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New-York tribune., 1912-08-13
NEW BRITISH LINERS
Royal Mail Company Orders
Four More Steamships.

London. Aug. 12.-The Royal Mall
Steam Packet Company II became
konwn to-day, has given orders to a
Belfast concern for four new 650-foot
passenger liners for Panama Canal
traffic. TO meet anticipated severe Ger
man competition.
Mr. Mayhew, an official of the Royal
Mail company, in an interview to-day
expressed the opinion that there was
no occasion to be disturbed by the
action Of the American Senate in pass
ing the Panama Canal bill He ala
not believe that the American govern
ment would seriously entertain n step
calculated TO deprive the canal OF
considerable source OF revenue. In any
case, he thought the matter could be
amicably arranged without making
comments distasteful TO the United
States
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13

attempted to seize San Jorge. the lake
transported on board Nicaragua lake
steamers which he had seized but the
attack was repulsed. In the mean time
his troops seized the towns OF Masaya
and Granada. and on August ., a fight
took place at Tipatapa, near Managua.
On August 8. at the request of the
Nicaraguan government American blue
jackets and marines were landed for the
protection of the lives and property OF
the resident citizens OF the United
States The expedition. under the com
mand Of Lieutenant j. a Campbell jr.,
was landed at Corinto and transported
by rail TO the capital, where the Ameri-
can troops have since been on guard.
An alliance was entered into between
General Mena and a number Of Liberals.
followers of the former dictator, Zelaya.
Communication has been maintained
with difficulty, owing TO the cutting OF
the telegraph and the damaging Of the
railroads by tho revolutionaries. but the
track has been kept open between Ma
nagua and Corinto, on the west coast.
General Mena yesterday asked for a
three days armistice. and although this
was apparently granted revolutionary
forces under General Zeledon to-day be-
gan a bombardment Of the city Of Ma
nagua Protests were entered against
this action by the diplomatic corps, and
the American Minister, George 7. Welt
eel. notified General Zeledon that he
would be held personally responsible for
what might happen.
Tho fortress on Iona Hill, which de-
| Tended the city, is situated at a height
Of 1000 feet above the capital and is
armed with a battery Of American-built
| 6-inch rifles. II is said 10 be well pro-
Vided with ammunition
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13
u. S. WRITER PROTESTS
Charge of Semi Professionalism
Is Taken Exception To.

London Aug 13.-Edward r. Bush
nell. the American writer on athletics,
in a letter 10 The Times this morn
ing. writes Every Anglo Saxon knows
that your pride Will not allow you TO
consider seriously the suggestion that
YOU withdraw from participation In
future Olympic meets. nor would such
action be justified on any grounds In "a
nation which has done what yours has
for the development of amateur sport
| wish. however. TO call attention to
the unfair assumption on the part or 80
many Englishmen that to be successful
In future Olympic meets requires that
YOU copy the alleged semi professional
methods used TO develop American
teams We do not object 10 being
copied. but we do protest against the
implication that our methods are any
less amateur than yours. The supe-
riority which America enjoys is the
result of scientific coaching. We frank
" admit that for our superiority in
distance running we used England as
our model.
THE most important factor in our
strength for 1916 will be the result Of
the enthusiasm created by the 1912 per
formances. Every schoolboy in the
country with athletic ambitions will
wish TO represent America four years
hence. This is only natural. II there
were similar enthusiasm in England,
coupled with the adoption OF system
of coaching, there would be no occasion
for the general lament over the results
of your 1912 performances
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13
kNEW SULTAN OF MOROCCO
Mulai Hafig's Abdication an
Accomplished Fact,

Paris. Aug. Fit Is officially an
nounced to-day that Mulai liafg. the SUI
tan OF Morocco. has completed all the
formalities demanded by France ana tna'
his abdicaton is an accomplished fac''
He started for France to-day.
Mulai Youssef. his brother aud at pres
ent Caliph Of Fcz, is TO be proclaimed
Immediately.
The abdcstion Of Mulsi Hsfis vas Noi-
untary. II was finally arranged between
him and General Lyautcy. the French
resident governor, who urged upon the
Sultan 10 announce that II was for rea-
sons Of health in order TO avert the poss'
bility OF fanatic outbreak on the ground
that he had been coercrd into taking the
stcu
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13
HAS M. POINCARE FAILED?
st. Petersburg Advices Mini
mize Importance of Visit.
rRv Cable to The Tribune J

London. Aug. 13.-The ST. Peters
burg correspondent of The Daily
Telegraph says that no immediate
practical consequences of sensa-
tjoual character may he expected to
result from the decisions arrived at
between Raymond Poincare, the
French Prime Minister, and NJ, Saxon
off. the Russian Minister for Foreign
Affairs. The importance of NJ. Poin-
cares visit TO the Russian court, II
would seem, has been somewhat over
estimated.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13
GRANTS BUTT MEMORIAL SITE.

Washington, Aug. i2.-Permission 10
erect a memorial to Major Archibald w.
Butt and Francis Davis Millet victims
OF the Titanic disaster, on the public
grounds i'm the capital IL granted by "A
resolution passed by the Senate to-day.
The measure carries no appropriation. and
II liz expected that the memorial VIII be
built by public subscription. The resolu-
,icu now goes TO the House.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13
PICTURE GIFT TO FRANCE
British Painters to Have a
Sale" in Luxembourg.
Inv Cable 10 Tho Tribune. !

London, Aug. 12.-Edmund Davis. of
London. who is the possessor Of large
collection Of modern British pictures. is
presenting the Luxembourg Gallery
with a number of works by modern
British artists. beginning with Burne
Jones and including William Orpcn, as
well as Pryde, Nicholson, Shannon.
Philpott, Ricketts, and Connard. The
room in tho Luxembourg will he known
as La Sale Anglaise.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13

reports that dense fog was prevailing
this evening, and this probably was the
cause Of the accident The fog also
probably accounts for the fact that the
Corsican was proceeding slowly.
According to the signal service. the
hundred miles distant from the Cor
siCan at the time of the accident. The
position of the Lake Champlain was
not definitely known. but she passed
Belle Isle at o'clock this morning.
The Corsican carried twenty-five first
class, siXty-two second class and two
hundred steerage passengers. The ves-
sci sailed from here last Friday.
Leon J. Garcey, of the International
Sleeping Car Company. who is the New
York agent Of the Allan Line. said at
his home No. 456 Riverside Drive. last
night. that he had had no information
regarding any accident happening 10
the steamer Corsican. Mr.. Garcey said
that the Corsican was turbine built and
designed mainly for passenger service.
She can make some seventeen knots.
The Allan Line has no offices in this
city.
Belle Isle east OF which the accident
is reported 10 have taken place is an
island lying at the northern end Of the
strait Of Belle Isle. which divides New
foundland from Labrador. Belle Isle Is
in latitude 30 west, longitude - north.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13
eAvoes MORTON FOR JUDesHIP.

Washington. Aug. 12.-The nomination
NJ lanes NJ. Morton. jr.. as United States
District Judge at Fall River, Mass. was
favorably reported to-day by tho Senate
Judiciary Committee
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13
PLAGUE CASES GROW FEWER.

San Juan. forto Rico. Aug. i2.-The ou-
bonic plague situation through this isia"u
is absolutely under control. No new cases
are developing.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13

SUNDAYS NETWORK TaLauNE
Mailed anywhere in tbs Nssied
State, for 81 80 a year.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13

Berlin. Aug. I2.-Prlnce Henry Of Prus-
sia. brother OF the German Emperor has
been selected TO 20 TO Toxic TO represent
the Emperor William at the funeral OF
the late Emperor OF Japan
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13

The bombardment OF Managua. the
,capital of Nicaragua. by a revolutionary
force to-day is the outcome OF revolu-
ton started on July % by General LUIS
Mena, then holding the office OF War
Minister. who was requested by Presi-
dent Adolfo Diaz TO resign. He declined
10 do so and was deposed by force.
General Mena's partisans on July 81
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13

san Diego, Cal, Aug. i2.-The cruiser
Denver under orders to proceed at once
10 Corinto. did not get away yesterday,
repairs IN the engine room not having
been completed. She sailed to-day at
noon. The Denver carries about three
hundred and ffty. bluejackets.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-13

San Juan del Sur. Aug. H.-It is report
ed here that the city Of Nandaime. about
thirty-Ave miles south Of Managua, was
occupied yesterday by the government
troops who left Rivas on Friday 10 auack
General Menas revolutionary forces
who had made their headquarters there
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He's goney
"Stingaree ?"

He's gone!''
''Stingaree?"
He was worse than we thought.
Your man all right?'
mo trouble whatever. sir, only sick
and sorry and saying his prayers in a
way you'd never credit. Come and
hear him."
81 mist come and see him at once
Got a fresh horse in?"
Il have so. in and saddled in the
stall. / thought you might want one,
sir, and ran up BARNARD, Stingarees
own mare, that was sent out here
from the station when we had the
news :a
THAT was very thoughtful Of you.
You'll get on, young man. Now lead
the way with that lamp"
This time Stingaree had spoken in
gasps, like man who had ridden very
far, and the young constable unlike
his sergeant, did not know his voice of
old. Yet it struck him at the last mo-
perintendent Cairns than the hardest
riding should have made it. and with
the key in the door of the cell the
young fellow wheeled round and held
the lamp on high. That instant he was
felled to the floor, the lamp went down
and out with a separate yet simultane-
Gus crash, and Stingaree turned the key.
HOWE! Not word. Out you
comet"
The burly ruffian crept forth with
outstretched hands apart.
what! Not even handcuffed?"
NO. Turned over a new leaf the
moment we left you and been praying
like parson for 'em all to hear"
This chap can do the same when he
comes to himself. Lies pretty still,
doesn't he? In with him."
The door changed. The key was turn
ed. Stingaree popped it in his pocket.
The later they let him out the bet
ter. Here's tie best mount you ever
had. And my sweethearts waiting
for me in the stable
Outside, in. front, before the barracks
yeranda, an inquisitiye little group
heard first the clang of the door with
in and presently the clatter of hoofs
coming round from the yard Stinga-
rec and HoWie-a white fash and a
bay streak-swept past them rs they
stood COMPOUNDED. And the dwindling
pair still bObhed in sight under a full
complement of stars when a fresh out
cry from the cell aud q mighty ham
mering against its locked door broke
the truth to one and ALL
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The
Gentleman
Bandit
By e. w. HORNUNG
Author of
+" R AFFLES"
The Amateur Craftsman
Copyright. 1907, by Charles Scribner's Sons
THE DEBUT STlNGAREE.

Miss Bouverie, a companion to Mrs.
CIarkson on an Australian ranch,
ceases singing when a dapper young
man walks into the ranch house. He
politely bids her sing more, while he
plays. Her voice receives his highest
commentator. Before leaving he prom
Uses to be at Mrs. Clarkson's concert,
which Sir Julian Crum, the celebrated
English musical authority, is to attend.
III due course the great night came
around, but Hilda Bouverie looked for
her hero in vain. Mrs. Clarkson and
some of the others had done their part
when Stingaree appeared on the stage
leveling brace of revolvers at the as
sembly. He insinuatingly requests
Mrs. Clarkson to sing. A revolver is
passed unobserved to Hilda by the sta
ton overseer. At the assembly Hilda
recognizes her hero. Stingaree insinu-
atingly requests Mrs. Clarkson to sing
again. She refuses. He then calls
Hilda, and Sir Julian is forced to play
for her. Sir Julian is surprised at the
quality Of Hilda's voice and offers to
make a career for her.
Bishop Methuen is to preach at Null
fera station, much to the dislike Of
Manager Carmichael Two men pre-
sent themselves as the bishop and his
chaplain. The assemblage is standing
when a sharp order from the chaplain
commands it to sit down. All obey
but Carmichael. Stingaree announces
himself, stating that the bishop and
the chaplain. whom they impersonated,
had been Invested of their clothes and
left barefoOted far from the station.
While Stingaree is speaking he and his
fellow bandit are captured by the bish-
Op, who reaches the station unobserved.
Superintendent Cairns, the hunchback
police officer, with two assistants, lead
the captives through the desert on the
way to Jail. Stingaree feigns weak
ness. He purposely falls from his
horse and is injured. The others go
on. Superintendent Cairns staying to
watch him. The bandit tries to reach
Cairns revolver with his bare foot
While the latter dozes.
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY.
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dore Roosevelt at Milwaukee, Oct. II.
War between Turkey and Italy over
the possession Of TripOli resulted in
Italy gaining her point, A revolution
in China caused the abdication OF the
/ Manchu dynasty and brought about
the establishment of a republic, with
Yuan Shih Kai as it's head. Revolu-
tons occurred in Mexico, Nicaragua
and Cuba. the United States sending
warships to those centerS of trouble to
protect American life and interests.
American troops were also sent to
China to safeguard Americans in Pc
king.
Important pieces of national legis-
lation were the signing of the parcels
post bill and bill for the increased pen
sions of Mexican and civil war vet
Grams Government Investigations
were continued, and that into the
money trust excited much public in
terest. This inquiry was resumed in
November, after several reports had
been made and it was said it might
come before the next congress. The
inquiry into the election to the United
States senate of William Lorimer re-
suited in decision that Lorimer OBJ
tanned his seat illegally. A bill for the
popular election Of United States sena-
tors was passed by the house of rep
reSentativeS
New battleships for the United States
navy were launched. and on Oct. IA
President Taft reviewed a nine mile
line of American fighting craft in the
Hudson river.
The Nogi Tragedy.
Unique among the tragedies of the
year was the self destruction of Gen
eral Count Nogi. the hero of Port Ar
thur. and his wife. who took their
lives Sept. 49, They committed hara-
| kili in grief over and as a tribute to
Mutsuhito. the emperor of Japan, who
died July 80. Harakiri. which is dis
embowelment by falling upon the edge
of q sword, was practiced by ancient
| Japanese MOBILES as tribute to their
| beloved dead. and General NOgi by his
! act became more of national hero in
| his country than ever before, while his
wife shared in the praise of the ma
| ton for the two reyered martyrs.
Political Conventions.
| June was month of political strife
| watched with tense interest through
out the United States and abroad. The
Republican national convention in Chi
cago, opening the 18th, was a tumultu-
Gus one, due to the rivalry between
Taft and Roosevelt for the presidential
nomination. In the Democratic con-
vention, opening at Baltimore the 25th
there was bitter struggle for first
| place between Woodrow Wilson and
Speaker Champ Clark, with Clark lead
ing in the beginning. Gradually, how
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SERBS KEEN FOR POETRY.
Minstrels Wander About the Country
Singing to the Peasants.

"One,of the most interesting charac-
teristics of the Serb race" declared
Professor Pupin of Columbia uni
versity. honorary Servian consul to the
port of New York in the course or an
interview, sis it's imagination and
DOetic Temperament. 1t is remarkable
that a people deprived Of education
during 500 years of Moslem oppression
and robbed of any knowledge Of their
ancient written language should pre-
serve in the form of extraordinarily
beautiful verse and folklore the de-
tails of every important incident In
their history.
Goethe, the famous German poet,
mastered the Servian language Tor the
sole purpose of studying the wealth or
Serb poetry, which is handed down
from generation to generation. The
University of Vienna has translated
several hundred thousand lines OF this
poetry and it is studied today with
amazement by scholars and littera-
tours.
"In Servia and in Montenegro alike
many blind, lame or crippled MINISTRIES
exc out a comfortable existence in
travelling from town to town with the
ancient Serb one stringed lutte and
singing to the peasants the deeds or
their fathers and the ancient glory or
Seryia. From the fourteenth century
to the present day every national hero
has been immortaized in verse by
humble epic anonymous bards. Inc
authorship of this wealth of epic
poetry must forever remain unknown,
but the verses themselves have been
preserved, not in books or upon paper.
but in the memories of the people"
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"Sit where you are!" he numbered.
fraction of IL second. but it put bull
let through the brain Of the horse be-
tween the shafts. so that horse and
shafts came down together and the
sergeant fired into the earth as he fell
across the splashboard.
Stingaree pressed soft heels into the
thoroughbreds ribs and Numbered on
and on. Soon there was Il gate to
open, and when he listened at that
gate all was still behind him and be-
fore: but far ahead the rolling plain
was family luminous in the dusk and
as this deepened into night a cluster
of terrestrial lights sprang out with the
stars. Stingaree knew the handful OF
gaunt, unsheltered nuts the lights stood
for. They were an inn, a store and po-
lice barracks; Clear Corner on the map.
The bushranger gallOped straight up
to the barracks, but skirted the knot
of men in the light before the veranda
and went jingling round into the yard.
The young constable in charge ran
through the building and met him dis
mounted at the back.
"What's the matter, sir?"
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Years and Men.

The year is dying. Soon twill lie
Behind us in the fading past.
We watch it going, and we sigh
TO think it couldn't always last.
All pensive for a little while,
We count the vanished years and fret
Then greet the new one with smile
And hurry onward and forget.
The passing years are like the men
We have to serve-they pass away
We mourn the master dead and then
The new one welcome and obey.
We soon forget, if he is kind,
The virtues of the kindly dead.
We do not mourn the years behind
If hope lies in the one ahead.
Chicago Record-Herald.
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K~ 1TINGAREE took a last look at
~ the barrel dropping from the
|, Na slackened hand; the back of
49, the hand lay on the ground,
the muzzle of the barrel was filled with
sand, and yet the angle was such that
it was by no means sure whether
bullet would bury itself in the sand or
in Stingaree. He took the risk, and
with his bare toe he touched the trig
ger sharply. There was a horrible ex
plOsion. 1t brought the drowsy superin-
tendent to his senses with such a jerk
that it was as though the smoking pis-
tol had leapt out of his hand thing
alive, and so into the hand that flashed
to meet it from the sling. And almost
in the same second, while the double
cloud of smoke and sand still hung be-
tween them, Stingaree sprang from the
ground, an armed man once more.
''Sit where you are!" he Numbered.
Cup with those hands before l shoot
them to shreds Your life's in less dan
ger than mine has been all day, but I'll
wing you limb by limb if you offer to
budger'
With uplifted hands above his ears
the deformed officer sat with head and
shoulders depressed into the semblance
of one sphere. Not syllable did he
utter. but his upturned eyes shot in
domitable fires. Stingaree stood wrig-
Cling and fumbling at the coil which
bound his left arm to his side. Sud
denly the revolver went off, as If by
accident, but so much by design that
there dangled two ends of rope, cut
and burnt asunder by lead and pow
der. In less than a minute the bush
ranger was unbound, and before the
minute was up he had leapt upon the
superintendent thoroughbred. 1t had
been tethered all this time to a tree,
swishing tails with the station hack
which Stingaree had ridden as a cap
tive. He now rode the thoroughbred
and led the hack to the very feet of
the inundated Cairns.
'I will thank you for that water
bag" said Stingaree. 81 am much
obliged And now I'll trouble you for
that nice wideawake. You really don't
need it in the shade. Thank you so
muchr'
He received both bag and hat on the
barrel of the government revolver,
hooking the one to its proper saddle
strap and clapping on the other at an
angle inimitably initiative of the out
witted officer
81 won't carry the rehearsal any fur
Their to your face" continued Stinga-
rec, ''but / can at least promise you a
more flattering portrait than the last;
and this excellent coat, which you
have SO considerably left strapped to
your saddle, should contribute greatly
TO the verisimiIitude. Dare | hope that
YOU begin to appreciate some of the
points of my performance SO far as it
has gone? The pretext, or which
barred my foot for it's delicate job un-
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der your very eyes, eh? Not so vain
as it looked, in either sense, | fancy!
Should YOU have said that your hand
would recoil from a revolver the mo-
ment it went off? You see. | staked
my life on it, and I've won. And
what about that fall? It was the lottery
l was prepared to have my head crack
ed like an egg, and it's still pretty
sore. The broken wrist wasn't your
fault. It had passed into the accepted
situation before you turned up. And
you would certainly have seen that
was shamming sleep if we hadn't both
been so genuinely sleepy at the time.
l give You my word I very nearly
threw up the whole thing for forty
Winks. Any other point on which you
could wish enlightenment? Then let
me thank you with all my heart for
one of the worst days, and some of
the greatest moments. in my whole
career"
But the crooked man answered never
q word as he sat in ball with up
lifted palms and glaring, upturned, I'M
conQuerable eyes.
''GOOdby. Mr.. superintendent Cairns"
said Stingaree. I'm afraid I've been
rather cruel TO you-but you were new
err very nice to me!'
Sergeant Cameron was driving the
spring cart. toward shutdown, after q
variety of unforeseen delays. OF q sud
den out Of the pink haze came a gal
Looping figure, slightly bumped. in the
inspectors coat and wideaWake, with
bare foot through one stirrup and only
q sock on its fellow.
''Where's Stingaree?" screamed the
sergeant, pulling up. And the Galloper
drew rein at the driven horses head
"Dead!' said he, thickly. ''He was
worse than we thought. You fetch him
while T.
But this time the sergeant knew
that voice too we'll and his right hand
had flown to. the back of his belt.
Stingaree's shot was only first by a
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War and L legislation.

Prominent in point of worldwide in
terest was the Balkan states war with
Turkey, beginning Oct. 4, and the at
tempted assassination of Colonel Theo-