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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15

could be made easily on the Pacific
side some distance west of tho zone,
but between there and the canal the
jungle is SO dense as to be Virtually
impassable; that the dangerous dis
trtct is that lying Immediately east Of
the zone on the Pacific side. On the
last mentioned shores an enemy could
well land an army. and the semi-open,
rolling sayannas between there and
the canal would give easy access to
the zone.
The army officers on the iathmus
make no secret Of the fact thar their
investigations are being carried on
mainly with the Japanese in mind.
How those islanders could land there
and what they could do IL they did
land are the problems engaging the
attention of Colonel Greene and his
men OF the Tenth.
One defensive measure that has
been adopted is the clearing put Of
practically all inhabitants from the
zone. except at the ends Of the canal
and in several of the larger towns,
which, as have said, may be kept as
quarters for the soldiers. All holdings
of land are being valued by mixed
commission and the residents moved
away. When the canal is completed
the jungle. much of which has been
cleared out, will be allowed to grow UP
again, for the experience Of centuries
has shown that that jungle itself is a
powerful defense against an invading
army. The practicable roads through
It are few and far between. the
streams not navigable. and the growth
Of trees, brush and great vines so
dense that 1t is virtually impaBsable
for body Of men, to say nothing of
cannon and supply wagons. A rapid
dash through the jungle would be en-
tirely out Of the question. and when
the zone Is deserted all food supplies
will have disappeared.
Some fear has been expressed that
a few men could land, make their way
quietly to the canal and blow un the
locks. But 1t seems unlikely thai they
could get ashore and transport 10 the
canal, undecided. enough explosives
to do any great damage.
On the whole. the canal will be quite
adequately protected-provided II Ia
not attacked too soon.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
SENATOR BORAH
SPRINGS SURPRISE
CHARGES THAT DEPARTMENT or
JUSTICE HAD ATTEMPTED TO
INFLUENCE JUDGES.
Charges Made by Idaho Senator Were
Brought Out by Report From Attor-
ney General in Response to
Senate Resolution.

Washington.-Tbe nat charge that
department Of Justice agents had in
vestigated federal Judges to influence
their actions in cases in which the
government was interested was made
in the senate Thursday by Senator
Borah of Idaho, and indorsed, partial
ly, at least, by Senator Norris.
Senator Borahs charge was brought
out by report from Attorney General
McReyonlds. responding to a senate
resolution asking whether federal
agents were investigating judges. The
resolution reflected some sentiment
aroused In the case OF Federal Judge
Speer OF Georgia, whose court had
been investigated and who had at
tackled the department of Justice in a
public speech, The attorney general
replied that any report that the fed
eral department of justice was Anain.
tanning system Of espionage or
judges was entirely without founda.
ton"
Mr.. Borah responded with his
charge.
Il know this is very serious
charge" said he, but ! am so reliably
informed that / make the statement
that within the last four or FIVE years
special agents have carried on such
Investigations with view to inhuenc.
ing judges"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
MEXICAN SITUATION
GREATLY IMPROVED
ENVOY LIND ENTERS UPON HIS
DUTIES AS ADVISOR AT EN-
RAssY IN MEXICO.
New Mexican Minister Of Foreign Re-
Iatlons Announces That He Has
"creat Faith in the Judgment
Of the United States"

Observation-Disclosures relief is APP
parent here over the course Of events
in Mexico The statement of Frederic
Gamboa, the new Mexican minister of
foreign relation, on Monday, that he
had great faith in the reasonableness
of the judgment of the United States"
holding the conviction that the diff
culties between the two countries
soon would be adjusted, produced a
very favorable impression in admins
tration circles. Secretary Bryan COM
mented optimistically on 1t and White
House officials also were pleased.
President Wilson pointed out during
the day to callers what seemed to him
conspicuous efforts on the part OF
some people unknown to him, through
published Misrepresentation to in
volve the Unietd States in interven-
ton. He reiterated that the attitude
Of this government toward Mexico In
the present situation was one of peace
and friendliness solely.
The safe arrival in Mexico City OF
John Lind, personal representative
and officially designated adviser to the
American embassy, ended some tense
moments in the situation. Administra-
ton officials are looking forward hope
fully to favorable reception Of their
efforts to suggest measures of peace
in ending the struggle between the
contending factions in Mexico.
Ex-Governor John Lind of Mime
sofa, the personal envoy of President
Wilson to Mexico City. installed him
self on Monday in temporary offices
at the United States embassy as I'M
official adviser to the American charge
daffaires, Nelson Q'shaughnessy. Mr..
Lind passed everal hours in close con-
ference with the charge.
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TARIFF MEASURE WILL
NOT PASS VERY SOON
September is the Earliest Date Upon
Which Anyone at the Capital VIII
Venture Prediction.

Washington All predictions Of an
early passage OF the Democratic tar
iff bill by the senate are going gllm-
mering. Majority leaders realize that
Notwithstanding the fact that they
have set new record in pushing con.
sideration of this measure, only be-
ginning has been made and the ear
Hest any one now will promise com
pletion of the task is September Is.
Ten days ago, when member. of
the finace committee said he thought
the senate would pass the bill by Au-
gust 20, there were some who thought
it might be possible, but that date
is less than two weeks away,
and but four schedules have been
considered. thirty-six paragraphs in
these having been passed over for fu.
ture consideration.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
Women and Tobacco

Lord Methuen's few words against
the woman who smokes recall the
fact that, when tobacco was nitro
duced into England toward the 9 nd Of
the sixteenth century, the woman
pulled her pipe with the best of men
men came one OF fashions changes
She dropped her pipe, and in the sew.
enteenth century the custom, WAS so
far uncommon that the sight of i aides
with pipes in the theater sent Prvnna
into Mysteries. The pine drohped
snuff brought consolation to tbe
boudoir, and what Prynne would have
said at the spectacle Of Mrs, Siddons
and Mrs. Jordan taking pincbeR on
the stage must be left to the lima gina.
ton. and now, with the pine coId
and snuff in disgrace, it is left IA the
cigarette to draw the rebuke of / ora
Methuen.-London Chronicle.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15

trance of the canal One is ON Toro
Point, at the land end OF the long
breakwater that shields Colon harbor,
and is on a considerable elevation. The
other is on Margarita island. low
lying islet close to the shore about a
mile northeast of Colon Both these
Notifications are shielded from obser-
walton by the palms and other tropic
vegetation.
At the Pacific end of the canal, a
little more than three miles out in the
ocean and close to the eastern side of
the deep water channel, lie the four
little islands of Macs. Perico, Culebra
and Flamenco. These the United
States acquired with the Canal Zone.
On Culebra is the quarantine station
for that end of the canal On the
others are being built strong fortifca-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
CHECK PUT UPON LOOSE
TALK BY THE SENATORS
cUt5urst ever the Mexican Situation
squeIched by Emphatic DisapprovaI
of Senators on Both sides.

Washington threatened
outburst in the senate over the Mexi-
can situation on Saturday was
squelched lby emphatic disapproval
from Republicans and Democrats, who
icined in declaring that the senate
should not by discussion lend weight
to any efforts to intensity feeling in
Mexico.
After Senator Smith of Michigan
had opened the subject by declaring
that the constituencies junta here
had the ear of the state department
and was influential in bringing about
the resignation Of ambassador Wilson,
Senator Williams of Mississippi re-
piled with the charge that there was
an organized and syndicated effort"
to bring about war with Mexico. He
declared there was money behind it
and not all Mexican money"
Senators must hold themselves in
check" said Senator Williams. "As
we read many of the metropolitan
newspapers, there is a sameness of
statement, expression and opinion in
certain effort behind it. 1t is time
we should pause. l don't feel even
brave when talking about war with
Mexico, country disrupted, broken
and torn with dissension. This ques-
ton is too important to be discussed
here for any personal advantages. for
any small advantage to any persons. Z"
Senator Crawford and Kenyon
joined Democrats in declaring the SEN
ate should not by its discussion lend
weight to the efforts to intensity the
Mexican feeling.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15

Culebra, c. 1.-THE strongest de-
Tense of the Panama canal, in my opin-
ion, Is the fact that hostile vessel
must come into a 500-foot channel long
before 1t is within striking distance Of
the vital points Of the canal. the locks.
and in doing so must pass within easy
range of the forts that are being built
to guard the entrances"
So spoke Colonel Goethals when |
asked him as to the vulnerability of
the canal in time of war. Continuing,
he said:
The naval power of the nations is
SO nicely balanced now that no one
Of them would be willing to risk the
destruction of a single battleship by
attacking those forts, which will be
equipped with powerful guns, and OF
course the accuracy of guns on shore
Is much greater than that of those on
moving vessels. do not believe the
forts would be attacked from the sea
before the enemy had fought and won
naval victory"
The forts OF which Colonel Goethals
spoke are nearing completion and the
emplacements for many of the heavy
guns already have been constructed.
No one not officially connected with
the work is permitted to approach
them, but venture to say that in case
of urgent necessity the guns could be
hurried down to the isthmus and
mounted ready for emergency service
within very short, time.
Two forts protect the Atlantic en-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
Ranoher kIllsd n Duel.

Lawrence. Kansas.-Dean Warren,
aged 21, ranchman, die1 Sunday,
the victim Of a bullet sent into his
brain in a formal duel staged here
at midnight Saturday. Douglas coun-
ty authorities are looking for the
the young ranchman's antagonist,
who fired the fatal shot. Eight men
have been summoned to tell what
the know of the affair, but no arrests
have been made, and the alleged muir
derer is still at large.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15

tanned in the zone, and it has been sug
gested that the towns of Empire and
Culebra, instead OF being destroyed
because they are on the wrong side"
of the canal. be utilized as quarters for
the soldiers. This woulG necessitate
connecting them with the other side OF
the canal, where the Panama railroad
has been relocated, by ferry, bridge or
tunnel. No decision on this matter has
been reached yet by the authorities.
Meanwhile the army has not been
neglecting its part of the defensive
work. For some time the Tenth in
fantry has been encamped in the zone
and it's men, in small detachments,
have been hiking" all over that part
of the isthmus. The possibilities OF
landing a hostile force on the shores
OF both the Atlantic and the Pacific
have been investigated, and also the
chances that such force would have
of finding sustenance. Then little
groups of soldiers have been started
from various possible landing places
with instructions to make their way
as swiftly as possible to given points
along the canal. mapping the country
they traverse. in order to determine
what an enemy could do.
The result of this work of investiga-
ton so far, briefly and wholly unofi-
cialIy stated, is that the shores of the
Atlantic ocean, within a good many
miles Of the zone, are impracticable
for landing force because Of the ma
ture of the country; that a landing
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
May Not Fly over Canal.

Washington President Wilson ON
Saturday took the first steps to pro
teet the Panama canal from unwel-
come visitors by the aerial route. He
signed an executive order prohibiting
any aeronaut from flying over the ca
nal zone without written authority
from Washington, on penalty of $1,000
fine and a years Imprisonment for
each offense.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
City officials Tear U > Track.

Rosedale. Kansas-City officials Of
Rosedale tore up the rails from three
blocks of an interurban line connect
ing this city with Kansas City Sun
day afternoon. The road and the city
officials have wrangled over the grade
upon which the road enters the town
and the officials took the matter into
their own hands. Employees and Of
aicer of the Industrial Workers of the
did not modest the workers. Sunday
was selected because of inability to
obtain court action.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
WOULD BE EMPEROR.

Chinese General Intend1 to Fight His
Way to Marking and impose Rule.
London-A dispatch to the Daily
Telegraph from Pekin gives rumors of
a possible Manchu coup. The CORE
spondent says also that it is reported
General Chang Hsun has declared
himself emperor of China and intends
to fight his way to Marking and inn
pose his rule.
The rebellion, the correspondent
thinks, is only in its infancy and will
continue indefinitely as, he says, the
distant provinces daily are drifting
further away from the government.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
Water Famine in Kansas.

Kansas City, Coffeyville, Kan.
sas, is facing serious water famine,
the supply of city water having been
exhausted Wednesday. independence
has small supply held by dam
across the Veurdeiss river. Fearing
the dam might be blown up SO the
supply of water might be released
and be available for other towns, men
from Independence armed with rifles,
are guarding the dam.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
WEBB Law NOT UPHELD.
Law ForbiddIns Liquor Shipments Js
Declared Void.

Ottumwa Iowa-The Webb-Kenyon
law is declared to be unconstitutional
and void. in that 1t is delegation by
a congress to the states of power OF
regulating interstate commerce in in
toxicating liquors, which power is
vested in congress exclusively, in a
decision handed down Friday by Dis
trict Judge Francis IN. Hunter.
The case was that OF the state
against the United States Express
company, charged with violating the
Webb-Kenyon law by delivering ship.
ments of intoxicating liquors to
points within the state.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
RlddIed corpse with bullets.

New York-Instead of presenting
arms when ordered to do so, the mill
tary escort to the body Of Tancrede
Auguste, late president OF Haiti, aim
ed their rifles at the casket and rid
died it with bullets, according to Mar
field Kemp of Lexington, Ind, young
engineer employed by the Nation rail-
road of Haiti, who reached here from
Port au Prince.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15

inoton Hotel, Colon.
lions. The rounded tops of the rocky
iglets have been cut of and little
army of men is busy blasting and shov:
cling and preparing the bulwarks be-
hind which will be mounted long can
non and Immense mortars. The four
islands are all being connected with
each other. and Naos, the nearest. is
joined to the mainland at Balboa by
breakwater about 1900 feet long, on
which has been constructed a railway
line.
Some eight miles away, nearly due
south, lies the larger island of Taboga.
and timid souls have suggested that it
would form a safe shelter and recuper-
ating point for hostile fleet. for its
hills rise to a considerable elevation
and on its south side there is plenty
of deep water. But If Colonel Goe-
thals' opinion is to be taken-and 1t
should be-Taboga need not cause
Uncle Sam any anxiety.
The mortars to be installed in the
Pacific Notifications" said he. will be
able to drop shells with accuracy close
behind Taboga island. making that
place untenable for an enemy. Be.
sides that, there is nothing on the
island that hostile fleet would want.
The United States might have ac-
quired Taboga. but we didn't need it. !"
How strong a land force is to be
kept in the zone by the United States
| believe has not yet been determined.
1t is generally admitted that the great
est danger to the canal in time Of war
lies in attacks by forces that might
have succeeded in landing on the 18TH
mus AS a defense against this II ma
be that small army must be main
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
CHARGED with MurderInq rive.

Tampa, FLA man. giving his
name as William Blackerby, is
under arrest at Kissimee, charged
with the murder of his wife
and four other persons in Santa
Clara. Cal. seventeen years ago He
will be held until California officers
are sent for him. BLACKBERRY denies he
Is Durham, the man wanted in Cali
fornia
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
VIII Work ON the Roads

st. Louis.-People who have coun-
try homes in st, Louis county are
planning house parties for August 20
and 81, when the guests will be ex-
pected to work on the roads on the
good roads" day set aside by the
governor.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
Guard AID Parry.

SAL. Lake City.-As a sequel to the
escape of George w. Parry over the
walls of the state penitentiary, the
night of August /, Guard Frank r.
Merrill was arrested Monday on
complaint sworn to by Warden Arthur
Pratt, charging Merrill with assisting
Parry to escape.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
THOUSANDS PERISH in FLOOD.
River Bursts tbs Banks and Town il
Submerged.

London-Cable advices to the Daily
Mail from Calcutta report that an ap.
palling loss of life has occurred
through the Damodor river bursting
its banks at Burdman. The country
was flooded for miles around, houses,
cattle and people being swept away.
the town of Burdman was submerged
to a depth OF six feet.
Only 200 of 10000 inhabitants
reached the railroad depot safely.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
slide Kills Thirteen.

Colon thirteen men. one white
man and twelve negroes, were killed
Monday h~ an unexpected slide at the
PortobeliI quarry, which completely
buried a steam shovel near which
they were working.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
suffrasets storm Asquith,s House.

London,-The third attempt of suf-
fragets under command Of Sylvia
Papkhurst to take Premier Asquiths
house in Downing street by storm
failed Sunday when the militant lead
er was captured by Gordon OF police
thrown across Whitehall after a stiff
Aght, In which the officers used their
c1l1hs
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15

Al the last meeting for the " r az
the Rebecca Emery chapter, ID q p
-, ~ me, was read a letter
80 80 = oiI iaoy ninety years Of
ire ola 60 teu upon the table at
49, IA. mousse when Lafayette
nansas - so,t ,nsre IN 1886. and
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
TeIenone strike Ended.

st. Louis.-Girl operators and main
tenance men of the Southwestern Tel
egraph & Telephone company (RelIl
who have been on a strike for sever
weeks. voted unanimously Thursday
afternoon to return to work
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
a eurns Bell to Russia.

Paris France has given back to
Russia the great bronze bell taken
from the capitol at Sebastopol and
brought to France as part of the
spoils of the Crimean war. Since then
it has been in one of the towers of
Notre Dame in Paris.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
Low Cut Waists Rarrsd

Savannah, Ga.-Recorder John
Schwarz on Monday fined Bessie Car
ter $50 for appearing on Savannah's
main shopping thoroughfare In a short
skirt and lowcut waist. Henry Smoak.
her escort. paid $25.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
Madame crespx cleared.

Agen,-France. Madame Alice Cres-
py, a minor poetess. whose trial for
the murder of Able Crassaing, a
priest. on Janaury 10 last. has been
going on here for several days. was
acquitted Friday.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
crushed under Lumher.

Heber City. Utah.-Crushed under a
falling pile of lumber. John E. Tragea.
aged 81, was instantly killed late Mon
day afternoon. Mr. -ragea went to
work for the Wasatch Lumber COM
pany two days previous to the acct
dent
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
Mlssourians Pray for Rain.

Marshall. Mo.-In the hope of check.
ing the disastrous drought that already
has done great damage in this sec
ton prayers were not only offered in
all the churches here Sunday, but
many citizens knelt in the streets to
effer PRAYERS for rain.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
Body Of Cashier 70 ind.

Nashville, Tenn.-A body found in
the Cumberland river was identified
as that of ]. Randall johnson assist
ant cashier of the Fourth and First
National bank, the largest financial
institution In the south.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
Asqulth Receives suffraolats.

London-Premier Asquith discussed
woman suffrage on Friday with Mrs
Millcent Fawcett. president of the
National Union of Women's Suffrage
Societies, and her nonmilitant col
leagues.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
Miners Quit Work.

Seattle. Wash.-Seven hundred min
ers employed by the Pacific Coast Coal
company in three collieries at Black
Diamond, twenty-five miles southeast
OF Seattle. walked out Monday. be-
cause of the discharge of one rosr
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
British Camel cores e.. ~

Alden. Arabia.-It is reported here
mat British camel corps consisting
OF indian natives has been cut un in
night IN Somaliland Three hundred
troops have been sent from here i
the scene of the trouble
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
Strike at Milan

Milan.-Sunday was the seventh day
of the general strike here. Although a
state of siege has not been proclaimed
the workmens quarters, are occupied
by the military forces and martial
Law practically is in full force.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
viii Resume Business.

st. Louis.-Most of the large fire
insurance agencies in St. Louis has re-
oeived telegraphic instructions from
the headquarters of the companies
they represent to resume the writing
of insurance at once.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-08-15
TO AID RURAL sA MIXERS.
Senator Fletcher Proposes a System Of
National Rural Banks,

Washington.-A national rural bank
ing system is proposed In bill by
Senator fletcher, chairman of the
American commission on rural credits,
appointed by the president. The bill
proposes system of local national
rural banks owned and operated by
farmers; a state national rural ma
tional bank In each state to be owned
and controlled by the local banks as
stockholders, and the national rural
bank of the United States, to be To-
Gated in Washington, to be owned en-
tirely by the state rural banks.