2 HOPE TO SAVE
FIBREJOR U. S.
War Vessel Will Garry Fortune
In Gold to Yucatan, Mexico
BIG CHANCES BEING TAKEN
300,000 Bales of Sisal Fibre, Primary
Constituent of Binding Twine Used
• by Farmers Here, Tied Up—Govern
! Pient Adopts Extraordinary Method
) of Sending Gold to Be Used For
Commercial Purpose In Mexico.
Washington, March 24. The re
markable spectacle of the United
States government sending a warship
to Mexico with money for commercial
purposes is soon to be shown. A ves
sel with about. $625,000 aboard is tc
start for Mexican waters on a mission
of peace. The money will have a
purchasing power of $3,500,000 in
Yucatan, where it is to be spent.
The ship, which is yet to be desig
nated by tne secretary of the navy,
will proceed to Progreso, Yucatan,
with funds to pay for 300,000 bales ol
sisal fibre which is the primary con
stituent of binding twine that is used
to the extent of 270,000,000 pounds by
American farmers to harvest a year's
crop.
Chaotic conditions in Yucatan ren
der necessary this step. The banks
will not honor bills of exchange and
for that reason cash must be pro
duced for the present in carrying on
international trade.
In announcing that a vessel would
be dispatched to Yucatan Secretary
Daniels said the ship would carry
."gold."
This big wad of money will be
transported to Progreso and paid out
under the direction of agents of
American manufacturers as fast as
sisal fibre is placed aboard vessels
bound for the United States.
It is admitted that in sending
much treasure to Progreso the owner
run the risk of losing some of i.
through the covetousness of Mexican
in and arouftd Progreso.
Despite this, American manufactu
ers, impelled by the needs of Amer;
can and Canadian farmers, are dt
termined to run this chance rathe,
than take the chance of a shortage in
binding twine. There is no cneap sub
stitute for sisal in the bases of twine
and the United States looks to Yuca
tan for its supply. Accordingly the
unusual spectacle will be presented
of an American ship of war converted
to commercial uses with a view of al- i
leviating an exigency that confronts
farmers of the United States.
The secretary of state communicat !
ed a note to First Chief Carranza, whc
Is dominant in Yucatan, suggesting
that moneys for the fibre now avail
able for shipment would be transport
ed to Progreso if assurances were re
ceived that the commodity would be
released in accordance with the de
mands of American importers. It is
believed Carranza will agree to the
arrangements.
Gibbons Against Intervention.
Baltimore, March 24. —"Armed in
tervention in Mexico by the Unit*" I
States should never take place. We
who have the interest of the country
at heart approve of the course of the
present administration in withholding
troops from Mexico."
This declaration was made by
Cardinal Gibbons, just back from New
Orleans, where lie conferred with
Archbishop Mora of Mexico City on
conditions in Mexico. Carranza and
Villa, he declared, are not to be trust
ed and neither he nor anyone else
interested in the future welfare of
Mexico wanted to see either at tho
head of tho country. There is another
candidate, said the prelate, who will
soon be brought forward and who '
most worthy and the one who can
bring lasting peace to the country.
He preferred not to mention the name
of the candidate at this time.
"It is true there is much disorder
in continued the cardinal,
"and this is to be regretted. There !
are about thirty dioceses in Mexico,
•ach with a bishop, but I am informed
that about twenty of these with the
archbishop of Mexico City have taken
refuge in San Antonio, Tex. They
have established a seminary and will
remain there until conditions become
settled in their own country."
Increase Debt $40,000,000.
Philadelphia, March 24. —William
H. Barnes, George Wood and S. Stu
art Patterron were re-elected direc
tors of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company. A resolution to increase '
the indebtedness of the company by j
$40,000,000, which was presented at
the annual meeting on March 9 and
upon which a stock vote was demand- 1
d, was adopted by a large majority.
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Sees Fund to Fight Prohibition. \ <
Parkersburg, W. Va., March 24.—Ac- !
cording to Fred O. Blue, state com- 1
missioner of prohibition, the liquor in
terests of West Virginia and other
etates are prepared to spend $1,000,-
000 to break the prohibition law in
this state. Blue made that statement <
In an address here.
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Spain Sends Flotilla to Hold Ships. ' ,
Gibraltar, March 24.—Spain's de- ! ]
stroyer flotilla has been ordered to the .
Canary islands from Cadiz to prevent j
!the departure of German ships in- J
terned at Las Palmas. !
FIRE ENGINE IN PORTLAND ROSE FE^^L.
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Millions of roses are seen annually at the flower festival of Portland. Ore., which this year Is held June 9 to 11.
French Battleship Bouvet
Sunk In Dardanelles
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CLEVELAND'S HOME A MEMORIAL.
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Birthplace of President Cleveland in Caldwell, N. J., which has been fully
restored in his memory and Will be presented to the nation.
Knew Traveling Men.
"She's a sensible girl," said the first
traveling man.
, "You bet she is," said the second.
"Last night when I took her to dinner
before ordering she asked me if I was
going to pay the check myself or work
It into the expense account."—Detroit
Free Press.
Sir Isaac Newton.
The discovery of gravitation was the
first of many great ideas that came to
"the greatest original thinker of all
time." Newton was also the pioneer
in announcing the physical properties
of light. His epitaph, translated from
the Latin, on his monument in West
minster Abbey describes in a few
words the greatest accomplishments of
Newton. It reads:
"Here lies Isaac Newton, who by
vigor of mind always supernatural
first demonstrated the motions and
figures of the planets, the paths of
the comets and the tides of the ocean.
He discovered what before his time no
one had even suspected, that rays of
light are differently refrangible and
that this Is the cause of colors."
An Eye For an Eye.
The law of Afghanistan is in theory
the same as that of Mohammedan
countries in general—that is, of the
Koran. This is an eye for an eye, a
tooth for a tooth, and enables the par
ty wronged to avenge himself on a
relative if circumstances prevent hin*
from reaching the aggressor in person,
hence revenge becomes among the
Afghans a point of honor, which no
man may waive except with disgrace.
GERMAN HEADQUARTERS IN POLAND.
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wfl<irw<ini,un i iiinm. .h mJ^
The historic cathedral and convent
Btoehowa, Russian Poland.
Humor In Old Wills.
A certain Lieutenant Colonel Nar-.h
left an annuity to the bell ringers of
Bath to "toll dolefully" on each anni
versary of his wedding day, and con
trite Mr. Withipol of Walthamstow
left the bulk of his property to his
wife, "trusting," he says—"yea, I may
say as I think, assuring myself—that
she will marry no man for fear to meet
with so evil a husband as I have been
to her."
Mr. Jasper Mayue at least considered
himself witty when he bequeathed to
his valet a wornout portmanteau, as it
contained something, said the will,
which would make him drink. The
excited valet ripped open the trunk
and found a red herring in it. So.
doubtless, did the Scotch gentleman
who in 1877 left to his son's care his
two worst watches, "because," he said,
"I know he is sure to dissect them."—
St James' Gazette.
Wonderful Memory.
A few years ago there was a team
ster in Milwaukee named Israel Mullin
who was able to tell at the end of the
week the number of loads and their
weights he had hauled for the six days
past without so much as a figure on
paper. It would have been useless to
furnish him with paper and pencils,
his memory was found to be unerring.
He was dismissed once for using liquor
too freely and a man appointed to his
place who used pencil and paper. The
first week the pencil and paper man
made over a dozen errors, and Mullih
got his Job back.—Pittsburgh Press.
THE PATRIOT
of Jasna Gura (Holy Mount) in Czen
OLD ENGLISH HOUSES.
In the Days of Huts, Thatchecf
Roofs and olay Floors.
The habitations of English common
people for, centuries consisted of a
wooden hut of one room, with the fin
built in "the center. To this but if a
man increased in family and wealth, a
lean-tr- was added and later another
and another. The roofs were of thatch,
the beds of loose straw or straw beds
with bolsters of the same laid on the
floor or perhaps eventually shut in by
a shelf and ledge like the berths of a
ship or by a small closet.
The Saxon thane or knight built
a more pretentious "hall," a large open
room like the Roman atrium with a
lofty roof thatched or covered with
slates or wooden shingles. In the cen
ter of the hard clay floor burned great
fires of dry wood, whose thin acrid
smoke escaped from openings in the
roof, above the hearth or by the doors,
windows and openings under the eaves
of the thatch.
By day the "hearthsmen" and visi
tors, when not working or fighting, sat
on long benches on either side of the
fire and, as John Hay puts it, "calmly
drinked and jawed" or, gathering at
long boards placed on trestles, regal
ed themselves on some sort of porridge
with fish and milk or meat and ale.
At night straw or rushes spread on
the floor formed beds for the entire
company in the earlier and ruder days,
when the "baser sort" were glad to
share their straw with the cows.—Na
tional Magazine.
SEEING THE WIND.
Easy to Watch the Air Currents Flow
ing Like a Waterfall.
It is said that any one may actually
see the wind by means of a common
handsaw. The experiment is simple
enough to be worth trying at least
According to those who have m/de the
experiment, all that is necessary is a
handsaw and a good breeze.
On any blowy day hold the saw
against the wind—that is, if the wind
is in the north hold the saw with one
end pointing east and the other west.
Hold the saw with the teeth upper
most and tip it slowly toward the ho
rizon until it is at an angle of about
forty-five degrees.
By glancing along the edge of the
teeth you can "see the wind." It will
be pouring over the edge of the saw
much after the manner that water
pours over a waterfall. This is doubt
less due to the fact that there are
always fine particles of dust in the
air, and in a strong breeze the wind
forces against the slanting sides of
the saw, slides up the surface and
suddenly "pours over" when it reaches
the top.
It is doubtless the tiny partioles that
make the air dust laden that can be
seen falling over the edge of the saw
as the wind current drops, but it is
about as near as any one can get to
seeing the wind under normal condi
tions.—Washington Post.
NURSES HEROINES
OF STEAMSHIP FIRE
La Touraine's Captain Says
Their Help Was Magnificent.
WERE UNDISMAYED AT FERIL
Cheered Crew at Work—Skipper De
clares "Nothing Inspires a Frenchman
More to Deeds of Valor Than Pres
ence of Pretty Women"—Displayed
Wonderful Nerve Throughout.
Thrilliug stories are told of the fire
on the French liner La Touraine, which
arrived safely at Havre. Tbe passen
gers are unanimous in their praise of
the coolness and courage of CaptaiD
Caussin in the trying hours at sea.
The captain pays tribute to the work
of his officers and crew, but reserve*
the highest praise for the Red Cros*
New York women nurses aud doctors,
who, with the lire raging under then
feet, cheered on the men.
The steamer, convoyed by twc
French cruisers after tbe Rotterdam
had left her. made Havre under hei
own steam.
"Too much praise cannot be given to
those young women nurses," Captain
Causslu said, "They realized the dan
ger we were all in. yet not one of them
showed the slightest sign of fear or
hysteria.
"With the fire licking its way to the
freight compartment where the explo
sives were stored, they were out on
deck giving every encouragement to
my officers and crew.
Starts*! In Boiler Room.
"The tire was discovered at 2 a. m.,"
the captain continued, "when we were
In latitude 45.14 degrees north and lon
gitude 21.0G west. It started In the
base of one of tbe ventilators in the
boiler room, and heavy smoke soon
found its way to the bridge.
"Then one of the night watch report
ed hearing the crackling of flames In
the forward part of the vessel. I or
dered all the crew T to their stations,
and as there was a heavy mist I stop
ped the ship in order that I might visit
the scene of the blaze forward.
"Wo found that the flames were eat
ing their way toward the postofflee
and beginning to attack neighboring
cabins. They were spreading to the
partitions and floor of compartment
No. 2 in the hold. Involving a large
amount of the freight.
"Then, realizing that we had a seri
ous task ahead of us, I sent out the
'S O S' signal. I did not arouse the
passengers then, fearing a panic.
"Every man and woman had a life
belt on. and they were as cool as any
of the officers. The example of the doc
tors and nurses was responsible for
their display of nerve.
"The women nurses made their way
forward, and as fast as a man was
carried up unconscious they took care
of him while the others cheered the
crew at work.
"Men never had greater reason to act
as heroes. Nothiug inspires a French
man more to deeds of valor than the
presence of pretty women.
"When the Rotterdam arrived we
had the fire practically under control
The captain of the Rotterdam got his
boats ready to transfer our passengers
to the Holland-America liner. Our own
boats had been ready, but not one of
the passengers would leave La Too
raine."
PLANNED TO "CHEAT WORMS"
Dead Philadelphian Sought Permanent
Preservation of His Body.
A weird life, equaling the imagina
tive production of a I'oe or an Am
brose Bierce, was revealed in Philadel
phia when the extraordinary prepara
tions made for his burial by Henry
Close, engineer and mathematician,
were made public.
He left his entire estate of $30,000
to provide for a "scientific" burial of
bis body and the care of his grave.
For years Close lived a recluse, en
gaged in experiments the nature of
which was not revealed until he died.
Then It became known that all his
knowledge had been concentrated OB
evolving a method of burial which, he
believed, would prevent the decompo
sition of his body.
Notes left by him disclosed his one
ambition to be "to cheat the worms
after death." He was determined that
his body should remain intact for
ages. Two years ago he superintend
ed the construction of a mammoth
vault In St. Michael's cemetery, at
Birdsboro, Pa. The vault was built of
brick, faced with plates of steel, be
tween which cement was poured. A
granite slab weighing three tons was
placed on it
Before his death he designed and
had made an outer case of phosphor
bronze, weighing a ton. and a coffin of
iron wood. He engaged the best me
chanics obtainable for this work, pay
ing them big salaries. He ordered
that after his death the bronze case
shonld be hermetically sealed and
caulked with molten lead. John B.
Rutherford, an attorney, was retained
by Close to superintend the burial,
and $5OO was bequeathed to him for
this service.
Russian Losses 1,650,000.
A dispatch from Paris to the Netie
Freie Presse of Vienna says:
"The Matin announces that the Rus
sian losses in dead and wounded up to
Dec. 22, 1914, amounted to 1,650,000. w
Famous Italian Soldier One
j ol Country's Leaders
GENERAL GARIBALDI.
SCOTT HAD NO TROUBLE
General Tells How Piute Indian War
Was Quieted.
Bluff, Utah, March 23.—General
Scott's party escorting tho recently
surrendered Piute Indian ringleaders
reached Thompson .rom Bluff, Utah.
They will take a train for Salt Lake
early tomorrow morning.
General Scott, loath to discuss his
success, finally consented to give a
statement to a correspondent who
overtook him on an hour's ride out of
Bluff. The general said;
"I can only say that I am glad I
succeeded in quieting this affair so
easily. There is no use in trying to
hurry Indians.
"My policy is first to make the In
dians thoroughly familiar with my
terms, and when that is accomplished
broach the question, 'What will you
do?' After my arrival at Medicine
Hat I sent a Navajo Indian whom I
induced to be good a year ago la"*
December and who had confidence in
me out to find Old Polk and the other
hostile warriors. He succeeded I"
doing this and only a short time after
ward twenty-seven Piutes came in to
ward Medi' ine Hat to talk It over
with me.
"I soon convinced them that I was
their friend and when they realized
this they were not hard to deal with.
They all expressed their willingness
to surrender, considering me their pro
tector. In all my past work among
I Indians it has never been necessary
for me to go over the ground twice,
and in no - stance have they broken
I their pron/ces to me. When we
reach Salt Lake I will turn the prir
oners over to the federal authorities
and they will probably be tried
there."
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FORCES OF NATURE.
Boft Their Touch, but Constant and
Effective Their Work.
What adds to the wonder of the
earth's grist is that the millstones that
did the work and are still doing it are
the gentle forces that career above our
heads—the sunbeam, the cloud, the air,
the frost. The rain's gentle fall, tho
air's velvet touch, (he sun's noiseless
rays, the frost's exquisite crystals,
these combined are the agents that
crush the rocks, pulverize the moun
tains and transform continents of
sterile granite into a world of fertile
soil.
It is as if baby fingers did the work
of powder and dynamite. Give the
clouds and the sunbeams time enough
and the Alps and the Andes disappear
before them or are transformed into
plains where corn may grow and cattle
graze.
The snow falls as lightly as down
and lies almost as lightly, yet the
crags tumble beneath It; compacted by
gravity, out of it grew the tremendous
ice sheet that ground off the mountain
summits, that scooped out lakes and
valleys and modeled our northern land
scapes as the sculptor his clay im
age.—John Burroughs.
The Distinguished Guest.
Captain Itaabe was a man whose
name had weight in the French cav
alry. He was a tall man. belonging to
the middle aged trooper type. With
military qualities of the highest kind,
he had a singular bearing, a savage
sort of misanthropy and a cynical
tongue, which stood in the way of pro
motion. When be was in the Sixth
lancers, on garrison duty at Coin
mercy, one of his comrades brought
his father to dine with him at the offi
cers' mess, a man of humble position
and unpretentiously dressed. Captain
Raabe, considering that this guest had
not been fitly received, gave expres
sion to bis opinion, saying that if the
executioner of Com mercy had come in
evening dress he would have had a bet
ter reception. The officers demurring,
he made no rejoinder, but shortly aft
erward came to mess with a guest
whose dress was irreproachable. Every
one lavished attentions on the un
known. When dinner was over Cap
tain Raabe, raising his glass, proposed
the health of "the executioner of Com
mercy."