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New-York tribune., 1906-04-15

A. he peace conference OF Ths Hs que has
been compelled 10 yield the pas" TO the Geneva
convention and has been postponed lest Il should
conflict with the congress At Berne on June -
next, II may be well TO explain the relation
OF these two great international meetings 20
each other. The primary object which the
President Of the United States had in view when
he first suggested a year or more ago the or
gauizstion Of another peace conference at The
Hague was the extension of the principle Of
arbitration as the most effective safeguard
against the strife OF nations. But IL is already
apparent that when the meeting takes place.
perhaps late IN the fall or mere probably next
year, its entire time and energies will bs de-
voted 10 the discussion Of the laws Of war and
to the modification and extension of the inter
national agreements upon the subject OF neu-
trality contra band, the maintenance Of interned
troops and the belligerent status OF the regular
armed forces. In short, the conference OF peace
Will be 10 all intcnts and purposes one OF
war
On the other hand. the congress which as
sembles at Bsrne IN June has for its object the
revision OF the so-cslIed Geneva Convention
The latter is the name given TO agreement
ot the various civilized powers for the purpose
or ameliorating the condition Of the sick and
-ounded in time OF The credit for its
origin belongs 20 a Swiss physician, Dr.
Dunant, who. Mortified by the frghtful scenes
which he had witnessed on the battlefield OF
solterino in 1859 due 10 lack OF proper care
Of the wounded took up the idea Of the neutrAli-
zation OF the military hospitals and anbulancss
Aided by his friend. ". Moynier president or
the Society Of Public Utility at Geneva. he
formed associations all over Europe for the pur-
pose OF agitation I'm favor OF the scheme and
finally aroused popular sentiment TO such de-
9ree that the various governments were forced
70 consent - au international conference az
Geneva i1 1864
The representatives oe the powers met there
unde- the presidency OF old General Dufour'
ihe generalissinlo OF the swiss army and drew up
~ Agreement providing for the neutrality OF
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ATHLETES AT ATHENS.
Some of the .H0ndicaps the Ameri-
cans VIII Haze to Confront.

Those who are counting with certainty on the
American team OF athletes which will compete at
Athens returning to this country with the OIyrn
Pic championship failing duly to reckon ths
handicaps confronting the aggregation in the
TASK IL mas undertaken The selection Of teams
OF hrty and sixty men to represent England
and France and Of teams Of almost as great
numbers from other European countries may
orlnS the Yankee enthusiast to some realizing
sense of his expectation We're the events con-
hned to the usual programmes contested in
America 1t might be another matter but there
are so many contests that are strange TO Anleri-
cans ana so many IN which this country win not
compete at ALL to say nothing OF the compare
tively small representation which 1t necessarily
has, that to win the championship is a herculean
task That the team sent abroad will give an
excellent account of itself is undoubted. If it
wins the hrst honor 1t VIII have accomplished a
wonderful thing
Even in the events in which America usually
coLnpetes strong opposition will be met with. 1t
Will be lucky indeed to win any OF The runs,
except the two short races. The weights seem
safe, but there is no certainty about any oe the
jumps, While in the swimming only does the
team appear 10 have a sure thing. Daniels IS
so much superior to any man who has been
SWIMMING that he seems certain to have no
trouble IN winning any Of the three races IL he
is IN anything like form, although in De Hal
may. the Hungarian sprint swimmer, he has a
first class competitor.
Taking the events In which America will be
represented. there worthy contestants in
nearly all. In the spr1nts there will be Nigel
Barker. of Australia, who Is a sprinter of the
top notch His double defeat of Dursey I'm
Australia last year attests his caIibre though
he is likely to fall by the waystde because of
climatic differences any other foreigner If
the American sprinters can reach their tor
speed, even Barker's best may not avail him for
there are those in this country who firmly be-
ueve that Billy Schicll is the equal OF Duffey
at best and more courageous competitor.
No European nation IS in the same class with
hH hes
Of them being far behind American figures
| Malfait, the French champion. has never bet
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ambulances and military hospitals well az
OF the members OF their STAFF that in addition
to the flags Of their nation the hospitals and
ambulances should carry distinctive and uni
form flag, showing a red cross on 4 white ground.
the members Of tho medical STAFF wearing an
arm badge Of the same description; further, that
wounded prisoners should, when able 70 travel.
be sent back 10 their country on condition
OF not bearing arms during the remainder Of
the war, and that the presence Of sick and
wounded soldiers IN a house should be counted
TO il as a protection. Moreover II arranged
TO grant official recognition and free scope so
far as the exigencies OF war permitted TO repu-
table societies formed for the purpose Of miti-
eating and relieving the sufferlngs Of the dying
and the wounded in war. and it is thanks to
this that Red Cross societies owing their ex-
istence TO popular charity. exist in every civil
ized country under the auspices OF IT'S govern
ment and under the active patronage OF It's
ruler. The emblem of these societies is the
that adopted by the signatory powers
OF the Geneva Convention for ambulance and
hospital service. namely. the red cross the
white ground, and can only he used with the
authority OF the government Of the country In
which the society is situated. The Red Cross
societies Of the various countries, while separate
and Independent units, nevertheless all in
accord and communication with another.
ana Ihal IN Inc Chlted states III addIIloh to
affording relief TO the sick and wounded in war,
likewise includes within the scope OF It's opera
tions the relief OF the sufferers from great Gala
mites. such as famine pestilence. food and fire.
The original signers OF the Convention OF
Geneva Of 1864 were Switzerland, France Eng
land Germany. Sweden. Austria Russia and
Turkey. Rumania Joined the convention in 1874.
the United States only in 1882 and Japan in
1886. Portugal, Mexico and Brazil have not yet
specifically announced their adherence TO the
convention. But inasmuch The Hague con-.
ference of 1899, in Article 81 of it's convention
for the regulation Of the laws Of land warfare
expressly imposed the Geneva convention upon
oil of its signatorfes, the three powers IN Ques-
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endeavor VIII be made to secure the immunity
from capture harm OF vessels containing sick
and wounded exclusively and not laden with
contraband OF war, and 1t is proposed that when
2 ship OF this kind is overhaulad by one OF the
eueuy's cruisers and the visit of the command
ers noted in the logbook OF the trading vessel
the entry shall have the effect OF rendering those
on board incapable of bearing arms during the
remainder OF the war. 1t is also proposed that
surgeons belonging 10 captured vessel shall
be obliged to give their assistance during the
removal Of the wounded and until II Is COM
pleted Them too, there is the question OF deal
ing with hospital ships which get into the range
of fire and the necessity OF devtsfng means OF
preventing abuses by these floating aInbulances
in the way Of scouting. conveying dispatches
and carrying armed men and military supplies.
AS stated above. the peace conference at The
Hague In 1899 dealt with some Of the more
elementary problems OF the care OF the wounded
IN naval warfare, but left the matter In ex-
treInely unsatisfactory condition, and it may be
hoped that the forthcoming congress at Berne
viii devote Itself exclusively 70 the task OF bring
ing the Geneva convention Of 1864 up to date
and rendering It applicable TO well as to
land. leaving the elaboration Of the new laws
OF war TO the misnansd peace conference which
IS TO follow IN its wake Ex-ATTACHE.
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Relation of the Congress of Berne to the Hague Con
vention which 1t Has Side Tracked. Ex-
planned by Ex-Atache.

sphere of the original Geneva convention. as
10 render It applicable 10 tho conditions OF the
present time. The urgent necessity for this was
rendered apparent in the South African war; on
the occasion of the international expedition TO
Pekng and in the recent struggle between
Russia and Japan. That Is why the various
powers are attaching much Importance to the
congress which is to meet June Is in the
Swiss capital for the first real revision OF the
Geneva convention.
Aside from other considerations tho meeting
at Berne is certain to simplify the work OF the
subsequent peace conferences. For IN the first
place 1t viii cover ground that would otherwise
be assuredIy traversed by the peace conference
1t viii relieve the latter of all the expenditure
of time and trouble that would be entailed by the
consideration of questions relating to the care
of the sick and wounded in time Of war. and 1t
will also be in a position to pass resolutions
bringing to the attention OF the peace confer
ence questions that appear to require action at
the latters hands How close is the relation
between the Berne congress for the revision of
the Geneva convention and the subsequent
peace conference is best shown by the fact that
the United States like most other governments
has considered Il advisable that the naval and
military experts whom It has assigned TO attend
the convention at Berne should likewise repre-
sent it later on at the subsequent peace con-
gress. Inasmuch the work at Berne Is hardly
likely to be completed before the end or July II
is obviously out of the question for the delegates
in question to attend any peace conference at
The Hague during the course of that month
One of the principal matters which will en-
gage the congress at Berne will be the applica-
ton of the principles of she Geneva convention
to the special conditions Of naval warfare. An
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tion may be regarded as virtually bound by its
tcrma
-Four years after tho meeting OF the first
Geneva convention supplementary conventions
were held at Geneva in October. 1868 and at
s. Petersburg In the following December. with
tho idea OF extending tho provisions Of the
Geneva convention from warfare on land war
at sea. But owing to the attempt made by
certain OF the powers to introduce resolutions
entirely foreign To the OF the sick and
wounded, and calculated 10 restrict the opera
tions OF naval warfare and the uso Of certain
armaments. they failed to accomplish anything
beyond an exchange Of views. Indeed. the
United States declined TO take any part in the
conventions OF 1868. and Great Britain refused
to accede to the declaration which represented
the sum total Of the labors of these two con-
crosses. The Geneva convention was again made
the pretext for international conference at
Brussels in 1874. But instead OF occupying itse;t
with the question Of the wounded. 1t devoted
itself TO a discussion Of the laws OF war. with
results quite as desultory and unsatisfactory
those Of the congresses of 1868 at Geneva and
at ST Petersburg
At The Hague Peace Conference certain Of
the features of the Geneva convention came up
for debate But beyond imposing the terms OF
the original Geneva convention upon the sigma
tory powers Of the treaties embodying the re-
suits of the peace conference nothing was done
with regard to its modification. in fact, there
has virtually been revision of the Geneva
convention since its creation nearly half CEN
tury ago.
So great. however, have been the changes of
the last four decades in all matters pertaining
TO armed conflicts at sea and on land that IL
has become absolutely necessary to develop the
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named LG5agghn who on his ts!Ed trip dOEa
efforts to rescue others, himself met death.
Intensely dramatic are the ends OF many OF
the heroes who present themselves at these pit
calamities. Rescued men and even boys have
been known to rush back to the aid OF comrades
thew thought they could help and perish in
the attempt At Scodeld, Utah May Day
1900 William Clark a young miner on hearing
that his brothers vera inlInured In a. certain
passageway, first broke into tears and then,
casting Off his coat started in 70 hack his way
TO them. few minutes later he was brought
out dead. at which eliminating afiction sister
who witnessed the bringing OF his body 70 the
surface also expired the spot, the physicians
said from q broken heart.
The first Of the rescue party TO enter the
Harwich Mine. at CheSwiclS. Penn, after the
explosion In January, 1904. when 1S4 men were
entombed, mining engineer named Taylor.
-Four others went down Immediately after him.
one OF these, named Harvarth, was almost in
Taylor dispatched him to the surface in the
bucket by means Of which all had made the
descent. Tom Wood. another OF the party, was
the next 20 be hauled TO the surface, and the
only one alive. Other rescuers went down. and
after working desperately al night, there came
a signal from them, Hoist above" The bucket
contained the dead body OF the intrepid TAYLOR
Miners and especially colliery managers" OBJ
served one with long experience OF both.
ways appeared 70 me that. despite his rough
and toctnd air, there IS something tndefnably
miner, the longer his experiences N the mine tho
aooentuated the expression He Is emo
tonal to an extent that few unacquainteS with
him would suspect 7 have my own theory as
to this nervous strain IN his makeup, and T
honor him for it. II induces me. also, to regard
indulgently his frequent lapses from the path
OF temperance. Every day of his life he is in
startling touch with one at least OF the eternal
veritIes and he must be a clod indeed who could
be fnsensible TO this all the tirne
Think OF IT. in North America alone. from
1891 to 1900. over ten thousand lives were lose
IN this calling. The year 1902 was particu-
larly disastrous one. with its death roll OF l. T49
a proportion Of S52 to every 1000 men en-
turned out. but at what a cost! And now the
miner is striking again. Well, he was always a.
lover OF desperate diversion. But then. again. fc
must be remembered that there are millions OF
who would not 90 his work at any price.
And the miner Is aware OF the fact"
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COAL MINE HEROISM.
Continued from second page.

sional moan being the only evidence that life
was in them. The task OF their transfer to the
foot of the shaft was heavy one. For a quar-
ter OF a mile the rescuers had TO carry their
burdens along passageways SO choked with de-
bris that they could at time stand upright
and often had to crawl on all fours.
Some six days after the catastrophe at the
Johnstown collery an explosion in which thirty
four were killed took place at the Daly West
Mine, Utah. 1t was caused. as many OF the
most terrible explosions have been caused by
the careleSsness of one of the miners. This man
was seen TO enter the magazine several times
in course of the day with a lighted pipe IN his
mouth The last time he entered cost him his
life and, unfortunately, brought swift and awful
death 10 over thirty of his fellow workmen. II
sxacted the life, too Indirectly Of brave fellow
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ments. He says that he has proved by experiment.
made on steer that bra n action is an electrical
phenomenon. His apparatus consisted OF two
sttasinnIn electrodes conpected with long copper
MIre running TO extremely sensitive galvanouersrs
The electrodes Inserted in two Iobes Of the
orain OF q lying steer. After the first culver
fcaused by the insertion OF the platinum points tbs
animal lay quiet and yer the needle OF the gavano-
Rleteg was detected four points on the scale ana
reInained so for nearly six minutes Upon fIIrther
sSton BY the operator Immediately the needle de-
uected nineteen points in tho same direction Then
tfe needle gradually returned to the normal posi-
uon In: Atkins has previously demonstrated that
eectrc rorce is developed in the lungs and hearts
oI stInaIs and he argues that the mysteries OF
eleotC1cel acttOn.-ChiCago Tribune -s ~ W
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ing. straining 10 get our boats along, while the
mesquite thorns got in their work
And the Soy Of IL was increased night came
on. wo were sim IN the thick Of Il. No place TO
camp Not a sign Of dry bank anywhere. There
was nothing for It but 20 stop IN the FIRST break
big enough three boats TO be tied side by side,
for misery loves and needs company; and eating
our cold supper. scratched from top toe. wet
through muddy bedrazgled and wretched in ap-
pearance, our Joy added 70 by a heavy
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downpour or rain Physically we were 80 rnissr-
ablo that Il made us laugh.
II was four times worse next morning than ~
had been tho preceding day Hour after hour We
toiled along. up 20 the waist in water. chopptng
cutting. pushing. pulling and getting soratohed
Mainly the latter Several times We had cut
down mesquite trees that completely blocked
way and never knew before how hard IL TO
cut down tree below tho waterlino. For. OF
course. iS the stump left high enough 20 pre-
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tered Il seconds for the 100 metres; DIebold
the German. has made II seconds for the dis
tance, and Mezo the Hungarian, 10 lilo seconds
for 100 yards. Norton the English runner. the
best OF the lot. Is not entered. according 70 the
announced selection Of tho English team a fact
for which Yankee enthusiasts ought 70 be duly
grateful.
record than any of the foreign runners. The
English contingent is by far the best. end good
enough not TO be held lightly. Hulman IN form
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~ George Wharton James.
Copyright 1903. by tn,

The channel OF the Colorado below Yuma
takes "A noTthwcsterly course while the chan
mel II formerly occupied IS nearly duo south The
Salton Sea, sink, Is lower than sea level. This
basin IS surrounded by mountains three sides.
and the fourth south side. by a wall of
sedimeutaTy deposit which rises forty feet above
sea level! In an attempt 70 irrigats this great
basin canal cut through ths bank Of sedi-
ment IN order TO draw of water from tho Colo
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Tado. But the river swollen by food rushed
through the canal with such force 70 enlarge
II sqttioientiy to empty nearly the entire volume
Of the Colorado into tha basin This has been
going for years now. defyiug all efforts 70
stop - Great loss has already been inflicted by
the uurdatl0n Of property, and the end IS not yet
There is no outlet for the Salton Sea, and the old
ana deserted channel of tho Colorado IS becoming
filled up with sediment.
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BRAIN AN ELECTRIC MOTOR
The brain as an electric motor Is the theme OF
Dr. Albert B. Atkins. OF San Francisco-s preach
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vent our boats going them we might as we'll
have lsSt the trees standing
Hour after hour It kept VI. until at last peace
reigned within. FOR Wa were back aguin IN the
main current and channel,
In my next letter 1 shall tell how W. ran the
rapids Of the Alamo and nearly swamped IN
the SaltOn Sea
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-11-08
Making Good Use of cindsrs.

The street railway operating plant
of Portland, Ore, which employs
sawmill refuse as fuel, has adopted a
cinder-separating plant with great
success, A powerful draft from a
steel fan forces the furnace smoke
through a steel plate flue into a ver-
tical steel cylinder 80 feet in diane
ter, The bottom is a cone-shaped
hopper for receiving the cinders, while
the smoke, after losing its velocity,
slowly emerges through an aperture
at the top. AS the gases lose velocity
the cinders, being heavier, drop into
the hopper whence they are conveyed
back to the furnaces to be completely
burned Besides abating the nuisance
the boiler economy is increased.
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HAS NOT SPOKEN TO ONE FOR
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
WAS DISAPPOINTED In LOVE
Father Ordered Her Fance from the
House, and Daughter Has Not
Spoken to Hin ~ Other
Man Since.

New York.-The vow taken by the
beautiful Caroline Osborne 25 years
ago, when stern father forbade her
marriage to her betrothed, that she
would never look upon or speak to
"a man again, has been kept so re-
ligiously all these years that the few
remaining people of the once pros
porous village of Bakerville, in the
Litchfield hills, near Waterbury,
Conn, no longer regard her with Gu
riosity. They have come to respect
the sad consistency of the recluse,
whose beauty has slowly withered
under the blighting influence of her
great disappointment.
They say In Bakersville that Cal
He Osborne, as she is known, will
go to the grave without taking the
slightest notice of the existence of
the father whose opposition to her
marriage scared her soul and caused
her to renounce the world. He passed
from her life that fateful Christmas
eve a quarter of a century ago, when,
In terrible anger he ordered her
sweetheart, Arthur Lumpkins, from
his door, and told him never to seek
his daughter again.
Albert Osborne, the father is now
76 years old, and If he has ever re.
gretted the act he has not given
sign of 1t to his neighbors The
daughter lives with the father. but
In separate apartments. When she
appears on the strteet she is always
yelled and hooded. She never looks
at man, and the times she has
spoken to her girlhood women friends
can be numbered
More than so years ago Albert Os-
borne married Caroline Baker, the
second daughter of Anthony Baker
then the richest man in Bakersville,
and the son of Scot Baker, who about
100 years ago founded the hamlet
which bears his name. Upon the
death of Anthony Baker his daughter
Inherited most of his wealth.
To the Osbornes was born daugh-
ter, who was christened with her
mothers given name. Caroline. Three
years after the baby came Mrs. Os-
borne died. The mother left her for
tune in trust for the daughter.
Thus 1t was that Caroline Osborne
became In later years the heiress
whose hand and heart were sought
by the eligible swains of the neighbor-
hood. Early she gave promise of
beauty, and as she blossomed into
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1906-11-08
A Quaker Whisky Cure,

William Penn was once urging a
man he knew to stop drinking to ex.
cess, when the man suddenly asked:
Can you tell me of an easy way to
do it?"
Yes" replied Penn, readily, "it is
just as easy as to open thy hand,
friend"
Convince me of that" the man ex.
claimed, "and | will promise upon my
honor to do as you tell me-"
We'll, my friend" Penn answered,
whenever thee finds a glass of liquor
In thy hand open that hand before the
glass touches thy lips, and thee will
never drink to excess again"
The man was so struck by the sim
plicity of the great Quaker's advice
that he followed it and reformed
Ladies Home Journal
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around premises when game chickens
have once learned to kill and devour
them.
He Is the owner of a game rooster
that has taught mice killing to brood
Of about so game chickens. Where
the rooster acquired this knowledge
Mr.. Ramsey does not know He was
first apprized of it by finding the roos-
ter almost choked to death as the
result of trying to swallow a mouse
that was too large for his throat.
Following this discovery he watched
the chickens more closely. AS the
young ones grew up they acquired
taste for mice, and now they are all
wonderfully expert in catching these
little rodents. and hunt for then with