The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1906-07-19
FIRE EATER IS
TO MAKE PEACE
Senior lose Rosa PaCas man,
ed as SaIvador's Com
missioner of Peace.
CAUSED SOME SURPRISE
IN A FORMER CONTROVERSY THE
SALVADOREAN IMPUGNED THE
INTEGRITY OF CO-ARBlTERS
CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS.
Publishers Press1

appointed to come to the United
States and present Salvador's side
of the Central American dispute to
this government previous to the seri-
Gus battles between Guatemalan and
Salvadorean troops, is the Salvador
can minister of interior and attracted
much attention in 1902 by denouncing
Chief Justice Henry Strong and Don
H. Dickinson, with whom he met in
Washington to arbitrate the claim Of
the Salvadorean Commercial company
against Salvador.
Senior Pacas was named by Saliva
dor to represent it at the conference
to be held on the United States
cruiser Marblehead for the purpose of
adjusting the disputes which involve
Honduras, Salvador and Guatemala.
This report caused much comment
in diplomatic circles because of the
notoriety Senior Pacas attained by his
conduct after the announcement of
an unfavorable award in the Saliva
dorean Commercial company case. In
lhdJ SAoC IiiC SohiP auy oou6hI ~ ~
cover from Salvador 100000 dam
ages for the seizure by the govern
ment of harbor improvements the cor
poration made at one of Salvador s
ports. After long dispute the case
was submitted to arbitration in Wash
ington, with Senior Pacas represent.
ing Salvador, Chief Justice Strong as
the neutral member of the commits
sion and Dickinson as the companys
representative. The members of the
commission met for weeks in this
city and when the award was an
nounced, Mr.. Pacas bitterly charged
the two other members of the COM
government with "grossest unfair
ness
Strong personally resented the at
tack on his action and a scene fol-
lowed Senior PacaS storming about
the hotel in great rage. Salvador then
protested against the decision of the
arbitration in violation of the cardinal
principle of arbitration and delayed
the payment of the award of $523,17
a long time. The state department
was compelled to make representa-
lions to Salvador repeatedly. Finally
attorneys for the Salvadorean Com
mercial company despalred of ever
collecting the full amount of the
award from the little republic, and in
1903 a compromise was agreed on
with Salvador and the case is said to
have been settled for about 100000.
Peace Commission.
San Salvador, July 1S.-The peace
commissioners of Salvador are ]. R.
Pacas and Senior Gallegas. They will
go on board the United States cruiser
Marblehead at Acajutla with the COM
missioners of Honduras and proceed
to San Jose, Guatemala, where the
other commissioners will be taken on
board and the party will put to sea
and draw up and sign the treaty of
peace. The body of the Salvadorean
general, Thomas Regalado, who was
killed July II in a battle fought at
Jicaro, Guatemala, arrived at Guate-
mala City in a complete state of de-
composition, making its repatriation
impossible.
Armistice in Force.
Washington, July 1S.-The arms
tice between the warning Central
American republics went into effect
Wednesday, Mr.. MunoZ, the Guate-
malan minister called at the state de-
partment and announced that he was
advised by his government of the Sc
lection of three commissioners and
secretary to represent Guatemala at
the peace conference. They will go
to San Jose, Guatemala, in time to
board the Marblehead, which is ex-
pected to reach there Thursday.
Well Known Riverman.
Wheeling, w. Va, July 1S.-Ben-
jamin F. Goodwin, 81, perhaps the
oldest riverman in this section of the
valley, died here. He was brother
of the famous inventor of mechanical
toys, William Goodwin, who resides
in New Jersey. The Frolic, one of
Captain Goodwin's first boats, was