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Evening star., 1912-03-17

Special Correspondents Of The Star.
PARIS, March 8, 1912.
IF you should lie down in q theater.
would you go to sleep?
1 A tired business man might doze on ;
but the majority, reclining IN dignity and
ease. would show the distinction OF their
manners and the suave alertness OF their
reposed minds and bodies.
So argue the PersianTurkish innova-
tors Of Paris.
Besides, only the first six or eight rows
really recline-in q small theater to be-
gin with. Behind them the spectators sit
sprawling, resting on their elbows or
leaning back propped by a palm upon the
floor. Or else they squat in peace, at
liberty to shift from the reposeful attt-
tude Of the tailor to the graceful abandon
of the child with his chin on his knees.
Behind them those who wish may kneel.
Yet, further back. they stand. All this is
detail, for easy arrangement later.
The great thing is to remove the cramp-
ing, imprisoning, cumbering seats from
the theater auditorium. The Nouveaux-
Mathurins-n which 1t Is likely to be
first tried-is a bijou bonbon box, as they
say. elegant little playhouse with scarce
ly twenty rows in orchestra and parquet.
It is proposed that six rows recline; but
if more wish to, more. may do so. The
floor will be clear, the carpet new and
daily vacuum-cleaneo.
The New Turk Theater Of Constantino-
ple. from which the idea is directly taken.
seemed actuated only by wish to give
free view Of the stage.
''To make the spectacle agreeable to
the entire audience" runs Its posters,
'the management has decided that the
first six rows shall recline, the next ten
rows shall be seated. while those behind
them shall kneel, stand or move from
place to place noiselessly. at will. ac-
cording to their situation"
All on the bare floor, Of course.
The Turks adopted this wise systema-
tizing from Persia, both old lands being
stirred by a new logic. Previously. in
their easy oriental way, you could recline
and sprawl In any row.
This would not do for Paris. where the
aigrette problem has replaced the blight
of the theater hat. After wholesale duels
and general riots the prefect Of police
issued his famous edict against theater
hats outside of private boxes For more
than three years past the sour danes In
black who act as ushers have been cram
ming ladies' hats pell-mell into narrow
shelves of the corridors. This being OBJ
ligatory. ladies quit coming in hats. Thus
the wish of good NJ. Lepine that they
should come in their hair or in caps
OF pearl or gold netting, satin, silk or
spangies has been fully realized.
srd m--c the I" les rave thoughtfully
.aStlr
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in their whole excavation. In the ditch
at Suez the dirt and sand could be left
on the banks, bit at Panama it has had
to be carted miles away.

at Suez the dirt and sand could be left
on the banks, bit at Panama 1t has had
to be carted miles away.
The Suez excavation was soft in most
places, and it was only here and there
that rock had to be cut. At Panama
some of the work has been almost like
blasting through iron, and it is only the
steam shovel that has enabled us to con-
quer the difficulty.
The Suez canal was excavated almost
by hand. Twenty thousand Egyptian
peasants were employed at a time and
they scooped the dirt up in baskets. They
got from five to fifteen cents q day, and
many Of them worked under the lash and
were not paid at all. Our canal has been
constructed with the mightiest of modern
machinery; so efficient that had it been
used at Suez that canal could have been
constructed at one-third Of the cost and
within one-tenth of the time.
The trip on the Panama canal will be
one Of the great sights Of the world. 1t
will take one through some of the most
picturesque scenery Of the tropics, where
there will be palm trees, banana trees
and the other vegetation which clothes
the equator. 1t will be through a noun
famous region. over lakes and up and
down the mighty water steps known as
locks.
The Suez canal is trip through the
desert. The only difference between II
and the ordinary trip of that kind is that
one rides on the deck of a steamer in
stead of on the back of camel And
still it has wonderful beauties which our
canal will not have. The last time I
passed through from Suez to Port Said I
spent the night on the canal Our ship
was steaming through the sands, under
the stars of the tropics. We had a great
round moon OF burning copper which
turned the canal to molten silver, and our
pathway was made still brighter by the
electric searchlights which blazed from
our masthead and PROV. Standing upon
the deck, we could see, now and then, on
the banks a caravan of ungainly camels
with their ghost-like riders clad in white
bobbing up and down under the moon.
We passed many steamers whose
searchlights made one think of so many
cyclopean demons, each with an eye of
fire in his forehead. marching on to at
tack him. We had to go slowly. The
canal is already too small for the traffic
and ships are allowed to go only five or
six miles an hour. Little recesses have
been cut into the banks here and there.
where. upon telegraphic notice. vessels
have to tie up to allow other vessels to
pass.
There are many dredges in the canal.
and steam pumps are kept sucking the
fro, tho .c4to~, a--j thrS9---.-,- =
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THE Imperial Canal of

THE Imperial Canal of
j China or the Grand
father of Artificial Waterways
Rivers Which Make the
Chagres Look Like Thirty
Cents-The Suez Canal in
1919 and How It Pays John
Bull-A Trip Through It
The Corinth Ship Canal-A
Look at the Canal at Man.
chester Which Was Built for
American Cotton-Some Big
Waterways of Holland and
Germany, Including the Great
Ditch the Kaiser Dug.
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THE CORINTH CANAL.

THE CORINTH CANAL.
compete with the big ditch at Pan
anna. It Is the Suez canal, which now
has more shipping and brings in more
money than any other canal upon earth.
through 1t last year amounted to more
than 2O.OOO,OOO, and the receipts were far
more than that many dollars. This canal
is just forty miles longer than our canal
at Panama, and, like the latter, it joins
two mighty oceans. II we consider the
Mediterranean an arm of the Atlantic
and the Red sea an arm Of the Indian
ocean the Suez canal joins the two. I
have gone many times through it. and
it has cost the steamer each time high
into the thousands of dollars. There is
charge of 81 for every man, woman and
child on board. and, in addition, every
snip has to pay tonnage due, which
now amounts to somewhere between 81 80
and 81 q ton.
For many years it was 81 ton, so that
a 1O,00O-ton ship would pay $4,000 for
going through. The last time traversed
it the steamer took eighteen hours and
the charge for the ship was just about
$500 an hour.
The Suez canal has paid almost from
the start, and the canal stock Is as high
as anything sold in Wall street. The
bulk Of it is owned by Great Britain, and
although the French nominally control
the canal its real direction comes from
John Bull. AS it is now. no large
block Of the common stock appears to be
owned by any individual or corporation
or other government. John Bull Is said
to have a large majority Of the whole,
and the next shareholder in point of
ownership is Frenchman who has only
a little more than 1,5OO shares out of the
whole 100000. AS I remember it the
British government bought 1850 shares
of the old khedive, Ismail Pasha, get
ting the same through loan Of $40. .OOO,-
600, which was made by the Rothschilds
originally, and finally turned over to the
British government. That investment
of $20,OOO.OOO was one of the best John
Bull has ever made. The stock which
he has bought is now worth more than
$15O. .OOO, 900, and it has paid $60,OOO.OOO
or $40, 100000 in dividends. If Panama
should turn out equally we'll it will give
Uncle Sam a surplus big enough to
join the great lakes to the gulf by
similar waterway.
Beside the work of building the Pan
anna canal that of Suez seems little more
than chore. The Suez canal is only
great ditch through the desert, where the
earth is soft sand and the ground is
comparatively smooth. It is q sea-level
canal and that without locks. At Pan
anna the canal cuts right through the
backbone of the Andes. ind at Culebra
Nv a -
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5a4R&E5ffA 5%pSS 3 ffABLESBSkANGGG GG525& M5121S :
The Fable Of How Family Jumped OCT Of
Class B Into the King RowThe
Scramblng Units.

tanned his Liver and Macaroni paved
with Cheese, he met the Daughter OF
the Household When there was
Rush she would sometimes put on all
of her Rings and help wait on the
Table, although her Star Specially was
to get the Stool at the right Elevation
and then tear the Vital Organs out of
"Pansy Blossom" and white Wings"
The Young Shipping Clerk used to
fly to his Kennel and get himself all
Gussied up and then edge into the
Livingstone, who loked to him like
Mary Anderson and sounded like
Adelina Patti.
When the Blue Envelope hit the
Twenty Mark he saw that it would be
Clear Sailing. so they began to Hold
Hands and he bought Spark Dia-
mond which could, be seen held at a
certain Angle.
They went to Housekeeping in a
stingy fiat with a Bed that could be
stood on End during the daytime and
made to resemble a Book-C also a
Plaster-of-Par Lion on the Mantel.
About the time Gordon was first
tethered on the Fire Escape, the Pro-
wider got a taste of Soft Collateral
and began to wear Gold Bracelets on
his Cigars.
Evening star., 1912-03-17

Copyright. 1912. by Frank 6. Carpenter)
Special Correspondence of The Star.
ON THE GULF OF MEXICO,
EN- ROUTE FOR PANAMA
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veloped until the whole Outfit moved
to an Apartment where all Goods had
to be delivered in the Rear Mother
began to ride in Hacks which were
not numbered
So they went along for Years, rid
ing on L Trains, ealing UP the Jani-
tor to ask for more Heat, trying to
find a good Maid and experimenting
with new Cereals, all of these Ro-
mantle Adventures combining to make
what is known as City Life.
They were simply four scrambling
Units in the Great Ant-Hi1l; four tiny
Tadpoles in the great Schools that
wiggled up and down the main
Thoroughfares. 1t seemed that their
only Chance to make an Impression
on the huge and callous City was to
die and then hold up a line of Street
Cars while the Hearse and the five
Carriages moved slowly in the direc-
tion Of Calvary
y
But Destiny had them spotted.
Father was very busy trying to run
Shoe String up to National Bank
He would rush into his Office and open
the Desk and push Buttons and send
Hurry-Up Wires and dictate Letters to
trembling Myrtle with the Small Waist
and keep people waiting outside. just
like the Whales who control the
Sugar Trust.
He had a Front like the new Penn
sylvania Station and the soft personal
Attributes of Numidian Lion.
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The city >has constructed great docks
there in the heart Of the land; and these
have a water space Of 258 acres, while
the length of the quays is more than 1--WE
miles. There are large elevators, built
by Chicago men, filled with grain which
has been foated down our great lakes
and across the Atlantic. There are ware
houses for American cotton; and Ameri-
can meat is brought In by the shipload.
I took a flying trip to Europe this last
summer and ran through some of the
s,-. Iep1a
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When Ethel was large enough to
lake into the Park the Graft had de-
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Now the mighty construction is ap-
preaching completion. and 1 go with my
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
WAS THE RAILROAD A
Parry TO LYNCH|NC?
Furnished Special Train for Mob
and the Widow of Dead Man
Is Suing for Damages.

New Orleans, March 6.-Whether
the Vicksburg, Shreveport * Pacific
Railroad Company was a conspir-
ator in the lynching of Robert /.
Rogers at Tallulah La in 1907, is a
question solely for a jury to deter
mine, in the opinion of the U. 5.
circuit court of appeals which yes
terday reversed the decision OF the
lower court and ordered a new trial.
In the suit for damages brought by
Rogers widow against the railroad,
the judge in the lower court, on
motion Of the attorneys for the de-
Tense, instructed the jury to bring
i'm a verdict for the defendant.
In her suit Mrs. Rogers alleged
that the men who lynched her hus-
band were conveyed from their
homes to Tallulah and return on a
special train chartered from the
railroad.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
SAY TURNER JACOBSON
BILL is SAD MEASURE
Senator jeff Davis Addresses Large
Audience at Malvern-Defends
Sunk Lands Record.

Malvern, March 6.-United States
Senator JEFF Davis addressed
large audience, including a number
of ladies, at the courthouse here
this afternoon, in the interest of his
candidacy for denomination. His
speech was given careful attention
and frequent applause. He de-
elared the large audiences ne had
had at all his appointments pre-
saged a great victory for himself on
March 27. He assigned for a reason
in not meeting Brundidge in joint
debate that he wanted TO avoid
stirring up party strife.
He denounced the Turner-Jacob-
son bill, declared himself in favor
of an honest and economical admin
istration of both state and national
governments, and asserted that if
it could be shown that he had ever
cast vote against the interest of
the people of Arkansas he would
quit the race. He defended his rec
ord in connection with the sunk
land bill.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14

Topeka, Kas., March 9.-Linger-
ing hopes that Woodrow Wilson
might be able to control the DEM
pcratic state convention at Hutch
inson next Thursday were dispelled
from the minds of his friends by
The county conventions held today,
1t is no longer possible for Wilson
TO keep up show of confidence in
the face of the fact that Clarks
known and possible strength is now
FAR in excess of the 300 delegates
needed to control the convention.
Returns to Clark headquarters here
tonight from ~ counties not prev
iously heard from gave Clark 81
delegates out Of a total of So re-
turned today. With these returns
in Clark is assured Of a working
majority in the convention, it now
seeming likely that he will have a
aotal strength of at least $40 and it
may reach 400.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14

willing to accept the nomination he
has been urged by supporters in
almost every state except in the
South to make speech-making
campaign. II has been represented
to him that in several states the
voters were in doubt and that If
he would appear before them the
result might be materially affect
ed.
Colonel Roosevelt said he would
not object to making a few speech
es, but that as soon as he accepted
any invitation of the sort he prob
ably would have others pressed up
on him, and might find it difficult
to refuse.
In addition to his scheduled
speeches he has been obliged on his
trips in the past to talk from his
train to crowds at the railway sta
ton wherever stops were made,
and he has found the strain SO Sc
we're that he hesitates go under
take it again.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
FIRE At WINNIPEG
Wholesale District Is Threatened
by Blaze Which Killed Five Men.

Winnipeg, Manitoba, March H.
Fire is raging in the manufacturing
section of Winnipeg this morning.
Starting on Main street in the VI
cinity OF the Canadian Pacific hail-
road station at 1 o'clock, the plants
of the Great international Machln-
cry Company, Radford Wright
Company and the West Hotel were
in flames.
A strong wind is carrying the
fire into the wholesale district.
Walls of burning buildings have
blown out and five men have been
killed, three of them firemen. Sew
|eral injured persons are in the nos
pitfalls.
At 80 O'clock the flremen SEEM
ed unable to cope with the fire and
it was still spreading. The city
power plant is now on fire and nall
the city is now in darkness. Street
cars also are tied up.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
MILL OPERATORS
AGREE TO RAISE
Conference at Boston Results in In
creasc-From Five TO Fifteen
Per Cent PrOmised-Strike
TO Be Settled.

Boston, March Gas a result of
the most important conference
looking to a settlement Of the Law
renee textile strike held today at
the state house at the instance Of
the executive committee on con-
ciliation, it was agreed to advance
the wages of all mill operatives in
New England. Today's conference
was the second meeting at which
agents of the American Wooden
company and a subcommittee of
the Industrial Workers of the
Worlds strike committee at Law
renee had met in the presence of
the legislative Cancellation commit
tee.
1t was hoped that the American
Wooden company would be able to
offer such a raise in wages as would
induce the strikers TO go back to
work. 1t was reported that this
raise would be from 5 to is per
cent, the average being 1863 per
cent.
While the advances agreed upon
today have not been definitely an
Inounced the per cent increase is
generally accepted as about the
figure decided upon. The increase
will benefit between 10000 and 3D.
600 operatives in New England who
will participate in higher wages
this month up to about $4,000. The
Lowell advance will become eff
fective March 25 and that in Salem
March fl.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
MITCHELL REFUSES
PLEDGE TO court
Labor Leader Says in Letter TO
Judge Wright That Pledge Would
Be TO Impugn His Testimony.

Washington, March John
Mitchell, vice president of the
American Federation OF Labor, CO.
defendant with Gompers and Nor
rison in the contempt proceedings
growing out of the Buck Stove
Company case, has written Judge
Wright of the district supreme
court. declining to pledge that he
will hereafter lend adherence to
the DEGREES Of the judicial tribunals
OF the land
To give this pledge, says Mitchell
in the letter, would be equivalent to
a confession that he had hereto
fore refused to comply with the
lawful DEGREES Of the court" and
the federation official says he is
20 make any statement
that would impugn his own testi-
mony."
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
WILSON GIVES
TAFT HARD RAP
The New Jersey Governor Is Not
Afraid of "Mob Government
and Those Not Fit TO Call
Themselves Americans.

New York, March Gov. Wood
row Wilson of New Jersey, speak
ing at a banquet of the Brooklyn
League tonight, declared that any
one who spoke of popular vote
of the American people as mob
government had no right to call
himself an American.
Il am not afraid Of the American
people getting up and humping
themselves" said the governor. Il
am only afraid they will not, and
when | hear a popular vote spoken
of as mob government | feel like
telling the man who utters that
that he has no right to call HIM
self an American.
"A mob is a body of men in hot
contact with one another, moved by
a single, ungovernable passion up
ON doing a hasty thing that they
will regret the next day. Do you
see anything resembling a mob in
that voting population OF the coun-
tryside, men tramping over the
mountainside, men going to the
general store at the village, men
going into little eonversing groups
TO east their balIots--is that your
notion of a mob, or is that your
picture of free, self governing peo-
pie?
Il am not afraid Of the judgment
so expressed if you will give men
time to think, if you will give them
clear conception of what they are
TO vote, because the deepest con-
viction and passion of my heart is
that the common people-by which
1 mean all of us--are to be abs0-
lsafalv trusted"
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14

Nothing 30 thoroughly removes
disease germs from the system as
prickly Ash Bitters. II gives life
and action To the torpid liver,
strengthens and assists che kidneys
to properly cleanse the blood, gives
tone TO the stomach. purifles the
bowels. and promotes good sppe--
tite, vigor and cheerfulness. w. C.
yandiver. Jackson Drug & Furn.
Co.. an dDavis Drug Co., special
sgsnts.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14

Many sufferers from rheumatism
have been surprised and delighted
with the prompt relief afforded by
applying ChamDeriain's Eminent.
Not one case Of rheumatism in ten
requires any internal treatment
whatever. This liniment is for sale
by all dealers.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14

Sour stomach, fullnes after eat
ing, flatulence are all caused by
imperfect digestion. Prickly Ash
Bitters correct the disorder at once,
drives out badly digested food and
tones the stomach, liver and bowels.
w. C. vandiver, Jackson Drug 4
Furn. Co. and Davis Drug Co., spe-
cial ageutM
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
onlv Bank In County Under Government Supervision
1T WILL SAVE TROUBLE

We are always glad TO change
the address of our paper to a
subscriber just as often as the
subscriber can move, but to
make it so we can do this with
out unnecessary trouble, both
the old and the new address
must be given when a request
for a change is made. Please
remember this.
THE STAR PUBLISHING co.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
MADE TORCH OF HIS WIFE.

Macon, Ga, March 8.--William B.
Walker, a well-to-do farmer, con-
victed of having poured gasoline
over his wife and burning her to
death, was hanged here today. He
protested his innocence.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14

Bloating after eating, indigestion,
flalulence ar water brash, may be
quickly corrected through the use
OF prickly Ash Bitlers. II strength
ems digestion, eleanses and regu-
lates the bowels. W. c. vandiver.
Jackson Drug & Furn. Co. and Da-
Wis Drug Co. special agents.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
ROOSEVELT TO STUMP
Probably Be Forced TO Make
Speeches, Col Says-Conditions
Indicate Tour viii Be Necessary

Oyster Bay, N. Y, March Cool
Dnel Roosevelt has about made up
ms mind to take the stump and
personally make the fight in vari-
Gus parts of the country for the
presidential nomination. He said
today he would probably be forced
10 do so, although he has been re-
luctant to decide upon such a
course.
Since the day of Colonel Roose-
yelt's announcement that he was
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14
CLOSING Out Sale.

Consisting Of three houses and
lots, two i0-acre truck farms, one
vacant lot. Will sell one or all. See
me and make an offer. Phone 449.
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14

Your free package Conkcy's Lay
ina Tonic and Big Poultry Book are
here. Call before they are gone
Jackson Drug 4 Furniture c.. So
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14

A car Of FERTILIZER last "a
celsea II TOWNSHIPS. busf
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14

A car of FERTILIZER Just re-
ceived at T0WNSEND'S. bwtf
The Mena weekly star., 1912-03-14

Sneezing, moping fowls have
roup. Cure them quickly with
Conkey's Roup Remedy. Get it on a
money-back" guarantee at Jackson
Drug & Furniture Co. S-9-4t
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church. New York City. He sub
sequently accepted a call to San
Francisco.
HOUSTON MARKET REVIEW.


Houston, Texas, March 12.-The
growing scarcity of potatoes is caus-
ing some alarm in the Houston pro-
duce market. Good potatoes are hard
to get and prices are steadily advanc-
ing. Farmers with any supply Of the
staple on hand are advised to follow
the market closely, for II the ap.
preaching famine is not abated record
prices for the spud delicacy will be
paid. Potatoes that sell for $3.50 per
bushel in Houston today can not be
bought by the jobbers for that price
in the Northern markets and the se-
quence lis scheduled advances. Some
Oregon potatoes are on the market,
but the supply is far below the de-
mand.
Because of the shortage of potatoes
demand is turning to other staples,
and Texas vegetables are moving rap
idly. Texas cabbage is coming in we'll
and ranges around $500 per hundred.
The stock is very fine and is coming
from the lower coast country. Lettuce
is plentiful, while beans, squash and
eggplant are coming in from the Mex