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Congress Promptly Ratifies Termina­
tion ot Russian Treaty.
W ashington, D. C. — Congress very
prom ptly ratified the p re sid en t’s noti­
fication of the term ination o f the Rus­
sian tre a ty of 1832 and sent the m eas­
ure to the president for his signature.
The house disposed of it according to
I program w ithin 75 m inutes.
Speaker C lark signed it a t 2:56 p.
| m .; Vice P resident Sherm an signed it
General Resume of Important Events a t 3:51 p. m., a fte r the senate had re­
m ained in session purposely to perm it
Presented In Condensed Form
him, under the rules, to affix his sig ­
for O u r Busy Readers.
n atu re while it was in session.
It w as a perfunctory proceeding in
the house, for D em ocrats and Repub­
Im perial forces in China are prepar licans voted together, Macon, of A r­
ing for another big battle.
kansas, D em ocrat, alone voting in the
Sam uel and W iliam Muncy, tw ins, negative. He explained to the house
of New York C ity, ce.ebrated th eir la te r th a t he voted a g ain st the resolu­
tion in a sp irit of levity.
93d birthday on C hristm as day.
In the debate Republicans joined
P resident and Mrs. T a ft escaped w ith th e ir political opponents in trib ­
th e ir special guards and w ent calling utes to R epresentative Sulzer, of New
on friends for two hours on C hristm as York, the D em ocratic author of the
eve.
house bill, for accepting the senate
More than 1,000,000 gallons of mo­ m easure am ending his own.
“ Mr. Sulzer has shown th a t he is
lasses w ere destroyed by fire on the
w harves of the Boston Molasses corn acting through the prom ptings of p a t­
riotism , not
p o litics,” Republican
pany.
Europe is profoundly im pressed by L eader Mann said.
The Russian reply to the notice
the force of public opinion in the
U nited S ta te s on the Russian passport from A m bassador Guild th a t A m erica
wished to term in ate the tre a ty of
question.
1832 has been received a t the S ta te
P ersian officials declare the Rus departm ent. The officials decline to
sians are m urdering women and chil­ publish the te x t of the note, but ad­
dren in cold blood, and ignoring over­ m it th a t its contents have been well
tu res for peace.
outlined in the news dispatches from
Several hundred newsboys struggled St. P etersburg.
for hours in the stre e ts of Portland
GIRLS B A R T E R E D FOR G O L D .
C hristm as day for coins throw n by
generously inclined parties.
A S )uth Chicago new spaper which Russian Miss Who Wants to Wed
American Tells.
had been active ag ain st w rite rs o f
Black Hand le tte rs was dynam ited and
Los Angeles — D eclaring b itte rly
the plant practically destroyed.
th a t the local Russian colony of 3,000
Several hundred men are racing is a m arriag e m ark et w herein young
w ith dog team s to a new strik e on the girls are bartered by th e ir parents
head of Sixty-M ile riv er in Alaska. like so m any cattle, E lsie Navikoff
The tem p e ra tu re is about 40 degrees braved a hundred pairs of eyes in
Judge W ilb u r’s court and scream ed
below zero.
th a t she would bare the secrets of her
General Reyes, head of the new people ra th e r than subm it.
M exican insurgent m ovement, was lo­
Beside her stood R aynor H allack, a
cated by governm ent au th o rities on a sturdy Am erican,
who served five
ranch, to g eth e r w ith five of his fol years in the navy and to whom she
lowers, and captured.
clung because she loves him and he
A throng of 100,000 people gathered w ants to m arry her. She is 17, edu­
on the stre e ts and a t the windows and cated, A m ericanized and p re tty , the
on the roofs and balconies o f buildings d au g h ter of John Navikoff, and she
in the h e art of San Francisco on asserted th a t her fa th e r and m other
C hristm as eve and sang songs of peace had sold her for $500 gold to a man
she had never seen, so she ran away.
and good will.
T h at is why she was before the judge
Russian and P ersian troops have in the juvenile court.
had a b a ttle near T abriz.
The g ir l’s testim ony constitutes as
A laska delegation says th a t te r r i­ sensational a chapter as any ever
heard in a local court. She asserted,
tory can support m illions of people.
and offered to prove, th a t there are
Senator Borah plans a new irrig a ­ 600 young Russian g irls for sale here
tion loan which will help the U m atilla a t an average price of $500 to men
project.
w anting w ives; th a t th e ir parents are
Indicted packers in Chicago declare the sellers and the highest bidders the
the public was benefitted by th e ir bus­ buyers; th a t the personal charm s of
iness methods.
girls are inventoried like the points of
C. L. Sm ith, newly appointed a g ri­ livestock and con stitu te the criterion
c u ltu rist for the O.-W. R. & N. Co., of sale.
H er frail form shaking w ith the in­
will v isit m any farm s along the line
ten sity of her fi el ings, she flung the
to g a th e r pracitcal inform ation.
denials of a score of R ussian p a tri­
A governm ent engineer has ap­
archs present back into th e ir teeth.
proved the proposed expenditure of
Judge W ilbur continued the case and
$800,000 for the im provem ent of T il­
a thorough investigation of the colony
lamook bay, on the Oregon coast.
will be made.
Officers of the court declare the
P resident discusses currency, arm y
reform s, parcels post and o ther topics g ir l’s sta te m en ts are true.
in a m essage to congress.
Gompers Courts Investigation.
W ashington, D. C.—“ We are ready
A telephone ra te w ar has begun in
C alifornia and is expected to extend a t any tim e for the agents of the law
to begin in v e s tig a tin g .” So declares
over the e n tire Pacific coast.
Sam uel Gompers, of the Am erican
Hop in te rests o f Am erica, backed Federation of Labor, in an editorial
by J. Ogden Arm our, are planning a on ‘‘L ab o r’s Position L aw ful and Pro­
big combine to handle the crops in fu ­ g re ssiv e ,” which will appear in the
ture.
Ja n u a ry issue of the A m erican Feder-
The powers are now try in g to in­ atio n ist.
Mr. Gom pers pledges his full co­
duce the Chinese rebels to accept
term s offered by the governm ent and operation in any investigation th a t
may be made. The forthcom ing num ­
end the war.
ber of the official organ of the F edera­
PORTLAND M ARKETS.
tion will be the first to appear since
W heat — T rack prices : Bluestem , organized lab o r’s defense of the Mc­
81(d 82c; club, 79c; red Russian, 78c; N am ara brothers collapsed by reason
valley, 80c; forty-fold, 79(o'80c.
of th e ir confession of the outrages
Corn—W hole, $37; cracked, $38 ton. charged against them . In his e ditor­
M illstuffs— Bran, $23 per ton; m id­ ial Mr. Gompers confines him self to a
dlings, $30; shorts, $24; rolled b a r­ discussion of the issues raised by the
ley, $37(6)38.
M cNam ara case, saying of the case
O ats—No. 1 w hite, $30.50(o31 ton. it e lf th a t he and hia colleagues will
H ay— No. 1 E astern Oregon tim o­ stand by the sta te m en t they a uthor­
thy, $18(d 18.50; No. 1 valley, $15(0' ized soon a fte r the confession of the
10; a lfa lfa , $ 1 3 (o l4 ; clover, $ l l( o l 2 ; brothers
g rain, $12(o 13.
Shuster May Have to Go.
B arley— Feed, $36(o 37 ton.
Fresh F ru its —Pears, 50c o $1.50 per
T eheran — The cabinet has won an
box; grapes, $1.25(6 1.50; cran b er­ im portant victory over the national
ries, $12(o 13 per b a rre l; casabas,
council which foreshadow s the accept­
$1 .50 per crate.
Apples Jonathans, $1.50(o2.25 per ance of R ussia’s demand for the dis­
box; Spitzenberg, $1(62.50; Baldwin, m issal of W. M organ Shuster, the
75c'o$1.50; Red Cheek Pippin, $1.25 A m erican tre a su re r general o f Persia,
proves
too
<6 1.75; N orthern Spy, $1.25(ol.75; unless public opinion
The national council, in a
W in ter Bananas, $2(o3; Bellflower, strong.
session th a t lasted from 8 o ’clock until
$ 1 .10(o 1.96.
Potatoes -B uying prices: Burbanks, a fte r m idnight, finally accepted the
proposal to appoint a commission of
90c(o$l.20 per hundred.
five deputies w ith plenary powers to
O nions—Jo b b in g price, $1.50 per
deal w ith the R ussian ultim atum .
sack.
The D em ocrats opposed the proposal, j
V egetables — A rtichokes, 90c per
dozen; cabbage, lftfllc per pound;
Portland Cargoes Large.
cauliflower, $1.90(o2 per c ra te ; cu­
Los Angeles — Ocean fre ig h t and
cum bers, $1.25(0'1.75 per dozen; cel­
ery, C alifornia, $4(o 4.25 per c ra te ; passenger traffic to Los Angeles is
egg plant, 12c per pound; garlic, 6(o g re a te r now than ever before in the
10c per pound; lettuce, $2.50 per history of the city, and local steam ship
c ra te ; peppers, 8(o 10c per pound; agents declare th a t th e ir accomoda­
pum pkins, l(o l j c per pound; sprouts, 9 tions are taxed to the fu llest extent.
Ot 10c per pound; squash, l£(o l£ c ; to ­ D. W. Ferguson, local ag en t for the
m atoes, $1.75 per box ; carrots, $1 N orth Pacific Steam ship company,
per sack; turnips, $1; beets, $1; p a r­ which o p erates a line of steam ers be­
tween this port and P ortland, said
snips, $1.
B u tte r— Oregon cream ery b u tter, th a t during the past two m onths the
solid pack, 3«; prints, e x tra ; b u tte r am ount o f fre ig h t brought from P o rt­
land here by his line has increased at
fa t, lc less than solid pack prices.
Poultry— Hens, 12c; springs, ll(o lea st 200 per cent.
12; ducks, young, 17(ol8c; geese, 12
Will Consider Tariff Reform.
(o l3 c ; turkeys, live, 2 0 o 2 lc ; dressed,
W ashington, I>. C.—Congress will
choice, 22^(0 23c.
Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, candled, begin consideration of the tariff legis­
374c per dozen; case-count, 35c per lation in the com m ittees o f the two
houses a fte r
the holiday recess,
dozen.
though D em ocratic
leaders of the
Pork - Fancy, 8(o84c per pound.
house say th a t no m easure will be
Veal Fancy, 14(0 144c per pound.
C a ttle — Choice steers, $5.75(o6; ready to be reported for several weeks.
good, $5(o 5.60; choice cows, $4.60 o 5; Republican Leader Penrose, o f the
good, $4.25(o4.50; choice spayed h e if­ senate, said the finance com m ittee
ers, $5(o 5.26; good to choice heifers, would begin its work in advance of
$4.500/ 4.60; choice bulls, $4.25(64.50 the house, though the bill would not
good, $4(o 4.25; choice calves, $7(o8; be in final shape until F ebruary.
good, $6.75(0 7.
Portland Bill Favored.
H ogs—Choice lig h t hogs, $6.55(o
6.65; good to choice hogs, $6.25(o
W ashington, D. C.—The secretary
6.60; fa ir, $6(o6.25; smooth heavy of the treasu ry subm itted a favorable
hogs, $5.25'o5.50.
rep o rt upon the bill a p propriating
Sheep — Choice yearlin g w ethers, $1,000,000 for the Portland Federal
$3,756/4; choice k illing ewes, $3.25' building. Supporters of the m easure
hopeful
o f g e ttin g the bill
(o3.76; choice lam bs, $4.90(o 5.10; I are
good to choice lam bs, $4.75(0 4.90; ! through the senate soon a fte r the
culls, $3(0,4.
' holidays.
Resign
RF
STEADFAST.
Rather Than
Republicans.
Yield to
P ek in —Yuan Shi Kai, the prem ier,
evidently still rem ains ste ad fa st in his
decision not to accept a republican
form of governm ent for China as the
price of peace w ithin the em pire.
Members of the prem ier’s entourage
re ite ra te th a t Yuan never will advise
the abdication of the em peror and
thereby become a traito r.
They say
th a t if the form ation of a republic is
unavoidable he will resign as prim e
m inister.
It has been suspected th a t T ang
Shao Yi, the re p resen tativ e of Yuan
a id the im perial governm ent a t the
¿Shanghai peace conference, and Yuan
were playing a pre-arranged gam e
w ith the in te rtio n to shear the Man-
chus of power gradually and thereby
prevent a Manchu uprising in Pekin,
but the fact th a t T ang has tele g ra p h ­
ed friends here asking them to en­
deavor to persuade Yuan of the neces­
sity of accepting a republic seem ing­
ly indicates th a t T ang and the prem ier
are not in accord.
A fte r many conferences prior to his
departm ure from Shanghai, T ang evi
dently believed th a t Yuan had been
won over to the republican idea, w hile
on the other hand Yuan thought T ang
had been brought around to see the
necessity for the continuance of the
monarchy.
Current Events of Interest Gathered
From the World at Large.
AR M Y R E F O R M S PRISONS.
Deserters to Be Treated as Subject
to Good Influences.
REDUCE WOOL DUTY
President Recommends Revision,
Leaving Rate to Corgress.
Believes Difference Between Cost at
Home and Abroad Is Proper
Basis for Tariff.
W ashington, D. C.— P resident T a ft
sent a m essage to congress Thursday
recom mending a downward revision of
the tariff on wool. A ccom panying the
m essage was the re p o rt of the tariff
board. N eith er the m essage nor the
rep o rt a tte m p ts to fix the ra te of duty,
but the president recommends th a t the
proposed revision adhere to a policy of
protection based upon the difference in
cost of
production
a t home and
abroad.
The m essage says th a t the present
method of assigning the duty on raw
wool operates to exclude wools of
high shrinkage in scouring, b u t of fine
quality, from the A m erican m arket,
and thereby lessens the range of wools
available to the dom estic m an u fa ctu r­
er, and th a t the duty on scoured wool
of 33 cents is prohibitory and operates
to exclude the im portation of clean,
low-priced foreign wools o f inferior
grade, which are, nevertheless, valu a­
ble m aterial for m anu factu rin g and
which cannot be im ported in the
grease because of th e ir heavy sh rin k ­
age. Such wools, if im ported, m ig h t
be used to displace the cheap su b sti­
tu te s now in use, the president says,
and continues:
“ These discrim inations could be
overcom e by assessing a duty of ad
valorem term s, b u t th is method is
open to the objection, first, th a t it in­
creases adm in istrativ e diflicluties and
tends to decrease revenue through un­
der-valuations, and, second, th a t as
prices advance, the ad valorem rate
increases the duty per pound a t the
! tim e when the consum er m ost needs
re lief and the produce can best stand
com petition, w hile if prices decline
the duty is increased a t the tim e when
the consum er is lea st burdened by the
price and the producer most needs pro­
tection.
“ A nother method of m eeting the
difficulty of tax in g the grease pound is
to assess a specific duty on grease
wool in term s of its scoured contents.
This obviates the chief evil of the
present system , namely, the discrim ­
ination due to different precentages,
and thereby tends greatly to equalize
the duty. The board reports th a t this
method is feasible in practice and
could be adm inistered w ithout g re a t
expense.
“ They should be reduced and so ad­
ju sted to the ra te o f wool as to bear
th e ir proportion to the real ra te levied
on the actual wool im ports.
“ The duties on many classes of wool
m anufacture are
prohibitory
and
g re atly in excess of the difference in
cost of production here and abroad.
“ The findings of the board show
th a t in th is industry the actual m anu­
fa ctu rin g cost, aside from the ques­
tion of the price of m aterial, is much
higher in this country than abroad;
th a t in the m aking of yarn and cloth
the dom estic woolen or w orsted m anu­
fa c tu re r has in general no advantage
in the form of superior m achinery or
more efficient labor to offset the high­
e r w ages paid in this country. The
findings show th a t the cost of tu rn in g
the wool into yarn in th is country is
about double th a t in the leading com­
peting countries and th a t the cost of
turn in g yarn into cloth is som ewhat
more than double. U nder the protec­
tive policy a g re a t industry, involving
the w elfare of hundreds of thousands
of people, has been established despite
these handicaps.
“ In recom mending revision and re ­
duction, I therefore urge th a t action
be taken w ith these facts in mind, to
the end th a t an independent and e stab ­
lished industry may not be jeopard­
ized.”
W ashington, D. C. — A sw eeping
change in m ilitary prison m ethods was
in stitu ted by order of the W ar d e p art­
m ent. All o f the short-term prison­
ers on A lcatraz island, San Francisco,
have been ordered tran sferre d to F o rt
Leavenw orth, Kan.
All of the long-term pisoners in the
la tte r prison are to be tran sferre d to
A lcatraz, which will thus be m ade the
place of confinement for the crim inal
elem ent, w hile L eavenw orth will be
the place of detention of soldiers
guilty of purely m ilita ry offenses.
To save tran sp o rtatio n expenss, a sec­
ond crim inal jail is created a t F o rt
Ja y , Governor’s island.
The effect of these changes is to
carry out the recently developed B rit­
ish system of tre a tin g deserters and
the soldiers g u ilty of breaches of dis­
cipline as subject to reform atory in­
fluences and of se g reg a tin g them from
the absolutely crim inal and vicious
class.
BIG P R I Z E S F O R M A R C H E R S .
Elks
Offer Great
Inducements
Competitors in Parade.
to
P o rtlan d —W ith prospects of from
25,000 to 30,000 uniform ed m archers
in the big Elks Grand Lodge conven­
tion parade here in July, th e local
lodge of Elks has decided to award
a total of $10,000 in cash prizes for
the w inners o f the different classes.
This is by fa r the g re a te st ag g reg a­
tion of prizes ev er offered by the E lks
or any other order in the country.
These prizes will be for th e lodge
m aking the best showing, the lodge
having the larg e st num ber of men in
line, the one having the larg e st total
m ileage, the best drilled m arching
team , the lodge b ringing the g re atest
num ber of ladies, the best band, the
biggest and the little s t Elk, the ta l­
lest and the shortes Elk, the hand­
som est and the ugliest, for the m ost
comical costum e and for a num ber of
special fe atu re classes.
Dynamite Left in Garden.
Chicago - B e tte r m edical supervis­
ion in
co-edurational in stitu tio n s,
train in g in the new er vocations for
women, self-governm ent and closer
chaperonage of g irls w ere urged in
resolutions adopted a t the close o f the
fifth biennial conference of deans and
advisers of women in s ta te u n iv ersi­
ties.
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A flraÿe r for
Happy New Year
i f Many Nations
EW YEAR'S day has for
for generations been the
occasion of revels. It has
come down to us from the
old Germ an custom of di­
viding the year a t the close
of those m onths when It was no longer
possible to keep cattle out doors.
This was m ade quite a fete and In
the sixth century was merged Into
the feast ot St. Martin, Novem ber 11,
on which day the opening of the New
Year was celebrated.
W hile In Germ any M artinm as and
the New Year were Identical, with
the Introduction of the Roman calen­
dar the celebration was gradually
transferred to the first of January, and
with It w ent many of the jolly M artin­
mas customs.
T racec of these old New Year ob­
servances und supersltlons can still be
traced in the way the season Is kept
In different lands.
Our decorations of greens, for In­
stance, are a relic of th e old Roman
superstition of presenting branches of
tree s tor good luck In the coming
year.
The giving of presents has also come
to us from the Romans. They outdid
even the generous Am ericans, for they
used to ask for gifts, If not received,
until one ot the em perors forbade his
subjects dem anding gifts save on the
New Year.
One of the favorite New Y ear's gifts
after pins were Invented In England, In
the sixteenth century, were the rough
hand-made pieces of m etal th a t took
the place of bone and wood skew ers
L ater pin money was substituted.
A gift th a t m ust never be om itted
was an orange stuck w ith cloves to
grace the w assail bowl. Apples, nuts
and fat fowl were popular offerings of
the season.
Gloves and glove money Is a very
old New Year custom which la still
kept up In the increasing use of gloves
as holiday gifts.
Even m ore curious are th e old New
Year customs. Many of these are still
observed by old-faBhloned people who
cling to th e old traditions.
The old-fashioned E nglishm an will
form ally open the o uter door of his
house on New Y ear's eve ju st a t the
approach of m idnight. This Is to let
out the old year and usher In the new.
The Scotch m ake much of New Year.
It Is generally ushered In with a "hot
pint,” brewed a t home and drunk by
the family standing around the bowl
ju st as m idnight strikes.
A fter hearty greetings to the New
Year, the “hot pint," with bread,
cheese and cakes, Is taken to the
houses of the neighbors. The first to
en te r an o th er's home on the first of
January bestows good luck on the fam ­
ily for the year.
In m any of the Scottish regim ents
even y et the ushering In of New Year
Is m ost picturesque. At five m inutes
before tw elve the soldiers, headed by
the oldest man In the regim ent dressed
as F a th er Time, m arch out of bar­
racks headed by the band playing
“Auld Lang Syne.”
Ju s t a t the stroke of twelve there
comes a knock at the gate.
"W ho goes there?" calls the sentry.
“The New Year," .s the a n sw e r.1
"Advance, New Year," is called back.
The gates a re throw n open and the
sm allest drum m er lad In the regim ent,
dressed In Highland costume, Is car­
ried In on the shoulders of the men,
and m arched around the barracks to
the pipers' tunes. The re st of the
night Is spent in carousing.
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t e r n a l g < x U
. whom
is the hope of all our
years, remember us in T hy
mercy also in this new year of
our Lord. Reveal T h y glory
in the experience of its joys and
sorrows. Forestall its tears with
the abiding comfort of T hy
presence.
M a k e us strong
rightly to measure all our gains
and to endure with patience
every loss T hy love allows.
Show us T hy meaning in the
gifts and opportunities of each
new day. Assure us of T hy
help in labor, 1 liy delight in
our joys. Quicken our minds
to clear vision and our hearts to
cheerful content. Provide for
our bodies such vigor as shall
be needful for our allotted work.
W e leave to T h ee the mystery
of the year’s events, assured that
T hou wilt guide our way. W ith­
hold from us all gifts which
would prevent T hy purpose for
our growth in wisdom and in
service. O nly deny us not T h y ­
self— T hy Spirit to instruct our
hearts. T hy work to share, T h y
peace to still our restlessness, T h y
presence to resolve our doubts.
In the sifting of temptation grant
that our faith fail not, and when
our years are ended bring us to
Thyself, through Jesus Christ
our Lord. Amen.
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J l Happy N ew Year
J u s t a t th e tu r n o f m id n ig h t.
W h e n th e c h ild re n a r e f u s t a s le e p ,
T h e tir e d O ld Y e a r s lip s o u t by him self*
G la d o f a c h a n c e to be la id on th e shelf*
A n d th e N ew Y e a r ta k e s a peep.
2)esl Qift o f cTTime
The passing of years is like th#
coming of dawn—slow, silent, Inevit­
able. The m ost eager cannot hasten
the quiet, Irresistible movement, and
the m ost reluctant cannot forbid. Some
gifts the years bring which we would
fain decline—age, sorrow, disappoint­
ment. Some treasures they take which
we would keep forever—youth, beauty,
innocence. But there are more prec­
ious treasu res which tim e cannot
supply and the years cannot remove—
friendship, patience, faith and love.—•
H erbert L. Willett.
Standard^Hash Proposed.
Topeka, K an.— W ith the u ltim ate
object of standardizing all hash served
in public places in Kansas, the S ta te
board of health has in stitu ted an in ­
vestigation as to the ingredients com­
monly used by re stau ra n ts and hotels
in the concoction of the dish.
“ This
departm ent has found,” said Dr. S.
J. Crum bins, secretary of the board,
“ th a t all m ixed foods m ust be stan d ­
ardized or the pure food law cannot be
New Treaty is Considered.
Commission Form Wins.
St. P e tersb u rg —H aving accepted in enforced. The board does not propose
to denature hash—m erely tone it
Baker, Or. — Mayor P alm er m ade an equable sp irit the notification of
dow n.”
public his first annual rep o rt under the the A m erican am bassador th a t the
commission form of governm ent and tre a ty o f commerce and nativ atio n en­
Traffic Advantages Hold,
U nited S ta te s
says he believes th a t the new form, tered into by the
W ashington, D. C.—“ Pow er has not
although beset w ith m any difficulties and R ussia in 1832 would be abrogated been lodged w ith the In te rs ta te com­
resulting from inexperience and leor- on Ja n u a ry 1, 1913, officials o f the m erce commission to equalize econom­
ganization, has, on the whole, proved R ussian governm ent are now directing ic advantages, to place one m ark e t in
entirely satisfacto ry and th a t it is th e ir a tte n tio n to the question o f a com petition w ith another, or to tre a t
b e tte r, because those in charge have new trea ty . It is recognized th a t di- all railroads as a p a rt of one g re a t
given constant consideration to the , plomacy of the most experienced kind w hole; to apportion to each a certain
m unicipal affairs.
The necessary will be required, especially on the te rrito ry or to acquire all to m eet up­
changes and
im provem ents,
have A m erican side, if negotiations for a on a common basis a t all p o in ts.”
caused an expense of 14.7 m ills, w hile new tre a ty are to proceed.
T his im portant principle
w as laid
for next y ear they will be 6.4 m ills.
down by the commission in deciding
Passport Refused to Rabbi.
the cases of the Ashland, Ohio, F ire
Harrington's T rip Halted.
London — Dr. M. S. Levy, of San Brick company brought ag ain st the
Albuquerque, N. M.—John R. H a r­ Francisco, is a recent sufferer in an Southern railw ay and o ther roads.
rington, the Chicago attorney who encounter w ith the R ussian b a rrie rs
was employed as one of the in v estig a ­ again st the admission o f Jew s. The
Maine Relics Are Held Up,
tors for the defense in the M cN am ara rabbi is now in London on a world
W ashington, D. C. — S entim ental­
case and who is wanted as a w itness tour, which is to last several months, ists and souvenir-hunters, as well as
before the Federal grand ju ry now and he has found th a t he cannot g et town governm ents and p a trio tic o rg an ­
probing the alleged dynam ite conspir­ 1 his passports indorsed in order th a t he izations have been pouring requests
acy a t Los Angeles, was served w ith may travel in Russia. “ The Russian into the navy d ep artm ent recently for
a subpoena by a deputy U nited S ta te s am bassador told W illiam Phippe, sec­ relics from the ill-fated Maine. The
m arshal here.
H arrington and his re ta ry o f the Am erican em bassy in deptarm ent has no a uthority to dis­
w ife w ere passengers on the Chicago London, th a t he regetted th a t he was pose of any p a rt of the vessel, and all
lim ited.
He accepted service and unable to indorse the passport of a requests have been refused. The de­
voluntarily returned to Los Angeles, J e w ,” said Dr. Levy.
p artm ent is aw aitin g action of con­
leaving a t m idnight.
gress before m aking any plans for the
Would Change Homestead Law.
disposition of the wreck.
Postal to String Heavy Wires.
W ashington, D. C . —S ecretary F ish ­
Japan Ready to Intervene.
New Y ork— Minor M. D avis, who er, o f the departm ent o f the interio r,
was recently appointed superintendent is not disposed to favor an out-and-out
T o k io - Although the reports of J a p ­
of telephones for the Postal Telegraph th ree-y ear homestead bill, such as anese m ilitary intervention in China
Cable company, announced th a t his th a t introduced by Senator Borah, of are prem ature, it is understood th a t
company has issued instructions to its Idaho, but ra th e r inclines to the view preparations have been completed to
construction dep artm en t to proceed th a t the hom estead period should re ­ send an expedition to China if 'neces­
w ith the erection of additional heavy m ain five years, as a t present, but sary. The belief prevails here th a t
copper w ires betw een all im p o rtan t w ith th e provision th a t the home­ the Shanghai peace conference is a
points on the system of the company stead er need not m aintain his re si­ p re te x t on the p a rt of both the revolu­
for the purpose o f extending the tele- dence upon his land the first two tionists and the im perialists, in order
phonice use of the sam e to the inde­ yearo a fte r in itia tin g his en try .
th a t they m ight strengthen th e ir m ili­
pendent telephone companies.
tary positions.
Chaperonage is Urged.
A*4 tilA ^li’ii 41^
Antipodian Tru st Fined.
Los A ngeles—Tw enty-tw o sticks of 1
Sydney, A u stra lia —The prosecutions |
high-pow er dynam ite w ere found in
the shrubbery near the residence of again st the coal combine, on which
A rth u r L etts, ow ner o f two of the w rits w ere served on A ugust 26, 1910,
larg e st departm ent stores in Los A n­ for breaches o f the A ustralian a n ti­
geles, by a gardener.
A fte r an in tru s t law, resulted in the fining of
vestigation, the police announced th a t each m em ber of the tru st $2,500 by
they believed the dynam ite had been the Federal court. The court granted
placed in the yard by someone who an injunction ag ain st the continuation
of the monopoly.
w anted to g et rid of iL
gifts, notw ithstanding attem pts to sup­
press It, was continued a fte r Europe
had become Christian. For a tim e pres­
ent making was transferred to E aster,
but later It was again associated with
the first day of January.
’Blowing in the Yule
T h e w in d b le w th e r e a n d
th e w in d b le w h e re .
A n d b r o u g h t fro m
S om e­
w h e r e th e s m a ll N ew
Y ear.
I t ta p p e d f o r h im a t e a c h
door an d pane
A n d n e v e r o n ce w a s a
k n o c k In v a in !
A ll g o o d fo lk s w a ite d th e
c o m in g c h ild ,
T h e ir d o o r s th e y o p e n e d a n d o n h im
sm iled .
In s id e h e s te p p e d , w ith a h a p p y fa c e .
A nd s o f tly slip p e d In th e O ld Y e a r ’s
p la c e .
S aid h e: “ I b r in g y o u a B o x o f D a y s .
T ied r o u n d w tlh tis s u e o f r a in b o w r a y s ;
I g iv e It J o y fu lly , f o r I k n o w ,
T h o u g h a ll d a y s m a y n o t w ith g la d n e s s
g lo w ,
E a c h g if t h o ld s s o m e p r e c io u s b it o f
cheer
T o w in y o u r t h a n k s , " s a id th e s w e e t
C h ild Y e a r!
Origin o f New Year Gifts
Like the custom s of Christm as,
which. In th eir origin, are a curious
m ixture of poetry and symbolism and
of superstition, those th a t belong to
the observance of New Y ear's day are
also relics of Ideas th a t date from
early heathen ages. T he French de­
rive th eir term for New Year pres­
ents from the L atin word. Strenia,
the nam e of a goddess whom the Ro­
m ans venerated as the patroness of
gifts. T here was a grove In Rome
dedicated to this goddess, where It was
custom ary to get freeh twigs, to give
as presents to friends and relatives on
New Year's day. During the sway of
the em perors. Roman subjects made
New Y ear's gifts to their sovereign.
Augustus received such quantities of
these th a t he had gold and silver
statu es made of them. T iberius did
away with the usagt. because be con­
sidered It too troublesom e to express
thanks for the gifts. Caligula, on the
contrary, reintroduced the custom, and
even m ade up for his predecessor's re­
fusal to receive presents by requir­
ing those that had been offered to him
to be gives to htm«elf as arrearages.
The en.rnm o '
New Year’s !
Blowing In the yule from the grim
old tow er th a t had stood 300 years
against the blasts of the N orth sea
was one ot the custom s of the old
town th a t abide, however It fares with
the N lssel th a t I know. At sunup,
while yet the people were at break­
fast, the town band climbed the m any
steep ladders to the top of the tower,
and up there, In fair w eather or foul—
and som etim es It blew g re at guns
from the w intry sea—they played four
old hym ns, one to each corner of the
compass, so th a t no one was forgot­
ten. They alw ays began w ith Lu­
th e r's sturdy challenge, "A Mighty
F ortress Is Our God," while down be­
low we listened devoutly.
T here was som ething both weird
and beautiful about those far-away
strain s In the early m orning light ot
the no rth ern w inter, som ething th at
w as not of earth and th a t suggested
to my child’s im agination the angels'
songs on far Judean hills. Even now
a fte r all these years, the memory of It
does that. It could not have been be­
cause the m usic was so rare, for the
band was m ade up of sm all storekeep­
ers and artisan s who thus turned a s
honest penny on festive occasions. In­
congruously enough, I think the of­
ficial town m ourner, who bade people
to funerals, was one of them . It was
like the burghers’ guard, the colonel
of which—we thought him a t least a
general, because of the huge brass
sword he trailed when he m arched a t
the head of hfs m en—was the town
tailor, a very small but very m artial
man. But w hether or no. It was beau­
tiful.
I have never heard mu-
sic since
th at
so moved
me.
W hen the last strain died away,
cam e the big bells
w ith
th eir deep
voices th a t sa n ^
far out over field
and heath, and our
yule was fairly
under way.—
Century Mag.