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The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-18

Montenegro Headquarters, Podgor-
itza-The battle following the capture
by the Montenegrin forces of the Tur-
kish position on Detchitch mountain
and the fort on Schipchinck hill, DOM
mating the town of Tushi, still con-
tinues. The fighting is now general
on almost the whole length Of the
Turko- Montenegrin frontier.
General Martinovitch, with the
southern army, is operating with sue
cess against the extremely strong
Turkish fortress of Tarboch, which
dominates Scutari from the south.
At noon Saturday the Montenegrins
captured the Turkish fort Rogame
near Tussi.
The hospitals here are OVERLOOKING
with wounded men brought from the
, battlefields. King Nicholas visited
the hospitals and kissed upon their
foreheads the dead and badly wounded
men. Afterward he addressed the
wounded in tones of deep emotion,
saying hee thanked all of his brave
troops in the name of the fatherland.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-18
CHAMPION SUBMARINE OF
NAVY IS BADLY WRECKED

jacksonville, Cal.-The submarine
FL, champion diver of all the under
sea lighting craft, is ashore near here,
with her nose rammed in the sand,
and two of her seamen are dead. T..
j. Turbett, of Newark, N. j., and G..
A Schroeder, of Minneapolis, were
swept from the deck of the little YES
sci and drowned when it was torn
from its mornings at daybreak.
The extent of the damage to the
submarine, which was grounded after
six hours fight by the 1S remaining
members of her. crew, has not been de-
termined.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-18
Cigarettes Sold to Girls.

Redlands, Cal.-Charges that many
Aedlands schoolgirls are addicted to
cigarette smoking crystallized in the
arrest Saturday of William Titus for
s:eiilng cigarettes to three girls rang
ing In age from IL to 18 years. When
DR. ar.ralgned before Justice McIvor,
M Illus pleaded guilty and was fined $50.
nus, who conducted a pool hall, ad-
m,tted that for some time he had been
seiling cigarettes to girls. His ar
rest is the first result of cam
ppaign to break up the selling Of to-
pacco to minors.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-18
ICE INVASION PREDICTED.
Scientist Says All Human Skill Will
Be Needed to Fight Glaciers.

Ithaca, N. Y.-"I have no doubt
that we are now in an inter-glacial
period similar to those which have
already existed, and in future the hu-
man race will have to use all its
knowledge in another fight for its life
against the encroaching ice, said
Professor Nathaniel Schmidt, of the
history department at Cornell.
Speaking Of the ice age, he added:
II wish to call attention to recent
discoveries in Switzerland of four dis
tinct periods Of glaciation, and to the
fact that Professor Winchell, Of Min
nesota, has been able to produce
definite proofs that Kansas has gone
through the same four periods. This
is important, because it proves the
contemporaneousness Of the glacial
ages in both hemispheres.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-18
child Saved From Engine,

Sioux City, Ia. - When Milo c.
Dodge, q fireman on the Milwaukee
railroad. looked out Of the cab window
between Jefferson and McCook Thurs
day. he saw q child playing on the
track. Realizing that the engineer
could rot stop the train in time, Dodge
jumped ont on the running board and
made his way to the pilot. Just as
the engine was rushing upon the
child. Dodge reached ont his foot and
kicked the little one to safety. The
child was Gerald AlIard. two years old.
He landed in the ditch slightly bruised.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-18
Unknown Steamer Sinks.

Halifax N. S.-The fate of the
crew of large vessel, identity un-
kow, reported afire and then sunk off
Prospect, east Of Sambro, remained
unrevealed up to late hour. First
word of the wreck came at p. M,
when the lighthouse keeper at Sam
bro sent wireless message that = q
large vessel was on fire near his sta
ton. An hour later he sent mes
sage that the vessel had sunk. No
other particulars are available. The
government steamer Aberdeen sailed
out to render any assistance possible.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-18
Turkish Quarter Attacked.

Vienna-A massacre of Turks has
occurred at Turtukai, in Bulgaria,
near the Roumanian frontier, accord
ing to q dispatch from Oltenitza. to
the Neus Weiner Tagelatt.
It is alleged that armed Bulgarians
attacked the Turkish quarters of the
town at night, pillaged the houses and
massacred the inhabitants, not SPAR
ing women and children. Only few;
Turks escaped across the Roumanian
border.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-18
POSSIBILITIES BEGIN.
Montsnegrin Forces Attack Turks
After Declaring War.

Constantinople Montenegrin forces
early Wednesday morning attacked
Berana, which at noon was surround
ed. Skirmishes also are reported on
the Servian frontier and with Greek
bands in the neighborhood of Diskata.
An exchange Of shots occurred near
DJumabala, on the Bulgarian frontier.
An official dispatch from the Mon
tenegrin frontier says Montenegrins
on Monday attacked the block house at
kalva, but were repulsed with heavy
loss. Fifteen Turks were wounded.
The same day large detachment of
the Montenegrin army crossed the
frontier and attacked Brana. It also
is reported that the Turks surrounded
and annihilated body CT Montenegro
soldiers.
Patris- A general conflict in the
Balkans is expected by officials here.
Montenegro has declared war, and
this is regarded merely as the begin
ming. 1t is believed that the other
units in the Balkan coalition will fol-
low suit as soon as the mobilization of
armies is complete. There is only
faint hope that the representations Of
the powers will avert general HOSTILE
ties.
Montenegro's move is considered in
Paris to be part of prearranged plan.
1t is asserted that Greece was first
elected by the Balkan Federation to
force the issue and inaugurate the
war. This easily could have been
done by Greece's seating in the Greek
parliament the deputies from Crete,
which was certain to prove a casus
belli to Turkey. Greece, however,
declined to accept responsibility for
starting the flame.
Montenegro then was picked. She
had long standing quarrel with Tur-
key over the boundary question, ani
Turkeys refusal to grant satisfaction
was seized upon as justification for
Montenegro g resort to arms.
1t is not doubted that though cool
er heads in Bulgaria have been
against the war from the start, pop
ular excitement is at such high
pitch that that country will be driven
to war to satisfy public opinion.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-18
Grazing Land Il Offered.

Provo, Utah The sale of $50, 900
acres Of grazing land in the old Uin-
tab Indian reservation was opened
here Wednesday by ]. w Wilton, OF
the department Of the interior, and
Don B. Cotton, of the United States
land Office at Verna, Utah. No bid Of
less than 80 cents an acre will be ac-
cepted, and not more than $40 acres
will be sold to any one purchaser.
There were only few prospective
buyers on hand at the opening sale.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-18
Governor Reprieves Four.

rnoenix, Ariz. - Declaring that
:sapltal punishment had no more place
H. the present day order than the
uurning of witches. Governor Hunt
ssra s, reprieves to William Camp
M:' Eduardo Perez, N. B. Chavez and
bIlguel Peralta, all of whom were to
aave been hanged here Friday. Gov
stnor HUNT expressed the hope that
s ns legislature would pass at its next
lshment.
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Uniform Changes Anger.

Washington, D. C.--Naval officers
are up In arms against the latest or
der Of the department making changes
in their uniforms. Each officer will
have to spend $500 to $500 for new I'M
forms and changing old ones. The
order, say the officers, imposes finan-
cial hardship on every one. A num-
Der Of officers here, tired Of continual
" having their uniforms altered at
the whims of bureau chiefs, will try
to get bill through congress- forbid
ding changes in naval uniforms with
out express authority from congress.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1912-10-18


az American museum of natural
history, who got back recently
from a ten months trip to the orient
to obtain specimens for the museum,
and who, while in Korea, explored a
region never before entered by q
white man and discovered three lakes
in the north Of the country, gave the
following description Of his expe-
dition:
After finishing my whaling, / spent
three weeks at Shimonoseki. Japan.
collecting fish, and then returned to
Korea and went to Seoul to interview
the directors Of foreign affairs, from
to go into the interior. Then went
away up the coast by ship to Sheshin.
From there / went on push
railway you get in car and natives
push you up on handcars- mill
tary station on the Tu Men river,
west OF Musan. The latter is a
walled town 500 years old, with its
original public buildings and many
ancient houses. 1t is the last place
inland ever before visited by
whites. The Russians went there dur
ing the war, and now there are Jap
anese gendarmes there, as in every
place in the country.
Il spoke a little Japanese, the cook
had got at Seoul spoke English well,
and the interpreter had spoke Chi
nese, Korean and little English. Be
sides them / had in my party six Kor-
can horsemen and hunter.
THE northern part of Korea is alb
solutely bare of trees, unless you SO
classify the fir underbrush about a
foot high. My cook, who was thirty
nine years old, had never cooked with
wood in his life. The only trees
you see in the southern part of the
country are those that have been left
about graves.
Plenty of Tigers in Korea.
II wanted to get into the unknown
region, which was said to be wood
| ed and full of game. The last was
true. There are leopards in tremen-
dous numbers in many parts Of the
country, snow leopards. and there are
tigers in many districts. The former
are very shy, but they and the
tigers come to the villages when the
snow drives them and get children,
horses and dogs.
Il have q leopard skin which was
presented to me which is nine feet
long, but / did not shoot one myself.
None has ever been killed by a
white man In that country.
Il spent three weeks hunting two
tigers on the mountain and then de-
cided could spare no more time. The
lcountry Is so big, and would have
/ had to beat over a great tract It
took q friend of mine in the south Of
| the country two months to get two
specimens.
From Musan / travelled 40 miles
west before came to the edge
lof the big forest and the last vii
llaxe. Nojido, hamlet Of eight or
ten houses. Then went directly
howard Paik-tu-san, the white topped
mountain, which is 5000 feet high. I
went until the snow stopped me. which
| was in May. There were no trails.
| I had to steer by compass.
.sThe forest, / found. was mainly Of
VIRGIN iarch, SO to 100 feet high. with
some birch, with very thick under
lrrowth. NY Koreans were afraid TO
entar it because there we're reports
abroad that Chinese robbers were IN
Il t&r a&c,
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BATTLE is GENERAL.
Montenegrins Take Another Fort
Hospitals Filled.

London-The Turkish losses in the
battle of Detchitch mountain were 600
and those of the Montenegrins 400,
according to dispatch to the Stan
dard from Cettinje.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-31
HEARING and Smell OF Fishes.

Fishes smell well and hear acutely
The senses Of smell and hearing de-
pend mainly on internal nerve and
brain structure. the external apparatus
in different animals being helpful and
contributory but not essential. The
fact that fishes have no external nose
and ear formations does not prevent
their internal mechanism from operat-
ing In some fishes the swim bladder
performs a part in the communica-
ton OF sound. and certain fibers in
the front part of the head perform an.
other part Their smelling apparatus
also Is well adjusted for practical use
A fish has no external organ Of smell
but It will turn up It's nose at an Of
fensive bait.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-31
youno Girls Marrow Escape.

A young blind girl had an excit-
ing adventure with an unruly COW in
her home at Mosley street, Burton-on-
Trent, England. recently. The animal.
having escaped from the drivers con-
troll entered the house by the back
door, and the young woman. imagining
the intruder TO be a human being,
called out: who Is it?" Then, real
izing that something was wrong. she
walked past the animal and got safe
" outside. the COW. meanwhile. rush
ing round the rooms. breaking the fur
niture and smashing crockery to frag-
ments
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-31
Oiouino TO Music

II would seem that the old principle
which has said TO have been so often
applied in war and in peace and
which has a deep psychological basis,
that tiresome muscular labor IS more
easily and regularly performed and In
sense guided by the rhythm OF mu.
steal sounds. has been successfully ap-
piled among the laborers on the
Panama canal. One OF the bosses
OF work gangs has gained distinction
by understanding all his rivals In the
amount of work done on account OF
his cleverness in developing and lead
ing songs that inspire his men with
energy and cause them to forge,
fatigue Singing at work has become
general all along the line. 1t is re-
ported
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-31
NOT IN POSITION TO TALK
Coiored Mans Theory MIGHT rave
Been All Right, But Tfere
Were Exceptions

Douglas Fairbanks. ont ~ 'hjca2"
vent into barber shop the oth"r DAY
10 get shine He found thfe" negro
bootblacka there ~ one OF 'h"lh
dubbed Fairbanks shoes tie sGh5ec' o.
women came up.
"Ah tel, yo'." sail he negro VINO
WAS working On the Officer boh ac-
tors shoes. women IL pecnllth
thing 70 gotta know Just no" 70
handle huh or so gotn' g glt we
worst ufit. Lots OF times she 81
mad at yo' an then y0' gotta talk 10
hsh. Talk to huh-that's the way 10
masiah huh. She wont stand 10 no
beatin' or rothiu' lax that. Talk 20
huh That's the way All handle ma
wife
Another negro working next 70 aim.
looked ap "Whah did 70 git that
black eye 70 got. Rufc"' lie asked
Well. ma wife done it. but
"Why didn't yo talk TO huh?"
How could All" came from me
arst. "She had me by the throat VII
my wind shet Oh"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-31
illinois were farming people and the
IN food Dlains of the Illinois needed

illinois were farming people and the
rich food plains of the Illinois needed
little tilling. Tracts Of land were
granted to a score of Freuchmen. The
river provided fish; ~ the swamps
downstream were water fowl. tho
prairies were dotted with buffalo.
The population lessened or increas-
ed from season to season, La Salle
died murdered In far off Texas. The
mission was removed TO the Missis-
sippl river in 1900 Despite the ex-
hortations of Father Grayier. the In
habtants of kaskaskia fed 20 this
new sanctuary from the lroquois.
Hence the new kaskaskia on the
Mississippi. which became the first cap
ital OF Illinois The rock was left
deserted except by the garrison and
the traders IN 1902 the garrison was
withdrawn and twenty years later
Charlevoix. passing down the river,
saw only the rotting palisades OF the
20 600 Indians none remained But the
story runs that Tnnty, white haired
and feeble was carried back 10 his
rock 10 die among Il Few wondering
red men and be buried in the swift
water below
The old fort stil! served as n strong
hold for the Peorias In 1922 these
Indians were besieged on the rock by
the Foxes and their allies. but the
siege was raised In 1863 at Cahokia
came the murder Of Pontiac, leader
OF the POttawatOmies and Ottawas. by
a Kaskaskia Indian. and the revenge
o. the Pottawatomie nation The kas
kaskias and the other Illinois tribes
were massacred few Peoras were
trapped on the rock and there starv
ing. defended the single approach. One
dark night those remaining made a
sortie and about a dozen-accounts
differ as 70 the number-escaped down
the river In stolen canoes. the last oil
their people Nothing remains to re
call them except bits of bone. pottery
and flint that are plOwed up on the
site OF the ancient city. and the silent
rock standing unchanged through ths
centuries and breasting the flow Of
the river
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-31
HIGHEST pOZNTAWZLZLWOZS

and the present city Of Utica Mar
auette raised an altar and displayed
four pictures OF the Virgin before 500
chiefs and old men. 1900 young var
riors and perhaps 1000 women and
children, a large audience TO be gath
cred there nowadays Soon after Eas
ter he and his two companions made
their way back to Lake Michigan by
the Kankakee and st. Joseph rivers
On the bank of the lake Marquette
died
Ailouez was Marquette's successor
at the mission of the Immaculate Con-
ception. He found at kaskaskia 35l
lodges. Before the coming Of la Sale
in 1879 he left the place and La Sale
found a deserted city. The inhabitants
had gone hunting farther west. He
went on to Peoria lake, built Fort
Crevecoeur there and returned. leav-
Ing his lieutenant, Monty. at the fort.
Ii was not until this return voyage
that the great white rock caught his
eye. 1t must have impressed itself on
his mind as he sat IN the deserted viii
lage across the river, resting on the
Journey northward. Here was a fort
that was no Crevecoeur. lofty rock,
| inaccessible except at one point. and
| there only by narrow and difficult
path. out of arrow range from the
| other rocks and the bluff a quarter OF
| a mile away. So he sent word to the
| Tonty to examine the rock and to re-
! kn ha
| thought 1t we'll to do so.
| But this establishment was not 10
be easily made There were troubles
with the Indians and the French az.
sistants, and it was three years later
| that La Sale and Tonty began the
| fortification OF the rock. The only
approach to the half-acre area Of the
works and palisade, and within the
palisade were built cabins after some
OF the forest growth had been re-
moved. Civilization took It's stand In
the midst Of the wilderness.
At the foot OF the rock, on the level
bank of the river. bowling alley was
laid out for the Frenchmen Around
this were other shelters. Of French
and OF Indians The fort had become
a suburb OF Kaskaskia. or. as the
French called it, LaVantum. across
the river This town Of the Kaskaskis
Indians was added to by arrivals o
other tribes. especially those of the
Illinois nation. The original settle
ment was west of where the Utic,
bridge now crosses the river. but The
additions spread to the east along the
low bank Of the stream. Includinf
the Indians gathered about the foot o
the rock. La Sale estimated the popu
lation at one time to be 10000 persons
1000 Of whom were warriors.
Grain Abounded In Broad Fields.
To supply this city. the largest com
munity of Indians that has been re
corded in the Illinois country, Their
were broad fields Of grain. for thu
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-31
Changed His Mind.

Green was paying his first visit to a
racecourse He had heard tales OF
welshers and ticket-snatchers and
lurid stories concerning the pugillstic
henchmen OF bookmakers, but still
such things did not prevent him hav-
ing bet ON a big race He backed
an outsider. and 1t won With a
seraphic smile on his face he went
up to draw his winnings
We'll, what dye WANT asked the
bookmaker, sticking out notified IN.
derjaw, while the square-faced clerk
scowled ferociously.
"Er-nothing, stammered Green
i've Just brought your vtsiitrg-card
back TO you"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-31
Mans u sefuinsss.

Mrs Edward K Hewitt, president OF
the Woman'5 Municipal league. Was
discussing in New York the movement
for cleaner streets.
Now that women have gone in Tor
cleaner streets" she said. we'll prob
ably get them. Don't mistrust woFn-
ans influence. II Is everywhere AZ
work"
Then. with a smile. Mrs. Hewitt ut
tered this epigram on her sexs be-
half
Few are the men who would have
reached the top OF the ladder il their
wives hadn't steadied II for them.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-31
Microscope in the Home.

Miss Frances Stern of the Massa-
chusetts Institute Of Technology is an
advocate OF the use Of the microscope
In the home as a means Of assisting
in the proper preparation Of meals.
The use of Me microscope. according
to Miss Stern. would help the house
wife to do her work more intelligent.
ly. The bread maker, for instance
could learn why her bread was not 8
success by using the microscope. The
housekeeper would also be able to tell
the difference between wool. cotton
and silk fibre. avoiding all possible de-
ceptions.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-31
The Parasitic Female.

among the rich. the poor and the mid
die class. She contributes nothing to
her race. her homo or the worlds
work She Impoverishes her race be-
cause she bears no children. She
means nothing 10 her home because
And she contributes absolutely moth
ing to the world of art. science and
industry She lives on OF others. and
like all parasites, animal or vegetable.
she weakens the vitality OF those on
whom she fastens herself.-McCall' 3
Magazine
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-31

l. lie park the state of Illinois has
done more than preserve the
scene of ~ Indian tradition 1t has
earliest recorded history of the upper
Mississippi valley The pack includes
the site of the Oldest fort and perma-
nent European settlement in the val
ley and part of the site of great com
munity that even now would rank with
the largest cities OF the state. The
old and all but forgotten Kaskaskta
and it's suburbs were larger than the
present city Of Alton. larger than
Freeport. twice as large IS the nearby
city of Ottawa.
When it is recalled that only cen.
fury ago the stockaded Fort Dearborn
that had been Chicago was scene OF
desolation it is difficult to turn the
mind back still another century and
more to the beginning OF Fort st
Louis, on the Illinois river. Perhaps
that Is WHY the Indian legend of
later date has become known. while
the recorded history of the place has
been forgotten and Fort St Louis has
become Starved Rock
It was in the summer OF 1913 that
Joliet and Father Marquette entered
| the Illinois river at its mouth after a
| trip down the Mississippi from the
| Wisconsin They were on their way
back TO eastern Wisconsin by way OF
/ Chicago and stopped only three days
at the indian village Of Kaskaskia,
which stood on the food plain Of the
| Illinois. across the river and a short
forest capped that rose sheer from
! the water at height of 1875 feet. The
Village then contained IA lodges and
nearly ten times that number Of fam
flies The lodges were permanent
structures. not the tepees OF the west
ern nations. The Indians were Kao
kaskias. tribe of the Illinois nation
whose vilnge was larger than that Of
the Peorias another Illinois nation
who lived near where the city Of Pc
oria now stands
The great rock above the village
1
was one OF many rocks and. moreover
It was the Indians that interested
Marquette. whose report contains the
only first hand account of the voyage
since that of Joliet was lost In the st
Lawrence river. To these Indian.
Marquette endeavored to return late
In 1914 Winter and sickness caugh
him on his way. He and his compan
ions built cabin on the bank OF th,
Chicago river at what is now Robe.
street and remained there UNTIL tn,
spring. when they descended the Des
PLANES and Illinois to Kaskaskia ant
there established the mission Of thu
Immaculate Conception Of the BLESSED
Virgin
On the meadow between the rive