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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-10
SAYS THIS COUNTRY
WRONGED COLOMBIA
Patrick Calhoun Wants the
United States to Pay for
Taking Canal Zone.
BLAMES THE COLONEL
Statement That Gle Took
Panama" Used by the Cali
fornian in Speech.
BLAMES THE COLONEL
News Service.

BY International News Service.
NEW YORK. March 9.-The United
States owes Columbia compensation
for the "taking" of Panama, accord
ing to Patrick Calhoun. who spoke at
the sixth annual dinner Of the Cali.
fornia society of New York at the St.
Regis tonight.
And, furthermore, he said, "if
we not only aided the revolution, but
were parties to promise to the leaders
OF the revolution that we would pay
the new republic the $10,000,000 we had
offered Colombia for the property, pro-
vided they would throw off Colombia s
sovereignty and deed us the canal
zone. We are guilty Of one of the most
colossal pieces of international corrup-
tion in the history Of mankind.
1T requires more than the 'vaIor of
ignorance, however, to maintain COM
mercial supremacy" said the speaker
"Our fleets In each ocean must out
rank those Of any other single nation.
The American nation must be respected
not alone for power but for honor.
Must Be Just.
We must represent the principles
of justice. We particularly owe this to
our sister republics of South America.
While we rejoice over the completion
of the Panama canal and the wonder
ful results which will flow from it to
us and to all mankind we must see to
it that there is no taiut upou our title
eve must remember that Colombia
owned the canal zone. We made a
treaty years ago with Colombia guar
anteeing her sovereignty over Panama.
Colombia granted concession to the
Panama railway, for which she received
$25o,ooo year. She granted to the
De Lesseps company concession to
build the canal. That company failed.
The date for the canals completion ex-
Dired and concession was extended.
A new company was formed, but no
progress made. The extended conccs-
sion was about to lapse.
"Tn this situation, the new company
undertook to sell the canal to the
American government. BY the express
terms Of the grant they could not sell
without consent Of Colombia. A treaty
was negotiated by which Colombia
would have been paid $1o,oOo,OOO. She
got nothing.
Wrong Alleged.
"The French company inspired rev.
olution in Panama. Our warships pre-
vented military interference by Colom-
bia. We promptly recognized the new
government and agreed to pay it $10,-
100000 in cash, with the result that we
got the canal zone; the Panama Canal
company got $40,000,OO0; the Panama
republic got $1o,oo0,0oo cash, while
Colombia, the real owner, received
nothing. Too weak to resist the Unit
ed States she lost both the canal and
the Panama territory.
"The then president Of the United
States is now credited with having
stated that fhe took Panama If this
is not an idle boast, then we owe Col
ombia compensation. We can not es-
cape this obligation by a payment to
an al1eoed reDublic -
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Hyland VS.. Thompson.

BUTTE, Mont, March o.-Fighting
Dick Hylapd Of Salt Lake and Maurice
Thompson of Butte, Iightweights, were
Athletic club here March %.
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In conclusion, the president pointed
he acts OF his own administration I
prove its progressiveness. He said. !
part:
Under the Jeffersonian idea Il was
thought that the least government OF
mankind was the best and that tho
more nearly the functions Of the gov
ernment were confined to the admin
istration Of Justice and to the enforce
mont OF law. the better; but. under
present conditions OF population and
civilization, there are many func-
tions that the government can more
perform than private enterprises and
in this way the individuals among
the people may derive greater bene-
Ats. The statutory provision Of the
legislative discharge OF such func-
tions by the government is progress
sive. There were many who are not
Socialists, but saw In tho present
structure OF our government. and es-
pecially In the checks and balances
intended by the trainers of our con-
stitution TO secure dellberation and
calm action on the part Of the people.
were deemed necessary IN order to
maintain the proper control OF capital
and corporate privilege by popular
Will and TO secure equality and op-
portunity.
Progressves Of this stripe attained
able, for a time. ut least. to give the
impression that others who were
equally imbued with the necessity for
reform by legislative and govern
mental action, but who thought sc
might come without destroying the
present structure OF our government
and without affecting the guaran-
tees OF life, liberty and property,
were reactionary and unsympathetlc
with the cause Of the people.
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PENSION BILL GOES
THROUGH THE HOUSE
Continued From Page One.)

OF the United States (including those
of the Panama Railroad company, and
the government Of the republic of Pan
anna, which excepted vessels shall be
charged no tolls.
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mean all of us, are TO be absolutely
trusted. ~
Delegates for Clark.
BY International News Service
DES MONIES, Ia. March 9.-Dele-
gates instructed for Champ Clark for
president were selected in every one
of the four counties holding Demo
cratic conventions in Iowa today. They
were Black Hawk, Cass, Des Moines
and Marshall. Previously Calhoun had
gone for Clark and Clay and Union for
Wilson, No two Of these counties are
in the same congressional district. OF
the total delegates so far selected,
Clark has sixty-five and Wilson four.
teen.
Fourteen Republican county oonven-
tions were held today, of which Taft
secured twelve while two, Warren and
Sioux. gave split delegations for Cum
minis and Roosevelt. Including today 3
conventions, thirty counties have in
structed. Taft has total Of 292 dele
gates, while the total opposition is but
1913 delegates
Booher Gets Angry.
WASHINGTON, March Champ
Clark buttons as big as dinner plates
hound surrounded by the admonitiou,
@ Y You we got to quit kiclein my dawg
around" appeared on the floor of the
house today, worn by a number Of mem
bers.
Representative Booher of Missouri
was almost concealed behind one of
them. Minority Leader Mann ap-
preached him and inquired:
"What in heaven IS name Is this
thine7"
"Why, il means that I'm for the
cob" said Mr. Mann, jryly, "I
thought maybe you were candidate
for dog catcher
Mutual friends effected a reconcilia-
tion later in the afternoon.
Scandal Revived.
MILWAUKEE. March "A daily
news special from Watertown says:
GA sensation was created this after
noon here among Democrats gathered
from various parts of the state when
ex-Congressman Charles n, Weisse
result in the action of q member of
the Wisconsin delegation at Denver, at
the national convention in 1893.
1.-The action it is alleged, had to
10 with the Wisconsin organization aud
not with the convention proper"
Wilson Man Wins.
SEATTLE, Wash, March 9-Walla
Walla as the place and May 6 as the
date were chosen for the Democratic
state convention by the state central
committee which met here today. Har-
mon and Clark leaders epdeavored to
have the convention called for lntor
date. The fight for an early conven-
tion was led by Chairman Charles G.
Heifner, western campaign manager
for Governor Wilson
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TAFT IS SPEAKER At
BANQUET IN CHICAGO
Continued From Page One.)

Of action" he said. ''1he great public
benefit arising from this movement
cannot be overostimated. 1t put the peo-
pie on guard in every state and in every
community
The anti trust law and the Interstate
commerce acts TO control law-breaking
corporations both were passed some time
before, said Mr.. Taft.
But" he continued. "the first step.
and the most important. was the stirring
OF the people to the nature of the crisis
that they had to meet, and the obstacles
IhGN had To nNerc0rne "
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Limit to Talks.

"ChaTges may be based upon gross
or net registered tonnage, displacement
tonnage or otherwise, and may be based
on one form Of tonnage for warships
The tolls shall not exceed S1.25 per ton,
based upon net registered tonnage for
ships of commerce, nor be less than the
estimated proportionate cost of the ac-
tual operation of the canal
The prohibition clauses, summarized,
includes:
That it shall be unlawful for ships
to pass through the canal which are
owned, leased, operated or controlled
by any railroad company engaged in in
terstate commerce or by any other cor
poration in which such railroad com.
pany has any interest whatsoever, or
by any other person. association or cor
poration with intent to restrain OF pre-
vent, or with the effect Of restraining
OF preventing competition through
Panama, either between ships, ship
lines or ship companies, and railroads.
"That it shall be unlawful for any
ship to pass through the canal if the
'owner shall be engaged in any agree
ment, combination, ship ring or confer
ence with intent to restrain or prevent,
or with the effect of restraining or pre-
venting competition through the Pana-
ma canal among ships. ship lines or
ship companies or between railroads
and such ships, ship lines, or ship COM
panies. -
One District Judge.
The bill would establish one United
States district judge with M gistrates
and bailiffs in the various towns
throughout the zone, and would provide
jury trial on demand In all criminal
cases aud cases at law. The district
court would have appellate jurisdiction
with the circuit court OF appeals at
New Orleans. Extradition of criminals
also will be provided
The committee Investigating the
Major Ray case continued it's hearings
Major General Carter was unable to
throw any light upon the missing papers
in the case, showing the reason for
Ray s various transfers alleged to have
been obtained through "political
pull -
The entire session Of the senate to-
day was spent In considering individual
pension measures. Senator Smith of
Georgia was Joined in his fight against
extravagant pension legislation by Sen
ator Bryan Of Florida.
\ concurrent resolution offered bv
Senator Oliver was passed authoriz-
ing the secretary Of war to cooperate
in making preliminary ARRANGEMENTS
for the forthcoming celebration of the
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Insists Upon Safety.

Distrust Of popular government:
the pride that I have that this is a
popular government. and that 1t has
shown Itself the strongest IN his
tory. Is as deeply imbedded In any
feeling that Is in mo. would be the
last man to exclude from the direo-
ton of the ship Of state the WILL Of
the American people. That Is the ul-
innate source Of authority. and 1t
does not in any way minimize my
falth and my love Of popular govern :
ment that 1 insist that the expres-
sion of that popular will shall be
with the deliberatton to make ~
sound and safe
fully and freely admit and assert
that when the American people have
had timo to learn all the facts. and
have had time to consider their bear
ing, their deliberate Judgment In a
wiser and better guide for the state
than tee judgment Of the most ex-
perienced statesman. the most
learned Jurist, the most learned and
profound student OF history, In this
proper sense, the voice Of the peo-
pie Is nearer TO the voice OF God
than any other human decision.
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s aving Mona,,
Popular

HE last rspor,
Comptroller q, - oi az
L rency publlsbInNs us cqs
- nres with rsap s hs-'
savings ss,g banks show, ,s sa'd a
TX Tx money has become. mat sss-
ne report says: "Ie "yvtp tpopular
.wentisth century mnm "a
Sn mnre about six iniliIosNa the1
e oank deposItors in Tn tS sayiDS1
,'a,eS; ,'eS;; With deposits ,ae az uhiti5
a. = halt billion dollars ~ tTo Ed
,h ,he past year Inc In,. Duzip<
Se lhe number OF denn.1i.rease b
neen alinost half pps,,Drs a nI,,Inrs ~
sn deposits. ono hnndlslon, cd
ttorty-two millions '''4TTred ani
savings na Bank and Trn.s, tms zdIon'1
hany welcomes ssvin. WIS. Con.
counts IN any amount. outings e
: ,,a PER CENT PAID on
INGS ACCOUNTS ngN 4N sAv-
DOLLAR or Moeso soNe
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Common Sense Prevails.

The bitterness OF the attacks which
they made upon men in responsible
position. the lack Of rcstra Int that
they manifested In impeaching the
as honest as any Of them, were only
symptoms OF a psychological situa-
ton that must pass under the calm
ing lapse Of time as the public came
to View the situation with A knowl-
edge of the facts and with that COM
mon sense and spirit Of fairness that
ultimately always prevails among the
American people,
We all believe IN popular govern
ment. 7 nm aware OF the exposure
to criticism. which the suggestion
that the American people may make
mistakes by hasty action and lack
Of elaboration will expose. one;
am aware of the ease with which
into an expression OF a distrust in
the American people. I am aware
that body Of people does not differ
in certain traits from the individuals
who make II up, and That people like
to be hattered as do individuals.
know that q whole people does not.
any more than the individuals. en-
Joy having their own defects pointed
out to them.
The truth Is. though. that the man
who tells the people Of the danger
that may- arise from mistaken and
hasty action pays higher tribute
to them than the one who constant
ly fawns upon them as II they were
incapable Of error, The most abiding
complaint that can be paid to the
American people is to point to the
fact that In the constitution which
they framed and have maintained,
they have recognized the danger Of
hasty action by themselves. and
have, In its checks and balances.
voluntarily maintained q protection
against II. The truth Is that in this
last century we have vindicated pop
ular government In a way that X has
hnfc.ra hanra ,-iralinatad
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AMUNDSEN FLOODED
WITH FLUCTUATIONS
Continued From Page 0ne.)

ers this morning said he bad received
piles of congratulatory kilograms. He
was particularly gratified by that of
the king of England Speaking Of
Shackleton's g remarks that Amundsen
would be able within three days con
tinuous observations to locate accu-
rately the position Of the pole,
right, that he was a man who did not
speak without grounds. Hc added that
three days would give him time to fix
the position ''if / was there"
Amundsen says that when the time
comes he will give sll he can, but until
then nothing.
Triumph Complete.
LONDON, March 9.-Captain Roald
Amundsen 's triumph is generally ac-
knowledged here is being complete and
the conqueror Of the south pole. Many
Britons, however, for the time being,
still are clinging to the hope that Cap
tain Scott s return may furnish a dra-
matte climax to the Antarctic story.
The Royal Geographical society, while
not questioning Captain Amundsen s
feat, is awaiting news from Captain
Scott before committing itself by send
ing congratulations to Captain Amund
sen.
In the meantime. if the Norwegian
explorer has any further secrets TO re-
veal, he is reserviug them for publica
ton through the same channels that he
hitherto has used,
Rear Admiral Peary, Sir Ernest
shackleton and DIR, ,Charcot all are
prominently displayed in the newspa.
pers as supporting the surmise that
both the British and Norwegian ex-
plorers may have reached the goal and
each of them remained in ignorance Of
the others success.
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I mean all Of us, are TO be absolutel
trusted. -
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His Own Good Work.

In conclusion, the president pointed to
the acts OF his own administration to
prove its progressiveness. He said. In
mart
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-31
Ideal
Fiction
Public Library
Should Contain
Good Novels
by SAM WALTER FoSS

N HE IDEAL attitude Of the public library toward fiction should
be of severity, tempered by liberation. public library
should buy all the good novels and buy them large numbers
The bad novels it should not buy at all All public library
hen has do in the matter reference novel; discover
whether it is good or bad
This is simple thing to state but welngh impossible thing
to do There easyong think good
novels and there mpacabe haters modern fiction who sy
tain that present good novels written at ALL From
mite made the mpcabe the eagers and intermediate types
of critics the public librarian should get varied estimates of all the novels
published from these estimates his conclusions
These conclusions will frequently be wrong but he will have lived up
the light will probably good
parchment literary output librarian
these good novels and then duplicate and upcate them times
undoubtedly perversion his
lectual faculties read felton, Of the best quality exclusively No
than the librarian that there large number Of
readers who do read anything but fiction They have lost the
with books that deal with realities The fiction dnkrd has
lost the intellectual needed clutch and grip the great thinkers
who write real boocen philosophy literature Much fiction has
made them mentally abbyhe mental muscles paralzed by intel
ctua dissipation. They literary drunkar and all good librarians
have interest in their reformation.
Good fiction presuppose considerable degree of intelligence in its
readers If deals with the eternal ves of human it
interested and varied domains of thought
real thinker should stimulate its reader broad inves
cations sometimes ongonnued research 1t is hard for libra
with the cooperation of helpers to select the small
cenge fiction from the large percentage of the bad His action
be the matter will be without vocieous
test the part of the public. But
Dsaen a good natue Dssl '''S III '' Sow a A
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-31
MORNING ROBES ARE DAINTY PETTY GIFT FOR TRAVELLER
Elaborate ornamentstion Allowed on
Costumes to Be Worn at
Breakfast.

Breakfast robes are being made IN
most ornate style with fiouncings and
ruchings Of lace, adorned with satin
rosebuds. The dresses are completed
by shoes to match and dainty little
caps of lace adorned with flowers.
A charming version of the break
fast toilet was to be seen recently in
one of the shops. The foundation of
the dress was white satin, yelled with
pink ninon and fiounced with white
lace. A series of flowers caught up
the lace flouncings, and the cap which
went with it had frill of lace franz
ing the face prettily. with clusters of
flowers at the sides.
Some OF the simple house frocks
are filed in at the throat with folds
of tulle in V shape, while others are
made with high transparent collars of
the tulle, edged along the top with q
narrow band Of satin. Satin. after taf-
fetas, is the principal material for the
house frock this season and there are
charming little dresses in crepes Of
silky weave, trimmed with lace and
satin folds.
In length the skirt of the house
frock touches the ground all the way
round and the sleeves are long to the
wrists.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-31
DINING CAR is THE HEAVIEST
Some Interesting Comparisons Be-
tween Its Weight and That Of
the Other Coaches.

The heaviest of all the cars in a
limited" train Is the dining car.
which is, ordinarily, of a weight in
excess of the other cars by 10000 or
$4,000 pounds. Between the car con-
struction and the necessary kitchen
equipment and icebox contents, full
size standard dining car tips the scales
at 10000 pounds when ready to make
its customary division run. There
fore, on the principle that in case OF
collision a passenger is safer in the
strong, heavy coach in the center of a
vestibuled train. the dining car is
good place to remain. A sixteen-sec-
tion sleeping car may weigh from
10000 to $4,000 pounds, while the
buffet-library car of the transcon-
tinental type comes next in weight at
10000 pounds The baggage car.
weighing $4,000 pounds. may be the
lightest in train. but the postal car
next to it weighs on an average
lO3 900 pounds, a reclining chair car
is full weight at $1,000 pounds, while
the ordinary passenger coach weighs
$4,000 pounds. With locomotive and
tender weighing 26OOOO pounds, one
may estimate, by these figures, the
enormous weight of some of the
through railway trains of seven cars.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-31


running toward each other on the
Erie railroad between Jersey City and
Port Jervis. On the east-bound train,
says the Railroad Mans Magazine.
rode the general superintendent of the
road, Charles Minot.
A telegraph line had recently been
erected along that stretch Of road It
was considered a great curiosity.
Some people believed that in time it
would prove to be of service. The
majority were content to hold the
opinion that 1t was a useless freak
contraption.
The two trains were scheduled to
meet at Monroe. Trains at that pc
riod travelled by time table and prear-
progressed to the point of conceiving
disarrangement of programs.
On this occasion the east-bound
train found on arriving at Monroe that
the other was half an hour late
There appeared nothing to do but re
main there. according to custom, and
await the tardy one.
NOIhlHS SlSe dppSdIeu pOSslDle "
anybody except General Superinten-
dent Minot. He refused to be bound
by tradition. He promptly wired to
the west-bound train to wait at Turn
ers, the next station, until the east
bound met 1t. Then he wrote an or
der for the conductor and engineer of
the latter to proceed to Turner's.
The engineer, it is said, refused to
obey the order Dlsobeying the time
table seemed to him to be like frac-
turing the Decalogue. He declined to
take the risk. Thereupon the gen
eral superintendent climbed into the
cab and himself drove the engine to
Turner'S. This Is said to have been
the first time the movement of trains
was directed by telegraph in America.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-31
SAVED THE OVERLAND FLYER
Much Courage and Presence Of Mind
Shown by SeVen-Year-OId Girl
Of California.

But for a seven-year-old girl, the sec
land Limited would have been wreck
ed at Alta, Cal, recently. The hero
inc is Ileen Martin, daughter of AL
fred Martin, a section foreman of the
Southern Pacific. She tagged the
train just before 1t reached the brok-
en- rail The Martin girl and her lit
tie sister have been in the habit Of
watching for the block signal, near
their home, which tells them when
trains are approaching After the
train enters the block they have ample
time to go to the station and watch
it come in, and later get the Martin
mail. One day the children set out
to watch for the signal. Before
reaching the block Ileen discovered a
broken rail on the main line near a
switch. Realizing the danger, the clev-
er child hurried back to her home
Her mother and older sisters were out.
With rare presence of mind she tele-
phoned the telegraph Office at Towle
The telegraph operator replied that
the train had already entered the
block and that he could not stop it..
By this time Ileen's l4-year-old sister,
Alma, had returned. The two girls
then ran to the railroad track and sue
ceeded in tagging the Overland flyer
when 1t was but a short distance away
from the broken rail.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-05-31
sinns of carelessness.

She had just returned from a shop
ping tour, tired and radiant.
He had just returned from the Of
fee. tired, but-well, tired.
Quivering with delight at the array
of samples shipped from rolls Of dress
goods she emptied the contents OF her
purse into her lap. There was me-
tallic sound. \ look Of dismay crossed
her face.
"There!" she exclaimed. 81 just
knew there was something l had for
gotten 10 buy"
What was it, dear" he asked. with
an assumption of interest.
I'm sure | don't know she replied,
petulantly, but l find l have half
dollar left"