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TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1911-10-10
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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
LONG STEP FORWARD IN
ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

Washington, July 8.-The prin-
ciple of arbitration of International
disputes, insofar as its application
to the United States and Great Bril-
tain is concerned, has received a pro-
nounced impetus. Secretary Knox
and Ambassador Bryce signed the
first schedule of certain pecuniary
claims existing between the United
States and Great Britain and the
terms of their submission to arbitra-
ton in accordance with the special
agreement signed August 18 last.
Not satisfied with this accomplish
ment for one day, the secretary and
Ambassador Bryce then conferred on
the proposed general arbitration
treaty, which is to supplant, by
broadening its scope, the very con-
vention under which the pecuniary
claims will be arbitrated.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
PEAVY GRAIN COMPANY
SUSPENDS OPERATIONS.

Chicago, July 1.-THE Peavey
Grain Company, of which the late
James Petit was president, an
nounced tonight that the concern
had decided to suspend operations
on the Chicago Board of Trade.
Notes aggregating between ST.
100000 and $1,5OO,0OO which it is
said Mr.. Petit floated on the credit
of the grain concern and which
money he is reported to have lost
in private speculations, were under
consideration at secret conferences
of Chicago and Evanston bankers
yesterday. 1t was said that the COM
pany had promised the bankers 1t
would make good on all of the pa
per which had been given by Petit.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
GRANDMOTHER OF MoNARcHs

1t is curious to think how many
thrones are and will be occupied by
the descendants of the late Queen Vic
toria. In Prussia we have her eldest
grandson. Kaiser Wilhelm; in Norway
reigns her granddaughter. Queen
Maud In Sweden the crown princess
is granddaughter Of the late queen,
and other grandchildren are the Grand
Duke Of Hesse. the Crown Princess Of
Greece, the Empress of Russia, the
Crown Princess of Rumania. the Queen
of Spain. the hereditary Princess OF
Saxe-Meiningen. Among the great.
grandchildren of the late queen are
the German crown prince. the care
witch. tho Prince Of tho Asturias.
Prince George of Greece, the eldest
son Of the crown prince Of that ilk.
Prince Carol Of Rumania. the Grown
Prince Of Norway and Prince Gustav
OF Sweden-no less than seven kings.
and two Of them are heirs Of empires.
In . very short time there will be no
royal family In Europe that ID not de-
scended from Queen Victoria.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14

duce the indications to a total pro-
duction of 63.3 per cent of last years
crop, or 77.3 per cent of the average
for the last five years.
Wheat Not Much Damaged.
Notwithstanding the drought, the
wheat crop, both spring and winter,
will be well up to the average in
total production. 1t is scarcely likely
that the amount of wheat in bushels
will vary great deal from the aver
age of the last five years.
ION general crop conditions the
section of the country which appears
to have been hit the hardest by the
hot weather and the drought is the
tier of states comprising South Da-
kota, Nebraska, Kansas and Okla
homa.''
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
FEET AND SANITY.

Statistics prove that sanity can Be
measured by the feet both in men
and women, but the rules for the two
sexes are the inverse of one another.
In the Paris Academy Of Sciences M.
Edmond Perrier read q report by
Messrs. A. Marie and MacAuliffe.
which appears conclusive. Sane men
have large feet, and sane women small
feet Conversely, beware of the small
footed male and the large-footed fe-
male Out of 100 normal men, &C.
cording to the report, Is have small
feet, and out of 100 insane men only
"a have large feet. The proportions
for women are almost exactly re-
versed. Twenty-three sane women
Of 100 have large feet. and. on the
contrary, only Is per cent Of mad
women have small feet. The ancient
popular opinion that small foot is
a beauty In women Is thus proved
sound. Even the Chinese may be
justified II, by reducing a woman's
foot. you may increase her sanity.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
SUBSTITUTES FOR MATCHES.

A pocket lighting device Is exten.
sively used in France by smokers in
preference to matches. which are ex.
pensive in that country, their manu-
facture and sale. like tobacco. being
entirely monopolized by the govern
ment. The most popular lighter is
nickle-plated box. containing a res
ervoir, Allied with gasoline or BEN
zine, communicating with a wick at
the top. BY pressing button the
lid opens. producing a fame by the
friction caused by small wheel COM
Ing in contact with a piece of fer
rocerium. Most of these devices were
made In Germany. One lighter will
suffice for $500 ignitions without re-
newing the interior parts. These
lighters became so popular that the
government has decided to permit
their manufacture and sale in France
under very strict regulations.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
ILLNESS OF ELEPHANTS AND
BEES.

Elephants are known to suffer with
rheumatism and levers. boa construct
ors have collie and toothache. and the
little honey leo is subject to diseases
caused by bacilli which at times reach
the virulence Of a plague. When an
elephant is Ill the keeper In charge
mixes up pail Of medicated water or
inserts the proper medicines in ap.
pies, and the mammoth eats his way
to recovery or fails in the effort.
Snakes are put on low diet-water
and air-for month or two, and they
likewise wriggle themselves back to
health or curl up in preparation for
transportation to the reptilian here
after. But with the bee pills. po-
tons and plasters will not do. 1t can.
not be fed with a spoon or undergo
electrical massage.
The British Beekeepers' association
is just now fighting the scourge
among it's untold millions of honey
producers The disease has made
such rapid Roadway that the supply
of honey will be greatly reduced II
is supposed to have been introduced
into Great Britain from warmer and
drier continental countries. To check
1t bees are being reared in the coolest
and dampest parts of England. Those
that survive possess a hardness
which makes them ADLER to resist the
diseases which affect bees of less
vigOr
The American bee is, generally
speaking, healthy insect, and Ameri
can honey is not surpassed by any In
the world.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14

Spokane, Wash, July Islands
in arid and semi-humid districts,
made marvelously productive by ir-
rigation, which have lapsed after a
few years of cultivation, due princi-
pally to accumulations of alkali in
| the soils as the result of the excss-
sive use of water, can be successful
ly reclaimed by drainage or leach
ing process, according to Stephen o.
Jayne of Spokane, irrigation expert
for the United States Reclamation
Service, who thus sets forth his
views after an exhaustive study of
the subject:
In the arid districts alkali is liza
BILE to occur wherever the water table
or standing water is found within a
few feet of the surface permitting
OF It's rise by capillary attraction and
rapid evaporation. There appears to
be considerable alkali in most of the
arid soils. and, being form of salt,
1t is soluble in water. The water,
rising through the soil by capillary
action, brings the alkali to the sur
face in solution.
AT the surface of the soil the
water is evaporated and the salt is
left behind. The longer the process
goes on the thicker the alkali crust
becomes or the greater the percent
age of salt in the upper portion of
soil. After time the concentration
of alkali will become so great that
even the most resistent plants will
be killed.
"The water plane occurs natuaral-
ly near the surface of the soil in
some places, but in many of the ir-
rigated districts water may now be
found within few feet of the top
OF ground, or actually covering it,
where before the advent of irrigation
water could not have been obtained
in wells even at great depths.
''This rise in the ground and re-
I'sultant injury from alkali is directly
due in most instances to excessive
ton without due knowledge or re-
gard for the actual crop require
ments, as has been clearly shown by
irrigation investigation of the
/ United States department of agricul-
i ture.
"Once the conditions has arisen,
however, and the land rendered
valueless for crop production, either
from natural or unnatural causes.
the thing to do is apply remedy,
if there is one. and for this problem
the remedy is drainage. The alkali
comes by water, and by water it can
be taken away. In coming it rises
and in going it must go down.
'The first step then in the recla-
nation of alkali lands is to provide
thorough drainage, and if the recla-
nation is to be effective and per
manent the drains must be put deep,
because the water table or plane of
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
onloiN or ms CALENDAR.

the Julian year consisted Of 366E
days and exceeded by II minutes 1896
seconds the solar year Of 365 days. 8
hours, 4S minutes. IS seconds. In con-
sequence Of this the equinox In the
course OF . few centuries bell back
considerably In the time, OF Julius
Caesar It corresponded to March Is.
and by the sixteenth century It had
retrograded to March IL. 1t was at
this time that physician Of verona
named Ghiraldi proposed plan for
amending the calendar. He died be-
lore he had opportunity to carry it
forward. but his brother presented it
to Pope Gregory Kill. who assembled
number Of learned men to discuss
1t. 1t was passed upon favorably and
adopted. and thus was given to the
world what has since been known a
the Gregorian calendar. In 1882 Greg.
DRY issued brief abolishing the
Julian calendar in all Catholic coun-
tries and Introducing the reformed
enc.
The reform Of the Gregorian or new
on the Julian or old consisted In drop
ping ten days after October 4. 1852. 30
tnat the 18th was reckoned imme-
diately after the 4th. Every one hun
dredth year. which by the old style
was leap year, was to be a com.
mon year. the fourth century. divisible
oy Tour. excepted; that is: 1900 was to
remain leap year. but 100. 1900, 1900
were not to be reckoned as such. while
zOO0 Is to be so reckoned. In this
calendar the length of the solar year
IS taken to be 365 days. hours. ~
minutes and IL seconds, the differ
ence between which and the true
length is immaterial.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
THE CHINESE "YANkEE."

The Chinese are said to have invent
ed spectacles as well as to have been
the originators Of the chief of all arts,
printing. the mariners compass. pc
culiar stoves. chain bridges. silver
forks, India ink. chain pumps. winnow-
ing machines. and. sad to say. It IL
charged that instead Of wooden hams
originating in Connecticut they are
also monuments of Chinese ingenuity.
and one writer long ago said. referring
to the wooden products. they are so
adroitly constructed that numerous
buyers are constantly deceived. and
frequently 1t is not until one is boiled
and ready to be eaten that 1t is dis
covered to be nothing but large
piece Of wood under a hogs skin"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
PRELIMINARY VICTORY FOR
DYNAMITE PROSECUTION

Los Angeles, July S.-A prelimi-
nary victory was won by the prose-
cution in the case of John J. Nc
Namara, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the
International Association of Bridge
& Structural Iron Workers. Judge
Walter Bordwell sustained the OBJ
lection to the plea of no jurisdiction
introduced in behalf of the alleged
dynamite conspirators by his attor-
ney.
In handing down his ruling, Judge
Bordwell said that the Los Angeles
courts have jurisdiction over the
pending trial of Mcnamara on nine
teen charges of murder. The judges
declared that the contention of the
defense that when man was extra
d1ted upon one-he could not be
tried upon another, had no applica-
ton so far as extradjtion from one
state to another was concerned.
AS to the allegations that extradi-
ton had been accomplished by ir-
regularities, or what the defense
termed fraud Judge Bordwell
said that the court was not to de-
eide anything because of sentiment
or emotion, but upon questions OF
law, and that It was not his province
to enter into questions of how q
prisoner was brought into the juris-
diction of his court, but to try him
after he arrived there. The al
legged fraud, the court said, had no
effect upon the principle involved.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
DENMARk's FLAG.

The flag Of Denmark, plain red
banner bearing on it white cross.
Is the oldest nag now In existence.
For over 300 years both Norway and
Sweden were united with Denmark
under this flag. In the year 1919 King
Waldensar Of Denmark. when leading
his troops to battle against the Livon-
ians. saw or thought he saw q bright
light in the form Of cross In the sky.
He held this appearance to be prom
ise Of divine aid. and pressed forward
to victory. From this time he had
the cross placed on the nag Of his
country. and called It tho Daunebrog,
that IL. the strength Of Denmark
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
HOW NANTUCKET SHAKES ITS
THIRST.

There isn't stream or q brook In
the island of Nantucket. OF the New
England coast. but there are plenty Of
windmills. which pump water to tanks
and thus supply community needs.
Also. Nantucket possesses what IL be-
lieved to be the oldest windmill for
grinding corn in actual operation in
America. Nathan Wilbur. q Nan
tucket sailor. who had seen the busy
windmills Of Holland. As he sailed
abroad. built It out Of timbers Of
wrecked ships in 1746. There has
never been day in all the 165 years
since that time when the mill has not
been busy. There IL always q wind
to turn its outstretched wings.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
CROPS HARD HIT BY
DROUTH
FEEDSTUFFS, OATS AND HAY
IN PRAIRIE STATES
SUFFER.
Less Than TwO-thirds of Normal
Crop of Hay and Not More Than
p Per Cent of Usual Dat Crop
Wheat Not So Much Damaged.

Washington, July 10.-"Hot, dry
weather-drought-has played some
thing akin to havoc with the crop
condition during last MONTH" was
the statement made today by Prof
N. C. Murray, acting chief of the
crop reporting board of the depart
ment of agriculture, after the an
nouncement of the July report on
grain and produce. T.
Feedstuffs, Oats and Hay Suffer.
"Feedstuff, oats and hay seem to
have been hardest hit. Less than
two-thirds of a normal crop of hay
is expected and the oats crop proba-
bly, will be more than 25 per cent
less than last years crop, and about
~ per cent less than the average
for the last five years.
3The corn acreage is the largest
ever recorded, but the condition OF
the crop is about z per cent below
the average That indicates a pro-
duction of approximately per cent
less than last years record crop, but
nearly per cent more than the
average production in the last five
years. The condition of the corn
crop on July 1, however. was critical.
Potato Crop Short.
s'The potato crop promises to be
unusually short. The acreage has
fallen OF, probably on account of un-
satisfactory prices last year, and the
condition of the crop is lower than
at any time on July l in the last
twenty-five years. Almost sensa-
tional advance In the price of pota-
toes had been made during the last
month. The average price on July
1 was S6.S cents bushel.
"Owing to the dificulty in the set
ting out of tobacco plants. the acre
age has been reduced % per cent
from that Of last year. The low
condition, together with the short
age Of acreage, have combined to re-
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
The Reclamation Of Alkai Lands
Stephen O. Jayne, Irrigation Expert Reclamation
Service, Outlines Method for Its Accomplishment

standing water must be kept so 10"
that very little or no water will rise
to the surface by capillarity TO De
evaporated.
These drains may be open
bitches, or wooden boxes or tile may
be used and covered. In most OF
the very fine soils the depth of open
bitches or drains of whatever ma
ture sohuld be seven or eight 1eet
at least.
"Afer the drains are supplied, the
next thing is to irrigate the lanoS
very heavily, either by flooding or
other methods, SO as to force large
quantities of water down through
the soil and out of the drains. In
going down and out the alkai1 Is
carried away in solution reversing
the process by which it came.
''The length of time required 70
wash out the alkali in this way VIII
depend largely on how strongly the
salt has become concentrated, and
also upon the texture of the SOIL
which affects percolation through 1t.
On light sandy lands the teaching
process can be carried on much more
rapidly than on heavy adobe soils,
and a gravel subsoil is much more
favorable for this work than one OF
clay or hardpan. In some places II
has even been found necessary to
use dynamite to break up hardpan
strata so that the water could get
through.
after the alkali has been leached
out of the soil, heavy applications of
stable manure will be found very
beneficial by way of improving it's
physical condition. for the caustic
action of the alkali destroys the
soil humus, and the teaching also OF
necessity carries away essential plant
foods which the manure will, in a
measure, replace.
cit has been demonstrated beyond
question that alkali lands can be
SUCCESSFULLY reclaimed by drainage
and teaching in the manner de-
scribed, and many attempts at re-
clamation have failed, due to lack
of understanding the fundamental
principles of drainage involving the
problem of alkali. No one can af-
ford. therefore, to undertake work
of this nature on an extensive scale
without first making careful study
of the problem, and in this connec-
ton the information supplied by
publications of the United States de-
partment of agriculture will be
found invaluable.
while reclamation of such lands
is possible, as rule it is not easy
or cheap. And. as in the irrigated
districts an intelligent or proper use
of water would make such drainage
and reclamation unnecessary, 1t
should be remembered that AN ounce
of prevention is worth a pound of
cure.''
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
To segregate Bright Pupils.

New Britain, Conn.,, July 10.-If
the plans of the superintendent of
the local schools are carried out, the
brighter pupils hereafter will work
in a division by themselves and will
be allowed to push ahead as fast as
they wish, unhampered by the duller
wits OF their less competent COM
rades. The scheme will also give the
instructors chance to spend more
time on the backward pupils.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
SWISS FUNERAL CUSTOMS.

Swiss funeral customs are most Pc
culiar. At the death of q person the
family inserts q formal. black-edged
announcement in the papers asking
for sympathy. and stating that the
mourning urn" will be exhibited dur
ing certain hours on special day. In
front Of the house where the person
died there IL placed little black Ia
BILE covered with black cloth, on
which stands a black jar. Into this
the friends and acquaintances Of the
family drop little black-margined vis-
iting cards. sometimes with a few
words Of sympathy on them. The urn
is put on the table on the day Of the
funeral. Only men ever go to the
churchyard. and they generally follow
the hearse on foot.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
NAVAL BOARD WILL
INSPECT MAINE
EXPERTS WILL ATTEMPT TO
DISCOVER CAUSE OF
DESTRUCTION.
According to Chief Engineer Bixby
Progress Of Work So Far Has Re-
yealed Nothing As to the Origin Of
Explosion of Magazines-Real
Cause May Never Be Known.

Washington, July ga board
of naval officers, experts in explosives
is being selected by the navy depart
ment to study the hull of the battle
ship Maine, in Havana harbor, as the
water is pumped from the coiferdam
now surrounding the wreck.
Because of the necessarily slow
progress of the work, weeks probably
will elapse before the experts will
be able to inspect the keel of the
former warship, but the board will
go to Havana as soon as its person
mel is made known and will remain
with the work until it is finished.
Naval Officers Confident.
The navy department officers are
confident that the examination will
prove the correctness of the Samp-
son board, which decided that the ex-
plosion which sank the Maine was
caused by torpedo or mine; that
the explosion of the ships magazine
followed.
In view of the renewed interest
attaching to the actual cause of the
destruction of the Maine, Gen. w. H.
Bixby, chief of engineers, who has
just returned from Havana, has is
sued the following signed statement:
Nothing Known Yet.
''The work of unwatering the
Maine so far proves nothing as to
origin of the explosion of the maya
zines, but already shows such extern
sive destruction of the forward part
of the boat that it is quite probable
that fuller unwatering will fail to
give any proofs either way as to the
origin of such explosions. I have SO
far made no reports or statements as
to the origin of the explosion"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1911-07-14
Washington Coal for Transport.

Washington, July S.-The Car
bon Hill Coal Company, Of Seattle,
has been awarded the contract to
furnish the cableship Burnside and
transport Dix with coal for six fiscal
years. The war department at first
was inclined to give the contract to
British Columbia concern ofIerinG
Canadian fuel, but upon : strone
representation by the Carbon Hill
Company 1t has been decided to use
Washington coal.