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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
u. S. TO AID PERU NATIVES
Starts Investigation of Treat
ment of Rubber Gatherers.

Washington. July S.-Reports of horrible
conditions among the native rubber gath
erers OF Peru are the cause OF a dangerous
mission which the State Department has
quietly sent UP the Amazon River In the
interest Of humanity. Acting Secretary
Huntington Wilson received information
to-day that Captain Stuart Fuller, one Of
the departments most trusted agents, had
arrived at lquitos, two thousand miles up
the Amazon, on his way to the Wild stretch
Of country to learn the facts at first hand.
State Department reports indicate the
existence OF conditions below the equator
that equal those reported few years ago
in the Congo country, where natives were
said TO have been forced by torture and
mutilation to collect certain quantities OF
rubber for the concessionaires.
The concessionaire in the case of the
rubber gatherers OF the upper Putuyamo
River, in Peru is asserted to be a British
corporation. 1t remained. oddly enough.
for British representatives and the British
government itself to disclose the charges
against this corporation.
The State Department. although no
American citizens are involved, consulted
with British officials and others interested
in the welfare OF these natives and made
strong representations to the Peruvian gov
eminent. 1t secured pledges from that
government that through DEGREES which
had been promulgated the obnoxious con-
ditions would be terminated.
The department then sent Captain Fuller
on the mission to ascertain whether the
Peruvian pledge had been redeemed. Full
Ter will make Iquitos his base of explora
ton. and will use steam launches for the
upper reaches Of the Amazon and It's trib-
utary, the Putuyamo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
NEW WORKERS IN LONDON
E. H. Gary and Hamilton Fish
Among Holiday Makers.
IBy cable TO The Tribune. J

London, July S.--P. J. Kiran, who has
been in London and on the Continent
since March, Is sailing to New York by
the Mauritania on the 18th. In CONVEX
station to-day he was reticent about busi-
ness on this side, but acknowledged his
connection with various recent fiotations
and said they had all been entirely sue
cessful.
z. II. Gary, who is also passenger
on the Mauretania. will spend his vaca-
ton automobiling on the Continent.
Among other passengers were Justice
and Mrs. Blur, Marcus Braun, Mr. and
Mrs. Albert c. Burrage. Mr.. and Mrs
Daniel II. Carstairs, Mr.. and Mrs. A. o..
Choate, Mr.. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish,
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Guggenheim, F. II.
Hitchcock, r. Hitchcock, Mr.. and Mrs
Bradley Martin, jr., Ogden Mills. Ira
Nelson Morris, Frank A. Munsey, Mrs
Amos Pinchot Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander
H. Revell, Count and Countess Rothes,
Egerton l.. Winthrop, Lawrance Dor
say and Blanche Ring.
Henry A. Wise came over on the Maui
retania TO be present at the taking Of
testimony by defendants in the govern
ment's suit against the Lehigh Valley
and other railroads as TO alleged rebat-
ing on European freight shipments.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
JERSEY BOILERS MEET
Fort Presides at Meeting Of
Forty five Pr0gressives.

Forty-fve men identified with the pro-
posed third party movement In New Jer.
sey met In the Office of Ex-Governor
John Franklin Fort, In the Essex Build
ing. in Newark, last night and took the
first steps toward the formation OF the
independent party. Mr.. Fort presided, but
some disappointment was occasioned by
the absence of former State Senator Ever
EFT Colby one of the Roosevelt leaders.
who. it was explained, was detained by
previous engagement.
The conference was behind closed doors.
and afterward Edmund B. Osborne. presi-
dent of the state Progressive Republican
League and chairman of the Essex County
Progressives, gave out the information in
tended for the public. The conference
named a committee Of nine to prepare for
a mass convention" to be held at Asbury
Park between July IS and July q. IL Is
planned to select at this convention dele
gates-at-large to go to the national con-
vention called for Chicago on August 8.
The committee is made up of Borden d.
Whiting, national committeeman from
East Orange Edmund B. Osborne, OK
Montclair. Frank J. Higgins, Of Jersey
City; James Z. Bathgate, Of Baskins
Ridge; f. d. Potter, OF Bridgeton; Assem-
blyman John f. Gill, Of Trenton; Clarence
f. +. Hetrick, OF Asbury Park; Adrian
Lyon, of Perth Amboy. and Mr.. Fort.
Conspicuous among those present at the
conference were ex-Congressman Charles
n. Fowler George l.. Record and Harold
]. Rowland, the last named Colonel Roose-
velts colleague on The Outlook"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
UNEMPLOYED MEET HERE
Hoboes May Mark Occasion BY
Call on Mayor Gaynor.

The great National Committee Of the
Unemployed and the Brotherhood Welfare
Association, representing lover three mill
ion unemployed" held their annual New
York meeting in a little back room at No.
IS East 4th street last night--seven dele
gates strong with eleven onlookers and
seven newspaper men. An elegant time
was had.
James Eads How, the "St. Louis mill
ionaire," was asked why there were so
few present, and Mr.. How answered that
his organization believed in being modest.
There were lot Of speakers, in fact all OF
the seven delegates spoke often. Between
puffs at most extraordinary cigar that
exhumed green smoke, the chairman, Alex
ander Law, remarked upon the excess in<Y
terruptions One man with a bullet, closei
cropped head arose to the point and said
that he would beat the knob of the next
gink that opened his trap"
A temporary chairman was elected. FouIt
delegates voted. Two for Mr.. Caplan and
| two for George Brown. Two didn't vote.
So Mr.. Brown voted for himself and was
A., declared elected amid cheers. In the many
/ speeches that followed Mr.. Roosevelt was
| spoken Of as ''the Emperor OF America"
Al one time II could be seen tnat one OF
| the audience was listening to what the
| speaker was saying. He was Immediately
| surrounded by the newspaper men, who
| were informed that the speaker suggested
that the working people, the unemployed.
buy up the whole country at market price
and then charge each hobo one dollar for
| his share in running the grand old coun.-
| try Some other speakers mildly suggested
| a social revolution as the only safe means
| for the unemployed to obtain their rights.
| He was very roundly cheered
| II things go as expected Mr. Gaynor, in
| the City Hall, may soon have to go out on
| his front porch and listen to most Of the
| speeches that were delivered last night.
| The hoboes are thinking seriously about II.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09

colo, however. had partisans, and from Al
fano's point Of view the murder OF Cuocolo
became necessary
Throughout the trial the accused, most OF
whom had been in prison since the begin
ming of 1907. generally exhibited a defiant
demeanor. Some Of them ragged, while. on
occasions. they hurled storms OF invectve
AT the Judge Abbatemaggio. the informer'
was placed in a cage by himself In the
court. strongly guarded by the police.
one OF the most remarkable circumstances
In connection with the case was the aban-
donment OF the preliminary investigation
by Judge Lucchesi Palli because OF his con-
viction that the prisoners were innocent.
He Immediately became the recipient or
threatening letters from Cammorist victims,
who accused him of causing the Crowns
case to collapse. So frequent did the
,broats become that the mind OF the Judge
finally gave way and in February last no
became violently insane.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09

just left London after a brief visit. said
yesterday:
The summary squelching Of Colonel
Roosevelt and MIR. Bryan at Chicago AMI
Baltimore conventions means that the
natural conservatism Of the American
people asserted itself and served notice
to the Progressives of both parties that
radical theories are not wanted at pres
ent.
ION Election Day President Taft VIII
be infinitely stronger than he is to-day.
Nothing will help him more than the
nomination of Governor Wilson by the
Democrats.
There is nothing to be feared from
Colonel Roosevelt now. He shot, but
missed the mark. Even II he persists
in calling n third party convention. it
is doubtful whether he would have
sufficient delegates to constitute
quorum The resulting ridicule would
then kill him off completely"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
ST|MSON SEEKING PEACE
Secretary Calls Conference for a
"ReaI" Army Bill.
ASKS LAWMAKERS TO HELP
Believes They Have Been Mis-
informed, and That Amicable
Agreement Is Possible.
From The Tribune Bureau.l

Washington, July S.-Hoping to be able to
draft an army bill on the needs Of the ser
vice and devoid of the so-called imperfect
theories of legislation" the Secretary Of
War has planned a series Of conferences OF
the heads OF various branches Of the ser
vice and members OF Congress, and has
called the first session to convene at the
War Department tomorrow.
Personal Invitations have been extended
to Senator du Pont and Representative
Hay, chairman OF the Military committees
of the two houses, to take part In the de-
liberations, and the members of these COM
mittees have also been asked to attend.
Secretary Stimson believes that much Of
the bitter feeling and animosity attending
the passing of the army bill vetoed by
President Taft can be eliminated, and that
an amicable agreement can be reached IS
TO the present needs of the army through
these conferences. He thinks that members
Of Congress who have been advocating rad
ical changes In the system are laboring
under false impressions. and 1t is his aim
to furnish them full information on the
points involved in the controversies.
AS pointed out by the President in his
message vetoing the bill passed several
weeks ago, Secretary Stimson feels that
the army OF the United States is far 100
vital an institution to be made the victim
Of hasty or imperfect legislation" His idea
is that the experienced officers In the ser
vice are better able to say what practical
reforms are urgent than those outside the
service.
| 1t is Mr.. Stimsons hope that the factions
now at loggerheads will lay aside personal
| feeling and unite i'm effort to draft
measure which will meet the needs OF the
service.
Just what attitude the members of Con-
gress interested in the Woodbury. Aims
worth controversy will assume toward the
| overtures OF the Secretary of War is a
mater OF conjecture. There are some sore
feelings as a consequence Of the fight over
the vetoed bill, and the chickering's leading
UP to its enactment, but II Is believed that
several members Of the Military committees
will attend the conferences.
1t is expected that the latest army bill
TO pass the House will be held up in the
Senate. pending the outcome Of the efforts
of the War Department to draft real
army bill. The last army bill 10 pass the
House was stripped of some Of its objec-
tionable features, especially the custer pro-
vision aimed at General Leonard Wood.
} Chief Of the STAFF, but it is still far from
satisfactory to the administration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
NEW RAILROAD LINE OPENED
President of Salvador Formally Links
San Miguel and La Union.

San Salvador, July s. - The newly con-
structed railroad between La Union ana
San Miguel was formally opened for tramc
to-day by the President Of the republic.
The work on this railroad was begun In
April. 1870 It is part Of the eastern divi-
sion OF the Pan-American Railroad. the
concession for its construction being
granted to Miner c. Keith and Bradley NJ
Palmer, OF the United Fruit Company II
is intended eventually to extend the road
TO San Salvador.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
A. J. DREXEL ENTERTAINS
Gives Reception in London Be-
fore North Sea Cruise.
fBy cable to The Tribune. ]


London, July S.-Anthony ]. Drexel
gave a large reception and supper to-
night at the Ritz. He starts tomorrow
on a yachting trip Of fortnight In the
North Sea. A small party will accom-
pany him on his yacht, the Sayonara.
Among the guests at the reception to-
night were Lord Annaly, Mr.. and Mrs.
Asquith, Mrs. w. w. Astor Ambassador
and Mrs Reid, the Austrian Ambassa-
dor, Lord and Lady Albemarle, Arthur
J. Balfour. Lord and Lady Brougham,
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin and Sir
ernest Cassel.
A special stage had been built in the
ballroom Of the Ritz for an exhibition
by Russian dancers from Covent Garden
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
CHINESE LOAN DEADLOCK
Six. Power Bankers Say Loan
"Mnst Be" for S3OO,OO0,000.

Picking. July S-A deadlock was reached
at a conference to-day between the Chinese
Minister OF Finance and the foreign bank
.rs because Of the determination OF the
latter TO adhere TO the decision OF the Paris
conference.
The proposals as formulated by the six
power group provided that the loan mus
he for goo 600 900. and that European super
vlsors should have a certain control over
It's disbursements, together with other
points Of minor importance.
No actual rupture has been announCeSn
lrt tho Finance Minister has reserved the
right TO contract loan elsewhere. Notes
viii be exchanged tomorrow and the situa-
ton defined.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
MARINE SAFETY CONFERENCE
International Agreement To Be Drawn
I'm at Meeting in London.

Berlin, July s.-A conference for the draw
ing up OF measures of safety for sea-going
vessels is to be held in London in the fall.
Both the United States and Germany.
which took prior initiative in the matter.
have waived their claims.
The German proposals to be presented to
the conference will be drafted finally only
after the holding of another German con-
ference shortly before the meeting Of the
international conference In London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
TO AMPLIFY CUBAN TREATY
Senate Authorizes Gomez to Treat with
the United States.

Havana. July s.-The Senate to-day adopt
ed the report OF the Committee on Laws
authorizing President Gomez to negotiate
an amplifcation Of the reciprocity treaty
between Cuba and the United States
Dispatches from Onente indicate that the
has been crushed. The troops
however, are continuing their pursuit OF
small bands Of starving negroes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
BELGIUM FACES SECESSION
Walloon Provinces Ask for Ad-
ministratiye independence.

IIege, July s-A congress OF delegates
from the Walloon provinces Of Belgium
adopted a resolution yesterday In favor OF
the administrative separation or those
provinces from the Flemish provinces with
a view to 1.-THE extension of independence
and the expansion Of the activities OF the
Walloons."
The congress did not decide on the exact
form separation was 10 take. desiring that
this question should be left TO later con-
gress. at which one delegate from every
forty thousand inha bitants OF the Walloon
provinces shall be present.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
FRENCH FIGHT IN MOROCCO.

Fee. July IA crushing defeat was in
f,icted to-day by the French General
Gouraud with three thousand men on one OF
the most persistent enemies of France in
Morocco, who is known as the Regui OF
Sichtala. -
The French surprised him near Moulay
Bouchta. After a severe fight the Regh
S.d. leaving sixty dead on the field and sur
rendering his camp to the French, who lost
three killed and eighteen wounded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
MRS. M'MILLAN GIVES DANCE
Many Original Figures in Her
London Cotillon.
IBy Cable to The Tribune, J

London. July s.-Mrs. William North
rup Mcmillan gave dance last night
at No. 1s Hill street, Berkeley Square
for Miss Edwins Thornburgh, OF ST..
Louis. A cotillon was danced at IL
o'clock, when many original figures were
introduced.
The house was a mass Of pink roses
carnations and green foliage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09
w. sAurrER A GAME PROTECTOR

Albany. July s.-The State Conservation
Commission has appointed Joseph V. Saul
ter, Of New York, a deputy chief game pro-
tector at a salary Of t2,40o year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-09

cANoRRIs IN THEIR THE lRrRCN WHEN if
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-24
Il Il Z ID e ) z I I
{ ByJ. D. Gillian, D. d.

He who knows only the desert Of
the geography naturally thinks Of 1t
as an absolutely forsaken and empty
region where nothing but dust storms
are born unattended and die without
benefit Of clergy or any other care.
The character of this individual tn
Queen Natures domain IL as variable
and interesting as that of any other
creature.
\ An experience in an actual sand
storm Is food for "Reminiscences much
more pleasant for the memory than
for the flesh. First there come the
little skurrying outriders. 1.-THE and
timber whisking gusts dancing and
whirling like Moslem dervishes, coyly
brushing the traveller or boldly DASH
ing a fierce fistful Of dirt into his eyes;
then off with a swish of invisible
skirts-vanishing lossibly in the di-
Irection whence 1t came. They go,
leaving him to wipe his astonished
eyes disgustedly, for the act was so
sudden and sad one could not keep
back the tears. Before aware of It, an
other and stronger duplicates the
dastardly deed OF the first wingless
wizard OF the plains and the traveller
there are to be seen the regular desert
dozen or more whirling columns Of yell
dancing on one foot and assuming all
sorts of fantastic shapes.
Now for the fierce onset. Like
blasts Of a blizzard the shrapnel Of the
desert is hurled into eyes, face,
ears, nostrlls; little rivers pour down
the back and fill every discoverablc
wrinkle and Granny of the clothing
with its gritty load.
If in summer buttoning the cloth
ing is suffocation and the sweat soon
makes one a mass of CRIME; II in win
ter it is not so unbearable for COM
Portable fencing can be made against
the cold.
The whole landscape is obliterated
by and by and the trail is often so
drift filled that unless one himself is
accustomed to such methods of travel
or has an experienced plainsman for
his driver and guide, there is danger
of becoming lost, or so out of the way
that night may overtake him and cause
a waterless camp for both himself and
team.
But. reader. did you ever see morn
ing dawn or an evening slip into twi-
| light on the quiet sand ocean? In
| summer 1t is a scene Of splendor. In
| deed such are often seen after a day
or a night Of sandy wrath. There are
always the wide-eyed sand lily desert
anemone), sand poppy, or other OF
the beauties no other region supplies
Their vain gaudiness fills some Of the
! wants for which the eye Graves in the
aesthetic.
AT early dawn, lining the eastern
horizon are the soft pencils of bash
full dawn overlapping the jagged saw
teeth of the sleeping mountains SO OF
moro miles away. A faint limiting of the
Tightening of the backsky only deepens
! the blackness of the snow streaked
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-24
Interesting Facts Concerning Early
History Of Boise Land Office Are
Disclosed in Old and Musty Files

No. / was issued to Mr. Davis.
This claim was for land now owned
in part by the heirs of the Davis estate
and for the present site of the Boise
wholesale district. Four other declara-
tory statements were filed on this same
day. The other statements filed We're
No 2. George D. Ellis: No. 3. William
r. Potter; No. 4, James H. Slater; No.
., William H. Drake.
The Davis, Ellis and Slater claims
all adjoining the Boise townsite on the
SOUTH Front. street being the southern
boundary of the townsite, and the
Drake and Porter claims were for the
land Immediately south of the river.
the stream being the boundary between
the first and other claims filed on that
date. Declaratory statement No. was
filed by Henry +. Prickett, mayor of
Boise City, and was for 442 acres en-
hraced in the original townsite.
First Homestead Filing.
The first homestead filing was made
Jan. IA, 1868. by Nicholas Sanderson,
the second on the same date by Joshua
Hull, but these were both withdrawn,
and declaratory statements fled later.
Homestead entry No. 3. which was the
first homestead carried to patent. was
made Jan. 10, 1868. by Jerome B. WALL
ing and was for land cornering with
the penitentiary reserve at the south
east corner of that tract. His five-y year
proof was made April 10, 1873.
Contests Began Early.
The first contest of record was Will
liam s. Thompson against Nicholas
Sanderson, affecting the fractional
southeast quarter of section 4, being
made fraction by the southwest corner
of the Boise townsite, which took out
about three acres. The docket does not
show the date Of filing this contest, but
it was closed on Jan. 81, 1868, just 10
days after the first filing in the office,
by the withdrawal Of homestead entry
No. / by Sanderson This entry is re-
corded as of 5 o'clock p. M, which would
indicate that in the early days closing
hours were not strictly observed.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-24

peaks. The cowardly coyote yelps less
keenly and the burrowing owls to
whit, to- WHO'D" comes more and more
family. and the white desert sparrow
starts up as II to catch the early worm
he is sure not to find. The Looping jack
rabbit slips noiselessly to his sage
brush shelter and the prairie dog comes
from his snake infested haunt barking
noisily preparatory to his days digging
and foraging.
The stubborn mountains begin to let
the suns forerunning rays glide be-
tween them and the sky is now old
gold. fast Transforming into kaleido-
SCOPE crimsons and other reds, while
the swift arms Of the day painter are
reaching from between the peaks of the
precipitous crags and dyeing the scales
Of the mackerel sky with hues and tints
the rainbow would covet.
In the opposite direction a morning
mirage inverts an image of stretch
OF trees along the far away river and
blends them top to top till they seem
greenish- black columns supporting the
dun clouds OF the west while the be-
lated moon peers through these unreal
corridors.
The sunset 10 far more gorgeous; It
reaches grandeur often. Let 1t be a
winter evening. A suggestion of storm
has been playing threats. The west
ern hills have reached up their time
toughened arms and carried the tired
lantern of the day to bed. tucking him
away in goldlace tapestry and rose
tinted down.
Then the blue, white and brown
clouds change quickly to purple, pink
and red by turns and the opaline sky
! itself forms a background for the dis
solving community Of interlacing fila
ments of filigree, till in time too full
Of interest to compute by measure, the
! whole heavens are aflame with a riot
GUS orgy of color, prodiga1ity Of shift
ing scenes. making one think of the
descriptions essayed in the Apocalypse.
We think of Moses who wished to
see God face to face, but was told he
would be permitted to behold only the
dying away of His glory" No Won
der the man who was 40 years in the
wilderness before the grand exode
through the unsurveyed desert was able
| to write the majestic prose poems that
| have lived unaltered through these
| thousands Of critical years! He was in
the region where inspiration is dis
pensed with hands of infinite wealth
God is the dispenser.