The Fulton County Niws
McConnellsburg, fa.
POLITENESS.
The decay of French politeness has
become a subject for pusslng concern
pa the part of the French themselves.
it has been frequently remurked by
lsitors to France, who have aliened
a change In French mnnners within
the period of their rccolloctlon, says
the Charleston News and Courier. The
Mine phenomenon Is something al
leged of the weather In New Eng
land. Scientific meteorologists pooh
pooh this. They declare It to be all
out of the question for climate to be
materially affected except by Imper
eeptible processes requiring ages to
how results,. So as to politeness In
Ftance; some contend that the
change Is more apparent thun real.
'Most of those taking part In the con
troversy Insist or admit It to be a
fart. These urge that the causes be
Identified and correctives applied.
There Is a disposition, of course, to
attribute It to women, "especially ele
tant women whose Ill-manners have
no limit," as one expert submits. Is
the matter worth serious considera
tion? Or, rather, should not the
ymptora be welcomed? Is not po
liteness Itself a sympton of decay,
(Ike the beauty of old cathedrals, the
mellowness of long-stored vintages, or
the art of telling the truth? Man In
a natural state Is not remarkable for
good manners and will lie cheerfully.
That school which holds that the de
cadence of a people may be traced
Ay observing Its cultivation of the
feablt of telling the truth would prob
ably reason that the diffusion of po
liteness Is In the same way signlfl
rant, If a less Important barometer
f falling physical and Intellectual
virility. A robust entity does not
other about etiquette.
Modern life Is complicated. It Is
swift. We live at high tension. Tbo
ins of society people have become
Inured to them. Neurasthenia, one
knows. Is often the Inevitable, though
juueh-to-be-deprecated. result of going
the pace, says tbe Cleveland Plain
Dealer. Hut what Is one to think of
neurasthenia In the poultry yard?
Comes a publication which devotes
Itself to poultry and other topics of
tbe farm. In It a correspondent
writes of the K.vmptoms of one of bis
hens listless, nervous, Indifference
to food and society. And the editor
replies that the symptoms are those
of a nervous disease, and he declares
that the only cure for the hen Is the
rest cure In some quiet retreat, away
from the feverish atmosphere of the
poultry yard. This is a withering In
dictment of present-day civilization.
A neurotic hen -think of that! A
debutante of last season, no doubt,
who should now be In the full feath
er of glorious youth a victim of
nerves!
The form of Curtlss biplane which
travels on the water and land as well
he In the air U winning admiration
at Han Diego. The machine Is a
standard biplane equipped with bi
cycle wheels and a pontoon about
three feet wide by twelve feet In
length placed immediately beneath
the aviator with its long axis at
right angles to the planes. At the
extremities of the lower plane are two
mall triangular copper tanks, whose
Junction Is to prevent the planes
from rutting too deeply Into the wa
ter. Mr. Curtiss seems to have
thought of everything but a name
for his novel craft. The suggestion
1hat It be known as the hydroterro
aeroplane shows closer acquaintance
with the elastics than with the rmblt
of the American people to Insist upon
rutting long words short.
The February fire loss this year In
the I'nlted States and Canada
amounted to $16,415,000. While a
million more than the February loss
last year and $300,000 In excess of
1he February loss In 1 !)(! this was
five millions below the aggregate for
last month, and somewhat below the
average monthly loss during the
twelve months last past. There Is
nothing alarming nor Is there any
.thing encouraging In the fire loss fig
Aires of the first two months of the
present year. On account of a heavy
Ion In January, they are eight mil
lions In excess of the total for the
first two months of 1910. but half a
million below that for the correspond
ing period of 1909.
Because a Chicago nan Insisted
upon being a candidate for trustee
of one of the large New York llf
lt.surance companies, the company
has been obliged to spend about $,'.0,
COO In having bai'ots and proxira
printed in eleven different languages
.nd mailing them In sealed envelopes
to all parts of the wot Id He Is the
only candidate on the so cniied policy
holders' ticket, although 3f triples
are to be elected It was a wife u"
which made provision for policy holJ
rs" tickets, but In this Instance It
bus not been advantageous from a
iinantial viewpoint, at least.
TotenUa," an Intel national moe
tnent which tends to make all mar
Jiind as brothers and sisters, Is tht
latest wrinkle umong the hlg'r.brout
Tbe dreamers of dreams continue t(
dream In spite of the prevalence ol
commercialism.
Now that we know the world t
hrve been born at Uar.t 4ni)O0iMOC
years ago. It Is more than ever ur
prising how tbe frivol um M tVng
l'pi up Its perpetual glMy wl.hl
OR PUBLIC CONTROL
VAIL FOR REGULATION A3 WELL
AS PUBLICITY.
SAYS BOTH HERE TO STAY
Frank Recognition of Public Rights
by the President of Western
Union and Telephone
Companies.
Public regulation of public service
corporations has come to stay. I
ought to have come and It ought to
stay. That Is the flat and unequivocal
sstertlon of Theodore N. Vail, presl
lent of both the American Telephone
Slid Telegraph ccmpany and the
Western Union Telegraph company.
It came In the form of his annual re
port to the seventy thousand stock
holders of the two great corporations.
Although Mr Vall's advocacy of full
publicity In connection with the affair
of such concerns was well under
stood, nobody In financial circles had
intlclpated so frank an avownl of
(nil public rights In the shaping of
their genera", conduct. It CRme conse
quently as a surprise, not only be
cause of Its novelty and squareness,
but also on account of the unqualified
acquiescence of a board of directors
comprising such eminent and conserv
ative financiers is Robert Wlnson of
Kidder, Peebody & Co., and Henry L.
Illgglnson of Boston, Henry P. Ravi
on of J. P. Morgan & Co.: Senator
W. Murray Crane, George F. Haer, T.
Jefferson Coolldge Jr., Norman W.
Harris. John I. Waterbury and others.
President Vall's declaration Is her
alded as the first recognition by those
In high corporate authority of the Jus
tice or the demand that the public
be regarded as virtual partners In all
matters that pertain to the common
welfare. He goes directly to the
point.
"Public control or regulation of
public service corporations by perms
Lent commissions," he says, "has
tome and rome to stay. Control, or
regulation, to be effective means pub
licity; It means semi public discus
felon and consideration before action;
It means everything which is the op
posite of and Inconsistent with effec
tive competition. Competition-aggressive,
effective competition mean
it rife, industrial warfare; It means
contention; It oftentimes-means tak
ing advantage of or resorting to any
means that tbe conscience of the con
testants or the degree of the enforce
ment of the taws will permit.
"Aggressive competition means
duplication of plant and Investment.
The ultimate object of such competi
tion Is tbe possession of the field
wholly or partially; therefore It
mentis either ultimate combination on
such busts and with such prices as
wi'l (over past losses, or It meani
loi-s of return on Investment, and
iventual Iofs of capital. However It
remits, all costs of aggressive, un
controlled competition are eventually
borne, directly or Indirectly, by the
public. Competition which Is not ag
gressive, presupposes co-operative ac
tion, understandings, agreements,
which result In general uniformity or
harmony of action, which, In fact. Is
rot competition but li combination,
unstable, but for the time effective.
When thoroughly understood it will
he found that "control" will give
more of the benefit and public ad
vantages, which are expected to be
obtained through such ownership, and
will obtain them without the public
burden of either the public office
holder or public debt or operating
deficit.
"When through a wise and Judi
cious Ftate control and regulation till
f-e advantages without any of tie
Clsi dvsntages of state ownership
re secured, state ownership Is
dimmed."
"If Mr. Vail Is right," says Harper's
Weekly, In a concise summing tip.
"then It seems pretty plain that -we
re entered upon a new era In bofi
e'nnomlrs and politics. And It Is high
('tux we did If evolution Is to sup
plum revolution as an efficient force
In the development of civilization. "
Unreliable Physiognomy.
I am a profound disbeliever In phys
iognomy. Features are false wit
r.r?ea. Stupidity frequently wears a
Jin: k of Intelligence. I know busl
ress men who look like poets and
toils who look like business men.
. f it (f genius Invariably look like
Idxts. and If you pick out the man
wi.o looks most eminent In a party
oi: are sure to find he la a nobody.
I always distrust men 'ho look mag
nificent. Nature Is a stlmjy creature,
the seldom gives a man the double
e'ft of being great and looking great.
i'hc trolt rare to lame Byron and de
form Pope and disfigure Johnson. But
tf-e crowning example of ber Jealous
inrs'mony la Shakespeare. I have al
ways been disappointed with Shakes
peare's face. It does not live up to
11 poetry. It Is dull, heavy and com
n.onplace Adventures In London.
Vegetable Fancy Work.
I !t:l Mrs. Bride had altost every
t'.ir.e to learn about housekeeping, but
rhn wnt so enthusiastic In her Interest
t'.-.-.t every one was glad to help her.
"I have some particularly fine as
jT7?!,ufl," the marketman told her one
(luy. und he displayed a bunch for her
iicmlrntlon. "Picked not three hours
j o," be added.
Mrs. Pride looked at It with unaf
frctfd amazement.
"Pnrs it grow like that?" she asked.
"I hIv. ays supposed the cook braided
tLr ecds of It." Youth's Companion.
Poor Grn.
"Gnrn's wife is a suffragette, Isn't
U-.f ?"
"Yrs, aud Green says he wouldn't
trlnri that so much If she didn't always
r. -i rs though It Is his fault she can't
vote."
Neighborly Comment,
"What do you think of Mrs. Gam-
idea of keeping Ixnt condl
li ns?
lig'.ng from my experience of her,
j I think It Is In never returning any
i tLlLg the borrows."
SIXTY PERISH IN
BIG MINE FIRE
Four Hundred Men Stampede
in Race With Death.
EXITS SHUT OFF BY FLAMES.
Fire at Foot of Shaft of Pancoast
Colliery, ' Near Scranton, Pa.,
Causes Explosion and Fills
Mine With Smoke.
Scranton, Pa - One of the most
serious mine disasters which has.
ever visited this section of the min
ing country occurred at the little vil
lage of Throop, a short distance from
this city, when the lives of between
0 and 60 men and boys were snuffed
out. ' ,
Among those known to have
perished are Joseph Evans, who was
In rharge. of the t'nlted States mine
rescue, car; Isaac Dawe, a fire boss,
nd Walter Knight, a foreman.
Kvans' death wsh the result of a
defective oxygen-charged armor.
Charles Knzlan, the noted expert
til general charge of mine rescue
work for the Federal government,
was also overcome and is said to be
In a critical "ondltlon tonight.
As rescuers entered the mine they
tumbled over three bodies. One of
IheBe was, Joseph Kvans. He was
seen to wrench his helmet from his
head. It had evidently failed to
work. Evans was carried to the
open air as quickly as possible, but
he had Inhaled so much smoke and
gas from the burning coal that he
died within a few hours. Enzlan's
experience was similar to that of
Kvans.
I'p to a late hour nearly two-score
Of bodies had been piled at the bot
tom of the shaft, but It was thought
advisable not to bring them to the
surface until the crowd had dwin
dled. A temporary morgue had beeu
erected at the opening to the mine,
nd here were congregated hundreds
of women and children, relatives of
the men and boys who had been so 1 Ford after he had received the re
luddenly snatched from them. Their I ports of his investigating physician
grief was pitiful, children of tender j and Deputy George McKeever was
years dinging to the skirts of their as follows:
mothers, while older male members
of the family sought to soften the
anguish of the distracted mothers
and sisters of the unfortunate men
and boys.
NTnno nf the bodies recovered was i
I
mutilated, death doubtless having I
been caused by Inhaling flames and
gases.
To those familiar with the rondi-
Hons in the Pancoast Colliery the
finding of tne bodies indicated inai(0 t,)(, n)fln.g t.n,pc
there was practically no nope lor
the other Imprisoned miners. A
great majority of the missing men
and boys are foreigners, Foreman
Walter Knight and Fire Boss Alfred
Dawe being two Americans who are.
thnutrht in ImvA nerished.
The fire started In an engine house Tacoma. Wash. Tho practical com
at the opening of a slope leading ; pletion of arrangements for the sale
from the Diamond vein. 750 feet i of the Flores-Hale estate, comprising
from the surfac. There were 400 j 12,700 square miles on Magdalena Bay,
men In the mine when the fire start
ed, about 00 of them In the work
Ings Into which tho slope led. These
60 were at work In a 'blind" tunnel
t the end of the slope.
AIMED AT THE CZAR
Reio utlons in House to Abrogeto the
Treaty With Russia.
At'n-l.lnirf.in II P PoMI-puntl t:lt i VP
Eulwr. of New York. Introduced In the
House a Joint resolution directing the
President to terminate the treaty be-
iween me i n.e .-.,,..-,,. -..
because of dlscriminalon against
American citizens of Jewish origin.
Srlein
Slmllnr resolutions also have been In-
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irOdUCeil UV .urm . lini I iaMi Rim
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t.o....K.e. ...
tlons were rrrrd t he Fo eign Af-
fa rs Committee, of which Mr. Hulzer
,. eh,,,,,,,, .; m.
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report is predicted this session.
Makes 146 Fire Dead.
New York. Death claimed the
one hundred and forty-sixth victim
of the Triangle Waist Company hole
canst Friday, when IB-year-old Annie
Miller succumbed. to Injuries received
In jumping from the burning Asch
Building. The girl died In St. Vin
cent's Hospital after being uncon
scious for more than two days.
Government Seizes Rifles.
Douglas, Arte. Two rases of
Kprlngfleld rifles with bayonets, con
signed from a St. Louis firm to Kl
Paso, and thence to this city, were
confiscated by A. H. Thompson, spec
ial agent for the Department of Jus
tice. Campaign Publicity Bill.
Washington, I). C Representative
McCall, of Massachusetts, reintro
duced In the House a bill providing
fur the publicity of campaign contri
butions In congressional elections
prior to the election. Mr. McCall's
bill lust year passed the House, hut
was amended In the Senate to provide
publication after the election. As
campaign publicity Is one of the
DeK'ocretle plans for the extra ses
sion. It Is likely that the McCall bill
will be laid aside and a similar bill
Introduced by a Democrat passed.
Eat Their Elck Hogs.
Saltsburg, Pa. Following an In
vestigation by the State Department
of Health the epidemic of typhoid
fever at Iselln is attributed to the
consumption of cholera-tainted pork
and to a contaminated water supply.
Durlcc the Inst year 4ft nearby hogs
bad cholera. Most of the-n were kill
ed by the health authorities. Pome
foreigners, not liking to lose their
hogs, butrhered and ate the animals,
st oon as they showed signs of 111-rcss.
LIFE'S DISAPPOINTMENTS
(Copyright. 1111.)
CRAIGE LIPPINCOTT A SUiCIDL
Prominent Publisher Shoots Hlmselt
in PhiladelphiaIll. Health
as Motive.
Philadelphia. Cralge Lippincott,
64 years old, president of the pub
lishing firm of the J. B. Lippincott
Company, art patron, clubman and
society man of prominence, shot and
killed hiniBelf in his home, 218 West
Hittenhouse Square.
The wound which killed Mr. Lip
pincott was self-inflicted, It was ad
mitted In a formal statement made
by officers of the publishing concern
and confirmed by Coroner Ford In an
Interview.
The statement Issued by the pub
lishing house is as follows;
"During a period of temporary
aberration Cralge Lippincott, presi
dent of the J. B. Lippincott Company,
shot and killed hlmwlf at his resi
dence In this city. The business or
the publishing house will not be af
fected by Mr. Llppincott's death."
The statement made by Coroner
Coroner's Statement.
"Cralge Lippincott killed himself
with a .32-calibre revolver. It was
a new pistol, evidently purchased
especially for the deed. Only one
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Ktieii nail evr. uur.i umv r,- v. .......
gnd ,lllt wag tne gn,i yvhlch: kill-
ed Mr. Lippincott. He shot himself
while lying In bed. The powder
nrii nhnw that the revolver must
nave n,,,n Mei,i at very close range
SOUGHT BY THE JAPS
12,700 Square Miles of Magdalena
Bay Now For Sale.
on the penlsula of Lower California,
was announced by Ezra P. Savage, ex-
! governor of Nebraska, who Is one of
the owners. The land is owned Dy a
syndicate of Eastern men.
The land Is said to have been sought
by th Japanese government for a
coaling station recently.
Two foreign and one American syn
dicates have have been figuring on
the purchase. One of these syndicates
has an option; which one Is not an-
, nouncea
El Paso, Texas. Regardless of
Washington denials It can be positive-
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t can imiia mi me .-
for precisely the purpose stated In
these despatches recently. The troops
, i !..
were massed as a warning to Japan
that it must cease its pressure on
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; S,
he need not be rrtgnienen aooui turn
ing down the yellow man s proposal.
This comes from a man as close to the
Mexican foreign office as any Ameri
can in the I'nlted States, a man who
has many social autograph letters from
Knrlnue Creel. Jose Yves Limantour
and even Porflrio Diaz.
Spells 2,500 Words.
no'wling Green, Mo. "Sep
pulcher," spelled Miss Margaret Pat
terson and the two P's ended the
longest spelling bee ever held in Mis
souri, with Miss Kuth Crenshaw, tbe
winner, still standing. The Pike
county court house was filled with
friends and relatives of the contest
ants, who for 1 hours, with only an
occasional Intermission, had with
stood the bombardment of words un
til 10,000 had been given out.
Oil Peddlers Fined.
Richmond, Va. -In test cases be
fore 'Squire Cheatham, of Chester
field county, for peddling oil, the
Standard Oil Company, National Oil
Company and Richmond Oil Com
pany were fined $250 each for the
sale of oil rrom their wagons and
the driver of each was fined $100
additional. Appeals will be taken.
To Rea'ore Canteen.
itri.tn.r.nn n f A Hi 11 tn fpatnre
L.ihii'ii, - .-v-..
the army canteen (was Introduced by
Representative Bartholdt, of Missouri.
Nearly Fed Child to Hogs.
Roxana. Del. Falling Into a slop
barrel, a 2-year-old-daitghter of Ben
jamin Johnson was drowned. The
child was playing In the yard at the
time and her disappearance was not
noticed for sore tl-e. The body
was not found until th father went
to the barrel to feed the hogs.
Lsst PawnsHoo to Go.
Paterson, N. J. The only rems'n
Ing pawnshop In town Is scon to be
tinned ss the result of a reform 'v
CtaAC.aBA'U'DQ'lRl
30L ROOSEVELT
AS
A Suggestion From the Insur
rectos in Mexico.
THEY WANT A COMMISSION.
Propose Commission Be Made Up of
a Man Named by Diaz, One
Named by Insurrectos and
Third an American.
El Paso, Texas Peace efforts have
nut been drnmicd bv the father of
Francisco 1. Madero, neither Is the
aged nmn discouraged, but on the con
trary, he has confidence lu eventful
success. The death of his 83-year-old
father, EvariBto Madero, at Monterey,
was a severe blow to the father of the
insurrecto-chief and he has not been
active In his peace negotiations, but so
firm are his convictions that he will
have arrangements so far concluded
that he can go to his son's camp In a
very few days that he declined to leave
for San Antonio and Monterey, to at
tend his father's funeral.
The real snag upon which the nego
tiations now hinge Is the demand of
the Insurrectos for a commission to
carry out the pledges of Diaz. It Is
understood t)iat Francisco I. Madero
is willing to let Diaz remain In office
and that the Insurrectos are willing
provided that the reforms which Diaz
has promised to grant are carried out
under the guidance of a commission.
This commission is to be composed of
a man named by Diaz, a man named
by the Maderlsts and a disinterested
outsider.
This outsider the insurrectos have
mentioned as possibly Theodore Roose
velt and possibly President Tart, but
more likely Roosevelt, because the offi
cial position of Taft would make it j
rather indelicate for him to act. The
Insurrectos are known to have pro
posed such a commission with one of
these two men as the chairman or
third party.
This would virtually mean a triple
dictatorship or government head for
Mexico, with Diaz a mere figurehead
until the promised reforms are put
Into execution. As the American mem
ber would hold the balance of power,
he would practically be the dictator
and reformer of Mexico.
If Limantour and the Diaz cabinet
will agree to this, the peace meeting
will be held. As soon as an answer
on this subject is definitely received
the senior Madero and his party will
leave for the ramp of President
Madero.
T. R. Lays Corner Stone.
Portland. Ore. Theodore Roosevelt
arrived in Portland from California,
and laid the corner-stone of the new
club house of the Multlnomah Athletic
Club, speaking on the development of
amateur athletics. The Colonel re
viewed HO.OdO school children.
Swallowed Stee" Points.
Ithaca, N. Y. Surgeons removed
16 steel compass points from the
stomach of Instructor T. J. Williams,
who had placed the points In a
capsule, for safekeeping and then
swallowed the capsule by mistake.
Ho will probably recover.
Plans to Prevent Deadlocks.
Washington. I). C. A bill provid
ing for the election of I'jiited States
Senators by a plurality vote of State
Legislatures was Introduced In the
Senate by Senator Root, of New
York. The purpose of the measure
is to prevent deadlocks In elections.
Hits Prohibition Blow.
Montgomery, Ala. State-wide prohi
bition in Alabama was given a knock
out blow when both branches of the
Legislature adopted the Smith liquor
regulation bill. This provides that 45
per cent, of the votes of a county may
petition for an election to determine
whether liq'ior shall be sold In that
county, either by saloons, dispensary
or otherwise. Each county is thereby
given full power to regulate its liquor
traffic.
Woman Editor Dead.
Rockland, Mass. Miss Hulda I).
Lour, editor and proprietor of the
Rockland Independent, died in the
house where Bhe was born C6 years
ago. She was a sister of the late
Congressman Eugene F. Loud, of Cali
fornia. Miss Loud was one of the first
women In Massachusetts to esoouse the
eause of woman suffrage, and for sev
a years she expounded her views on
hpt question from the lecture plat-'nm.
PEACEMAKER
TAFT'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS
Reciprocity Only Question Taken Ud
by President Considered
It HI Onty.
Washington, D. C The President!
sent to Congress his message asking
the passage of the Canadian Reci
procity Agreement. Tbe document
Is short and concerns Itself only with
the trade pact. Mr. Taft explains he
thought his "utmost efforts" Included
calling the special session. He said:
To the Senate and House of Repre
sentatives: i
1 transmitted to the Sixty-first Con
gress, on January 26 laBt, the text of
the reciprocal trade agreement which
had been negotiated under my direc
tion by the Secretary of State with
the representatives of the Dominion
of Canada. This agreement was the
consummation of earnest efforts ex
tending over a period of nearly a
year on the part of both governments
to effoct a trade arrangement which,1
supplementing as It did, the amicable
settlement of various questions of a
diplomatic and political character
that had been reached would mutual
ly promote commerce and would
strengthen the friendly relations now
existing.
The agreement, In Its intent and
In Its terms, was purely economic and
commercial. While the general sub
ject was under discussion by the com
missioners I felt assured that the
sentiment of tho people of the United
States was such that they would wel
come a measure which would result
in tho Increase of trade on both sides
of tho boundary line, would open up
tho reserve productive resources of
Canada to the great mass of our own
consumers on advantageous condi
tions and at the same time offer a
broader outlet for the excess products
of our farms and many of our In
dustries. Details regarding a nego
tiation of this kind necessarily could
not be made public while the confer
ences were pending. When, how
ever, the full text of the agreement,
with the accompanying correspond
ence and data explaining both Its pur-
i pose and Its scope, became known to
tho people through the measure
transmitted to Congress It was im
mediately apparent that the ripened
fruits of the careful labors of the
commissioners met with widespread
approval. This approval has been
strengthened by further considera
tion of the terms of the agreement
In all their particulars. The volume
of support which has developed
shows that Its broadly national scope
Is fully appreciated and Is responsive
to the popular will.
Tho House of Representatives of
the Sixty-first Congress, after the full
text of the arrangement with all the
details to the different provisions hail
lieen before It as they were before
the American people, passed a bill
confirming the agreement as nego
tiated and as transmitted to Con
gress. This measure failed of action
In the Senate.
In my transmitting message of the
26th of January I fully set forth the
tiiararter of the Agreement and
emphasized its appropriateness aud
I necessity as a response to the mutual
needs of the people of the two coun
tries, is well as Its common advan
tages. I now lay that message and
the reciprocal trade agreement as In
tegrally part of the present message
before the Sixty-second Congress, and
again Invite earnest attention to the
considerations therein expressed.
. I nm constrained In deference to
popular sentiment and with a realiz
ing sense of my duty to the great
masses of our peopjo whose welfare
Is Involved, to urge upon your con
sideration early action on this agree
ment. In concluding the negotia
tions, the representatives of the two
countries hound themselves to use
their utmost efforts to bring about
the tariff changes provided for In the
agreement by concurrent legislation
at Washington and Ottawa. I have
felt It my duty, therefore, not to
acquiesce In relegation of action until
the opening of the Congress In De
cember, but. to use my constitutional
prerogative and convoke the Sixty
second Congress In extra session In
order that there shall be no break of
continuity in considering and acting
' upon this most important subject
The White House. April 5, 1911.
(Signed! WILLI AM H. TAFT.
Against Woman Mayor.
Hunnewcll, Kan. After winnin;:
the Mayoralty In a fair fight and
with a heavy handicap, Mrs. Ella
Wilson has been counted out and tho
certificate of election goes to her op
ponent, O. M. Akers. city clerk. Her
prompt action In hiring an attorney
to protect her interests, however,
may cause a reversal of the proce
dure hy which her successful vote
was annulled. She has convinced
the city sttorney of the error.
Women to Wear Suspenders.
Philadelphia. Dr. Moses Steam,
many times candidate for Mayor of
Philadelphia, sees In the harem skirt
the moral uplift of the human race,
the physical betterment of woman
hood and the reduced cost of living.
Full Time In Pittsburg Mills.
Pittsburg. Orders have been is
sued this week In practically all the
wire and nail mills of the Pittsburg
district to place those plants on full
time, owing to the overcrowding of
business for the spring season.
Another He-o Fund.
Stockholm, Sweden Andrew Car
negie has donated $230,000 for a
hero fund for Sweden, It Is an
nounced. Pass Ohio Utilities Bill.
Columbus, O. The House passed the
Winters public utilities bill, under
which the State Railroad Commission
s given stock control over all public
utilities, including stenm and electric
-allways, and rate control over utili
ties, save those which get franchises
from City Councils.
Despite their leeser area, Ger.iany,
Russia and Austria produce more
otatoes than the Vnlted States.
WILLIAMS
DIG
American Leader's Band Fought
. Against Fearful Odds.
MACHINE GUNS DID THE WORK,
Frightfully Wounded, Former U. S.
Soldier Is Being Cared For in
Army Hospital Dream
of Empire Over.
Mexlcala, Mexico. Gen. Stanley
Williams, most spectacular and bruv
est of all the lnsurrccto leaders,
whoan bold assaults on Mexican Fi-i)
erals have made the western branch
of the Mexican revolution bloody
enough for any one, Is dying.
Regardless of the fact that Wil.
Hams is a deserter from the Ninth
t'nlted States Infantry, and consi
dering only that he Is a brave man
alio Is about to breathe his Inst,
United States officials were the lirnl
to offer their services when be vai
brought In here fatally wound. J
from the bloody battlefield of tin
Mesa, five miles south of here.
Most remarkable of all is thai
tho hospital In the Custom lions..,
where Williams Is now lying, Is a
regular army hospital. There hii
record of desertion has been forgot
ten, and he Is being given every at
tention. The Insurrecto commander is ter
ribly wounded from a shell .-xpi.i.
ilon. A piece of the shell tore hi!
bead horribly, and this Is the uuum)
which was diagnosed as fatal.
Meanwhile the other 20 Burviv-nri.
of Williams' force of 80 men, all ol
them more or less Injured, are b.-iiij;
treated in private houses In M.-xj
cala by Dr. W. B. Larkins, of th!
place, with what assistance he can
get from across the water.
The battle of the Mesa was siiorl
and bloody. Williams marched out
with hisSOmen to attack Col. Mipi.)
Mayot and his 600 men sta'ioneil
about five miles south of here. At
the first clash the little band of in
surrectos seemed to have the advan
tage, but when field pieces w r
broupht up by tho Federals tli
slaughter of the attacking fore wai
quick and terrible.
"Social U'op a" Fails.
Mexlcall, Mexico. Gen. Stanl.-j
Williams, who was wounded Satur
day in the spectacular assault
his little force of 80 men engaged
the entire Eighth Rattalion of th
Mexican army, died Sunday in the
Improvised hospital established hy
the I'nlted StaUs troops at Culcicn.
Together with the other dead
brought from the battle fid. I live
miles away, the fallen chieftain was
burled at night In the little grave
yard at Mexlcall, Just behin I !:.
breastworks.
"The war Is over In Lower Cali
fornia. The dream of cM'.Msh
ment of a socialistic utopi.i im
evaporated."
This Is the opinion of office--; of
the I'nlted States Army her. lias. 4
on the defeat of General Wllli.vrs.
A HUNDRED CONVICTS CEAD
Working In Mine When Ep!os on
1 Snuffs Out LivesLoss of
I LltoTota s 115.
J Littleton, Ala. Of the 115 m:-.
! who are believed to have met .Lath
In the explosion at the Runner r..v
' of the Pratt Consolidated Coal
pany, near here, less than half
' dozen bodies have been recovered.
The deadly black damp, due to th
I destruction of the ventllatin,- fain
l by the explosion, was a menace tn
, ail who attempted to enter ''' nrk-
Ings and It may bo several days n";
, fore all the dead have b-en f
, covered.
The dead are:
Eighty. five negro convicts.
Twenty white convicts.
Five free white men.
Five bodies of negro convi.-s re
covered. (
It was shown by a checkin-'
employes that 4 5 men escaped frt"1
the shaft after the explosion
Clark McCormick. son of fienrrti
Manager II. E. McCormick, of 'h'
Pratt Consolidated Company, own
ers of the mine, made a dash m
the workings and after returning' '
the surface said that the inii'r'jr
nrounnlefl a nlnA of I IlllCSCT
horror and that dead bodies
rounded him on all sides.
While no official statement na
been made, It Is believed th '
Ion was cnused by safety po
Ignited by a lamp and follow"! n.
Just
"Hard Luck" Loan Fund.
New Orleans, U.-im"',
efforts of Rev. G. H. Hlnes a W
fund has been established M
stewards of his church, t W
Charles Avenue Methodist LPi"'0
and money is loaned without
est to worthy men and women, ,
are in financial trouble. The !
says: "We have found that
men and women who have mm
Is usually termed bad luck c
saved from a heartbreaking ls
by financial assistance."
Nutional Un'vrs'tv Bairt'.
Washington. D. C.-The Mijb ;;.,
ment of the United States I '
In the National Capitol Is V0
for In a bill introduced by '
Borah. It Is purposed to '
ren.-ral trslnlnp for the l'ul,-V!,ii.
Ire and an honorary Georg , .
'r-gton degree In consl rati
"one distinguished services fl
e-i to t' e v.Hon is authorlr. en- (,
bill proposes an appropr la' ,
f'. poo. ooo annually for 1 Ci
ratabllsh the iinv"'"
maintenance.
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