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The Ely miner., 1913-08-15
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cattle and forbid him to work the
land. However, if he returns home
and defends it for three days so it
cannot be fired he is allowed to re-
tain it. He can also save it by invit-
ing the lord of another tribe to take
possession with posse of sharp-shoot-
ers to defend 1t.
Sometimes for business purposes an
oath of peace is taken by two parties
for a stated period, and at festival
time weeks peace is sworn; SO that
all blood foes may attend church and
the festivities without danger of death.
During this week everybody is very
gay and friendly. At the end of that
time they instantly become bitter
enemies again!
In most towns the entire population
can turn out under arms inside OF ten
minutes and the smell of gun powder
is like blood to tiger.
Gurizi (Black Stone) is a Moslem vii
lage that derives it's name from an
enormous rock. 1t is full of greyish-
white dogs with wolf blood in their
veins, who are taught to attack
strangers on sight. Puppies too young
to walk will snap fiercely at passersby
and no stranger can enter the town
with safety.
In some villages houses are formed
of irregular stones, with stable on
the first floor and living room on the
second, with covered balcony across
the front. Windows are small and
very scarce, and most of the light
comes through broken roof tiles, which
also provide an outlet for smoke from
open fires. There is little or no furni-
ture. The rough stone walls are COW
cred with guns and field implements
and festooned with drying fish and
meat Other food is hung in tight
baskets from the rafters, beyond the
reach of rats. Rude cooking dishes
made of clay and chopped pigs
bristles are kept in an alcove near
the fire. Large tree trunks are dug
out and used to hold food and small
pieces of the trunk are followed out
for bowls. A wattled larder for milk
stands on posts in the yard.
Clothes are kept in rudely-painted,
clumsy chests. The floor of thick
planks, hewn by an ak, is always clut-
tered with household belongings. The
family sleep in hurdles hung from
tie-beam of the roof and supported
by a pole underneath. Sheets are of
thickly-woven white felt and pillows
of bright red cotton. Very often
sheep is penned in one corner of the
room and a pig in the other! Goats
are tethered near the firei
Albanians are friendly and hospi-
table with everyone, as rule, except
blood enemies. When guests come
within bowling distance of the house
they are to visit, they begin to yell
greetings and empty revolvers-which
is heartily returned by their host and
kept up until they are inside by the
fire that always blazes and the tam
boritza that always tinkles music.
News travels fast-being actually
shouted from town to town. The AL
banians have peculiar, powerful
voices, and can hurl messages across
the valleys with great force. In an
hour a message can be sent and an
answer received from place IL hours
distant by horseback. Anyone hear
ing the shout, repeats it and sends 1t
| further.
There are no doctors In the country.
The sick usually wait for death on a
heap of rags in some dark corner
The Ely miner., 1913-08-15
coffins Many Centuries Old.

Two tiny coffins have recently been
found in the monastic burial ground
Of Peterborough, Northampton, Eng
land, and have been placed in Peter
borough cathedral. They are said to
be the collins of the twin children of
King Canute, who were drowned in
Whittlesey Mere as they were cross
ing to be educated at Peterboropgl
abbey.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-15

is completed it will be the fifth which
has been specially provided for deaf
and dumb people, says the Graphic,
and it is intended 10 serve the district
between Hoxton and Hendon, where
there are at least 700 people so af-
f1icted.
The cost of the buildings will be
e3,S00, of which about $4,000 has al
ready been raised. The institute,
which adjoins the church, will consist
of lecture hall, a games room and
kitchen, where young women will
receive cookery instruction. The
church will be the first to be dedi-
Gated to st. John Beverley, saint in
the English calendar who was sup
posed to have healed a deaf and dumb
man.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-15
Actors Triumph,

In 1916 the Boulevard du Temple
was the heart of the theatrical world
of Paris. In the ten theaters that
lined that comparatively short thor
oughfare so much blood was shed on
the stage every evening at the popular
ward du Crime.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-15
Ascendinq and DESCENDING.

"You come up out of the gutter,
while I am descended from one of the
Oldest families in the country
That's right. / imagine that illus
trates the difference between US as
well as anything could"
You admit the difference, do you?"
Sure. I'm going up and you're go'
ing down."
The Ely miner., 1913-08-15
Where He Shone

The prisoner was charged with lar
ceny and lawyer of dubious reputa-
tion was defending him.
Il submit, gentlemen of the jury
shouted the lawyer, that the facts dis
closed do not constitute larceny, al
though I will concede that the district
attorney is usually a better Judge of
stealing than am l."
But less successful practitioner, 7"
was the disconcerting reply-Judge
The Ely miner., 1913-08-15
To Be RiQidly Exact.

Regstaff-I hear you are doing some
writing for one of the popular maga-
zines.
Percollum-That's slightly exag-
gerated; haven't been able to get my
stuff into any but the-er-unpopular
ones yet
The Ely miner., 1913-08-15

Fran arrives at Hamilton Gregorys
home in Littleburg, but finds him absent
conducting the choir at a camp meeting.
She repairs thither in search of him,
laughs during the service and is asked to
leave. Abbott Ashton superintendent of
schools, escorts Fran from the tent.
The Ely miner., 1913-08-15
Church for Deaf and Dumb.

The Duchess of Buckingham and
Chandos recently laid the foundation
stone Of a church and institute for
TIE deaf and dumb in Green Lane,
Stoke NeTington. When the church
The Ely miner., 1913-08-15

~ wv Americans have ever visited
. the. isolated parts of Albania,
80 but those who have, recall the
II words: " -.
''Duhan, rakia. pushke, dash
The sun., 1913-10-24
NEW YORK JEWS PROTEST.
'ity College Wants 4. =. 20 Take
Action In X le6 Case.

To protest against the charge Of ritual
murder which has been brought against
Mende Reilis at Kier. Russia. the stu
d'nts and faculty Of the College Of the
'tty Of New York held a mass meeting in
tho Great Hall yesterday afternoon. j'rof.
Werner presided.
The following resolution Was drawn up
by the students:
We, the students OF the College Of the
city of New York. have called this meet
ing TO voice our Indignation at the per-
''stence in Russia Of the cruel superstition
which ascribes to tke Jews the crime of
ritual murder. As students We conceive
it our duty to combat social prejudice and
10 rcfute obsolete interpretations OF re-.
lGton which peryert devotion to God into
persecution of men.
ITO our felloWmcn across the water We
'ond a message Of sympathy, pledging
ourselves to help them In their struggle
against ignorance and hatred. and pray
ing that the innocence of MendeI Bells.
uho stands accused OF the crime Of ritual
murder. may speedily be established"
Prof. Duggan presented motion. which
Vas adopted unanimously, that the COLI
leco send a petition to the United States
senators from New York and to the Sec
i,tary of state at Washington asking that
the protest Of the college against the kiefY
trial be forwa rded to the Russian Govern
rn"nt through official channels. Prof.
lpuggan said ne wished that all colleges
and universities In the country would do
likewise.
Others who spoke were the dean. Prof.
Brownson, Prof. Downer and Prof Over
street.
The sun., 1913-10-24
REPORT ON BALKANS READY.
Al ALLIES Committed Atrocities
says Hhrnegi~ Conn M issiOn.

PARIS. oct. 23.--The commission which
was sent into the Balkan States by the
Carnegie Foundation for International
Peace TO investigate the reports of cruel
ties and outrages and also to figure out
the economic losses In the two wars has
completed its report. which IL TO be pub
llshed In book form without dwelling too
much on the distressing stories of mis-
deeds.
The evidence gathered by the commits
sion shows that troops of all the warring
Balkan States committed atrocities Some
OF the most important evidence collected
by the commission came from women and
children. The Bulgarlans were guilty Of
the greatest faults In the second war. The
conduct OF the soldiers of that country in
the first joint war against Turkey wns
most exemplary.
The report will develop fully the eco-
nomc aspects of the war and will have a
good deal to say also upon the wonderful
possibilities OF development which lie be-
fore the Balkan peoples.
The sun., 1913-10-24
OWEN HINTS At CHANGES.
S"""'"r Relieves Number Of IT,.
xt""sI Hanks Na. ~. Reduced.

h"sr"N' '"'. q EX-SENATOR owen OF
,hiah"mh. VII" addressed fhc Rustun CIV
h'h 'o-nlgnf upon tn Du.cn.J;lass cu,.
ren'N nh. IN an interview before ma King
"s "unreSs limited ~ probable amend
'"en'S /" IN" measure and answered som.
"t th' latest attacks upon II;
NJ owen SAID 'h,t ih.r. ,,,.,. h .,,,
concession aS To tn. number Of ro-iop.,
reserve banks hut that they will no, he
rover than ten because Of the size ~ III.
nation and that th'r. may ba some Sikh,
'on'eS>ionS as to the matter of reserves
~" heli"v"d that the number Of Admin.
istration representatives. OH the Federal
y, ,Se'N" board Vav bc reduced and that
'her. would be bankers ~ the m.,uhc-
ship. he considetcd tho "Iav fur ,uoue,.
provision would re,nsin IN tho hin bcc,us.
" ADDS protection 10 III. gold r..s.ry...
IN" suggestion Of bankers advisory.
council will probably go through
The sun., 1913-10-24
RUBBER STAMP" RULE FAILS.
CalifOrWia's Government In Rad Way
with job naOn Absent.

san FRAHCIsCo. oct. 23.--While Gov.
Hiram Johnson is preaching Progressive
politics in New Jersey and other Eastern
states the government OF California Is
in bad way.
secretary Of State Jordan refused to-
day to accept the red rubber stamp sig
nature of Lieut.. -Gov. Wallace. who is sick
IN sbed. This brought all State business
to halt.
In this emergency the President Of the
Senate, :. S. Boynton, was relied upon.
but he refused to act. as he did not belie,"
that the law empowered him to sign
papers. SO the whole matter was referred
to the Attorney-General for his opinion.
Up to this time the Governors woman
stenographer has used II rubber stamp to
attiN the Lieutenant t-iovcrnor's signature
10 legal documents. but IL Is doubtful
whether or not this would be declared
valid by any court.
The sun., 1913-10-24
BELLS BREAKS DOWN IN COURT.
Prisoner who IL charged win
"Rituai MuS2cr" Weep..

Sp'rtc' 'dbfS pSsp0trh TO THy SIS.
kirrr. oct. o3.--Testi,nony In regard tu
Pllon cases given by the sisters Diakonoff
~ the trial to-da, ~ Nendci Beilis for the
murder "t the boy Nusrhiusky Is almost
tho ftrst direct evidence that has beer
even w fo the present.
Vera Trhsheridk confronted Ncnia Dia-
"onon and denied thai the latter had ever
MADE pillow cases for her. Nenia Dia.
horof adhered - her statement and gave
details.
Bells. whose name has not been men,
'ionsd In court In the last two days. col
lapsed sobbing this afternoon. The court
adjourn.d In order TO allow him to re-
cover his Composure
The trial Of Bells was called blind
'id gross blunder to-day ty kterkida min
he newspaper which has been attacking
The trial rom the outset. At the con
'lusion OF the article il said:
When tn" buma passes a law enabling
';olubeN. the leader OF the Black Hun
dr.d. arbitrarily to send Jews to hard
labor. then perhaps IL will h- unneccs-
sary TO seek to prove the existence Of
i'tualists among them
The sun., 1913-10-24
ANOTHER QUAKE
ALARMS PANAMA
People Of Colon Frightened,
Fearing Rush of a
Tidal Wave
GATtN l. AXE FILLING
Water Only Five Feet Below
Operating Level and Rainy
Season Is On.
GATCN LAKE FILLING

FANAMA. oct. 2S--There WAS another
earthquake shock along the Isthmus this
morning. There WAS no damage to the
cana, structures. but the people OF Colon
became terrified. as they feared a tidal
wave would follow the earth shock.
COL George w 'ioethals. the chief en-
gineer and chairman NJ the Canal Conn
mission. has issued II statement in regard
To the quake AS follows:
There WAS pronounced seismic dis
turbancc of nearby origin recorded at
Ancon and iatun The quake began at
! o2 4. NJ. The shock was generally
felt over the Isthmus. The intensity of
III" movement as recorded on the ROssi-
Forcl scale is estimated at I. Al the
seisinograph pens were thrown from the
sheets. 80 tNit in the recoN the ma aAiinum
amplitude was lost. hut the north and
south ssiSmo2raph AZ ';atun showed a
movement of the pen of ll3 millimet"rs to
the north before the pen left the sheet.
no reliable estimate Of tn" distance
or direction of tn" uuak" can %e made AS
vet on account Of conflicting evidence in
the records.
The dredging n'ct at the Atlantic en-
trance to tho cana, passed from Gatun
Lake into tulebra cut this afternoon. The
fleet consists of two suction dredges. on"
Jipccr and one ladder dredgc with barges
and tugs. Work will be begun at TIA,
north end of the Cucuracha slide within Il
few days.
Relative to the report that there is not
sufficient water to operate the canal II
may b said that ,;atun Lak" is n"w nv"
feet below the operating level of the farg
est ships and fifteen feet below the maxi
mum height. since October ! thu surface
Of the lake has risen iifty-iivc irch.s. or
an average OF about two and half inches
day. The heavy rain yesterday raised
the level Of the lake seven inches In
twenty -four hours. The final height of
the lake undoubtedly will be reached be-
fore the end Of the rainy season. as the
ratio of increase becomes greater every
day as the rains increase.
Without any increase during the dry
season the storage OF water in the lax,
will be sufficient 20 make folty-one lock-
ages "A day during the dry months. 1t Is
estimated tina there will be not over eight
lockages a day for many years.
The sun., 1913-10-24
ENGLAND MAY BUY
ITS RAILWAY LINES
Royal Commission Named 10
Investigate Their "Rcla.
tiOnships With state"
LLOYD GEORGES SCHEME
Gladstone Got Parliamentary
Sanction in 18+l for
Same Plan.
LLOYD GEORGES SCHEME,
SPECIAL cable Despa.c. 10 TBE sry

SPECIAL cable Despa.c. 10 TBE srx.
LoSpoN. Oct. :4.--An intention to ma.
tionslizc British railways is regarded by
tho Conservatives to be involved In the
Govcrnm. nt's appointment. announced last
u,rht. of. a royal commission to 'induirc
INTO the relationships between the rail-
way companies Of Great Britain and the
state in respect to matters other than the
afety Of workingmcn and the condition.
cf employment and to report what
changes " any. are desirable in that re-.
lationship.''
Lord Loreburn is the chairman Of the
commission. the members Of which will
bc prominent men.
II will he seen that tho vagueness Of
terms leaves an abundance Of room for
SPECULATION As to Its meaning. and the ma =
'ionaliSAton Of railways is the first guess
cf the opposition
This guess is doubtless right TO the cN-
tent that the commission will consider
the question Of naturalization.
Naturalization is pet scheme Of Mr.
Lloyd George. the Chancellor of the
ENchequer. and his followers and the
socialists The Daily NnH contends that
the appointment Of a commission like that
of Mr.. Lloyd Georges land scheme is i'm.
tended to Halter tho Conservatives In the
view that the next general election may
be near at hand
II is recalled that Mr.. Gladstone i'm
ls+ got Parliamentary sanction for a
provision enabling the STATE to buy the
railroads under certain conditions. hut tn.
Royal Commission Of 1866. which ex-
amired into the plan. decided that il
would be Improbable for the ,;ovcrn-
ment To purchase the railroads and that
L also WAS undesirable.
Several points besides nationali lization.
including working agreements and pooling
arrangements Of the various lines, arc
likely to b. considered 10y the commits.
ion
The sun., 1913-10-24

TIN. Federal Reserve HANK may re-
discount for member banks paper self
liquidating in character IN he defined ~
the act II shall not rediscount for any
one bank an amount exceeding the capi-
tai and surplus of such bank.
THE bank may buX in the domestic
market from member banks. non member
banks and individuals self-liuuidatins
paper under conditions to he defined in
tn. act bearing the Endorsement of "A mem
Der bank and may buy in the foreign
markets prime bankers bills.
The bank may also deal in gold con
and bullion and In obligations of Oh.
United States Government and it's insua.
possessions.
Til. board o. the Federal reserve bank
shall establish a minimum rate Of dis
count which shall hr uniform at AL
branches and branches And which
shall he changed from time to time as
conditions demand.
While the minimum discount rate shall
he the same AT all branches and To AL
banks that minimum rate will only apply
10 N. redscouuts Of a bank up to an
amount equal To- a fixed percentage of It's
capital and surplus. thereafter such bank
shall he charged a uniformly progres
sivcly Increasing rat" upon discounts un.
III said discounts shall have amounted
equal TO the capitol and surplus of said
bank.
As fiscal agent of tho Government the
Federal reserv" bank shall he charged
with III. duties now imposed upon III.
Treasurer OF the United States and the
bureau Of redemption in the office of III,
Comptroller of the United States in re-
spect to the custody Of bonds securing
national bank notes and the redemptios
Of such notes.
THE > per cent; redemption fund now
in the general fund of the Treasury sha.
lac transferred TO the Federal reserv.
bank as II special trust fund and shal
be held intact and shall not count as 4
part of the real reserve of the bank
The sun., 1913-10-24
SIX FOOT GATOR BITES KEEPER,
BiII snyder Goes to Help and Falls
Into Nest OF Them.

A six foot alligator grabbed at the left
leg of Keeper Kiernan OF the Central
Park menagere yesterday when several
of the men were engaged In transferring
the colony OF saurians from the summer
to the winter quarters.
When Herman took one by the tail it
turned and caught his leg. He called
for help and Head Keeper Billy Snyder
Jumped over the wire fepce. Snyder
stumbled at the edge Of the pool and went
f,oundering into the water among a col
lection OF small gators.
They scauered In alarm. The head
keeper got out and whacked ehe biting
saurian on the head with a stick until
II let 20. Kiernan's trousers were torn
and his leg was scratched.
The sun., 1913-10-24
sIMPLIFIED SPELLING ADOPTED.
University Of Missouri Publications
"a Follow New Method.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Oct. 23.--Ail Of the cor
respondencs and publications Of the ia
Guilty Of the school OF Education ut the
University OF Missouri will hereafter
adopt simplifed spelling
All the reformed words In the list OF
the sirnplihed spelling board were adopted
by the faculty of the State School Of
Education to-day. Resolutions Will be
introduced at thr nest meeting Of the
Missouri state Teachers Association.
adopting the sin,pihcd method.
The newest list issued by the sImplified
spelling board contains siXty-one rules in
yoiving several thousand wordk
The sun., 1913-10-24
HOW NEW FILMS ARE MADE.
CeIIulose Impregnat~d with Paraf-
IN and Alum Used.

PARIS, Oct. 23.--TlSe new non-infiam-
nable Aims. which are Pathe patent
and which must be installed In all NOV
ing picture places in France by December
!, consist OF cellulose impregnated with
parafiin and alum. These films Withstand
fire In a striking maner indeed film fires
are now restricted to the ordinary films
such as used In America.
The prefect Of police, NJ, Hennion, has
taken stringent measures not to allow
the use OF the ordinary films. Many
movies advertise. "Only uniniammable
films used by U.s."
Pathe Frcres say America is already
receiving SUI Piles Of the noninfammablc
films.
The sun., 1913-10-24
ANOTHER LISBON UPRISING.
'i"d"nts said Ia Have stoned Cow
erument Buildimgs.

MADRID, Oct. 23.-Advices reaching
hero sAy that second outbreak In the
Portuguese monarchist uprising occurred
ii f.isbon to-day when a group OF stu
d nts stoned the Government buildings.
tn" group was surrounded by the police
and guards and the leader and fifteen
",A'r persons were arrested
Lisbon, II IL said, IL under martial law
AID monarchist newspaper has been
0nAscated.
The sun., 1913-10-24
LA PRENsA" ADMITS ERROR.
Hoosevelt Didn't Say u. =. and Bra-
,n should Control Americas.

Special Gable Despdtch to THE Sun.
brESos AYREs. Oct. 23.-Ld Prensd
limits to-day that Col. Roosevelt In his
S"ecch at Bahia did not say that the
United States and Brazil should control
North and South America.
tn. Colonel will be doubly welcome in
argentina now. He says that the state
'0'uts attributed to him are absurdly
also, He did not make any compari-
'rns between any countries and will make
lone during his trip.
The sun., 1913-10-24

1 "'n!a" VI NV noaru anu as '"c '"'ei
'""..,ve oI'cer o' 'ne jain
mc,ioers ol tn' pnarh 10 rc''re Hu'o-
...r,' AZ ,'e ase -, ~ ,..,.
me ooara OF tne redera, reserve oamh
! sha'' appoint Tor each branch an excel !
wv W. com"''tee oi seven me"oers' re
q u',, WI, contain tne ssWe general w
/ in the case Of the hoard itself including
,,o,,har. 80 ,,,s ,...,.'a os ,,,,,. I'LL
~. racos,i..', o. So TO-, ,,,,,. h,n,,;,a
.,nd u,anci.i ,vn.I,
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sam. Tho ,,,.',i,,,,r,,,,,, ,,.,, ,,,, ,s
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! "Aii actions M ,h, ,.x..,u,i,o c,rmi,,sc
! vi,i In. s,,,i..,t ,n th. .nnro,oj ,f III.
: bonr,, n, ti,c hau,, s,,,.,, ax..u,iye co,,-
uittec wiIi e,ert n nresident and other OK
crutive off,rers ~ r,nd,,c, ,hn husin.ss of
the branch. the men dj,nv these Offices
Z, huyc io official mr. dnunciai rsl,tinn
with any other hank
"The earnings OF the bank shall in
case tho Government, subscrihcs IN ali the
stock H., first d,yo,ed to An ocr,uula
, ton Of A surplus of 80 pcr cent and there
artrr one-half of tho earnings viii be- de-
voted to a further increase ~ the surplus
unti, i, reaches 20 per cent. and tn. other
on.-half will 10 to tho Government
After tho surplul has reached so per cent
All the earnings will go to the Govern
rrent.
Fu~str >ubsrripttOU ProSsst"n.
"Ip Gag, the nubllc .nbscribes to the
The sun., 1913-10-24
NOT CHINA's NAVAL ADVISER.
4 dnsiral Christian Wss Lent HI
England Three Years Ago.

Special Fdb'e D<spdfch To THe SrS.
LONDON, Oct. 23.--The statement that
Rear admiral Christian OF the British
Navy has been appointed naval adviser
to China IN the matter of building ~
her feet. in wrong The Admiralty lent
the officer to China three years ago to
act as director Of the naval college
The sun., 1913-10-24
ROBERT BACON OFF FOR CHILE.
Americans Use Argentine President's
Railway Coach tO Frontier.

Special Gable Despatch to THE SuS.
BrEHos AYREs, Oct. 23.--Robert Bacon,
'o.ner UAited States Ambassador at
,ris and his party left here for Chile
today, The Presidential coach was at
r'hcd to the International train for the
use of Mr. Bacon and his friends.