796, which is a very substantial In crease and reflects in the very best way the popularity of the Portland market. It looks as if the total re ceipts for 1915 at the end of this month will more than equal the total receipts of hogs for the, entire year of 1914." Centralia to Get Big Corporation Centralia, Wash. The Prundential Savings & Loan association, a $2,000, 000 corporation, is being organized here by L. M. Holden, of Seattle, man experienced in this line of work who just completed the organization of the Grays Harbor Savings & Loan association. George Barner, clerk of the school board, will be secretary of the organization and ten prominent men of the city will be numbered among the incorporators. The new company will operate In nine counties in Southwest Washington. Benton Hogs Grow Fast. Kennewick, Wash. Within the past 3 years the growth of the hog industry in this section has been marvelous, With the advent, of the doctrine of di versity of crops, about five years ago, the hog industry has been growing un til now there are literally thousands of hogs produced in Benton county where hundreds were not grown before. The problem confronting the growers of swine in this section, and which is threatening to destroy the industry, however, is not how to produce hogs, but how to market them. Storage Butter and Egg Stocks. The national Warehousemen's re port, representing 45 large warehouses of the country, shows that November 1 there were 77,913,000 pounds of butter in the freezers against 64,478, 000 pounds the same date a year ago; an increase of 23,436,000 pounds. The holdings of eggs November 1 were 2,826,000 cases against 2,388,000 cases the same date a year ago; an increase of 483,000 cases. Oregon Hop Market It Quiet. There has been a slowing down of trading in the Oregon hop market this week, and dealers are not so disposed to outbid one another as was the case a few days ago. The only repoted dealings were in the Yakima section. CHARITY LACKING AT HOME Wife Spends Year on Piece of Fancy work and Then It Requested to Sew Button on Trousers. "There," said Mrs. Goodwin, as she laid down her work, "my contribution to the charity bazaar is finished at last." "What is It, my dear?" Inquired her husband, looking up from his paper. It's a piece of fancy needlework," replied Mrs. O. "I have beon working on it at odd times for nearly a year. It contains exactly 21,397 stitches." "Well, I'm glad it's finished," said the patient and long-suffering Good win. "Perhaps you can now find time to sew a button on my trousers for the purpose of relieving the nail that has connected them with my suspen ders for lo, these many moons." Good-By to the Sergeant. Private Doherty was six feet four In his socks; the sergeant was a foot shorter. The sergeant looked along the line. "Head up there, Doherty," he cried. Doherty raised his head. "Up higher," said the little ser geant. "There, that's better. Don't let me see your head down again." Am I to be always like this?" asked Doherty, staring away above the little sergeant's head. "You are." "Then I'll say good-by to ye, ser geant, for I'll never see yaz again." Putting on Airt. " "I presume your boy is getting ready to return to college, Mr. Top- soil." Yes. Me an' his ma expect to breathe easier when he goes." "I'm surprised to hear you say that. Won't you miss your son?" "Oh, yes. We'll miss him, of course, but it's been quite a strain on us to keep from gittin" rattled when he'd set down at th' table an' say, "Well, mother, What's the meenu for to day?' " AMONG THE FLYERS. "I took a flyer in Wall street." "And the result?" "Same old aviation news. A fine start and all of a sudden a tearful bump." Unchanged. 'Money makes a big difference in people," remarked the near philoso pher. 'I don't agree with you," answered his friend. 'No?" 'I've known money to alter the outward appeafance of people consld erably and make radical changes in their mode of living, but their gram mar remains much the same." Practical Poetry. 'What is your favorite poem?" asked the literary young woman. "The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck,'" answered the commonplace young man, "I used to recite it every time father and mother had com pany." "And did you recite It with effect? Father thought the effect was pretty good. He said he honestly be lieved it kept us from having so much company." Behlnd the Scenes. "The audience is pretty chilly,' marked the leading lady. re- "That's right," rejoined the low comedian, "but I guess the snowstorm in the next act will warm them up, all right." Rapid Thinker, Mother Always think twice before you speak. Tommy Gee. ma. if you do that yourself you must do Borne swift think ing when you git golu' for pa." A Broad Hint. "Please, mum, ye remember sendin' some brandy to a feller we saved from drownin' last Toosday?" "Yes, what of it?" "He fell in again today." Life. Escaped With Hit "Load." "Hallo, Bibber, so you got home last night without being torpedoed?" "Whadyamean 'torpedoed V " "Why, you were taking a zigzag course when I saw you." Appropriate Fate. "What's become of the clerk you used to have here, named Cannon 7" "I fired him. But whore is your old porter, Ball?" "I bounced him." Opportunity De Luxe. "Then he doesn't expect Opportu nity to knock at his door?" "No; to interest him, Opportunity will have to honk outside with an au tomobile horn." A Saving Quality. "He la too much of an egotist make a faux pas." to "What's his being an egotist gat to do with It?" "He couldn't so far forget himself. Disappointed. "Ferdy had one .great disappoint ment while In Greece." "What was that?" "He coudlu't Cud anybody that ie longed to a Urok letter society.' 0 m b4 rymg c ONCERNING a specific instance of the continuous decrease of surface water from the earth, especially in Asia and Africa, the "dry continents," Advocate Eugene N. Marals, R. J. P., writes from Rietfontein, Waterberg, South Africa, an astonishing article recently published in a report of the Smithson ian institution. After mentioning some of the gen eral facts relative to the drying up of the whole earth, which, according to the French astronomer Flammarion, will ultimately cause the end of the world; the author cites a number of appalling instances of the increasing dryness of Africa. N'gami, a real lake less than fifty years ago, is now no more than a marsh threatened with speedy extinction, and Lake Rudolph rapidly shrinking, which fact is alarming when It is realized that this body of water feeds the Nile and wa ters Egypt. Mr. Marals believes false the old doctrine regarding the perfect cycle of moisture evaporation and precipitation being equal and thinks PRiniTIVt that the earth Is sucking up moisture like a gigantic sponge, The name Waterberg was given orig inally when this country was very fertile, watered by lakes, streams, springs and dotted with marshes. Ac cording to the writer, its name was synonymous with a sort of lotus land of fertility; It literally overflowed with milk, honey and fruits. It was also the last stronghold of the big game of the northern Transvaal. To day, after the culminating drought of 19K1, It is practically a deBert, with dried up water courses and springs, dead orange groves, some of thom over fifty years old, trees three centuries old now lifeless, desolate pasture lands devoid of cattle and othor life. There Is no game, either birds or animals, and the fields whore fine crops once grew are now parched and dead. No Running Water There. It Is hard to believe, but true, that In the entire district of Watorberg, which Is larger than the Free State, there was last year no running water, and In the north of the district there Is a tract ovor 4,000 square miles in extent where there is no single drop of water, running or stagnant, above the surface of the ground. The great Limpopo Itself is dry for pll the dis tance that Its course covers In this dis trict and only by digging deep In Its sandy bed can drinking water be found. Even after a very heavy rain In the neighborhood of Its source, which flooded Its tributaries at the time, the stream reached but a little way down the Limpopo, and not one drop of the water which fell In the up per regions reached the sea; all lost In the burning sands of the river's bed. Only the fairly numerous thermal springs of the district remain unaf fected by the drought, and on them the dwellers depend for drinking and MACHINE GUN COOLED BY AIR Declared to Be Superior to Weapons Which Have Hitherto Employed Water for the Purpose. Most of the machine guns used in the British army are water-cooiea. The steam given off by tne water, which Is boiled through the heat of firing, Is liable to betray the position of the gunner, however, and for some time Inventors have been busy invent ing an air-cooled machine. They have been successful, ana me Lewis air-cooled gun Is now usod by our soldiers. The Lewis gun weighs only 26V4 pounds and It can be fired from the shoulder. It very much resembles, Indeed, an ordinary rifle, but It has a horizontal revolving magazine above the trigger, and the barrel Is four Inches in diameter on the outside, appearing much bigger than that of a rifle. The gun is air-cooled by a sheath of aluminum, with radiating wings, like aa electric fan, This sheath extends beyond the actual barrel of the gun. 4s the gases, caused bv the firing of f w III " 1 Irrigation. The famous sweet grass of this region Is nearly gone, though In its place has come a coarser "sour" grass with peculiar drought resisting qualities. The life hiBtory of this "sour" grass Is truly a fairy tale of botany. Its seeds are highly specialized, having a body shaped like a torpedo with long, tapering tall. An opportunity of seeing a startling wonder of plant life Is offered when one comes across a mass of these seeds drifted together by the wind. If a lit tle water Is sprinkled on them, a tre mor of awakening life is seen to stir them; movements in all directions fol low, so animal-like as to leave one In doubt whether they are really seeds or insects. First each seed disentan gles Itself, then the seedhead Is lifted clear of the ground, following which a bend of the supporting tall turns the torpedo head earthward, and the nee dle point with its bristles is thrust Into the damp soil by a continuous pressure of the tail. This latter move ment is continued until the seed is IRRIGATION embedded In the soil, the whole opera tion occupying 15 minutes. It the soil is only slightly damp, the seed pene trates just beyond the line of mois ture and remains without germinating until enough rain Insures the sate sprouting of the future seedling. Thus equipped, the sour grass exists despite the severe drought against which the sweet grass Is holpless. All Animal Life Fled. s.The effects of the drought were so far-reaching on the animal world that those animals capable ot escape fled early from the stricken area man with his live stock among the first and now the entire middle veld la without human Inhabitant, and the north practically a desert. Over every thing lies the silence of absolute life- lessness. It seems as if the desert had reached out an arm and taken unto it self for all time this great extent of once fertile country, where for four and a half hours dally in no spot is the temperature less than 100 degrees Fahrenheit. The big gane have nearly all disap peared, most of them having trekked to more fertile country. Some of the remaining animals have had to change their natural habits; the nocturnal ant-bear is forced to search Its food tn broad daylight on account of the fact that the anta in the hard ground can not be dug out during a night. Most nocturnal beasts of prey also hunt during the day as well as by night; some leopards raided a nearby camp In the early afternoon, and the baboons, usually so afraid of the dark, seem never to sleep, but walk about both day and night In search of food in any form. A crocodile was unearthed by the author's party when digging for water In the bed of a Btream, four and a half foet beneath the surface. the cartridges, come out ot the barrel they act on tlfese fans and drive them around, causing a continual draft ot cool air to pass along the barrel. The Lewis takes 48 cartridges at a time, but It can be reloaded in a few seconds. Pearson's. Check Frauds Busy Last Year. L. W. Gammon, manager of the pro tective department of the American Bankers' association, In his annual re port, recited that the last year has been active for the protective depart ment owing to the unsettled condi tions prevailing throughout the coun try, which always have a tendency to Increase all classes ot crime. "There has been no marked in crease in the operations of the profes sional operator," Mr. Gammon said, "but there has been a considerable Increase in the operations of the amateur." Altogether Different. Someone has said that there are but few women who are great orators. But when It cornea to great talkers well, that's another affair..