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MEXICANS MUST
FREE AMERICAN
our AMBASSADOR, HENRY |.
WILSON, DEMANDS HIS
IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
Get His Authority From Washington
to Employ Force If Necessary to
can Held for Murder of Mexican
When Another Mexican Confessed.

Mexico City.-Ignoring the usual
channels of diplomatic intercourse,
the American ambassador, Henry Lane
Wilson, has made a peremptory de-
mand on Governor Matias Guerra, of
the state of Tamaulipas, for the i'm
mediate release from the Jail at Tam
pico Of w. G. Nichols, an American
fruit grower.
Nichols was arrested six months
ago on a charge of having killed a
bandit, Caballos, whose apprehension
the authorities had attempted for
many months.
May Land Marines.
The embassy was authorized by the
administration at Washington to en-
ploy whatever means were considered
necessary to bring out an ameliora-
ton of Nichols condition.
Ambassador Wilson declares he will
secure his release even if it should
become necessary to land marines
from the United States cruiser Des
Moines which is now in port at Tam
pico, with $50 marines aboard.
The American ambassador regards
the treatment accorded Nichols by the
Mexican authorities as persecution,
and has so stated in his message to
the governor. In support Of this belief
he points to the fact that a Mexican
has confessed in court to being the
slayer of Caballos. This confession
was disregarded by the court, which
declared it was prompted by belief
on the part of the witness that a re-
ward had been offered for Caballos,
dead or alive.
The Mexican was not arrested and
the process against Nichols was con-
tinued on an appeal from the sentence
of eight years Imprisonment imposed
upon Nichols by the Tampico court.
The appeal is being heard before the
court at Ciudad Victoria, the state
capital.
In his note to the governor the am
bassador reminded him that his mes
sage was not official, but that it was
to be considered none the less author
itative.
Nichols Arrested Caballos.
The killing of Caballos occurred
near Tampico. Nichols had been vest.
ed with authority to arrest the des-
perado, which he succeeded in doing.
He was taking him to Tampico on a
train when in the confusion at the
crowded station, the captive escaped.
Nichols and big crowd pursued him.
Nichols admits firing, but the evil
dence showed that he fired in the
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26

Tasmania sends great many APP
pies to England.
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Menocal Probable Winner.

The present aspect of the political
situation appears to justify reasonable
expectations that General Mario Men,
ocal can carry the election, especially
as he has just formed an alliance
with the wing of the liberal party un-
der the leadership of General Ernesto
Asbert, governor of Havana province
Both conservatives and liberals are
making strong bids for the negro vote,
the former endeavoring to excite the
animosity of the negroes against the
liberals on account of the fatalities to
men of their race during the last in
surrection in Oriente and the latter
endeayoring to placate them by prom
Uses of unconditional pardon to thou
sands of negro prisoners.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
CUBA IN AbAD WAY
in MONEY Matters
MAY END ITS HISTORY AS A
REPUBLIC If REMEDY
DELAYS long.
Gomez Administration Has Spent
$14OOO0,O00 in Two ard One-Half
Years and Is Near Bankruptcy
Press of the Country Very Pessimis-
tic-Negro Vote Solicited.

Havana.-It is felt generally here
that Cuba SIS approaching a crisis in
its history as a republic. Two serious
questions occupy the pull lie mind:
Can Cuba survive the present state
of her finances?
Can she hold an honest and orderly
election for the presidency, with
loyal submission of the defeated party
to the will of the majority?
That the treasury is empty; that
the last dollar of the 16,500,000 Spey-
err loan has been spent while the work
of building sewers and paving Ha-
vana, the principal purpose for which
the plan was authorized by the United
States, is not finished and is in danger
of interruption if not of abandonment;
that the government is at it's wits end
to find money to meet it's vast expen-
ditures, while receipts from customs
and the lottery have reached their
lowest point-all this is asserted by
most of it is frankly admitted.
Pay Bill Under Pressure.
Last month the government default
ed for the first time on the account
due the seweripg and paving contrac-
tors for work done in July amounting
to about $42O,OO0. The government
declared it found itself unable to meet
the bill simply because it had no more
money. Contractors appealed to the
American legation and sufficient
pressure was brought to bear to con-
vince the government that payment
was imperative. The following day
the money was forthcoming.
There has been much speculation as
to whether the government will be
able to satisfy the claims of the con-
tractors due at the end of this month,
but there are indications that Presi-
dent Gomez, realizing fully the peril
of another default, has made an extra
ordinary effort and will be prepared to
meet the obligation and thus tide over
the crisis for another month.
The press continues to be filled
pessimistic articles bewailing the fl
nancial and political perils that beset
the republic. Careful estimates show
that the Gomez administration has
spent during it's two and half years
at least $140,OOO,000. Reports declare
that the only hope for Cuba lies in cut
ting down her expenses at least so per
cent.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26

The football rules Of 1912, as laid
down by the intercollegiate football
rules committee, stood practically un-
changed when the central board of
football officials completed delibera-
lions in New York last week.
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Orders was TO take one man."
Brisow replied. scratching his head
and looking at either captive in per-
plexity. (Which of you's Walt Bar
rett?" he continued.
I'm not" said Barrett. You'd best
let me CO."
'What're you doing here, them"
I'll answer when my counsel adj
vises me-"
''Ah. take him away. jerks. And
now for the other What's your name?
Have we your pedigree?"
And where did you get this?" add
ed the chief detective, dangling the
tiara in front of Jocelyn's face.
Let me speak," said Barrett. 'T'n
tell the truth. / don't know who this
fellow is from Adam, but I'm the man
you want. I've been hiding here for
the past week and I'm mighty glad
you've got me at last. for it's better to
be behind the bars doing my time hon.
est than to be in hiding. My God,
captain. If you knew what I've suf-
feredl l daren't go into the streets
until after ii was dark. and then I'd
go sinking round corners and cringing
past each cop as though l was n
hunted animal. I'm mighty glad you've
pulled me, ard that's the truth. My
conscience"
CAV, tell that to the Judge! I guess
you're Walt Barrett, right enough.
But who's your pal? That's what we
want to know. And where did you
get these shiners?" he continued,
again flashing the diamonds In Joce-
lyn's face.
81 found that tiara in the street."
answered Lord Jocelyn nonchalantly.
And since this gentleman has con-
fessed that he is the man you want
perhaps you will allow me to with
draw"
what shall we do?" asked jerks.
"Phone for the van and take 'em
both along to headquarters" Bristow
replied.
BEST wait for Sergeant Evans" said
the third of the party. He'll be
round by the back entrance in half a
shake"
The shake" could not have In
cluded more than an appreciable frac-
ton OF a minute, for almost immedi.
atey trampling sound reverberated
through the interior corridor, the in
ner door opened. and a man attired
in police sergeant's uniform appeared
and, at his side, defiant, stood the CIR
of the sables. Barrett looked toward
her and smiled
81 CUES the games up now" he
said.
II guess it is" she responded indif
ferently.
Il hope you're satisfied with wha
you've done by butting in said Bar
rett, addressing Jocelyn with scowl
where's Walt Barrett?" asked Ser
geant Evans, looking upon the gather
ing in establishment.
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Yuan "showedy the Boxers.

An incident of the Boxer rebellion
when Yuan Shi-Kai, now In supreme
command OF China's army and navy,
was viceroy of Chilli gives a sugges-
ton OF his quality. A number Of the
Boxer chiefs of his province came to
ask him to take part in the leadership
Of their movement. AS an induce
ment they assured him that 1t was
impossible that the movement should
fail, because the Boxers were pos
sessed of a magic which made them
invulnerable to foreign bullets. Ex-
pressing great interest in this invul-
nerability, Yuan invited them to an
excellent dinner. When they had
dined he declared that II would be a
very simple matter to test the invul-
nerability, because his soldiers were
equipped with foreign guns. He there
upon conducted his guests to the
courtyard, stood them up against a
wall, and with company Of his own
soldiers, armed with foreign rifles,
made a convincing test of the matter.
Strange to say, not single Boxer
proved invulnerable.-The Outlook.
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Amt this him ?" asked Bristow. in
dicating the captive who had just
made his confession of guilt.
Not by joyful" answered Evans.
and the girl laughed shrilly. and
that amt neither" he added, indicat-
ing Jocelyn. "Barrett's about that
build, but he's got sandy hair"
Then who the devil are your"
shouted Bristow to Lord Jocelyn and
Barrett, cycling each darkly.
III tell YOU" said the girl. WALT
Barretts over the Canadian border
now and you won't land him in a hur-
~. AS for the gentleman you thought
was Barrett, he's been taking Walt
Barretts place the last couple OF days.
You see,' she continued, smiling
confidently at the detectives, walt
Barrett and I were married the week
before he pulled off that trick on the
Bank Of New Holland Twenty-Five
thousand ne got out OF Il. and 7 hid
him here while we were negotiating
with the bank for immunity. But the
president was foxy. lie pretended to
be willing to accept fifty per cent, and
all The while you gentlemen were
keeping watch on this apartment. You
suspected Barrett was I'm hiding here,
but you wern't sure, and the plan was
to wait till he'd handed his share over
to the president and then to pull him
in.
This gentleman here, who called
himself Barrett, is an old admirer OF
mine. and when ne saw I was I'm trou-
bio he came forward, like the gentle
man he IS. and volunteered TO take
Walt Rawetts place. Walt got away
two nights ago over the roofs while
you were watching this gentleman be-
hind this broken shade and catering
yourselves that you still had Walt
Barrett under surveillance.
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How Bells Are Tuned.

There are few who know how a bell
receives its joyful or solemn tones.
All bells after they are cast and finish
ed must go through a process of tun-
ing, the same as any other musical in
strument, before they respond with
clear tone. Every bell sounds Eve
notes, which must blend together In
order to produce perfect harmony.
The tuning Of a bell is done by means
of shaving thin bits from various parts
Of the metal. 1t is as easy for an ex-
pert bell tuner to put a bell In tune
as 1t is for a piano tuner to adjust his
instrument to perfect chords. At first
thought It would seem that a bell
would be ruined should the tuner
shave off too much at the last tuning.
or the fifth sound, but such is not the
case. He would. however, be obliged
to begin over, starting again with the
first tone, and shaving the bell till Il
gave forth its harmonious sound at tho
fifth tone.-Scientific American.
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Missed in his ear Many thanks for
nothing Leave me to myself. | don't
want your sacrifice, l tell you. / want
to suffer the penalty for my crime.
What the dickens has It got to do
with YOU and why should you come
here to torment me?"
Lord Jocelyn turned back toward
the inner door But before he could
reach 1t there came a laundering rap
ping upon the door without
open there" cried voices without.
I'm the name Of the law, open. or"
A violent crash succeeded The
door cracked ominously, and the pam
els split from top to bottom under the
strain Of several muscular shoulders.
Lord Jocelyn darted forward
"StOp!" he cried. 81 am the man
whom you are looking for. I Will open
the door"
Open, then" they cried. "And be
quick about IT,"
Jocelyn stepped forward and
turned the handle There camo
rush, the frame Of the door fell back
ward off its hinges under the impetus
and two men hurled themselves upon
him, holding his arms, while a third
went briskly through his clothing.
Hello There's two Of 'em!" ex-
claimed n fourth man, bouncing on
Barrett as he endeavored to make
belated retreat I'm the direction that
his sister had taken "And armed"
he continued, whisking the revolver
out Of his pocket Here's our man.
jerks"
I'm not SO sure" jerks answered.
gripping Jocelyn more tightly "See
herei" And he held up the paste
tiara
Which Of 'em is it?" demanded the
chief detective, scrutinizing the faces
of their two captves. Best take 'em
both-what, Brlstow2"
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en- a park bench. thought at first
that he was drunk. but soon saw that
he was sick, and l spoke to him.
"'Hungry,' he murmured. In answer
to my question. Well, afterward. when
he had had something to eat and .
little color had come back into his
face, 1t began to come to me that j
had seen him before. There was
something familiar In his face.
Little by little I got his story. He
had come to Washington hoping to
get a government berth. had failed In
the examination. and had lived, or
rather starved. on such odd Jobs an
he could get.
'Why didn't you write home for
help?" I asked.
"'Oh, the old people have hardly
enough for themselves, and. besides,
they're terribly proud to think I'm
down here with the president He
laughed feebly.
Jack Stabler!" exclaimed.
"'That's my name" he answered.
How did you known
II told him part of the stsry, and
the next day he went to work In my
office. / don't know how I should get
along without him now"
That's just like you," said the viz
itor heartily. grasping his old college
friends hand. mo wonder the boy
loves YOU"
"The joke Of 1t u.s." said his friend.
that Jack went to the White House
with me little while ago and made
that picture-postal card true by shak-
ing hands with the president."--
Youths Companion.
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them arrest me. | will neither af-
firm nor deny their charges. And by
the time that my own innocence has
been established your brother can be
far away from the scene. only ask"
continued Jocelyn earnestly. that he
will mend his life, and that he will
build up his character again. taking
warning by the remembrance of his
past"
The young lady stepped up to Joce-
Ign impulsively and held out her
hands.
Your offer does you great honor"
she answered earnestly. but l cam
not accept this sacrifice. No, IL 1t is
to be so. let my brother suffer for
what he has done. After all 1t is not
right that he should evade the justice
OF the law
Eyes. let me pay the penalty" re-
echoed Barrett in listless apathy.
Lord Jocelyn looked from the one
to the other in bewilderment But
just now you were moving heaven and
earth TO effect his escape" he cried.
The young woman wrung her hands
she cried. Never mind my inconsis.
tencies. Go. before it is too late!"
Lord Jocelyn turned toward the
door. There seemed to be no alterna-
tive but to comply. He could not
force this sacrifice on them In despite
of that determination. But even as he
laid his fingers on the handle of the
door he heard the heavy tread of foot
steps ascending the stairway. They
reached the top stair and halted, and
others succeeded them. Then all
could hear voices of men, pitched in
low tones, without.
The girl hesitated for an instant;
then, without n word, she darted to-
ward the door that led into the In
terror room. She flung it wide and
flew through, beyond another door,
and into a passage terminating in q
stairway. Following, hastily, Jocelyn
heard the girl hurrying down, and
caught sight of her, three flights be-
low, hurrying in hot haste toward the
back egress. Some impulse that he
made no effort to analyze turned his
footsteps back into the room which he
had vacated Barrett stood there
alone In gloomy meditation. Jocelyn
went up to him and held out his
hand.
81 do not know what part have un.
Willingly played in this tragedy" he
said. But l repeat my former offer
to you. Follow your sister. Though
tho house is watched, 1 will voluntar-
lily give myself up in place of you
We are about the same build" he add.
, ed. measuring himself beside Barrett
land you can thus go free. And, once
free, remember what I have urged
! upon you"
The young man stepped forward and
seized Lord Jocelyn by the arm.
VIII you go, you meddler?" he
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you We're pretty sure you had him
watched, but you weren't quite sure.
and Walt was still being watched for
ON the off chance that he had got
away. 1t was necessary to convince
you that this was Barrett, so that you
should call off the search long enough
to enable my husband to get into Can
ada. He's there now, for / got mes
sage over the phone ten minutes ago.
and you're not likely to lay hands on
him.
This afternoon I went out to raise
some money on my furs to help my
husband make his getaway in good
order. On the way back saw this
other gentleman following me and.
like a fool, l took him for a bull /
thought it would be a good chance to
bring him up here and have my
friend arrested, so that you could be
dead sure you had Barrett in your
hands. I dropped that phony tiara to
bring him in-I had to take chances
he wouldn't pinch it and holland the
trick succeeded. But l guess we
rather overplayed our part, for. in
stead of arresting this gentleman, he
tried to pretend that he was Barrett
as well. Three Barretts was more
than l could stand for, so | thought
it was time to beat 1t, and unfortu-
nately, 1 was just minute too late"
When Lord Jocelyn returned to his
apartments later in the evening his
first words were: Fetch me q whisky
and soda Talbot-a stiff one"
Cad" he muttered to himself, as he
lighted a cigarette. I'm fair sleuth,
I think-not! as the American idiom
hath it."
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A business man in Washington re-
Gently enjoyed visit from an old col
lege friend. who passed many hours
I'm the office reading and writing let
tiers. The visitors wants were cour-
teously attended 10 by bright young
clerk, whose obliging manners and ev-
ident affection for his employer at
tracted the guests notice. After a
few days the visitor asked his friend
about the young man.
I've been waiting for you to notice
Jack" was the answer to the inquiry.
He's my Man Friday and there
never was a better one. want you
to know how / was lucky enough to
find him.
Two years ago l was over in West
Virginia, fishing. l induced an old
man and his wife, who live near the
trout stream, to take me in for week
AT first they hesitated; but when
happened to say something about COM
ing all the way from Washington for
few days of quiet and rest, they gave
me hearty welcome.
You see,' said the old man, our
sons in Washington, and it makes him
seem kind o. nearer home to have
somebody from the same place here
with u.s.
us he in the government service?"
asked, with perfunctory interest.
We'll, We don't rightly know just
what he is working at He don't write
quite as often as we'd like, but
spose he's pretty busy
Here the old wife broke in. But
we know he's doing well, and moren
likely he's working for the govern
ment, because he knows the president
real we'll
"He does?' asked. genuinely in
| terested.
Eyes, just look at that answered
my hostess, going to the shelf above
the rude fireplace and taking down a
picture postal card which showed a
frank-faced youth in the act of shak.
ing hands with the smiling chief ex.
ecutive.
"'O!' l said, as l recognized one OF
those fake photographs which anyone
can have taken on Pennsylvania ave
nue..
| 80 "0Nh Noo Il 6iSdl
to get acquainted easy, but mother
and me was some surprised when we
got this picture of Jack and the presi
dent. l suppose the president likes
to know some of the rising young fel
lows round in the government, DOM
he?
Every likely l answered weakly
thinking that perhaps / ought to en-
tighten the dear old innocents. But
l couldn't, and during all of my stay
there the kindly old couple talked tc
me about their boy. Their only trouble
seemed to be that he didn't write al
often as he ought They hadn't heard
from him since he had sent the posta
card, two months before.
when left they begged me to lool
him M, but as they hadn't his address
1t was pretty hopeless task. After
had consulted the government regis
try and found he was not on the pay
roll l gave it up.
well, one night about six weeks
later, as l was coming through Frank
lin square, saw a young fellow lyini
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Origin of an Enqlish custom.

ParliHment's custom OF assembling
for a new session on Tuesday instead
of on the first working day Of the
week originated in the religious scru.
pies of legislators Of a century ago.
In 1909 1t was proposed that Monday
should be made the day Of meeting,
but Mr.. William Wilberforce, M. p,
for the County of York. pointed out
that for himself and many other mem
bers this would involve Sunday trav.
eling-a thing he abhorred 80 the
day was changed to Tuesday, and q
Sabbatarian scruple has ruled the &C.
ton Of parliament to an era which
sees more motor cars on Sunday than
on any days OF the week.-Londou
Chronicle.
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Even.
"Oh, George!" sighed the lovesick
maiden. I'm sure I'm not worthy TO
be your wife"
Well" replied George YEARLY, I'm
not worthy to be your husband, so
we're just about matched."-Catholic
Standard and Times.
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First Boarder-Why did Mr.. Hall
Roome faint this morning when be
was reading the paper7
Second Boarder--He saw an article
which said that California will ship
100000 prunes to the eastern mar.
kets this year.