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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-10-10
LEGISLATORS MAKE SPEED
AFTER DAYS OF ARGUMENT
Tariff Bill Rushed Through Final
Stages In the House.

Washington. The speed with
which congress disposed Of the last
work on the tariff bill and sent the
measure to the White House demon
strated the anxiety OF house and SEN
ate to get through with the burden
that had held them In continuous ses-
sion since April.
Clerks of the senate were at work
Throughout the morning correcting
proof on the engrossed copy of the
bill and making sure 1t contained no
errors or misplaced punctuation
marks. The bill, accompanied by the
conference report as agreed on by the
senate Friday night, came into the
house as soon as that body met For
more than an hour the house debated
as to what action 1t should take, some
OF the parliamentary experts arguing
that no further action was necessary,
while others Insisted the house must
recede from its compromise cotton fu-
lures tax. Speaker Clark finally up
held the latter contention and the
house quickly voted the cotton tax
out Of the tariff bill.
The last vote was reached at 1923;
at 1:25 the speaker had affixed his
name to the completed bill and within
ten minute sChief Clerk Jerry South
had carried it to the senate and 1t
had been signed by Vice-President
Marshall. Clerks OF the senate then
took charge of the bill and conveyed
it to the White House.
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big DITCH" NOW
ALMOST COMPLETE
Removal Of Gamboa Dixie Means
End Of Work Is Near.
WATERS or OCEANS MEET
First steps Are Taken Toward De-
struetion OF RIs Embankmsnt
Which Holds Gatun Lake Out
Of cuicbra Cut

Colon, Panama, Oct 1.-The climax
OF nine years of untiring work on the,
part OF the men who have been build
ing the Panama canal came today
when the waters Of Gatun lake were
permitted to run for the first time
into the Culebra cut This simple
operation marked the virtual compile
ton Of the great isthmian waterway.
The water was permitted to flow
into the cut today through four &c
inch pipes extending through the
Gamboa dixie, which has held the
waters OF the lake back from the cut.
This was done In order that there
may be enough water in the cut to
prevent any damage when the dixie is
finally removed.
The final destruction Of the big dixie
is scheduled for October 10, whPn
charges Of dynamite placed in holes
already drilled in the dixie will be ex-
ploded. The explosion OF these
charges will not completely destroy
the dixie, but will weaken 1t and loos-
en- the dirt so that the force of the
waters from Gatun lake will carry Il
away. Steam shovels VIII remove the
remnants of the dixie, leaving an open
passageway from ocean to ocean.
Canal Really Complete Now.
Although the canal will not be on
cially declared completed for some
time, and the formal opening OF this
waterway to the commerce Of the
world more than year distant, the
canal engineers look upon the de
struction Of the Gamboa dixie as mark
ing the real completion Of the canal
The big engineering feats have al
been accomplished, the excavation
work practically has been completed
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-10-10
REBEL STATES have been
SEVERED FROM MEXICO
carranza Made President and Her
npOsliIo Named 40 Capital Of Pro-
vlslonaI Government.

Washington.-The Mexican revolu'
tionists, It Is announced have pro
claimed their independence Of the
provisional government. with Hermo-
siIlo as the state capital and Carran-
"a as president. The new govern
ment has already secured a loan OF
100000 by a so per cent lien on the
customs OF the state OF Sonora
The loan was arranged by Fran
cisco Escudero, who is TO be the sec
rotary Of the treasury of the new cab
met and who has lately been In
Washington.
The state department officials un
derstand that the Carranza govern
ment will use its loan for the pur
pose of gradually building up a navy
It is first proposed to buy an armed
steamer from some foreign nation
not the United States This vessel
with others win be used to- clear tbs
Pacific coast Of whatever navy Huertf
has, and open the customs houses al
along that coast for the benefit of tins
Carranza treasury.
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dredges floating on the waters Of the
canal. and will not interfere with nav
igation of the waterway by such boats
as may be allowed to pass through
Immense Artificial Lake Created.
Gatun lake, the waters of which are
now flowing into the Culebra cut, is
the pivotal point about which the en-
tire canal system revolves, and the
creation of this lake. together with the
construction Of Gatun dam, consti-
tuted another great engineering feat
in the construction Of the canal.
Gatuh lake is am artificial body of
water covering about 1874 square miles
Of territory and was created by the
building of the immense Gatun dam
and the impounding of the wild wa
ters OF Chagres river. Beneath the
waters of Gatun lake lies what a few
months ago was the valley of the
Chagres, dotted with native villages
and plantations. The channel of the
canal passes through this lake for a
distance of "a miles with width vary
ing from 500 to 1000 feet.
At the northern end OF the lake
is the Gatun dam, which is in reality
an artificial ridge more than a mile
and half long. Figures alone give
an adequate idea of the magnitude of
this dam Nearly half a mile wide a.
it's base, about 400 feet wide AT the
water surface, and 100 feet wide at
the top, the dixie which many engi-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-10-10
NEW TARIFF LAW.
SIGNED BY WILSON
LONG FIGHT AT AN END AND
NEW LAW GOES INTO EFF.
Feet AT ONCE.
Happy Group Of Legislators, Members
of Cabinet and Friends EncircIe
President as He Affixes His sig
nature to the Bill.

Washington. President Wilson
signed the Observation-Disclosures tar
iff bill at $40 p. m. October g. Sim
ultaneously kilograms were sent to
customs collectors throughout the
country by the treasury department
putting into actual operation the first
Democratic tariff revision since 1894.
A happy group of legislators, mem
bers of the cabinet and friends enc.r-
cled the president as he smilingly
sat down, slowly affixed his signature
with two gold pens. He presented to
Representative Underwood the pen
that had written the word Woodrow"
and the one which had completed his
name to Senator Simmons, both Of
whom bowed their appreciation.
In impressive silence the president
delivered in easy natural tones an ex-
temporaneous speech that brought
prolonged applause. He said that the
journey of legislative accomplish
ment had been only partly completed;
that a great service had been done
for the rank and file of the country;
but that the second step in the eman-
cipation of business was currency re-
form. He earnestly called upon his
colleagues; to go the rest Of the
journey" with fresh impulse
It was an unusual spectacle which
attended the completion of legislat-
i've reform that had been seven
months in congress and embraced a
tariff revision Of most far-reaching
character.
Happy and juhilant, the invited
guests came to the executive offices.
They chatted and TESTED with the
president in an antcroom while walt
ing for the full group to appear. When
the members of the senate finance
committee and house ways and means
committee finally arrived, Yice-presi.
dent Marshall was ushered into the
presidents office. followed by Speak
err Clark, Representative Underwood
and members of the cabinet and con.
gressional committees and their
friends. No photographers were ad.
mitted. as the president regarded the
occasion as too solemn to be disturb
ed by fiashlight apparatus
The guests crowded about the pres
ident's desk, over which an electric
light threw bright glow.
! Il chose 8 O'clock" explained the
president slowly, ION the advice OF
the attorney general in order that
the bill might be signed after business
transactions everywhere, including
san Francisco, had closed for the
day.
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and the great locks have been con-
structed. The work that remains to
be done ia largely detail, and is but
child's play as compared with that
which has been done. More dirt is
to be removed from the channel, but
this will be done with suction dredges
floating upon the waters of the canal.
There still remain some finishing
touches TO be placed upon the locks,
but this work will take comparatively
little time and presents no engineer
ing difficulties such as have been en-
countered in the past.
The fact that the canal stands prac-
tically complete more than a year be-
fore the time originally set as the
date for It's completion is one OF the
remarkable features of the work.
When Count de Lesseps, the great
French engineer. abandoned his eff.
forts to build the Panama canal after
eight years of labor, he had scarcely
made beginning upon the gigantic
task. In nine years, the American
engineers, starting almost at the same
point as de Lesseps, for the latter's
work was of little value to the Ameri-
cans, have virtually completed the
undertaking When the work was
started the world scoffed at the idea
that it could be completed within the
time limit set. but hats are now of
to the American army engineers who
have more than kept their word, de
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RgxRoAr MYsTeRY soLvED.
Suspect starIes Police by confesslns
Series Of DlabOIIcai Grimes.


Chicago.--Mrs. Mildred Allison Rex
roat, dancing teacher who was shot
to death at Wheaton, ILL.,, recently,
was the victim of a murderer, who,
according to his own confession, had
killed thirteen others in as many
years. Henry Spencer, arrested in Q
room near the south side levee dis
trict Saturday, confessed that he not
only killed Mrs. Rexroat but that he
had slain fourteen persons. He was
positively identified as the mysterious
Mr. Spencer" with wnom Mrs Rex.
roat left Chicago on the night she
was killed, Mrs. Retreats blood,
stained rattan suit case was found In
his room as was the revolver with
which he said he had killed her.
The police, while in doubt as to the
full truth Of Spencer's story, are CON
fident that they have found whole
sale murderer and that he will be
proved to have killed at least several
of those whose deaths he described In
a long confession.
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VILLA IS ROUTED
IN BLOODY BATTLE
-
BATTLE WAS DESPERATELY
FOUGHT, THE NUMBER or
DEAD BEING LARGE.
The Casualties Were Mostly on the
Rebel Side, But the Loss Of Life
Among Newfoundland Was
Enormous

! Ell Paso, Texas. Meager details Of
the battle OF Santa Rosalia, Chihua-
hua, In which General Francisco Cas-
tro and his 400 federal troops sue
ceeded In defeating and routing Fran
cisco villa and his 1000 combined
rebel forces, tend to show that the
battle was desperately fought and
bloody one. General Salazar Of the
federal forces, in a private telegram
to friends at Juarez, placed his esti-
mate of the total number Of dead at
200. The casualties were mostly on
the rebel side. The loss of life among
noncombatants in the town, resulting
from the federal artillery fire, he stat
ed, was enormous.
The principal buildings and most OF
the residences of the town were
practically ruined. The mission, one
OF the most costly buildings in Santa
Ro3alia, was badly damaged.
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sNAe STRUCK IN TARIFF.
shipping DlfferentIal Puzzles Officials
Of Treasury Department.

Washington Officials, Of the treas
ury department are at sea to know
what congress actually meant by the
provision of the new tariff law allow
ing q per cent reduction Of duties
ON goods imported in American ships,
with the condition that the differen-
tsal should not be construed to abro-
gate or Impair any existing treaty
between the United States and a for
@gn nation. Literally interpreted, it
Is declared the provision would give
. s per cent decrease to goods in
American bottoms and automatically
grant the same privilege to ships Of
the many nations whose treaties with
ehe United States guarantee no dis
elimination between their vessels
and those of America.
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To Avoid countsrfeItIna.

In the production of their notes,
the Bank of England authorities
chief aim is to issue note which is
impossible for anybody to counter.
felt. Toward this end, all the parts
OF the note-the paper, the water,
mark, the ink. the engraving. the
printing-are prepared and done in a
special, and. as far as possible, Sc
cret manner. At the mills where the
paper is manufactured the most strin.
gent precautions are taken to pre-
vent any OF the paper being stolen
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ln stavenaon,n opInIon.

stevenson-that most heroic Of In
valids-would have agreed with DR..
MeWaIter OF Dublin that 1t is better
10 enjoy a short and merry life than
to be a helpless centenarian. ITO
forego all the issues Of living, In q
parlor with q regulated temperature, !"
he writes, seornfuiiy. "as II that we're
not to die hundred times over, and
for ten years at stretch! And II 1t
were not to die In one's own lifetime.
and without even the sad immunities
Of DEATH And e it were not to die,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1913-10-10
TRAIN aAvED IRON WREck.
Laborer Discovers Train Wreckers
and Prevents Disaster.

Redding, Cal. : Because a water
works employee here worked late
Sunday night the Oregon express,
southbound on the Southern Pacific
railroad, was saved from probable
wreckage and robbery.
J. r. Johnson, the employee, was
using the railroad track as a short
cut home when, quarter OF mile
from town, he stumbled upon a pile
of ties and iron heaped across the
rails. He stopped to examine them
and when he Strengthened up four
men pushed revolvers in his face.
Get out of here, and don't come
back" said one.
Johnson followed instructions. From
a water tank he telephoned the po-
lice and the station agent and the
train was tagged.
Two men lettering in the railroad
yards were arrested.
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suite unforeseen dimculties that have
besdt them at every hand.
taoethals 70 Make Final Test
The first vessel to pass through the
canal probably viii be a boat Of the
Isthmian canal commission, Col.
George w. Cocktails, chairman Of the
commission and chief engineer Of the
canal, and his principal assistants.
The anal voyage through the canal Is
scheduled for some time during this
month. Within another month 1t is
EXPECTED the waters In Gatun lake
will have risen high enough to bring
the waters in the entire canal up to
the deep water level required for the
passage Of the largest ships.
1t is said that as long ago rs the
early part OF August, assurances were
given Washington officially that II the
emergency should arise, the entire
Atlantic ,battleship feet could be put
through the canal into Pacific waters
within so days from that date. The
work has been hurried with that end
in view, 1t is said, as no emergency
has existed, but this assurance is an
/ Indication OF the belief Of the engi
neeTs that their work is now practical
ly finished.
cuIebra Cut Caused Trouble.
The excavation Of the Culebra cut
into which the water has just beer
turned, has been one of the engineer
ing feats connected with the building
of the canal, and has caused the en-
gineers more trouble than any 9th
er portion OF the big ditch" Tt
Col d. D. Gaillard, the engineer O
the central division, is given thu
credit for carrying this portion Of TIL
work through to successful termina
fion.
The disastrous slides In the Gu
we're discouraging to the engineers
multiplying In a few hours the work o
many weeks, but Colonel Gaillard an
his assistants have kept untiringly a
their work, and at last have conquer
ed thB treacherous banks Of the dee
cut. The engineers believe that tn
danger OF slides will be eliminate
now that the water has been turne
into the cut.
Alittle more than a month ago tn
giant steam shovels finished thei
work in the Culebra cut. Since tina
time the workmen have been bus
removing the shovels, the railroa
tracks and other machinery used !
the excavation work. There is sti
some dirt to be removed from the Gu
.ot s' v channel T. s1 T. P !, sa., p
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lady love. One day he picked up a
small thimble. which had suddenly
rolled down the steps. He stood .
while meditating on the beauty OF It's
owner and looking at the thimble Low.
ngiy Then he pressed it to his llna
saying; "0h. that it were the fair
eheek OF the wearer!" AS ne finished
ne looked upward. hoping for glimpse
OF her. but instead, from the second
story window big negro woman
looked out. Boss. she said, please
TO toss up dat fimhle of mine, anti
to 10 on sewing
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and set be the patient spectators of
our own pitiable change! The per.
maneht possibility is preserved, but
the sensations carefully held at arms
length, as IL one kept a Photographic
plate in a dark chamber # Is bettar
to los Q health like a spenAthrift tbsn
to wa Ste it like a mlser.a
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to read between the lines, behind the
words. beyond the horizon of the
printed page. Philips question to the
chamberlain of Ethiopia was crucial:
onderstandest thou what thou read.
est! want books not to pass the
time, but to fill it with beautiful
thoughts and images, to enlarge INV
world, to give me new friends Il the
spirit, to purify my ideals. and make
tnem clear, to show me the local color
OF unknown regions and the bright
stars OF universal truth.-Henry van
Dyke.
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Woman strangled to Death.

Chicago.-The body of a woman,
her clothing torn to shreds and scat
tered about her, was found on a
prairie near Argo, Ills, a suburb
Sunday. She apparently had been
strangled with heavy cord which
lay few feet from the body. There
was a black and blue mark encircling
her neck The body evidently had
been carried out on the prairie in an
automobile.
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Rln Steamer .Rnrnad.

New Orleans-The big steel steam
ship Hero of the Yogeman, German
line, was Quilted by fire Saturday. The
fire started in her deck load of creo-
soted timber. The Hero, which was
$50 feet long. piled between here and
Mexican ports,
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OF course, there have been MANY at.
tempted robheries, but only once in
the year 1862, were thieves success
full ~ obtaining any of the paper.
Very shortly afterward forged notes
were in circulation. The thieves did
not enjoy the triumnh long for y,;+i,
in a short time they we're captured
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CHANT PRAYER FOR WOMEN.

Militant suffragets Interrupt Recital
of Lltany In Westminster Abbey.
London Because the clergy do
not include women In their prayers,
a party of suffragettes interrupted the
morning services at Westminster Alb
hey Sunday by chanting prayer for
the women now in prison.
The party rose as the litany was
being reelted and ignored a request
to desist from singing At the con-
clusion the women left the abbey
quietly Addressing a crowd outside,
one of them said
This Is nothing to what will hap
pen unless women are included in
the clergy's prayers"
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Robbere outwIt Police.

Los Angeles, Cal.-While an auto
mobile load of deputy sheriffs guard,
ed the First National Bank of Ingle-
wood. a suburb, on tip from a small
boy, the safe of lumber company a
few blocks away was looted.
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Ends pIpIomatIe. career.

Berlin.-The retiring American en-
bassador, John @. L.elshman, ended
sixteen years diplomatic service Sat
urday ana transferred the embassy
to the secretary, Joseph G. Grew. He
lsfe Saturday night for Paris.
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RooaeveIt AdvIses Proaresslvss.

New York.-Colonel Roosevelt Fri.
day night told the Progressives gath
cred to honor him on the eve of his
departure for South America his best
endeayors would be extended. upon
his return toward the upbnilding of
the party.
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Releets eommIsaion syatem.

Minneapolis. Unofficial returns
from 9 out of lis precincts in Tues
days election on a new city charter
providing commission form Of gov
eminent give S,149 votes for the chart
er and 1897 against IL.
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Aeronaut Killed.

Bareelona.-During a balloon as
eension here Sunday a spectator ac-
cidentally caught hold of the guide
rope and was carried up. The aero
naut, in an attempt to assist him, fell
out Of the basket and was killed.
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EIahteen seaman Drowned.

Yarmouth, England Eighteen sea
men Of the crew of the British steam
er Gardenia were drowned when that
vessel foundered Saturday after a col
lisbon I'm fog with the British steam
er Cornwood.
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IRVING 10 seeure Pardon.

San Francisco. Superior Judge
William p. LAWYER who sentenced
Alexander Hagen to eighteen years
in the penitentiary seven years ago
for robbery, now is tring to get him
out, believing the sentence too severe.
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Missionaries Captures BY Bandits.

Hankow, China.-Five American and
four Norwegian missionaries are in the
hands of Chinese bandits. who on Fri
day captured the town of Tsoa Yang,
in the northern part of the province
Of Hupeh.
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Entombed Miner Rescued.

centraiia, lPa.-Thomas Toshesky,
prisoner for eight days IN an aband-
oned chamber of the Continental
mine Of the Lehigh Valley Coal osom-
nany. was rescued Saturday and is
Ssnt little the worse for his terrible
experience.
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Nine. Lcudcn Is the wife Of Jonk-
hesr John Loudon, the new minister
Of foreign affairs of Holland. She 10
an American and the daughter of j.
3. EustIs, former American amhas-
aador 70 France.
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New York.-Fire broke out Friday
in Plymouth church, Brooklyn. oaus-
ing $4,000 damages. The organ was
destroyed. The church was once oc-
oupied by Henry Ward Beecher.
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sire In Newspaper office.

Seattle.-Eight firemen were IN.
jured and $4,000 damage was done
In a fire which Quilted the press room
of the Seattle Times on Sunday. The
flremen win recover. The loss is COW
cred BY insurance.
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WrestIer prowns.

Hartford, Conn. Anderson
Of this city, well known as wrestler
and sport promoter, was drowned
Monday, while ON a fishing trip. He
was a native of Sweden.
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Serve Notices Of Eviction.

Denver.-operators in the southern
Colorado coalSfields have begun serv-
ing notices on striking miners that
they must vacate company houses on
company ground to make room for
men who desire to work.
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sullivan Seeks roaa.

Chicago. = Announcement of the
candidacy of Roger Sullivan, Demo
cratic boss. of Illinois. for the Unit
ed States senate will be made soon,
probably at the state fair at Spring
field next week.
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Two Die IN Wreck.

Great Falls, Mont.-Conductor Har-
ny Williams and Brakeman w. c..
Powers were killed and their bodies
burned into unacceptable masses
when a light extra freight crashed
into a regular freight.