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The chronicle=news., 1912-11-16
AR NJ IS T|CE IS
ARRANGED,
PEACE IS
NEAR
The Turks Realize that
Further Opposition
is Useless
MUST QUIT EUROPE

London. Nov. lG.-Thc situation
as regards the dispute OF Scrvia aud
Austria over the formers demand for
an AdriatIc seaport Is again consId-
cred very serious. There is reason To
believe. say belgrade dispatches.
that the S"ryiau government VIII no,
submit a satisfactory reply to the
Austrian representation OF the sub
Icct, though II has not positively re-
Jcc,cd them.
More III feeling between the two
countries became evident today when
the Scrvlan minister presented to
the Vienna government an official
complaint. that the Austrian consul
at rrlrzcnn fired from the top OF his
house at S"rViHn troops when they
captured tn" town.
II iS believed In Vienna that the
consul was defending ZONE Aiban-
isns. II number of whom are alleged
to have been shot by the Scryians for
conccnllrE arms aui abusing Ser
vIan soldiers.
The chronicle=news., 1912-11-16
THE WEATHER
PHILOSOPHICAL PHEtX SAYS

"Trinidad's tn
town { tic to.
Even tn Ration
papers know 1t
now. We knew 1t
all along"
The chronicle=news., 1912-11-16

CONTINUED on page eight.
The chronicle=news., 1912-11-16

What's the news" from your
favorlte store? You couldn't tell
without reading today's advertise
ment In The Chronicle-News OF
that store!
The chronicle=news., 1912-11-16
JURY UNABLE TO AGREE

CONTINUED on page eight.
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02
DECORATED HIS SHIP.
Sir John Had Little Paint and a Fine
Sense of Humor.


1t is not often the administration of
England's naval affairs is attended
with any humorous features, but on
one occasion at least an officer Of the
royal navy contributed quantity TO the
archives of the admiralty.
Once, before the days of steel ships,
the allowance of paint in the royal
navy was very small, and sometimes
the officers had to pay large sums in
order that their ships might maintain
a decent appearance. Sir John PhilH-
more resorted to a funny expedient
either to soften the heart of the navy
board or, if that proved impossible,
to express his opinion. He painted one
side of his yellow frigate black and
white and used the rest of the black
paint in printing on the other side in
large letters, NO more paint.'
The navy board wrote to call his
attention TO the impTOpriety OF his
conduct and signed themselves, as
they did officially, Your affectiOnate
friendss Sir John made. repx that
he could not obIiterate the objection
able letters unless he were given more
paint and signed himself. in turn,
Your affectionate friend, John PhilIi-
more"
The naval authorities, then called his
attention to the impropriety of the
signature, to which Sir John respond
ed. acknowledging the letter, stating
he regretted that the paint had not
been sent and ending. 81 am no longer
your ahectionare friend, John Philli-
more"
His frigate waS permitted to retain
her original yellow. and thus the
navy board punished Sir Johns i'm
Dertinence
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02
NAVAL GUN POINTERS.
Introduction of the Telescope Sight
and Crossbar Has Worked For
Greater Efficiency.

Perhaps very few outside Of the
service know Of the important part
that the telescope and the crossbar
signt have played in the development
of target work. Before the recent in
PRODUCTION of the telescope and the
cTOSSbar the gun pointer strained his
eyes in the impossible effort to adjust
their focus to three widely separated
objects simultaneously, the rear sight
a few inches away, the front sight a
dozen feet distant from the rear one
and the target anywhere from 1900
to 1900 yards. Ordnance experts
worked over this problem. and the re-
suit was the introduction of the tel
escOpic sight and the cross bars-two
pieces Of crossed wire at the end Of
the telescope. When these "cut" on
the target the gun pointer presses his
electric button and the gun does the
rest.
It is eminently spectacular, this
great gun battery practice. This is
from a description given to the writer
by an umpire whose station was on
one of the ships towing the target:
Through the glasses you could see a
needle-like fash from the firing ship,
vessel so far distant that her outline
was but an indistinct blur upon the
horizon. Having caught the fash, the
glass is dropped, the eye goes to the
stop watch, and you begin to count
one, two, three. four, five. six. seven,
eight, nine, ten, eIeven-and about
then you will hear faint drOne which
In the next fraction Of a second sweIs
into a mighty rOar-the roar of an ex-
press rushing at the rate of thirty
miles q second With the roar come
a flying Of spIinters from the target, =
geyseT leaping a hundred feet in air,
then another and another. as the rico
cheting shell glances from wave to
wave, and then. last of all the faint,
farOf boom Of the gun which had hurl-
ed the missile '-Harper's Weekly.
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02
QUAINT MARRIAGE NOTICE.
William Cullen Bryant Broke the News
Gently In Letter TO
His Mother.

The following letter from William
Cullen Bryant TO his mother, quoted
by Professor Chubb in Stories Of Au-
thors," indicates that the author of
''Thanatopsis" could enjoy his little
joke on occasion:
Dear Mother-I hasten to send you
the melancholy intelligence of what
has lately happened to me. Early on
the evening of the eleventh day Of the
present month was at a neighboring
house i'm this village. Several people
of both sexes were assembled in one
of the apartments, and three or four
others. with myself, were in another.
At last came in a little elderly gentle
man. pale. thin. with a solemn cOunte-
nance. pleuritic voice, hooked nose and
hollow eyes. It was not long before
we were summoned 90 attend in the
aDartment where he and the rest of
the company were gathered. We went
in and took our seats. The little eld
erIy gentleman with the hook nose
prayed. and we all stood up. When
he had finished most Of us sat down.
The gentleman with the hooked nose
then muttered certain cJbalistic eX-
preSsions. which l was too much
frightened 10 remember, but | reCOl-
lect that at the conclusion I was given
10 understand that I was married to a
young lady Of the name Of Frances
Fairchild. whom I perceived standing
by my side and whom l hope in the
course of few months to have the
pleasure of Introducing to you as your
daughter-inIaw, which is "a matter of
some interest TO the poor girl, who has
neither father nor mother in the
world"
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02
AstroIouv With Risks.

Formerly they had rough and ready
modes of testing claims to sUpernatu-
raj powers.
"DOSt thou know where thou wilt
pass Christmas" asked Henry VII. of
an astroIOger. He could not tell.
Whereupon the kings grace, which
did love a merry jest, made answer,
Then 1 am wiser than thou. for |
know that thou wilt spend Christmas
in prison"
John GaleazZo, duke Of Milan. is said
to have made even meTrier al the eX-
pense of IN asTologer who foretold
him that he would die early.
And how long do You expect TO
live" he inquired of the prophet.
Ny lord. my star promises me a
long life"
Never trust to your star. man; you
are to he hanged today" and the duke
took care that his own prediction
should be fulfilled.
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02
The LAST Lauqh.

Hogan was rafting a clock. He was
fairly successful in diSpoSing Of tickets
in the shop where he worked, but he
ran up against trouble when he can
vasSpd his ueighborS. Dropping in at
a neighbor's house, he tried TO sell a
ticket on the clock.
It's \ fine timepiece and it'll LUX
fOine on Yer WhanOt cr mautel." says
Hogan cajoliu@Iy.
"Gwan. the old clock doesn't run,
replied the ueighboT.
well" drawIed Hogan. changing
front completely, well, perhaps yez
won't win it and then veil have the
laugh on the fellow who does. Mil
waukee Free Press
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02
KiIIinq One Fly.

Every fly begins as an egg deposited
i'm some Kind of organic filth. II
matches into "a tiny maggot within a
few hours. begins TO feed and grow,
completes its growth and comes out as
a perfect fly in possibly ten days. 1t
then requires at least fourteen days TO
mature its first batch of eggs, and II
may live TO mature and deposit at least
six layiugS. of from 100 to 100 eggs
each. This means that in killing one
fly we may be preventing the hatching
of nearly Il thousand otherS.-Aouth'S $
Companion
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02
SHIELDED THE LADY.
A Tactful Head Waiter Baked an Of
fensive Hotel Guest.

A TactfuI Head Waiter Baked an Of
fensive Hotel Guest.
To illustrate an incident that Oc-
CURED i'm "a hotel uptown the other
night. where. if you are not known,
you have to produce some sort OF
patent Of absolute respectability. con
struct a rectangle. lettering the imag-
inarv diagonal corners A, r. c and D.:
A represents q solitary male person
dining. B represents a comely person
of the opposite sex seated at another
table with a party. c represents
head waiter and d a group of the an
employed walters. Let the line Alb
represent an admiring look that travels
continuously. BA represents a look of
ANNOYANCE. CA and CB are cOmpre-
hending glances directed by the head
waiter.
The point c moves toward D. max
ing a triangle. After a whispered di-
rection a figure which may be termed
0, because it represents a particularly
rotund waiter, moves from RI" nnint y
until 1t reaches a point on the line AB.
c moves back to position.
A finds that his ogle stops at O.,
which he cannot see through. and calls
O to take an order ThereupOn c mo-
tions toward d. when another waiter,
travelling on the line DA. effects a
junction with \ and goes off at a tan
gent. A crane, his neck, stretching TO
one side or the other, but it cannot get
past o. The result is that \ finally
sees what is up. finishes his coffee in
sheepish disgust and leaves the room.
New York sun.
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02
Lenutheninu the DaY.

4 couple Of Iaborers who had been
working at the waterworks got into
conversation.
Il say. Bob" exclaimed one Of the
men. you are "a bit of a scholar Can
YOU tell me who it was that ordered
the sun to stand stiD"
4 don't know" replied Bob Some
son Of ii gun of contractor who
wanted a big days work out of the
Iaboring man. you can bet."-London
Answers.
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02
Gould Imitata

Pater-Can YOU give my daughter
the comforts TO which she has been
accustomed: SuirOT-Yes. sir. I've
breakfasted at your home, and I'm
certain that I can complain about the
coffee, read the paper, demand the dis
charge of the cook and announce that
III dine at the cIub.-ToIedo Blade.
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02
LA Kinds of Curiosity.

Philanthropir Visitor lto Jailbirdl-
NV friend. may ] ask what it was
that brought YOU here: JaiIbird-The
very same thing thar brought yOu here
the desire to poke my nose into other
peoples business. only I used Sener-
ally to go in by way Of the basement
WindOW.-ENChauge
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02
TMo Sides.

WiIIis-Why don't YOU go to church?
GiIIis-Too far. Why don't you go?
Willis-We live next door to one, and !
hate to get ali dressed up just to go
that little way.-Puck.
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02
Mean

Miss AIugley-l always try to retire
before midnight. l don't like to miss
my beauty sleep. Miss Pepprey-Y0u
really should try harder. You GER
tainly don't get enough Of it.
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02
MAKING L Pleasant For Her.

Elderly Relative (snidingl-Bertha,
is ii possible that you allow smoking
in your parIor? Married Niece-Cer-
tainly. aunue- You can smoke your
pipe here if you like.-Chicago Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02

Wife's Mother, of Course.
MRbel-ff your grandma has lost all
her teeth. how does she eat? Willie
I heard pa say she had a biting tongue.
The Washington bee., 1912-03-02

They are as sick that surfeit with
too much as they that starve with
HAthin Shakespeare,
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-03
Thoroughly upto-pate.

"Halloa!" Jellison cried. as he en-
countered his acquaintance. Barwood.
in the street. Thought you were get
ting married today. Postponed"
"Altogether.v said Barwood, firmly.
Not even engaged now, them" pur.
sued Jellison.
mo. The lady l was to have mar
ried was too modern-too up-todate
for me-"
"Up-to-date" The excuse astonish.
cd Jellison. How on earth"
Wrote her last Monday, saying l
was coming to see her on Wednesday.
You see. although we'd been engaged
for some time, l never formal, pro-
posed. and she seemed to want 1t. So
! went on Wednesday-just to satisfy
her whim. as thought. Got there
and found she had sold the rights Of
photographing me at the moment Of
proposing to a cinemetagraph COM
pany.
"That settled it!"-Tit-Bits.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-03

tiles to the household, to practical
charities and to religion.
Among the public institutions now
managed by women may be mention
ed the Nurse association. the Red
Cross society. the Patriotic associa-
tion, Fukuden-Kwai and Jkei-a
hospital. Women are also interested
In many productive industries and In
art activities. There are also now
women doctors, and the department Of
communications employs women Of
ficials. Physical culture for women is
also being adopted with energy and
this is fitting sequel to the Samurai
injunction that required women to
regulate their emotions and suppress
all those weaknesses that their west
ern sisters usually attribute to nerves.
The Woman's university of Japan
may be taken as an expression Of
Japanese ideas upon the question Of
education for women. 1t was found
ed by Mr.. Maruse. who began his
work thirty-six years ago. and who
has been unresting in its advance
ment. The object Of the university Is
to educate women to fulfill their du-
ties toward the state and society and
to become an influence in the life Of
the nation. The university contains
So buildings. including a library of
1880 volumes. p chemical laboratory
and lecture hall.
The curriculum begins with a
kindergarten and there are depart
ments for household science. litera-
ture, English and education. the first
OF these including mathematics.
physics. chemistry and physiology.
bers, 141 associate members. 81 ad-
visory members. 151 Junior members
and II honorary members. The fol-
lowing exhortation given to the stu
dents by Mr.. Maruse leaves nothing
to be desired for its amplitude and
intent: THE students are enjoined
to learn. ineffaceably impressed upon
their minds. that they are to make It
their chief aim and duty to cultivate
and develop to the fullest extent all
their faculties as we'll as their wom-
anly virtues. and to remain faithful
to the university. never forgetting to
be and do good, study and to learn"
Much, of course, remains to be done
for the. advancement Of women Of
Japan. but much has already been
done Japan has at least broken away
from the ancient traditions of the east
and has set her foot on the path that
leads to the entire emancipation Of
women.
In 1878 Japan had debt Of eSs, $751;
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-03
Potteries Prosperlno.

The output OF the pottery industries
Of the United States had value of
$34.51S.56O in 1911 according to the
United States geological survey chart
OF clay products production. by states.
compiled by Jefferson Middletown.
The pottery collection for 1911 was
greater than for 1910. when the out
put was valued at $3s.7s4.67s, the in
crease being $733.S82. or the total
production. Ohio was first. with an
output valued at $14.775.265; New Jer-
sey second. with $s,401.94 West vir-
ginia third, with $2,ssO.202; New York
fourth. with $2.17s.364; Pennsylvania
fifth. with $2.156,S17. and Indiana
sixth. with $1.o04.737. The output Of
no other state had a value in excess
Of million dollars.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-03
Dinqbats.


A woman would be in despair If ma
ture had formed her as fashion makes
her appear.-Mlle. de Lespinasse.
The clown knows very well that the
women are not in love with him, but
with Hamlet, the fellow in the black
cloak and plumed hat.-Oliver Wen
dell Holmes.
Do you not know that / am a wo-
man? When l think must speak
William Shakespeare.
Woman sends forth her sympathies
on adventure. She embarks her whole
soul in the traffic of affection, and IL
shipwrecked, her case is hopeless
Washington Irving.
He that hath wife and children hath
given hostages to fortune; for they
are impediments to great enterprises.
either Of virtue or mischief.-Francis
Bacon.
God! She is like milk white lamb
that bleats for mans protection
John Keats.
We love handsome wome, from In
clination, homely women from interest
and virtuous women from reason
Arsene Houssaye.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-03
Pert Paragraphs.

Only great mind can feel shayitv
for those who don't appreciate It's
worth.
A woman's objection to tobacco
smoke depends less on the brand Of
tobacco than on the brand Of man.
The greatest foe to contentment that
. man can have is an ambitious wife.
We are all willing to battle for the
right. The trouble is that right seems
to be all things to all people.
Some people are like some books
the best thing about them is the bind
ing.
The only drawback to owning books
is that some idiot is sure to insist on
boring you about them.
Some people never tell all they
know because they prefer to choose
subjects upon which they can talk
longer.
Every woman expects to have gray
hair. but stoutness is the last indig-
nifty OF a malicious fate.
When we ask for bread we have q
sneaking hope that somebody will
have streak Of generosity and give
US cake.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-03
Yen per day q Yen equal to 50 cent. gold
Monthly wages In Tokyo are approx
imafelY as follows:

Millard says In his Far Eastere
Question" that several persons whom
he has questioned estimate the av-
erage earnings of the average Jap
anese family OF four in the lower
classes at 100 yen $500 annually. as
suming that the children are old
enough to work None placed the fig.
ure higher than 200 yen annual in.
come. Out of this amount the average
Japanese pays 40 per cent. in taxes.
That is very high proportion. but
the fiscal authorities seem to have no
doubt that 1t can be maintained. and
probably even raised.
1t seems impossible to economic
except by reduction OF the expend.
iture for ornaments, and there seems
to be little chance for that. Arma.
ments on their present scale are con-
sidered to be absolutely necessary to
the preservation OF the national life.
and as Japanese writer recently re-
marked: "Of what use is 1t to econo-
mize the nations finances at the cost
Of national destruction?"
In 1907 there were 2.236 banks in
Japan. with a total capitalization Of
679.62S.220 yen and which showed .
balance in deposits Of 1,830.693, ,270
yen. Their earnings in 1906 we're 208..
446,599 yen and they paid dividends ~
the rate Of 9.6 per cent.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-03
Nothlna More to Live For.

Without question. the Scots curler
Of whom Lord Lyveden tells in Fry's
Magazine. placed the proper value on
his sport.
During a recent curling-match IN
Switzerland. the skip of one Of the
teams, who happened to be a Scots
man, was SO delighted with the accu-
rate shot Of one of his team, that he
was heard to address him In the fol-
lowing manner: Lie down and dee,
mon; lie down and dee. Yell never
lay finer stane nor that If ye live to
be a hundred"
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-03

931. Thirty years later the debt had
risen to $1,120.0O0,000. This immense
increase was due mainly to the Chi
nese and Russian war, and continu-
ing expenditure on large scale Is
necessitated by the national defense.
In the year 1908 the army and navy
cost $144,1S91S3. Between April l,
1895, and March 1. 1909, the army cost
The national defense has cost total
Of $6S9, 9,423,523 within fourteen years
and this without counting the cost of
the Russian war. Corea, Formosa and
Manchuria have demanded heavy
expenditures. merchant marine has
been established. many extensive pub
lie works undertaken, including rail-
ways, telegraphs and telephones. and
all these things have been done by
country that contains only $4,000
square miles of arabic soil.
Under such conditions it is easy to
believe that taxation Is the question
of the day in Japan and has been SO
for many years. Since the outbreak
of the Russian war the land tax has
ranged from per cent. to 17.5 per
cent The tax on liquors ranges from
IS per 40 gallons up to 17.4Oh per
40 gallons, according to the percent
age Of alcohol.
Then comes the income tax, which
scale. Before the war the tax paid
by "juridicat" persons was 2h per
cent, but after the war an additional
tax was levied equal to 80 per cent.
up to 400 per cent. of the ordinary
rate. An income tax of 2 per cent.
WAS also levied on public loan funds
and company debentures. All other
persons not already assessed as above
pay a rate In proportion to their in
come. Before the war those with an
income Of 300 yen ($150) per annum
paid l per cent. and this increased
according to the income up to 5h
per cent. Now the lowest income pays
10 per cent. and the highest 20.35 per
cent. There are various exceptions,
such as army and navy officers while
engaged In war, widows, orphans, pen
sioners, etc. There is also tax on
textiles. an excise duty on sugar, and
substantial revenue from the post
office. The customs tariff also is re-
sponsible for a substantial income
amounting to about $22,000.000 a year.
Mention should also be made of the
state monopolies Of tobacco. salt and
camphor. worth about $25.0O0,0 900 a
year.
Adachi Kinnosuki describes the will.
ingness of the Japanese people to be
taxed and their uncomplaining re-
sponse to demands that are necessi-
tated by the good Of the country. His
statement is SO remarkable that It is
worthy of quotation. He says:
"In 1895 we went to war with China.
Our government wanted money, and
wanted 1t badly. 1t let our people know
about its needs in terms Of war loans.
To the first call the people answered
by putting up $25.000.0O0. The govern.
ment wanted more. and on the second
call It succeeded in getting from the
people $4,000 000-in all $40, 1000 900.
The people gave this amount very
willingly. That fact was very plain
on the very face OF It. 1t was widely
advertised also, The thing that was
not 30 well known. especially outside
of the country. however, was that this
was all that the people could do at
the time-and . little more. Nine
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-03
Like Mushrooms,

As they emerged from the subway
station they we're confronted by .
giant skyscraper rising into the blue.
What building is that?" she asked,
not being an habitue of the downtown
district. II don't know" he replied.
She looked at him in surprise, this
quarter of New York being his daily
locale. NO." he insisted wearily. Il
don't know. It wasn't there yester-
day."-New York Press.
Gilpin observer., 1912-10-03
The Poor Creature.

There was a meeting of the new
teachers and the old. 1t was sort Of
love feast, reception, or whatever you
call it. Anyhow, all the teachers got
together and pretended that they
didn't have a care in the world. After
the eats were eat, the symposiarch
proposed toast: Long Live Our
Teachers!"
1t was drunk enthusiastically. One
OF the new teachers was called on to
respond. He modestly accepted. His
answer was: What ONT"