Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1912-08-01
BRITISH SHIPPERS
have LITTLE FEAR
Any Favor Granted American
Vessels In Panama Will Not
Hurt Their Interests.
MEANS MUCH FOR STATES
Only Homo Trade Would 30 Effected
Foreign Nations Arc Ready
To Agree To Proposed
Terms. -

London. Special: One Of the oficials
of a British steamship line which ex-
poets to take a leading part in devel-
oping the new commerce which will
ollo the opening OF the Panama ca
nal. declares that foreign shippers ave
nothing to e from the favoring Of
to favor the coastwise trade Of the
trade. He believes that the decision
of the United States was distated by a
desire to break up the railway monop-
oily. At any rate, he contends that foreign
shipping interests are not at all
alarmed over the decision of the Uni
ted States government to exempt
vessels from payment of tolls.
Foreign vessels are not now allowed to
engage in that traffic. SO they will not
be affected by the discrimination, more
especially as American-owned boats
making use of the waterway will have
to pay dues If they load or discharge
at any port outside OF the United
States.
Water tourists are turning the River
Thames into a messy mass according
to a complaint nae at the last meet
ing of the Thames -conservancy. Lord
Desborough. the chairman, said that
the condition of the river was becom-
Ing d~eplorable in Many places. Many
of the tourists had the bad habit OF
throwing from their boats newspapers,
stra wberries and other refuse from
their lunch baskets. Some eve threw
the baskets overheard. Efforts will be
made to punish these people under q
law which prohibits the throwing Of
refuse into the river.
The fashion in sightseeing in London
is changing. and the American and
foreigner is no longer content to fol-
low the guide book which puts the en-
phasis upon historic places. but insists
upon seeing what the Londoner does
as we'll as h he has. Until q short
time ago the visitors list was definite.
almost s~tereotyped. and included st.
Pauls. the Abbey. the Tower of Lon
don and other places known the world
over. On a fine day recently 30 min
utes at some of these points produced
the following numbers OF American and
foreign visitors: st. Pauls, 25; the Alb
hey. 10: Tower OF London. s; National
gallery. 4: Albert memorial. /. This is
theh eigh of the season when the tour
list is here in the greatest numbers,
but the interests of the visitor, espe-
tally the American. is spreading. He
is paying superficial visits to the usual
tor the modern life of the metropolis.
The result is beneficial to the shops
and places of amusement.
At the first ladies' international fly
ing meet just held here. the course was
guarded by girl guides. instead of the
usual boy scouts. a ladies' orchestra
played instead of the conventional mill
itary band. and the Woman's Sick and
Wounded Convoy corps was on duty
instead Of the ordinary ambulance
service. Mrs. Maurice Hewlett, wife of
the novelist and the only mother who
Eel taught her son to fly, was the
leading English representative. Mrs. de
Beauvoir Stocks. the second English
woman to secure a pilots certificate,
was also a member of the English
team. was represented by
Baroness Schenk. and France by Mile.
Dutrieu. who won the Femina cup in
1910 and 1911.
The first international conference Of
the Association for the International
Interchange of Students which as just
closed was attended by a number Of
delegates from American universities
n technical schools.
Among the American speakers were
Captain Hovgaard. Of the Massa-
chusetts Intitute of Technology, and
Professor A. H; Fleming. Of Throop
first secretary Of the American en-
bassy. represented the government at
the conference.
An International Congress on
Eugenics will be held In London the last
week of this month. This will be the
first time In the history Of the science
than an international meeting OF it's
followers has been held. Delegates will
be present from the United States,
Australia. New Zealand and the leading
continental powers. The delegates viii
be welcomed at a banquet at which A.
J. Balfour Is expected to be the first
speaker. The Lord Mayor and Lord
Darwin will also give addresses. DUR
ing the four days of the Congress at
the University of London 81 papers will
be read on the relations OF biology, edu-
cation. sociology n medicine to
eugenics Among these papers will be
one BY DR.. c. B. Davenport, of New
York. on Marriage and Eugenics."
During the session the delegates will
be the guests at functions given by
Ambassador Whitelaw Reid, the duch-
ess of Marlborough and the lord mayor.
The members OF the International
Cotton Spinners' federation are pleased
over the result Of their interview with
Lord Crewe, secretary Of state for
India. The federation is fully repre-
sentative OF the consumers Of Indian
cotton all over h world, and has de-
voted close attention to the question Of
its more extensive and more scientific
cultivation. Several of the English
members of the federation have paid
special visits to the Indian plantations
and since the first deputation inter-
Viewed Lord Morley on the subject two
years ago there has beer a distinct ad.
vance in the cultivation Of better va.
riettes Of the staple. This year 200. 900
bales equal to American middling, have
e produced. and one Of the members
OF the deputa4on declared that much
or the cotton now coming from south.
ern India was entirely suitable foe
Lancashire spindles.
From the state tax on games q