The daily sentinel., 1912-07-09
Associated Press.

Mexico City, July 9.-One of the
plans evolved by the government
through its department of public well
fare, colonization and industry, to
provide arabic lands for division
among the people-one of the chief
planks of Madero's revolutionary
platforms under way. 1t contem-
plates the drainage and filling in of
the great bed of Lake TeXcoco, some
y miles east of the capital. The
work will require five years, it is
estimated, and an expenditure of A.
100000 pesos s2,000,000 gold).
Thousands of acres of waste land,
now partly covered with water to
depth of 2 feet, and the remainder
either useless swamp or dry, sandy
stretches, the latter giving rise to
the frequent dust storms which
sweep the capital in the dry season,
are to be reclaimed. This land, ac-
cording to plans which are being
worked out, is to be placed on sale
10 individual MeXicans at the lowest
possible figure and on long-term pay
ments.
Lake Texcoco is the last remnant
of the once mighty body of water
which covered the plateau and com
of Tenochtitlan. now the capital of
the republic. Legend has it that
somewhere in its depths the treas
ure of MonteZuma was sunk to pre-
vent its falling into the hands of
fernando CorteZ. 1t has been
searched for in vain during the hum
dreds of years since the conquest,
and it is regarded as possible, al
though hardly probable, that it Will
come to light in the conversion of
this lake bed.
Three bills, intended to put into
effect some of the reforms which
were promised to the people by Pres
ident Madero, were not presented to
the national assembly because of a
great deal of dihiculty which was
-';2iet in the legal technicalities of the
measures Two of the bills dealt
with the land question. and the third
was an employers liability act. The
drafting of the bills has been in the
hands of Carlos Trejo y Lerdo de
Tejada, attorney general of the fed
eral district.
President Madero's cabinet has de-
cided to cancel a fishing concession
en- the east and west coasts of Low
er California and the western part
of the mainland granted to the Man
CARA Exploration Company by the
DiaZ government. The company is
British, and will receive $50, 900 as
indemnity. 1t is stated that the can
ceiling of the concession has nothing
to do with the late japanese talk,
but is aimed simply to return to the
people on the coast the fishing rights
of which they had been deprived, and
which in many instances constituted
their only means of livelihood.
The inherent politeness of a Mexi-
can referee nearly annulled the eff
feet of a clean Knockout during a
recent boxing match in the capital
incidentally the row which followed
the umpires decision in favor of the
Mexican pugilist, who was pitted
against Jim Smith, negro, has re-
suited in an official ban on the sport
within the federal district.
Cuauhtemoc Aguilar. the Mexican,
went through the ropes in the fourth
round. The umpire, carried away by
the calamity which had befallen the
peoples idol, rushed to his aid, and
was about to try to put him on his
feet.
THE count! the count" yelled
half hundred Americans in the au-
dience.
Several seconds late, the umpire
remembered his Office, and TO all ap-
pearances Aguilar was down and out.
The umpire then declared the blow
foul because it had been struck after
the gong sounded. 1t was pointed
cut that the gong was broken and
could not be heard, but the decision
stood. The meeting broke up in a
fuss that threatened to result in fur
ther fisticuffs.
In an inconspicuous place in the