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warn ALLIES.
Mustn't Close Ports to
American Ships.
WAR MEASURES HALT.
Allies ConSid,r Venezus|a'S Offer
Of Arbitration.
CASTRO IS KEEPING ORDER.
AIlays Excitement in Caracas Over
the B0mhardment.
CASTRO IS KEEPING ORDER.
AIlays Excitement in Caracas Over
the Commandment.

Our No;lc" TO England ami Germany says
Peace" Blockade Doesn't Apply ia
Neutral Ship TIE, Sa, II Does
steamer Caracas Now On Tier Way
There From New YORK situation 10
he Discussed h, the Washington (abi.
net To-.a, par, Of Dcwr,'s Fleet Via,
Move Toward the scene Of Action
British Disciaim Any Part In sinking
Of Venezuelan ships British Marines
Landed and Destroyed Buildings al
Puerto CabciiO Fort after the Bon.
bardment Herman warship GOING to
Nargariia Standardization DiscOnt eu;.
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Ro,ai Hue Tours to WashIngt On.

OuiN 81? from New York All cspcuSe, Including
rail and hotc!. tor three days. bee, ~ Jan Is Feb
~. MAY. - and ~, Apr aand -. and May T. In
guirc baltimore Ohip Ticket OiiCr>. .ldr
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BRITISH flag RAISED.
Report That II Is Flying over the Fort ~
Puerto 4 ibci 10.

LONDON, DC. "a despatch e the
DtHsM iifromW llemstad, Gu &C "a, says the
British H1g is now flying over the fort at
Puerto Cabnllo
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rs taking the rcnnSyllanl special leaving New
YORK and HTookNu dalh tnr C.ic,g0 Extra
90 nfot'N eNtra ,gr,d. VIE
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IuNuriou. Train California,

TIE electric lighted Overland Limited Rest OF
everything en- route. Via Cnlcago and NORTH Wes'
ttn. nlou Pacinr and Sout lern pacinc RAILWAYS.
tbN'',. 81. =; ru.. 80 iiroNdNaN ,dr
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The 2oth century Limited" via New York cen.
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arrives chicago pi5 next morning .ldr
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CONSIDER ARBITRATION OFFER.
British and German Foreign Ofrlces Take
Up the Question British Criticism.

.Sprcid! Cdb'e DeSpl'ohrs 10 THE SuN.
BERLIN. Dee. ~ The correspondent of
THE SIN learns from semi-of,icill sources
that the communication Of Ec bert Bowen,
the American Minister at Caracas, in re-
gard To President Ces'ro's desire that all
matters in dispute shall be submitted to
arbitration, has reached the German Gov
eminent ard is being considered.
EXPLANATION IN HOUSE OF LORDS.
LovpoS. Dec Is la he House of Lords
this - nooa Lord Liusiowue. the Minis
ter for Forcig Affairs. announced that
proposal had been received from tn"
Unit al States Government that the claims
of Bri, sh and German subjects in Ven
ezaeia arising out Of the instructions b,
submitted Ia arbir,tion
Earl Spencer. the Liberal leader, qies-
toned Lord Llnsdowne in regard TO the
situation in Venezuela. Lord Spencer said
that Parliament had reason to complain
of the lack Of information in regard to the
status of affairs in the South American
republic. lord Spencer went on to say
that he deprecated the iocular and sarcastic
remarks made by Lord lansdowne in regard
to Venezuela at the dinner of the United
Service club AZ the Hotel Cecil last Friday
night.
Lord 1ansdownc, in reply. said he re-
GREETED that Lord Spencer should have
thought it necessary to take exception to
the tone OF his obscrvat ions on he occasion
referred TO- The only remark he made
that would answer Lord Spencer's de-
sCrip'iou was when he said the Venezuelan
Government INDUCED in n superfuous
number OF revolutions. The Foreign
Secretary said he did not think he hal
been guilty Of any impropricty in dealing
with tho subject IN a lighter vein.
vESElUELA's COMPLAINT
Lord IAuSdownc stated that Telegram
had been received from Mr.. Haggard. the
British Minister to Ncnpzuela, summarizing
certain documents which he had received
Thee included a complaint by Venezuela
that no rrparation had been offered ty
Great Britain for the landing Of trooI
and the conducr Of the authorities at Trim
dad -.
Ia" telegram concluded by stating that
N"rr' christmas assured rs n glf OF Krcments
one iircc collar Buttons, All irwellrrS,-Adt
necrfoot Farm SausNges
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Is hc PENNSYLVANIA Special representing the high.
81 drNclppmcnt Of Hlrnld 90 ipmrui aud service
l'fNv, Nrt Nutk dtlL ldt
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In,c,,or. Road vhc Wall etrcct .Iournal.

AC'uncA and Conpctc."SN. the vatChvrrds
OF Its publishers. DoM. Jones "a '.r
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"Dcwc, VI ines Are Pure"


TRY orr 'hoilDhh" ASSORTED CNS
II. +. Dewey Z" son 90. IN Fulton II. y
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Dccrfoot Farm Sausages.
There l., nothing more appe,i,ing and ds,ixhtf'l
Tor winters breakfast. Try ?.pouad packags.
iir
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vESE1UELA's COMPLAINT.

N"rr' christmas assured rs n ,lft of krcments
one liccc collar Buttons. All jrwell-rS.-Adr
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BuTnr,tS Cocoane kills daudrgT allays init
lion and promotes the growth uf the liair.-Ad
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rot 30 know the absolute necessity 81 keep
ing under cover"
What DO YOU m"Hn 10y playing into your
h1ud~'';uo DistriOi Attorney ua- asked.
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inasmuch as such ships. ALTHOUGH a con-
fiscation of them would not have to he con-
Siirred, would have 10 be turned away and
prohibited until the blockade should I've
raised. In the same manner, Europoan
states have proceeded on such occasions,
especially England and France"
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CoNGREssMEN VAST TO PROTEST

Tho sentiment in Congress is almost
unanimous in condemnation Of the course
Of Germany and England vino are accused
by senators and Representatives Of break
ing faith with the United States
No recent International question not d,-
rectly affecting the United State has
aroused 80 much feeling among the peoples
representatives - this.
There was mach talk to-day about call
ing on the President To resent the actions
of the allies, and it was only after con4i,cr-
able pressure had been brought TO bear on
them chat some of the members Of the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
were induced 20 for"Go presenting resolu-
lions Of that character. Even the mos,
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CANFlELD INQUIRY SECRET.
iaV iFRS CAN'T 90 " UITU
~ HPH\iID fiIE\T>

VINO Nus' Answer Questions or Risk Jsli
Lawyers win Object sanncid sues
According TO Programme and Gets a
summons for Inspector BROOKS 4 \.
Nousnian. Put ndcr subpoena. Was
Never In tauheld's .Jcror,e aud Car.
nc,d Quote portr, at Each other.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-29

the years she has been following the
hounds, and the Meadow Brook aver
ages three week.
Fellow huntsmen say Mrs. Kerno-
chan is absolutely without fear. She
rides straight" as they say. Fences
or walls have no terrors for her nor do
they cause her to draw rein, but many
men balk at such obstacles and prefer
to go around rather than risk their pre-
cious necks in jump Mrs Kernochan
has suffered several falls, but has al
ways escaped serious injury
Mrs. Ladenburg, like Mrs. Kerno-
chan, is young and fair. She is the wild
ow of Adolph Ladenburg and has Il
fortune of about $7,O0O,O0O. She spends
good bit of her income in hunting.
not only on Long Island, but in Europe,
at Newport and at Aiken, y. c. Unlike
her fair rival, she grew up in the sad
die. AS mere girl she hunted with
the Rockaway hounds, of which her
brother, Eben Stevens, was ut one time
master.
Among other accomplished and fear
less women hunters are Miss Ran
dolph, daughter of William &. Whit
ney's second wife, who was mortality
injured while following the hounds at
Aiken. s. c.; Mrs. Gushing. Mrs. ii.
Van r. Kennedy. Miss May Bird Miss
Maud Livingston and Mrs. Stanley
Mortimer, all constant attendants at
the meets.
Among the men the palm is generally
accorded to L. Il. Collier. He is the
oldest active huntsman by all odds
Most men stop following the hounds
when they reach. middle age, but Mr..
Collier at seventy odd years attends
the meets with as clocklike regularity
as he did in his younger days. When
ever the bugle sounds the start he is
pretty sure to be ON hand, and before
the hunt is over he usually manages 10
run away from nearly all the young
bloods who endeavor to keep up with
him.
The Vanderbilts and Goulds have not
until recently taken-up this dangerous
and exciting sport. Reginald and Al
fred Vanderbilt, like George Gould. are
well known as polo players and from
this have graduated into huntsmen.
George Gould has planned to build
house on the Hampstead plains, and as
this is i'm the heart of the fox hunting
country on Long Island he may be eN-
pected to join his fellow millicnaires in
the pursuit of the fox and risk his neck
for the sake of the coveted brush"
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RIDING TO HOUNDS.
FAIR DevoTEES oF1THlS DANGER
Gus AND EXCITING SPORT.

| women who Rival Men In SISiiIfuI
and Daring Horsemanship Jump
Five Foot Fences In Pursuit of
Reynard-A PeriIous Pasiimc.
This is the season when those lucky
folks who have the inclination as we'll
as time and money mount their thor
oughbred hunters and pursue sly Sir
Reynard over hill and dale TO the mu-
sic of beating hoofs ana baying
hounds
Sometimes the pursuit of the fox is
| diversified by run after an aniseed
| bag dragged over the ground us n
scent for the dogs TO follow. But it
amounts to pretty much the same thing
in the end. for the bag is dra eyed over
Il course fully as difficult rs the one
likely to be chosen by the buShy tailed
fox, and the glory of FIRST in at the
death" is as eagerly competed for.
From now until Christmas those who
dwell near the haunts of the Meadow
Brook hunt on Long Island and the
Radnor and Rose Tree hunts, near
Philadelphia. may hear the baying
hounds on any morning and if they
choose to go afield may behold the gay
company of riders in all their fine ar
ray.
These three hunt clubs, organized eX-
clusively for the sport, of fox chasing
| OH horseback, are the most famous of
the kind in America.
The Meadow Brook hunt bears the
distinction of having President Roose-
welt as Il fellow member. The 300 odd
miliionareS who compose this club also
take pride in the knowledge that two
women among them are acknowledged
to be the leading horsewomcn in Amer
lea. They are Mrs. James l.. KernO-
chan and Mrs. Emily LadenEurG.
Mrs. Kernochan is perhaps the better
known in this country, where she does
all her hunting. mostly around New
York. where she began making her rep
utation as fearless hOrScwOman
about five or six years ago. AS Miss
Eloise Stevenson she cared not one jot
or title for fox hunting, but shortly
after her marriage she cultivated Il
fondnesS for it, and now she is one of
the regulars at every club hunt. She
has not missed Il half dozen meets in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-29
ImnrOyinr the Eyes.

A singular story is told about the
shape of the eyes Of Nine. Jane Had
ing. the French actress, which are
very remarkable. They are of the clear
est and purest brown. like that of
mountain brooks or wave washed onyx,
and yelled with a thick fringe of black
and silky lasheS. But this is not all.
Her eyes are. unusually and eXtraOrdi-
nGrily long. and this length is due to
artificial means. 1t is Il custom among
the Turks to lcnGthen the eyes by cut
ting the corners. This is done very
early, at the age of two or three years.
the outer corners being deftly split
with lancet about the twelfth part Of
an inch.
While the wound is healing the lids
are drawn outward every day. and
when it is quite cured the eye is still
submitted to the drawing process every
day for Il long time. with the result
that it becomes long and narrow. The
story about Nine. Hading proceeds to
declare that her father was in Turkey
and saw the Practice and determined
to try ii on his little girl, then about
three years Old. Whether the story is
true or not. one thing is certdiI-thc adj
mirCrs of the actress declare she has
the most beautiful eyes on the stage.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-29
CHINESE JOAN OF ARC.
Sieh King King, Who Would Lead
Her Sisters Out of Bondage.

Her Sisters Out of Bondage.
Joan OF Are has arisen to enlighten
custom ridden Chipa. Unlike her illus
trious prototype, she leads no armed
hosts, and the banner she raises is for
the reform of social conditions, not the
glory of king. Nevertheless the pagan
maiden's patriotism is as heroic and
her purpose as noble as that which ac-
tuated the Maid of Orleans
Under the auspices of the Chinese re-
form movement Sieh King King, an
eighteen-year-OldC Chinese girl, has been
leading crusade among her country
men and women in San Francisco
against the system which keeps the
Chinese woman ignorant and makes
her Il slave
Sieh King King is the daughter of a
liberal minded Tientsin merchant and
first lifted her voice in public when she
addressed her cOuntrymen in the pub
lie garden of Shanghai when it became
known that the late Ii Hung Chang
proposed by secret treaty to place
Manchuria under Russian control.
She came to this country for uni
versity education, but in addition to
her studies intends to wage vigorous
warfare for the freedom of Chinese
women. Chinese women of the better
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-29

IGoYernor elect Of California;
l.. Bates of Massachuse and J. II.
Mickey of Nebraska have attracted
the widest public interest because of
their personalities and the strenuous
campaigns which preceded the deposit
ing of the ballots
Governor Elect Lanham was perhaps
the only one of the seXtct who had no
doubt of the outcome. He is Il native
of South Carolina and fought in the
Confederate army. He once represent
ed the Eleventh Texas district in con-
greSS.
w ]. Bailey, who after Jan. II win
govern Kansas. is type of the well TO
do farmer OF that state. He is Il native
Of Illinois and went to Kansas twenty
five years ago from the University of
illinois, BY dint of hard work and in
telligent application he has prospered
and is considered one of the richest
men in the state.
Or. George Cooper Pardee, who has
been chosen to preside over the desti-
MES of California for the ensuing four
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-29
He WON HIS BET.
Satisfactory Course Dinner Served
without Knives and Forks

Several members of the Transporta.
ton club of this city were smoking and
chatting over the after dinner coffee a,
few days ago when the conversation
turned to the ''horseless age" Trolley,
cars, automobiles and airships had
their share of the talk, when one of the
party, a young man well known in
New York clubland said, Il wonder if
they will eyer invent silverless din
ners."
"Silverless dinners" exclaimed the
others.
Eyes; dinners at which one will not
have to bother with knives, forks or
spoons, where everything will be pre-
pared in such fashion that one can sim
ply take it in his fingers and still not,
require a pail of water alongside OF
him.
Il doubt it," said another. "In fact,
don't see how such thing could very.
well be-"
Well continued the man who made
the proposition, Il am willing to wa
ger the cost of Il dinner that l can get
up one which YOU viii call excellent,
and we won't have Il piece of silver on
the table"
The wager was ut once taken, and the
young man sought the chef. Next night
the five men We're again together, and
each had brought n woman to pass
judgment on the meal. 1t consisted of
eight courses. and all those present vot-
ed it Il perfect success. The menu was
us follows:
Oysters on the half shell. to be eaten from
the shell.
COnsomme in cups.
Frogs legs with a sauce the side.
Half of q baked SQUAD. with the leg in pa
per cap.
Lamb chops. with the ends in paper cap.
Stuffed celery.
Ice cream sandwiches. Coffee.
New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-29
W. J. BAILEY.

years, is a native of the Golden State
and is forty-five> years old. He is a
practicfng physician in Oakland.
Samuel Whitaker Pennypacker. just
elected to serve four years as chief ex-
ecutive of the commonwealth of Penn
sylvania, is a man of varied attain
ments. He is forceful writer an ora
tor of power, and as Il judge his ability
has been recognized by both the polit-
ical parties.
John Mickey, governor elect of Ne
braska, is native of Iowa and vet
eran of the civil war For twenty
years he has been a banker at Osceola.
John Lewis Bates term as governor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-29
Says the Druggist Is Passing.

John II. tanning of Cincinnati rises
TO assert that the American physician
is handling too much medicine on his
own hook and not giving the druggist
chance. lie says: The drug trade is
badly cut into. Ten years ago all pre-
scfiptions were handled by druggists
exclusively. but now they don't stand
half Il chance. In former times no
physician carried his own medicines,
but at each place visited wrote IL pre-
scription. Nowadays he is equipped
with bag. in which in tablet form
are all the combinations to combat dis
ease.
''The big drughouses are responsible,
together with the fact that nowadays
nearly all medicines can be tabletiZed.
The wholesale houses sell to the physi-
clan. who in addition TO his services
furnishes and charges for the medicine.
Aside from occasional prescriptions
about the only thing left for the drug
gist is the sale of proprietary articles.
toilet sundries and the like
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-29
TIE NEW GOVERNORS
MEN WHO WERE HoNoREO BY
THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS.

Como of the elect Who For the First
Time vviu Preside Over Common
Sveaiths-ChIef Executives Chosen
An TVvcnty-nine States.
Twenty-nine states voted for gov
errors at the recent elections, and.
while many of those chosen were re-
elected, some are men who for the
hrst time have been thus honored by
their fellow citizens. Among the new
governors perhaps Samuel w. Penny
packer of Pennsylvania. w. ]. Bailey
of Kansas, S. w. L. Lanham of Texas,
George c. Pardee of California, John
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-29

of Massachusetts will last but one
year. He is a native of the old Bay
State and forty-three years old. He
has been member of the Suffolk bar
since 1885. Mr.. Bates has served five
years in the legislature and was elect
ed lieutenant governor of Massachu-
sets in 1889, 1900 AID 1901. ~
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-29
ZINC science OF stoLInr.

According to Consul General Mason,
at Berlin, the trailing clouds of black
smoke from mill and factory that hang
over so many American cities. darsen-
ing the atmosphere and befouling the
buildings, could be eliminated if the
scientific methods of constructing Chin
neys and stocking furnaces that prevail
in Germany were adopted here. 1T is
not every strapping laborer who can
shovel coal who is permitted to stoke
Il boiler furnace in Germany says Mr..
Mason. The stokcr in that country
must learn the theory and practice of
economical firing, whereby the coal is
so distributed over the CRATE surface as
to secure the most perfect combustion.
The use of fuel briquettes for domestic
purposes in Berlin also tends largny to
the prevention OF smoke"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-11-29
The Rotation of Uranus.

Everybody who takes an interest in
astronomy is aware that the two outer
most planets of the solar system. IRA
nus and Neptune, are believed to rotate
backward; that is, in direction con-
trary to the rotation of all the other
members of the system. But the evil
dcnce that they do thus rotate is indi-
rect; such, for instance, as the fact that
their satellites revOlve backward in
their orbits Recently, however, Henri
Deslandres of the Meudon observatory
has applied method of determining
the direction of rotation by spectre
scopic observation, which gives direct
evidence that in the case of Uranus at
least the rotation is really backward.
The method is based on the Inclination
of the lines III the spectrum of a ro-
tating body, and resembles that by
which few years ago Professor Kec-
Ter demonstrated the motions of Sat
urn's rings. 1t is to be applied next to
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