Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 36, Number 250, 17 July 1911 — Page 10

AGE TEW.

THE E.ICmiOM) PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM, MONDAY, JULY 17,1911.

ECUADOR KICKS Oil DOLLARJIPLOMACY Plan of Secretary Knox Is Bitterly Opposed in the Little Republic.

Washington, July 17. Negotiations re under way through the State Department whereby the Galapagos Islands, off the coast of Ecuador and commanding the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, will be forever removed as a factor to be turned against the safety of the United States in the event of war. Abandoning the old plan of purchasing the Islands from Ecuador, Secretary Knox has called his "dollar diplomacy" into play. But an obstacle in the person of Archer Harmon, a promoter, stands in the way of the accomplishment of the plan, and conferences to be held at. the State Department within a few days are expected to remove him from the equation. Not only then will the neutralization of the Galapagos Islands be accomplished, but one of the pest holes of the world will be cleaned up, namely Guayaquil, the seaport of Ecuador, will be retained in American hands, and the stock and bond holders of this "road will be fully protected in their rights. The long discusesd $30,000,000 loan to Ecuador is the means by which these ends are to be brought about. Harmon in the Way. For the preoent Mr. Harmon alone is blocking the rueeoss of Secretary Knox's plan. This man, it Is asserted, has made Americans bated in Ecuador, where he has for a long time dominated the railroad situation. He has alienated the support snd sympathy of the natives by his methods and brought matters to a point where the railroad Is In danger of passing into foreign control, to the great damage of American investors. The intervention of the State Department is necessary to avert a crisis that would not only menace American Interests in Ecuador but place the United States at a great tactical disadvantage in relation to the great waetrway that is nearing completion across the isthmus. Speyer & Co., of New York, are the financiers who are back of the propoesd loan, which Is not to be guaranteed by the United States through treaty, as In the case of the proposed loans to Honduras and Nicaragua, but Is being placed on their own responsibility, with only such support from the United States as Is Accorded, to all American Investors in foreign countries. The situation Is Interesting as illustrating the new phase of statecraft embraced in the "dollar diplomacy." One has but to look at a map to discover the sthragetic Importance of the Galapagos Islands in their relation to the Panama Canal. Lying off the coast of Eucador they are in a direct line with the Pacific entrance to the canal. As a base of supplies they would afford Inestimable advantages to the nation possessing them. Ever since the problem of digging the canal it has been the dream of statesmen and military experts to have the American flag flying over these Islands. Conditions of Proposed Loan. In taking up the consideration of the loan therefore, which must have the sympathetic support of the United States, at least, the State Department put forward a series of considerations is follows: 1. It must be understood that the Islands are not to be fortified or disposed of to any foreign power. 2. Assurances must be given that the port of Guyaquil will be cleaned and put in perfect sanitary condition In advance of the opening of the Panama Canal. American sanitary experts will be furnished for the purpose if desired. . 3. The Quito Railroad must be retained in American control and the Interests of stock and bond holders amply safeguarded. . It Is said on authority that nothing more than a formal approval of the loan is contemplated by the department. Ecuador Is up In arms over the affair. The newspapers are filled with protests agains the loan. The existing administration will retire from office on August 31, when President Alfaro will resign in favor of his successor, Estrada. The latter is bitterly opposed to the loan, which must have the approval of the Ecuadorian Congress to become effective. A special session of the Congress has been called to meet on July 24. It is to the influence of Harmon that the recall of Minister Fox from Ecuador Is attributed. Mr. Fox, it Is declared, having fallen under the promoter's spell precisely as did Alfaro. All of the charges, all of the protests that are being made against the loan hit back of him and the situation has become such that recent advices from Ecuador Indicate that unless Harmon Is Induced to get out of the country trouble will follow an attempt to put the loan through at the special session of Congress. An Oversight. Trt Impress ou young children Just whft should and should not be done and why Is among the most trying prolleins of parents, as evidenced by the recent experience of a West Philadelphia mother. I.ast Sunday she askxl her small son. aged eight, to carry a chair for her from the dining room to the parlor. He started off willingly, but In the hall he tripped and fell. Amid the crash could be heard the boy giving vent to utterances that would have done credit to a pirate of aoclent days. The mother was takeu by surprise and was greatly hocked. She gave the boy a long and seriofts talk on the subject -f profanity. This apparently did not make the right Impression, for when ehe concluded the boy added to her discomfiture by exclaiming. I am sorry 1 - swore, mamma, but I forgot It was Bigntay. rnlladelpbJaRecord.

She Should be

'' til k v . r IW At hMm i I b"M hf Ri lie

Miss Eugene Ladenburg of New $17,000 a year.

Some Gossip Gathered From The Gay American Metropolis

New York, July 17. The exodus to Europe from this port is in full swing and every one of the big trans-Atlantic steamers leaving New York is crowded with travelers bound for Europe. Many of the voyagers have made the trip a number of times and the experience gained thus enables them to start upon their trip without undue ex citement or confusion. But not all travelers are experienced and the result is that there is always more or less confusion and excitement when one of the big steamers leaves port. When the White Star liner Baltic was about to sail the other day, John J. O'Riley, a wealthy Texas, and his family went aboard to visit their home town in Ireland. After they had gone to their state room, Mr. O'Riley decided to go ashore to have a $500 note changed into English money. When the time for sailing came, Mr. O'Riley had not returned, and, fearing that something had happened to him, his family returned to the pierr, to begin a search for the head of the family. No trace of him could be found, however, and his wife and children were becoming greatly alarmed, when a wireless message reached them from the Baltic, which by that time was out on the ocean. . The message was from Mr. O'Riley and Informed his wife that he was on board the Baltic and that he would wait for them at Liverpool. It seems that Mr. O'Riley returned to the ship just before the gang plank was removed which connected the pier with the steerage entrance. While he made his way to the cabin, his family went ashore by way of the cabin gangplank. Mrs. O'Riley and the children will sail on the next steamer to join Mr. O'Riley In Liverpool. The captain's wife on board an ErW canal boat gave a lesson in politeness to the crew of the British steamship Montauk Point , the other day, which will cost its owner about ?175 for a day's demurrage through having to wait over twenty-four , hours to discharge her cargo. The canal boat was taking part of the cargo of chalk of the steamer on board, when one of the firemen of the steamer made an objectlonablo remark to the wife of the canal boat's captain. She reported the matter to her husband, who thereupon refused to take any more cargo on board. After some delay the captain of the steamer manager to get another canal boat to receive , the chalk, but the insulted skipper's wife communicated with the wife of the skipper of the second canal boat and the result was that the captain of the second boat also refused to have any dealings with the British steamship. . Times have indeed changed so far as the rights and privileges of women are concerned. There was a time when women were scarcely more than tolerated in chnrch and the monastic rule of "Mulier taceat In Ecclesia." was strictly enforced. Not so very long ago some ministers made themselves conspicuous by placing the ban upon certain styles of women's dresses and millinery. But that was in the dim yesterday. The Rev. M. Y. Bovard, pastor of the Summerfield Methodist Episcopal church In Mariner's Harbor, S. I., has proved himself strictly modern and up to date in his views and methods and has set an example to his less tolerant and up-to-date colleagues of the cloth. When he found

a Wise Girl

York, whose education costs that the enormous hats worn by the women of his congregation interfered with the proper celebration of the communion service he did not, as some more antiquated minister might have done, refuse to pass the communion cup to women wearing wagon-wheel hats. Recognizing that the women would rather give up communion than their big hats, he yielded to existing conditions, and merely ordered that the women should receive the communion cup standing instead of kneelInk, as had been the custom before. In naval circles in this city the visit of Admiral Togo is awaited with considerable interest. Qute recently the Secretary of the Navy issued an order that in the futurs visitors to the navy yards of the United States should not be permitted to visit such parts of the navy yard plants, where they might gather valuable information concerning matters of equipment, armament and capacity for building and repair work. Under this new rule visitors in the future, will only be permitted to visit the residential parts of the navy yards and perhaps some old and superannuated hulks of warships that may happen to be in the yards. As this order was promulgated only a short time before the expected visit of Admiral Togo it was believed that it was principally directed against the great Japanese sea fighter. But word has come to the Brooklyn navy yard, clearly stating that the new rule should not be operative in the case of Admiral Togo and that a very opportunity shall be given to the distinguished visitor to make as thorough an inspection of the yards and everything in them, as he should desire. The sudden fit of hyper-morality from which the New York police department is suffering at present, and which prompted some of the, officious officials to make an attempt of suppressing ballet dancing on the stage, may lead to an exchange of diplomatic notes between Russia and the United States. The Russian dancers, who have met with such extraordinary success In this city, were the first to come under the ban cf New York's hypermoral police department. They appealed to the Russian consul in this city and it is understood that the matter will be taken before the higher instance of the State Department. The new law, which prohibits the use of public drinking cups at public fountains and in all railroad cars and stations and on all steamers within the bounlary of the State of New Jersey, has gone into effect. The new law has caused a great deal of distress among the thousands of commuters who use the suburban trains ' between New York city and various points in New Jersey. The ice water tanks were kept filled during the extremely hot spell in the beginning of the month, but the cups were removed and the travelers not provided with their own cups were in the position of poor old Hantalus, who stood in cool water up to his chin, but could not get a drop for his parched throat, because the water receded whenever he attempted to take a sip. WANTED LIVE POULTRY Highest market price paid for live poultry. Schwegman's Meat Market. jun 20-eod-tt

YANKEES CONTROL PERSIAN FINANCE Empire Is Put on Sound Basis by American Treasurer and Board of Four.

New Ycrk, July 17. The parliament of Persia has created the office of treasurer general of the empire and has authorized the appointment of W. Morgan Shuster to that office. It is an appointment with out precedent so far as the United States Is concern ed, and there is no record close at hand which shows that a citizen of any other nation than the United: States has at any time within recent years been appointed to an office car-; rying such financial power and re-i sponsibility as does that of treasurer general of Persia. Shuster is a citizen of the United States, a lawyer, and was for five years collector of customs at Manila as well as a member of the Philippine commission, in 1S98 he perfected the customs service of Cuba. Called on Knox. When the parliament of Persia decided to call upon the United States for assistance in perfecting the Persian fiscal system, te offices of Secretary Knox were asked for. He, in consultation with the charge of the Persian legation at Washington, made recommendations which resulted in a j request to Shuster that he advise rejspecting tne appointment ot iour asfsociates, who, with him, would consti tute a body of American commissioners to establish Persia's finances upon a sound basis. The commission sailed for Persia in March. Shuster perceived that, if the work which the commission was expected to accomplish was to be done, it would be necessary to make the body independent of any authority in Persia. He therefore stated that it would be necessary for the Persian parliament to pass a law giving him control of all the financial operations throughout the empire. Thereupon the Persian parliament, by a vote of sixty-two out of sixty-nine, passed the law creating the office of treasurer general with independent powers. Persia's Resources Ample. The resources of Persia are ample for the needs of the empire, if they can be developed thoroughly and if a fiscal system can be as satisfactorily established. If Shuster and his associates, each one of whom is to have charge of a subordinate department, are able to accomplish within two years what they have undertaken, their achievement will be looked upon as one of the best evidence of American ability to cope with complicated financial conditions. ,Alms In India. In India no beggar-is refused alms. He is always given either money or a small dele of rice, no Inquiry being made as to whether be deserves help. The mendicant thus obtains enough for the daily needs of himself, family and lazy relatives.

Monday, the second day, buyers if the morning

A STRICKEH FAMILY Third Death Occurs Within Three Weeks.

Mrs. Lloyd Perrin of Blanchester, Ohio, died suddenly at her late residence on Sunday noon. The deceased is a daughter of Mr. N. R. Van Dervort, Wilmington, Ohio, a niece of Rev. and Mrs. S. W. Traum, and sister to T. H. and Oliver Van Dervort this city. A strange fatality seems to have come to the Van Dervort family as this is the third death within two or three weeks. The first was that of Mrs. T. H. Van DervorCMrs. Traum's mother; the next was that of a cousin, Prof. Charles Van Dervort, Peoria, Illinois, for twenty-five years superintendent of the city schools, and now that ot Mrs. Perrin. The funeral will be in charge of the Rev. S. W. Traum, who together with the Van Dervort brothers, left for Wilmington tday. DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND. O. Henry Was a' Shade Smarter Thar the Magazine Man. A friend of the late O. Henry writes of him: "He was reckless In spending money and frequently gave wlevatoi boys. and bellboys five and ten dollui notes. But he wasn't 'easy despite hij financial regardlessness. "His friend recently narrated an Incident showing the man's shrewdnes". A magazine noted for "slow pay." thj 6nid, contracted with him for a thre part story for which he was to receive $1,500. He got $500 advance befon starting to work and when he turnec in the second Installment (none of li had been printed yet) got $500 more and asked for the third $500 as an advance before finishing the tale. "The editor iu an effort to save money apparently declared that, after all. the story didn't appear to be worth more than $1,000 this when be had the two Installments in his office. "All right. said O. Henry; "I won't write the third one then." And be didn't. He laughed at the eidtor. "Well, then." said the latter. Til run the two parts and then let our readers have a guessing contest as to how the story ends and put up. perhaps, a $500 prize to the winner.' "For a moment the author thought he was outwitted. Then he said: "Go ahead, and I'll win the prize. ne intended to win It too !" Boston Herald. -Beautiful, but Dangerous. The laburnum is a beautiful tree. Unfortunately, however, like many other beautiful things, laburnum blossom Is dangerous. The long, yellow flowers and the seeds which presently take their place contain poison cytlssus so powerful that a hundredth part of a grain injected under the skin of a cat or a dog is sufficient to cause Its death, in tea seeds of laburnum there Is sufficient poison to kill a child, and there are a' number of cases on record of death from this cause. Also the laburnum exercises an evil effect upon the vegetable world. The gardener will tell you that flowers will not flourish in the ground about a laburnum tree. London Globe. 3JX

New Bargain Fuel Added to Clearance Flames Daily

wMron

to

Timesdlay's Paper 'Twnlin Pay Yoe

3

NEARLY DROWNS IN TUB WHILE ASLEEP Fat Man Tries Desperate Expedient to Get Real Cool Nights Rest.

New York. July 17. When Edward Loebel, who is 45 years old and lives with his mother at 313 East Fifty-fifth street, passed through three of these warm nights without getting enough sleep to fit him for his daily duties as a stationer and printer he allowed that it was time to think of something to alleviate his suffering. Mr. Loebel's weight of 250 pounds, with a height of 5 feet 6 inches, he believed, made him, perhaps, more susceptible to the heat than the general run of his fellow citizens. He figured that if he couldn't sleep in his ed he might be able to eke out a fair night's rest in the bathtub. So he purchased three air cushions, stepped over the porcelain rim and distributed the cushions along his person. Then he reached up and turned on the shower bath. That was on Tuesday night. The last he remembers was a sensation of being situated at the base of Niagara Falls and not minding it. Finds Floor Flooded. His mother makes it a practice to carry supper to Loebel's room every night about midnight. Tuesday night was no exception, but when sho knocked at his door there was no response. The floor outside his bathroom door, however, was flooded and little rivers ran into the adjacent chambers and down the stairs. : Mra Loebel investigated. ' She found her son completely submerged In the tub full of water, with the plash of the shower adding fresh vigor to the waters that were running out over the threshold. In the relaxation of slumber Loebel's right foot had been carried against the drain opening near the top of the tub and the water creeping up to his "Shoulders, his chin, his eyes, and fin ally over his head had not awakened him.""- -..-.S-..-.V . Resuscitated by Doctor. The shower was shut off, the . exhaust was permitted to work, and the family physician, Dr. Max Schwarz, was called. After half an hour's work he restored Loebel to consciousness. So far from looking upon his experience as a disagreeable one, Loebel let his friends know today that he was going to try it again, but with precautions against clogging up the drain pipa with his foot. . , Airing a Room. In airing a room there are two things to be remembered first, that the impure air must be allowed to escape, and, secondly, that fresh air must be admitted. Impure air In a room Is always warm and will therefore rise toward the celling, when it will escape if the window is opened at the top. while cold fresh air will enter through the lower part of the window when opened.

promises another crowd of hours are any criterion.

mm add,

3C

WORLD MACCABEES HOLDING MEETING' (National News Association) Cleveland, O., July 17. "Maccabes week," or the Quadrennial meeting ot the supreme tent of the Knights ot the Maccabees of the World, began to daw with an attendance ot thousands of members of the order from many, parts of the United States and Cana-

ua. it is ue him. imic iu lue uisiury of the order that its supreme law- ! making body has met outside of Michigan, the executive offices of the organization being situated in Detroit, and it has been planned to make it the greatest gathering ever held by the order. A class of 2.500 members will be initiated, and 25.000 Maccabees will participate in the parade. The reports to be presented to the convention by tho supreme officers show the order to be in a highly flourishing condition, both numerically and financially. Organizations now exist in sixty States, Territories and Provinces, the total membership approximating 300,000, with over 5,000 subor dinate tents. Since its organization the order has paid out S3S.000.000 in benefits, and has over $10,000,000 la surplus benefit funds. The Cat and the Tail. Once upon a lime a rat who prided herself on her wit' and wlsdem wait prowling about the burn in search of food and saw a tail protruding frwii a bole. "There Is the conclusion of a rat." she said. Then she crept stealthily, towardjlt until within striking dlsrajc ie$Ln she made a jump-and reached It with her claws. Alas. It was not- the appendage of a rat. but the tall of a snake, who Immediately turned and gave ber a mortal bite. iioral. It la dangerous to Jump at conclusions. 'iX .- .li-. - Hotel Insurance Against fiebbery. At a well known hostelry In Venice it is the practice to charge guests 25 centimes . per diem for Insurance against fire and robbery, the amount covered for this premium being iJMo francs. This Is a very convenient arrangement, as robbery la far from uncommon In Italy. London Truth. - A Pugilistic Peat. "Clancy, who give yea tb black eye yez have?",? 5 ' " .! . - "If I knew' I'd lick Mm.' " "Sure, an don't yez know! "How c'd ? 1 know? Ma back was turned at th rolme." Toledo Blade. . v What He Cot. " 1 "What're ye comln' home with yon milk pall empty for?" demanded the farmer. Didnt the old cow give any thing?- , . "Yep," replied the chore boy, "nine quarts and one kick!" Exchange. Her Specialty. Miss Crimson beak I'd like to be lawyer. Mr. Crluwonbeak I guess you'd rather be a judge. "Why so?" "Oh. you'd have the last word then." Yonkef Sratesmnn. ' Palladium Want Ads Pay, ttie