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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-11-19

his telephones In three dspatehers stations
ing forty-me stretch OF track. Half dozen ocomo
tves In this suburban service then with
wireless telephones. headpeee made for the eng
such central girls at the telephone
changes This keeps the receiver constantly the
he is obliged hear that
10 the telephone In this he hear the rumbling
of train coming toward him from The
sounds that reach the engineers through this
waiting a railway stston-the peculiar singing or hum
ming proceeding from the rails which indicates
train is hand The speed which is
moving can be easily estimated ny the rapdity OF the
sound vibrations These. To Impractical
much; to practical engineer they aimportant and
pregnant with meaning The professors device
these sounds 10 the engineer with nnerring fidelity
he tell precisely where the approaching
take means to prevent accident The only chance
collision will be In where his between
others approaching him from the front the
from he but this is contingency likely
particularly the presumption is both other
center Of the mminenes OF danger difficulty en-
countered by Prof DAzar prevent the
engineers drowning the sound OF
distant train the still treble sound human
voice from station. This by
phones sound magnihers the pilot
locomotive and AZ the ~ the
them by wire with the engineers telephone micro
phones which detect The fanfest sounds
along the rails muTed in peculiar as TO bs
disturbed little possible by the rattle the
train 20 which thew attached In spite Of
caution however there Is noise in the
teephone at 'he engineers head Bur his trained ear
ana that al othAx trains Ard vaies dsian. station
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No Map With United States Treaty.

$50 far as l have been able to examine,
the mapmakers of all foreign countries
followed the boundary line drawn by Rus
sia in 1927 This was notably the case with
the French photographers. who have held a
high place In the profession for accuracy
and authenticity. From the great number
of publications. / have selected one which
appea red In 1874, first, because 1t was based
upon the actual observations of voyage
OF exploration made by a French official.
and. second, because 1t was published by
order of the king. under the auspices Of
the president OF the council of min
listers and of the minister of foreign af-
fairs
mo map accompanied the treaty Of 1867
between Russia and the United States for
the cession OF Alaska, but Immediately
after Il was signed the secretary of state
caused a map TO be complied and published
to Indicate The territory acquired by that
convention, and 1t deineates the strip of
territory on the mainland just as II had
been claimed by Russia forty years before.
A multitude of maps might be reproduced
TO show that, with the exception Of certain
maps published in British Columbia in and
after 1854. all such publications. whether
emanating from British and Canadian or
from disinterested foreign sources. from
the time the treaty of 1926 became known
IN to the meeting of the joint high COM
mission in 1898 were OF the same char
acter as those already described and re-
produced"
Mr. Foster spoke of the power and infiu-
ence OF the Hudson Bay Company and
the Russian American Company. whose tn
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~ ROF. r. II. BARBOUR, OF the state
university Of Nebraska on return
Ing from visit this fall TO the
Yellowstone National park. ad-
yised a friend who had been con-
tempiating a visit there some year when
he was not too busy TO postpone his trip
no longer than was absolutely necessary
rms advice constitutes the essence OF a
report which the professor has since
made 10 the National Geological Society,
In session AT Columbus. q.
In 1894 the professor visited the mark,
making thorough study of it's principal
features and supple menting his notes by
means OF photographs and colored draw
iaes TINS fan when he went through
he park for "A SECOND time he was
shocked tn and that five years had wit
messed the extinction OF number of the
most brilliant of the show pieces The
claim Of the park people has always been
that The energy OF the district remains
practically constant. and that when a
geyser dies IL is only 10 break out in some
new form, according to the Chicago
Times Herald. Prof. Barbour investigat-
al This phase OF the question, but could
ind no eucoura cement In the eases that
were submitted for his inspection In
practically every instance the newer out
breaks are weaker than those they have
EtperSeffaa
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Changes In Five Years.

The gradual exhaustion OF the hea, OF
this district has long been predicted by
scientists The flow Of water upon an I'M
m@hse pocket Of lava left over from a
volcanic disturb ance is the cause COM
monty assigned for the tremendous en-
eFgF OF the geysers. The gradual cool
iFg % this lava has been frequently dis
cnss@d. out the matter Will come before
even the scientists in rev and startling
tksf' when u IL known that Prof Bar
nour F&s recorded the destruction in the
interval between lssa and 1898 Of the Min
efSa Terrace the Beehive geyser many
Oh the RANT Pots and the great Fountain
s@yser, 10 say nothing Of others Of more
or less note. all telling OF a general less-
.n!fE 81 the energy OF the whole district
Zen Ola Faithful has dropped back
IiV'n an hourly appearance To an erup-
uon efsry hour and a quarter.
~ this connection story 81 what hap
t. Hiuaiiss SA&ss.~l sA>aA.>>.~ -
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Imperfect Geographic knowledge.

Much OF the difficulty in reaching al
agreement on this point grew out OF the
imperfect geographic knowledge OF the
period. In 1875 George Vancouver, under
the direction of the British admiralty.
made the first accurate and scientific sur
yey Of the northwest coast of North Amer
lea. and his charts were published in i1se
These charts were for more than genera
ton the basis and source OF information Of
all maps Of that region. His survey was
confined 10 the coast as he made no ex-
ploration OF the Interior OF the mainland
beyond what was visible from his vessels.
From these he saw AZ all points in the re-
gion under consideration continuous ar
ray OF mountains. and upon his charts
there appears delineated a regular noun
tain chain following the s!nucsittes OF the
coast lire around all the inlets. We know
that the negotiations of the treaty of Isl,
had before them Fancouver's charts and
two other maps, one issued by the quarter
master generals department, ST. Peters
burg. 1862. which rerrodnces the noun
tains as laid down by Vancouver the other
Arrawsmilh's latest map. being the one
published IN London In ls22. with addition
of 1sz3, and this map omits all mountain
features In the region. being entirely blank.
The correspondence frequently shows that
as to the interior OF the mainland the ne
gotiators were In great ignorance or Its
topography, and We have seen that even
the deputy governor Of the Hudson Bay
Company was not better Informed.
1The British ministers fear was, as we
have seeu, lest an invariabie line of the
summit Of the mountains Nigh: carry the
Russian Hire even TO the Rocky mountains.
and II was To avoid such contingency that
he insisted on a specific limit to the Rus
sian strip Of the mainland. The Russian
negosiators reluctantly yielded TO the Brit
isA view and the treaty was concluded.
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DISMAL SWAMP CANAL RfOpfNfD.
Connecting Link Series Inland waterways From florida to New York State
An Important Undertaking.

shows that from lS2l 10 is55 the operat-
ing expenses 0f tse company were s., 49,
Ssi i and the receipts over $. 500. $40. a
yearly average of nearly ss3.eso clear
ptoats.
With the coming of the ciytl war the
glory ~ the canal departed. "a the ter
Ininstiou az trade relations between the
North and the South took freun che canal
its NEST freiJfui source of revenue. the
New England traffic
In January. u.s.. the Confederate forces
Cui the bank AMI Let the water out "a
prevent the t'nina troops from following
them, THE great expense - repairing
this damage thoroughly drained tisc corn
rany's treasury. ana when the United
States commissioner came ia collect the
taxes he MAS informed yhat the company
hal fo zsssis. helng barely able Ia pay
49,. ft.-A e.ret.s-r.- as,
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Inland Route From South TO North.

With an inland route from New Eng
land 10 the Florida coast, the terrors of
blockade IN case of war would be difnin-
ished greatly. Such n waterway would
give backdoor entrance by water for
torpedo boats. IL would offer a means
for transporting munitions OF war and
troops. well as general supplies. which
might be endangered should the outside
route De taken. Recognizing this. the
government is cooperating In the work.
and ssS7. 900 has been appropriated for
widening and improving the northern and
southern entrances.
There now is an open passage by an
inland water route from Jacksonville
north To Charleston. 8. e. Some easily
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n f'TER being abandoned for thirty
fvo years. the Dismal swamp ca
A nal has been feopened. II connects
the Chesapeake bay with Aihe-
marie soalisd. ard had It's real be-
ginning in i.sl, when Virginia chartered
a company with q capital az sSo. aso go cor
siruct It. Ten years was allayeA for the
work and the canal was e. 10 thirtN-twe
feet wide, with sufficient water To feat
vessels drawing thges feet 30 water The
original plans and Specifications were
drawn ~ George Washington. theu a VIZ
siniA surveyor. more than a quarter az a
century before the Caar1eEng OF the com
psny.
Lack ~ funds the infsriossty - east-
neerin& devices Hnd later thc war ~ NE
all worked against It's cs5u.@s.iou When
fhe funds wgfp exhausted ,hN Cawfusny
Was authorized hy virginia - raise So
s.sa ~ 3ottery When finished. in iszf the
canal had eeSs s. .saea ana extended
from tho vllsEy - peCl5 creek Va. Sc
Sauth Mis- y e. twenty-five mne% be~p
creek 10 sn arm q Eltxaacta river. anA
the village q abe2t AN mites from tRat
river making tAo NeTtAeFn ;HrutJnus Il
the canal practically ~ Norfolk South
Miaz tS a. the hesaNsf5rs ~ the ras4;la-
tank river, a tyieasarS ~ Alhvmarle
sound.
Now cane AZ era g frcspartsy. ard anHI
lssse tire canal wac cn~ - ne mass ep,se-
Ferrous business propssrsles Isl tAe S1ath II
lsrssvi<ie4f ~ iuisu8 waterway taat permit
Sad sAv nsaaiag tt e&rSeeS rs oarEua
through - NeS kns ara ai;hsl, truas .nE
bulk t.2mher av*gassrs 80 sss}.sa feet "a
year posnuts. teisAeco ara ears veee~
t&b'ex mate po tAA vstsoass4 eaTsaeS
white manufactured ge0t2s. svaal ass gvn-
eral stare goods formed The inbound car
goes. Transportation was ehezp, tssks
nrtmnoad furnished UugaGing mater
supply nnt Smaller Nrsscis d taking
this route Ntrv abig ta avoid thv ssHuxezz
If cage BatfteAs s'the graveyard 80
American 1ntppigs&
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more apparent. The forest grows 10 the
waters edge. and through the trees can
be seen glimpses Of wide. still pools. The
pool water we'll as that In the canal
is deep brown from the cypress and junt-
per timber through which II flows. II Is
said To be extremely healthful. and In
former years vessels putting Into Norfolk
used Ia send their boats up the Deep
creek for n store OF the water, TO he used
on the voyage. Turner's cut OPENS into
the Pasquaiank river. a picturesque
stream with many windings. The timber
along its bank is thick and of much com
merciaI value t'ntil the first ting PASSED
through month ago, many OF the in
hahitsnts az this region had never seen
such craft.
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The Ten Years Privilege.

This language OF the treaty presup-
poses that there existed defined noun
tain chain. TO repeat Its terms. situate
parallel to the coast or which extend In
direction parallel to the coast but the
surveys OF the region made since the ter
ritory of Alaska was ceded to the United
States have established the fact that
there is no such defined chain or water
shed within ten marine leagues of the
sinuosities of the coast except at two
points. namely, White and Chilkoot
passes: hence the United States claims
that the boundary of the strip Is placed
ten marine leagues from the coast at all
points except at White and Chilkoot
passes, and that the strip is an unhroken
belt of territory on the mainland. follow
ing the sinuosities of the coast around
the inlcts of the sea. On the other hand,
the British claim Is that the line from the
fifty-sixth degree runs directly to the
coast and follows the mountains nearest
10 the outer shore line and crosses not
less than ten or twelve arms OF the sea
or inlets, thus breaking the strip of main
land into many different sections. and
transferring all the water of the bays and
inlets to the British possessions.
THE remaining article TO be noted is
the seventh, which provides that for the
space Of ten years the vessels
Of the two powers. those belonging TO
their respective subjects, shall mutually
be at liberty To frequent. without any
hindranee whatever, all the inland seas.
the CULTS Ravens and creeks on the coast
mentioned In article for the purposes
Of fishing and OF trading with the ma
tives.' This ten years privilege is In
consistent with any other Interpretation
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On the other hand. Mr.. Foster cited
fourteen instances of occupation and con-
troll by Russia, and subsequently, the
United States. including the statement
that upon the transfer of Alaska portion
of the United States army was dispatched
to occupy the territory and a detachment
was stationed for some time on this strip
of the mainland. Since the cession post
Offices and post routes have been estab-
lished and maintained at various points
on the strip. Custom houses have like
wise been established and duties collect
ed therein Government and mission
schools have been maintained, and notab-
~ so, for near twenty years, at the head
Of Lynn canal. The revenue vessels of
the United States have continuously since
the date of the cession patrolled the in
terror waters surrounded by the strip to
enforce the revenue and other laws OF the
United States. The naval and revenue
vessels of the United States have for the
same period exercised acts OF sovereignty
over the Indian tribes inhabiting the
strip. especially about the head OF Lynn
canal, and the latter have yielded unques-
toned allegiance TO the United States.
The territorial government OF Alaska has
exercised various aud repeated acts of
sovereignty over the strip and interior
waters inclosed by 1t. and the writs OF the
United States courts have run through
out it's whole extent Under the terri
torial claim OF the United States and the
protection of the government. citizens Of
the United States have entered and oc-
cupied the strip, built cities and towns
and established Industrial enterprises
thereon.
Coming to the work of the high Joint
commission, OF which he Is a prominent
member. Mr.. Foster said:
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v FOSTERS LECTURE ON THE ALASKA BOuJNDAN

All the foregoing acts ~.
without a single profs.s =. - ~
'ne par. OF the British O. css.s i
eshments' except that w. - -
occurred between the curc..a -
as 10 the exact demarrati... =. esa
erh me OF the strip. For ~ -
statement was presence - = -
ism government 10 the roye-. - -
United states on the ist = 1ss-1 q Il
developing the fact thar II
W existed respectins tie nus ss's... =
me treaty OF 1875 relating d ~ 4
territory and the water, enl.S..s ~. 4
Two months previous an as,s.s -
been reached between III -. -
ments for the appointm~.s - -
commission for the adsusfrs.ss . -
ing questions Of difference - -
United states and Canada. ess a.
the commission met al 0,,.,sr -
gust ., 1919. II was made knew ~ NJ
firs' time that the British -.
would claim that the bausSss" .s.ll
should run from the extfesuifr p
or Wales island, along ~ 49,.
known on modern maps = pre..s ~
to the head of Portland cnn.l ~ y.
rectly to the coast. and follow =. -
est mountains 10 the coast. cronl.s 8
the inlets of the sea. up 10 49, =
Elias. Such line would n. ~ =
ed States a strip of an sveras. ~ J.
less than five miles, broken n - I.
tervals by the arms OF the a. ~ -.
transfer the greater portion n n n.
inlets to British territory. - q -
dian government. with tn cene,ss' J.
the British foreign once. hAs ne6s - y
lie the protocol or ofilcial hprael a. n
joint high commission. ahovine a. q
suit of It's deliberations on IL knuns,,.
l violate no diplomatic prcprtnlv e =
ferring to these facts.
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The Late Disasfeeueut

''The protocol shows thai, ai,er -
Of several months, the comInlzniun111. ,.;s.
unable to agree. In failure 4 -.
renee as to the language Of II trnar Z
1925. che of two methods q axisesss
was proposed by the British comnlni.r..
The first was a conventional boun1urn r.
which Canada should receive ~ oDnnSv
perpetual grant. Pyramid halboe. 4 20
canal, and a strip Of land cooneciss
with Canadian territory to the no<lhvIe
and the remaining boundary H. = g
drawn in the main conformable b ~ q.
tention Of the United States. n 80
cam commissioners, not being peonlef i
accept this proposition. the al1rnlila
was submitted by the British conn1
ers of an arbitration OF the whoh totl1R
in dispute. in conformity with ~ -
Of the Venezuelan arbitration, "a Nm
Spouse TO an inquiry from their Axnn1km
colleagues whether the selection Il q -
pire from the American cuntinenl ~
be considered. the British conmiu11nn
replied that they would regard "a
selection as most Objectionable.
THE American commissioners doeHnl
the British plan of arbitration, m Snl1l
that there was no analogy beteeaeA
present controversy and the Ytaln
dispute. They challenged Their 1f1
colleagues to cite a single instance \ -
tory where a subject attended VIII ~
circumstances had been submitted -
bitration, and In declining the Birth ~
osition they proposed the plan 1t -
ment which had been framed By eGtsau
Oiney and Sir John PauncefosA h II
80, tr1, vrfs Hfaf1rru011h64
statesmen framed SO carefully maft4 =
most advanced stage yet attainse II r.
peaceful settlement OF inteEnatioml -
tions not susceptible OF adjustment u ~
lomatic negotiations.
I'm that convention. drafted with = -
to 'consecratlng by treaty the pe4e~4 &
international arbitration. they nfuyt4
that all such questions should h sunnltt
TO arbitrator and an umpire. except ~
torial claims. They Recognised thai ~
tor.al questions affected 30 vitality ~ -
ereignty and honor of nations that g.
them a different method was necer
and they provided that they should No.
mitted to a tribunal OF three judges q ~
highest standing In each country. IA -
a binding decision could only b -
ed by a vote OF Ave OF the six Juo9ek
American commissioners embodka
plan In their proposition for the sesush
OF the Alaskan boundary dispute. wl1D
modification that a binding dectstoe
be rendered by four Of the six jude
This proposition was rejected
British commissioners. and. no ote1
being brought forward. the joint NJ -
mission adjourned with the undsfseea
that the boundary question shoes
ferred back to the two EosefnmG@ =
further diplomatic negotiations
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established would be defeated II II was 10
be broken In any part Of Its course by In
let's or arms Of the sea extending into Brit
ish territory. second. with the strip OF ter-
rstory 50 established all the interior wat
eys OF the ocean above its southern limit
became Russian. and would be fnaccessi-
bic TO British ships and traders except ay
express license IL was because the Eus-
sian negot.ators refused 10 make this IL
eense perpetual that the negotiations were
a second time broken OF. and oniy renew
ed when Great Britain yielded on this
point: third the strip of territory was 10
De ten marine leagues wide In all its ex-
tent. unless inside OF that limit a chain
Of mountains existed which constituted
natural boundary or watershed JSetween
the two countries. The 'seaward base
proposed by Great Britain was rejected.
and there is no indication that isolated
peaks ware to constitute the line.
we come now TO the provisions of the
treaty, and / confine my examination to
those respecting which there are existing
differences. Article 3, in delineaung the
first section OF the boundary, provides that
commencing from the southerEmost point
Of the island called Prince of Wales island.
which lies in the parallel of "a degrees 40
minutes north latitude, the said
boundary line shall ascend to the north
along the channel called Portland channel
it strikes the Sc degree OF north latitude
The United States holds that under this
provision the line starting from the extren-
ity OF Prince of Wales island shall enter
the broad, deep and usually nayigated OPP
ening of Portland canal or channel and
pass up to its head, and thence on the
continent to the 5ssh degree OF latitude.
The present contention OF Great Britain
is understood to be that the line from the
extremity of Prince of Wales island should
enter the tortuous and narrow channel now
known on the British admiralty and
American charts as Pearse canal. and
thence up Portland canal to the 56th de-
gree of latitude, thus placing Wales.
Pearse and few small islands in British
territory.
The second portion of the line In dispute
is described In the treaty as follows:
=" From this aforementioned point Cthe
fifty-sixth degree above the head of Port
land cana1 the line of demarcation shall
follow the summit of the mountains stu
ated parallel to the coast as far as the
point OF intersection Of the one hundred
and forty-first degree of west longi-
tude. Whenever the summit of
the mountains which extend in direc-
ton parallel to the coast - shall
prove to be at the distance of more than
ten marine leagues from the ocean, the
limit between the British possessions and
the strip OF coast which Is TO belong to
Russia. as above mentioned. shall be
formed by line parallel to the sinuosi-
ties of the coast. and which shall never
exceed the distance of ten marine leagues
therefrom.
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II II ARCONIS recent accomplishment OF wireless eieg
NVl raphy seems likely to be cast In the shade by
AVA Prof. Russo u Azar Of Rome. who claims TO have
perfected system whereby he can telephone
without between moving railway trains between
and In rapid motion distance of many
miles. by OF this invention he claims that COLTS
ions both and the rail be avoided The tram
dispatcher railroad he claims will be able 10 inter
cept train point his road giving order or
may contribute the safety OF both life
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The eits.s cane so tNSt. tsougrsss had
enacted thaj al public svoras ~ the South
must he offceysd and aara9eei by loyal
citizens Afsev 4 stormy discussion the
oi1csrs 20 tbs Djsma} S~am3 canal Com
p&nN @@ iuteiy ~efs.sea - sake ,f., oath
~ alieEiaucr. renewed fkctr expires stoas
81 te2lt$ ~ lhe southern cause and re-
riRusd Thts resulted - tise dissolution
s.f thv Can@,En. ard tpe months later ,he
talied states Seveynnsos conascatet tie
rrnftFtN