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The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
ASKS CHANGE (
| IN PANAMA BILL.
President Sends Special Messag.
to Congress.
URGES COURT TEST PROVISION
Recommends Passage of Resolution
Granting Foreigners Privilege of
Contesting Validity Of Measure
Before v. S. Tribunals.

Washington, Aug. 2O-President
Taft sent to congress special mes,
sage urging the amendment of the
Panama canal bill which has passed
both houses for the adoption of a
joint resolution designed to allow for.
eign nations to test the validity of the
free tolls provision of the. bill under
the Hay-Pauncefote treaty.
The president indicated desire to
sign the present bill, but declared it
was of utmost Importance that fur.
Their legislation be passed, SO that the
good faith of the United States would
be understood by foreign govern
ments.
Treaty Not Violated.
The message says in part
After full examination of the
Hay Pauncefote treaty, feel confident
that the exemption of the coastwise
vessels of the United States from
tolls and the impo sition of tolls on
vessels of all nations engaged in for
eign trade is not q violation of the
treaty with Great Britain. But dis.
tinguished lawyers in the house and
senate differ from this proposition and
the secretary of state has received ar
informal protest from the British gov.
eminent that the contemplated legis.
lation is a violation of her treaty
rights.
Il suggest, therefore, that before
the time has elapsed in which | am
called upon to express approval or dis
approval, congress consider the mat
ter of passing joint resolution grant
ing foreigners or foreign corporations
the privilege of contesting this meas
ure in the courts of the United States
as being opposed to the Hay-Paunce
fote treaty.
Agree on One Battleship.
One battleship, to cost $15000,000
was agreed to by the conferees on the
naval appropriation bill. Size, dimen.
sions and armament were ignored in
the agreement In every other re.
spect the bill is as approved by the
previous conference and is acceptable
to the house and the senate
The naval bill also provides for
eight submarines. This years build.
ing program also will include six tor.
pedo boats, two GOLFERS and one ma.
chine ship
The bill as agreed upon provides for
a round-theworld wireless system by
which the navy department can keep
in touch with it's ships at virtually
evry part of the globe.
An appropriation of 2,535,000 is tc
be available for beginning work OF
the battleship.
Passes Appropriation Bill.
The senate passed the new legisla
tive, executive and judicial appropria.
tions bill, substitute for the one vetoed
by President Taft. The new measure
retains the section abolishing the
commerce court, but that fixing q
seven-year tenure for government
clerks is elided.
A majority Of the appropriations
committee reported the bill with pro-
visions for the retention of the court,
and when this was eliminated Mr.
Taft's friends predicted that the bill
again would be vetoed
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
KILLS WIFE AND HER MOTHER
Ashton Oll) Man Is Jailed for Double
Murder.

Dixon, H., Aug. 20.--Mrs. Weston
Ma Sanders and her mother. Mrs.
Griffith, were shot 10 death ut the
depot in Ashton, this county, by
Warren Sanders, husband of the for.
mer on Sunday,
Sanders was arrested and lodged
In jail. Sanders had been separated
for some time and Mrs Sanders had
recently applied for a divorce
The Grfiiths are prominent people
In Ashton, and Mrs Sanders was con.
sidered the most beautiful woman
there.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
JUSTICE GoFF TO TRY BECKER
Supreme Court Jurist Will Preside at
Gunmen's Trial.


New York, Aug 19.-Governor Dix
has appointed Supreme Justice John
w. Golf as presiding Judge at the
trials of Lieut. Charles Becker and
all others who may be indicted for
the murder Of Herman Rosenthal, the
gambler.
In the L. -ow investigation Of police
crookedness in 1894 John W. Golf, then
an attorney, took the leading part as
prosecutor. Next month he will sit
in judgment on what promises to be
as startling and revolving a revelation
OF official laxity and vice as was the
Lexow probe. He was chosen su-
preme court justice in 1906 and has
a record of more convictions than
any other judge in the state for an
equal period Of time.
The trials of the men accused Of the
murder will begin September 3, and
Police Lieutenant Becker will be the
FIRST man tried.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22

Madison. The state industrial
commission announces an award Of
$4,000 to Mrs. Anna Nycek, whose
husband was killed on the C. Reiss
company's docks at Ashland. the
amount being four times his annual
earnings.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
SLEUTRS TRY To
K|DNAP SCHEPPS
New York Detectives Beaten by
District Attorney.
GAMBLER TELLS HIS STORY
Prosecutor Whitman Declares He Sc
cured Confederation OF All Pre-
vious Confessions in the
Rosentha Murder.

New York, Aug. 20.-Sam Schepps,
who is said to have been the paymas-
ter of the gang which killed Herman
Rosenthal, was rushed into the West
side police station prison after two
attempts to kidnap him had been made
by the New York police Schepps has
not been formally arrested but is held
as a witness.
District Attorney Whitman met
Schepps at Albany. On the train two
detectives made a demand for the lit
tie gambler in the name of the police
department. Mr.. Whitman replied
that he would indict the first man who
laid hands on Schepps and the detec-
tives left the train.
Land schepps in Cell.
Schepps was taken off the train at
the Grand Central station. At Forty
third street Captain Giles and Detec-
tives Dietrich, Hauser, Mcmahon and
Gallagher, all Central Office men, at
tempted to drag Schepps from taxi
cab but Whitman interfered and the
gambler was brought safely to cell
in the same balcony with Louis Libby
and Jack Sullivan, better known as
Jacob Reich.
On the way from Albany Schepps
ney. At the close of this conversation
Mr.. Whitman said:
when Schepps came before me, |
said to him: 'Schepps, tell me your
story in plain language, no frills and
no jokes. He proceeded to do so as
best he could. | have secured all the
confederation of the confessions now
in my possession that | expected.
This svill clear up and strengthen sew
eral vital points"
Saw Murders Paid.
1t was learned that Schepps admit
ted that he saw the murderers paid
for killing Rosenthal. He declared
that he was fully familiar with all the
details of the murder plot He accused
Police Lieutenant Becker of being i'm
plicated in the plot. His statement is
said to support perfectly that of Rose,
Weber and Vallon, on whose confess
sions indictments have been asked
from the grand jury.
Representatives of the district at
torney's office have discovered SIS 900
more deposited to the credit of Beck
er. This brings the total deposits of
Becker up to $4,000. Fourteen bank
ers have been summoned to appear
before the grand jury in connection
with these deposits.
Plot to Blow Up Prison.
A plot to blow up the west side pris-
on and thus kill Jack Rose, "Bridgy"
Weber, Harry WALTON and Sam
Schepps, the principal witnesses
against Becker, was revealed to the
police by letter received by Assist
aant Prison Keeper Levy. The letter
insist that gamblers are behind the
plot, and that men are working on a
tunnel to put the dynamite beneath
the prison. Careful search by the po-
lice failed to reveal any such tunnel,
but special guard was posted around
the prison.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
700 Frciuht Handlers Strike

Buffalo, n. Y. Aug. 20 Seven hun.
dred freight handlers went on strike
here Friday for an increase IN wages
and Encouragement Of their working
hours. Thirty policemen have been
detailed 10 the docks.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
Concrete Crew Strikes

Green Bay.-Paving operations in
this city were brought to sudden
standstill when the concrete crew
struck for higher wages. The men
are getting SO per day and demand
$2.25.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
Work Is Plentiful.

Marshlield.--For the first time In
FIVE years, the labor market is en-
tirely inadequate to meet the de-
mand. Lumbermen and loggers
state that during the last two months
it has been practically impossible to
secure men enough
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
Stale Bank at Clinton.

Madison. - Bank Commissioner
Kuolt has approved the articles of
incorporation of the state bank of
Clinton, with capital of $4,000. The
incorporators We're w. A. MAYHEM,
II. S Anderson, w. O. Newhouse.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22

Chicago, Aug. 20,-Mrs. Westanna
Sanders and her mother, Mrs. George
Grifith, were shot to death Sunday in
the railroad station at Ashton, H.,
by Warren T. Sanders. husband of
the former. Marital trouble is cause.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
NEGRESS is ElECTROCUTEC.
Dies In Electric Chair for Murder OF
White Woman.

Dies IN Electric Cnair Tor Murocr OF
White Woman.
Richmond, Va. Aug. 17.-Virginis
Christian, the negress who killed Mrs.
Ida Virginia Belote at Hampton, Va.
paid the penalty for her crime In the
electric chair in the state prison on
Friday
The woman had been respited three
times to enable the state officers to
inquire into every detail o. the crime
Governor Mann wrote to the judge and
the commemorative attorney Of Eliza.
beth CITY county for their views and
recommendation and was informed
that there was nothing in the case
which justified clemency.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
TROUBLE FEARED IN CHINA.
! Execution Of Two Generals May Lead
| to Strife

Execution Of Two Generals May Lead
to Strife.
Shanghai, Aug. 20,-Local republi-
cans, after protesting at Picking
against the execution Of two generals.
prominent campaigners and members
Of the Tung Men Chui, endoavored to
prevent Dr. Sun Vat Sen and General
Iluang Sing from proceeding to Pc
king.
Fearing for their safety, the gen
eral remained, but Dr. Sun Vat Sen
disregarded the warning and pro-
ceeded.
IL is feared the executions Will
arouse trouble between the north and
south
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
CORSlCAN AT HALF SPEED.
Liner Has Big Hole In Stem But Pro-
ceeds TO Liverpool.

Montreal. Que, Aug. 1.-THE Allan
line Offices received the following
message from Captain Cook of the
Corsican:
The weather has cleared. Corsi.
can proceeding about half speed. Alb.
solutely no cause for alarm Size OF
hole in stem five feet, above the wa
ter line"
The dimensions Of the hole In the
Corsican will be sent to Liverpool. so
that plates can be prepared and fitted
into her when she arrives.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
1900 Ask pletz, Pardon.

Madison, Wis, Ang. 17-Containing
more than $4,000 signatures OF people
from all portions OF the state. The APP.
plication Of John Dietz, the defender
OF Cameron dam" for pardon. was re-
ceiyed By Governor McGoyern.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
MEXICO HAS JOAN D'ARC.
Sonora Aanis Loots Stores and Dis
arms Police at Juarez.

dIH TOiSC al Sbd'C<"
Juarez, Mexico, Aug 20.--For few
hours a Mexican Jean dare was the
dictator Of this town. With ten rebel
soldiers marching at the heels of her
horse, she rode up to the police station
and disarmed the provisional chief of
police and six of his men. The rebels
rode away mounted on the policemen s
horses.
The woman fearlessly entered stores
and demanded and received provisions
and then she left town with her ad-
miring followers.
The woman, young and beautiful,
is said to be the wife of Col. LaZro
Alanis, the rebel commander, who Is
operating around Palomas along the
border to the west.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
Head Crushed Between Cars.

Green Bay.--George Ratell,
Northwestern road switchman, is dy-
ing fro minjuries received while
coupling cars. His head was
crushed between the cars.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
German Empress Very III.

Berlin, Aug. 20--It was reported
Sunday that the kaiserin's health
continues 50 unsatisfactory that her
complete retirement from court and
public life may be necessary during
the coming winter
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22

Manitowoc.--At the age of 100
years, Joseph. Trastek. the city's old
est resident and one of the Oldest
men In the northwest, is dead. He
was an early day contractor here.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
u. 8. Troons In Mananna

Managua, Nicaragua Aug. l9.--Capt.
Warren J. Terhune, commander of the
United States guDboat Annapolis, with
a force Of American marines com.
posed OF II officers and 35i men. ar.
rived in the capital Friday.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
Siohts More Than Fifty lcehnrn

- W. ' '''"'' Y ~ T~CUVT 30
New York, Aug 20.-More than 50
icebergs floating In the Atlantic near
Newfoundland were sighted by Cap
tain Amundsen Of the steamer Rag.
narok, which came in Sunday from
Botswoodyillc n. f.
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Taft Signs Pension Bill.

Washington, Aug. President
Tafts first official act Saturday was
to sign the $lGO,0OO,OOO pension ap.
preparation bill The pension Office
sent telegraph orders to the eighteen
outlying agencies to start payment
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
Woman Burns Herself n a,ior

Tampa, Fla, Aug. lG.--Crazed by
excessive and constant smoking Vic.
toria Ruiz, Cuban woman, poured a
gallon Of kerosene over her clothing
yesterday and set ere to It. She was
burned 10 a crisp.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
Stevens Point Civ Clerk Dies.

Stevens Point--John K. vos-
burgh, city clerk, resident of Stew
ems Point for twenty-three years, is
deed.
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Killed In Tire shing Machine.

New Richmond Rubin Peterson
80 years old, was drawn into a
threshng machine at Erin Prairie
and so badly injured that he died
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-08-22
LEAPS FROM FOURTH STORY.
Grand Nephew Of Mrs. Leland Stan.
ford Kills SELF WhiIe Darano,d

ford Kills Self While Oeranged
Boston, Aug 20.-Danie Shields
Cunning aged twenty-three and a
member OF prominent New York
family leaped from window on the
fourth floor at the Hotel Touraine
here. He was dead when picked up.
Young Cunning was the grand neph-
ew Of Mrs. Leland Stanford founder
OF Leland Stanford Jr. university. He
is supposed 70 have been momentarily
demented.
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the moment the beauty eEcites us In all
cases OF intellectual or moral rapture we
find that, unless there be coupled bodily
reverberation Of some kind with the mere
thought Of the object and cognitlon Of its
quality; unless we actually laugh ut the
neatness Of demonstration or witticism:
unless we thrill at the case OF justice or
tingle at the act of magnanlmity; our state
OF mind can hardly be called emotional
at all"
Feeling and emotion being thus reduced
to purely physiological basis. 1t Is alto
gether possible for them to become In
grained by repetition, under the law OF
habit, Just ns certainly as skill In playing
the piano may be acquired by practise, or
the fire horse may be trained to respond
to an alrm. The stealthy movements OF
the thief In the play, the muscular twitch-
ings of the alcoholic or the cocaine hend.
the tears Of the woman In despair, are not
merely the expression Of or resultnnts from
the given state Of mind; they actually help
to constitute the state Of mind. IL by
practise and frequent repetition the action
becomes ingrained and associated with a
given mental state, then whenever the ply"
siological conditians are reproduced the
appropriate mental state tends to recur.
In the light Of this theory. Tully Mar
shalrs acquisition Of the manners OF n
"Jope fend" and the other cases are easily
understood The Intensity and permanence
Of the effects will, OF course. depend upon
a number OF variable aud lndependeut faS
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tors, The interest Of the actor in the part,
the adaptabiIity and stability OF his ner-
vous system, his power Of concentration.
the length OF time devoted continuously TO
the portrayal OF one particular character
the counteracting tendencies OF his occupa-
tion when of the stage-all these factors
will have their influence In rendering lne
after-effects more or less permanent
The psychological processes involved are
precisely the same as are involved In every
process Of learning or training Inc most
efficient training, whether physical. INTEL
lectual or moral. Is that which tends 70
establish a direct connection between the
given situation and the reaction or re-
sponse. That Is to say, training Is al
ways most efficient when Il Is put In terms
OF action The skilled mechanic is trained,
not by reading in n book how to do thing.
but by having the tool put into his hand
and being required To use It Moral sentl'
ments are best cultivated, not by preach
Ing but by inducing the individual to en-
gage In some acts which will result In
good TO his fellow men. The more frequent
the repetition. the stronger grows the habit
The same law must hold good In the emo
tional life
There are. In fact, certain reasons why
members OF the theatrical profession are
especially susceptible to the effect OF this
law. In the first place, the genius OF the
truly great actor is nothing more nor less
than his superior ability to establish the
necessary connection between the mental
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do not tremble because we are afralo' OUT
we are afraid because we tremole.
First. the actor having mimicked rne
physcal expression that causes the emo
t!on, he really experiences the emotion,
Then, according to the scientific law OIL
habit, physical movements frequently re-
neated, become ingrained in the human OF
panism, Consequently, If the actor gets In
the habit of repeating certain pbyslcal eA-
nressians which are emotions, they tend 20
become fixed.
In order to get 70 the bottom OF this
mystery, we must ask ourselves: TO what
extent does the actor realize the coar-
acter he represents? ana py VIA.
mechanism does he arouse within himself
,he feelings and emotions Of his partI TO
what extent Is his real character perma-
nently Influenced by the fictitious feelings
of the stage? Does the man who, Tor eI-
annie. plays the part Of a thief or a
"dope fend" actually experience the feel"
ings of DEGRADATION belonging to the char
acter and does the long continued per.
formar> OF such part tend to develop
nnrrapent traits or 1t Is possible for him
to rid himself Of the acquired habits OF
mind as easily as he lays aside bis wig or
removes his makeup at the close Of the
performance?
AS to realizing" the character. the ira
dItIonal view, as old as dramatic art ITSELF
highest effects unless he actually allows
fhe part to possess him so completely that
his body responds In spontaneous move
ments. 1t is true. indeed. that a few great
Dlayers like Coquelin, reject this view. and
insist on the predominance Of the purely
intellectual elements. William Archer, the
well.known English critic, in his Masks
and Faces" has collected evidence on this
noint and lnds that most successful actors
and actresses declare they must feel the
emotion they express.
Salvini, for example, says:
IF you do not weep IN the agony OF
grief. II you do not blush with shame. IL
Vou do not glow with love, II you do NOT
tremble with terror. II your eyes do not
hecome bloodshot with rage. II, In short.
YOU yourself do not intimately experience
whatever BELTS the diverse characters and
nassions you represent, you can never
Thoroughly transfuse into the hearts OF
your audience the sentiment Of the sit
uauop"
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occur Is the emotion
Common sense says that we lose our
fortune, are sorry and weep; we meet a
bear, are frightened and run: we are In
suited by rival, are angry and strike.
The hypothesis here to be defended says
that this order OF sequnce is incorrect,
that the bodily tions must first
be interposed between (the perception and
the emoton). and that the more rational
statement is that we feel sorry because We
cry, angry because we str ke. afraid be-
cause we remble.
Professor James holds that this state
ment is true not only Of the coarser emo
tions whose expression is obviously largely
physical, but of the so-called higher emo
tons as well, as the moral, intellectual and
aesthetic feelings. "a glow, a pang IN the
breast. shudder, fulness of the breath.
Ing. flutter Of the heart, shiver down
the back, moistening of the eyes, q stir
ring In the hypogastrium. and a thousand
unnamable symptoms besides, may be felt
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state and the physical expression. As ~
ma, the great French tragedian, puts it.
he must have received from nature O
peculiar organization for sensibility, that
common property OF our being; and as all
our emotions are intimately connected with
our nerves, the nervous system In the
actor must be so mobile and plastic as bo
be moved by the inspirations OF the poet
as easily as the Aeolian harp sounds with
the least breath Of air that touches 1t
The existence of this heightened suscepd-
bility is indicated In the case OF many
actors and actresses who assert that the
mere study OF the parts results IN even
stronger emotions than they give express
sion to when on the stage.
Further, players in most cases are likely
to attempt only those parts which ara
more or less congenial to their natures
The interest may be In the nature OF
fascination rather than Of actual sympathy
with the character. The man who plays
the thief need not have the uncontrolled
instincts of the latter. yet he cauld hardly
hope to carry the part with much success
If those instincts were wholly lacking In
his mental makeup
There Is also the additional fact that the
study Of tbe part IS carried on at high
pressure and under the stimulus OF inter-
est. An emotional experience which, for
the average individual. would represent
the sum total Of lifetime may, for the
actor, be concentrated within a period OF
few months It Is real experience none
the less. from the physiological point OF
view, and as such is bound TO have Its
permanent influence upon the character.
II may be said, therefore. that the saliva
tion of the actor Hes either IN his medoc-
rity or his versatility, The less bis genius
for acting. the less he will feel. and con-
sequently the less will be the influence OF
the ma RI upou his charucte IL he play9
the part with feeling. the habit of mind
will grow with each repetition. II MAJ
Goodwin for example, were not snch
consummate love maker on the stage, 10
is hardly probable that he would havp had
enough wives to make book