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New-York tribune., 1913-05-18

TIZ acts At once and make. !, aehins
swollen feet remarkably well.
It's the sure remedy, YOU kr 'r ever
thing that gets the matter with "- ieet y
for sore feet and for perSpiuus ana io'
corns, callouses. and bunions. to.
For years | have been tr0ul with sore
and tender feet; suffered intense as. nave
had the assistance OF physician 9ut reie!
| bought a box of TIZ. which wo-. } peHec'
cure. as it has with a great many y irends
| would not be without il. ~ Dreutze'
Chicago.
TIZ is not a powder Powi I'D othei
foot remedies clog up the pore IL draws
out all poisonous exudations SO o1ng on
soreness Of the feet, and is the .y remedy
that does.
You'll never limp again or crF up youl
face in pain. and you'll forget aboa ur eorfs
bunions and callouscs. You'll Zee. Ike ne"
person. There are two kinds OF pie IN me
word-those that get what the. want ana
those that get what someone else " IS 70 CIV.
them. Be firm-when you ask ..r H. &C.
it and laugh at the substitute.
TIZ is for sale at all drug stores. partner.
and general stores at 25 cents pc. box OF j
will be sent YOU direct. if YOU wish. Mole,
back if TIZ doesn't do all We say. for IU
trial package write today 10 N-r Lu'n"
Dodge & Co, Chicago, Ill.
New-York tribune., 1913-05-18

forced to postpone. ~FTc phoncd that it
would be- very, even exceedingly, important
for Us 90 bc here before nine. Shall We wait
Certainly The girl began pulling
down the tingcrtips Of her gloves and twist
ing them. -.
father suddenly.
Father"
81 never tclcphoncd his housc to make
sure. Why should We come down here TO
his Offices
They hastcncd back TO the elevator and
went down. The elderly man stepped into the
pav-station booth. Presently he emerged
wrathful Of Countcnancc.
~Ncycr called up at all. Doesn't know
what I'm talking about. y whole evening
spoiled
But what can it mean
Down into the dank subway again; and
twenty minutes later. at nlnc-hitecn, the
two arrived al the apartment on the third
floor Of the Dryden. The girl opened the
door impctuously, fearing She knew not
what In the plain, ordinary safe in the liv-
ing-room rcposcd the Mana Sahib's ruby
and fifteen thousand dollars.
A FEW blocks over the way, in a dark and
"a cavcrnous studio, a lonesome dachcl
was baying at the intermittent ting-a-lnging
Of the telephone.
Across the city there stood a series Of
apartments that had never been fashionable;
though many Of the inhabitants put up
brave prctcnsc for such recognition where
in the real estate agents rcapcd Sundry
profits. BY some, the indifferent prlnci-
pally. they were called flats. In one Of these,
comfortably appointed, with few really
good rugs on the floors and furniture that
was neither acrobatic nor offensive, there
lived a woman She was young and pretty
in a faded way She was preparing for bed;
and as she let down her hair the many gray
threads caused a puckcr 10 come between
her eyes. Her expression was placid; but
it was the placidity OF the crushed and the
beaten, not Of the resigned
From brick house in another quarter OF
the town, a quarter that had fallen under
the edict Of mobile fashion along about war
time, a man stepped forth noiselessly and
disappeared into the night, became Shad-
ow among the shadows.
New-York tribune., 1913-05-18
CHAPTER V.

WJIiEN young man meets face to face
w the girl Of his dreams, artistic or anna
torv the nature Of things requires that he
shall be dressed 10 the queens taste. What
New-York tribune., 1913-05-18

THANK Heaven someone was turning a
KEY in the loclii They had come at
last He suddenly found himself blinking
in the light over the threshold came an
elderly man and a Young woman.
"Good EIcayensl' cried the young woman.
Forbes said nothing; but his eyes threat
ened to fall out Of his head. For the young
woman was no less person than she Of the
copper beech hair; and her face was as sad
and beautiful as Bellini's Madonna in that
rickety old church by the side of that smelly
old canal in Venice
New-York tribune., 1913-05-18
CHAPTER ~.

II the meantime Forbes was invited by the
burglar to come in and SIT down. He en-
tered the room, thoroughly hypnotized.
"Sit down in that chair there went on
the man in the mask. indicating fine Shera-
ton. Strange that Forbes should give any
particular attention TO the make Of chair!
"Thcre's a good chap came hoarsely. Il
should hate 10 give YOU a crack on the head.
If YOU keep perfectly quiet and do as you're
told. sha'n't be forced to hurt you. Now
listen carefully. Take out your handker-
chief Top pocket, ovcrcoat. if you please,
Now tie il over your mouth. That's the way!'
Forbes was by no means a coward; but
the uncxpcctcdncss Of the encounter stunned
him. He forgot that ne had ever wanted to
be an amateur detective. The burglar rose
to his feet with astonishing agility. Forbes
watched him, under a malevolent enchant-
mcnt. He saw the man whip down from the
wall a rare old priests stole.
"Put your hands behind the chair and
hold them there. The automatic's the quick
est thing in the world.
\ moment later Forbes felt the rough
edges of the stole sink into his wrists. The
ends went in and out Of the spindles, and
the knot came under his elbows. Next the
ilttll'lh'iA Alllil Ntio SlN'i Il l'lNNiNNl't''iN
twist. The Bokhara embroidery on the low
boy was also forced into service. This Sc
cured his ankles tc the legs Of the chair.
"Don't know what you came in for; for
YOU opened the door without knocking
Never mind" The burglar slipped the pis-
tol into pocket "Now don't worry. Per-
haps sometime before midnight the people
who live here will come TO your assistance
Then the rogue knclt before the safe again
and took out an exquisite Florentine jewel
box. He did not bother 10 try the lock. He
was evidently pressed for time. He simply
wrapped it up in a newspaper, tied it Sc
curely with string he found in a work bas-
ket, picked up his tools, his hat and coat,
and paused for a moment on the threshold.
Forbes could see the sparkle Of his eyes
through the holes in the mask. He saw also
that there was a Slight cash across the
knucklcs Of the mans left hand.
"Sorry to leave YOU in this fix The man
bowed briefly and went out into the corridor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
DISTRICT HEADS FAVOR
PARK AT FORT STEVENS
Nav Include Improvement in
Recommendations to Be
Sent to Congress.

That the Commissioners may CONSIDER
including Fort stevens in the list of park
Improvement recommendations to be sent
to Congress as a part of the District OF
Columbia estimates for the next iis'ai
wear was the statement YESTERDAY o.
Engineer Commissioner Harding.
The Importance of the early acquisition
of the old fertilization lont. where
President Lincoln was exposed TO the hre
of Confederate rifles at the time of Gen.
E.arly's attack on Washington. was
brought out i'm a speech delivered by W.
" Cox during Memorial day exercises AT
Battle-Ground national cemetery Thurs
day.
There is scarcely any doubt that the
District heads favor the project but the
que stion they VIII have to meet II II
expla ned is one concerned with whether
any of the specific improvements outlined
i'm the Mcmillan park commission plan
should be held UP in order to provide IN
the budget for the acquisition az FORT
Stevens
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
Favored in Mcmillan Report.

The conversion Of tine 2ort into "A park
was one of the propositions favorably
commented upon i'm the Mem Han report,
but the commission did not include II In
the list of definite improvements 10 be
undertaken.
Commissioner Harding pointed ont that
there is little likelihood of any &. parture
being made from the park commission
plan. and said that the particular prof.
ects outl ned will receive first cofS der
alton He stated. however. that he con
siders the Fort Stevens park plan mer-
itorious one and that the Com nissioners
in the event they take up the matter IN
connection with the preparation OF the
estimates MAY find that the improve
ment can be recommended to Congress
at the mex session.
Park improvements which doubtless
will BE- included in the estimates are
those that We're recommended In the
last budget but which Were not APP
prorriated for They inc ude with
others. the klnSle valley. Piney
Branch and Mount Hamilton parks.
The total cost involved Is about half
mi lion dollars.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
GOLD MEDAL FOR PEARY.
Discoverer OF North Pole Honored
by Swiss Geographical Society.

GENEVA Switzerland, MAJ ~ hear
Admiral Robert T.. Peary. ~" d'scoV"rer
of the north pole WAS presented 'o"ay
with the gold medal - th- SNlss ''"-
graphical Society Those VII" attended
the ceremony included Mrs Pssry and
Miss Peary and the american consul.
Francis Il keene
The medal i inscribed
the earth and sea
This evening Almtai PedrN .ds me
guest OF honor II banquet t-drlN Ia
the week he had an adventure "hiIe
attempting to climb the Jun2f'an u
gether with HI. rine-year-od SON and
guide no was caught N a :nowstnrfn,
but succ. eded in rea hing station "n
the F'unicular railroad There they "ef
snowbound for two daNs. sf plhS oh
straw on the staflon hopr. h'i ~"
weather cleared The admiral climbed the
Mcnchpeak in seven hours
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
INSURANCE MEN DINE.
Agents of Commercial National
Guests of Company's Officers.

Agents of the Commercial National In
surance Company were the guests of of
fcers of the company at a banquet held
last night at the New Ebbitt H. j.
Grubb. general manager of the company.
acted POSTMASTER and number OF
short addresses We're made by the officers
and agents. Those present were A. c.
Moses. president: III. ]. Grubb, Julian ii.
r. f. Wills. j. +. Axter. c. ID. Jollffe.
J. A. Calhoun. r.. v. Frankhouser. G.. w.
Walls. George G. Donohoe, W. G. Moore.
T. Il. Chappeil, III. w. Talley. w. X.
beaver. II. j. Monahan. J. w Humphrey.
e. V. Saver. w. X. Kennedy, j. +. Ken
nedy. A. A. Moore. w. n Loyall. Julius
IL Hartman, r.. NJ. Barry. j. ID. Baker.
!. F.. Emer. f. W. Reichard. J. p.
Shannon
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DIES IN HEROIC RESCUE.
Georgian Succumbs After Saving Ma
rine Hospital Attache.

WI MINGTON. y. e. MAY II. Battlin-
against a heavy sea in he heroic rescue
of a surf bathing conlpan On. Pharmacist
knouse of tho United States Marine
Hospital. j. ID. Artley thirty-t"o years
old. recently OF savanna. ia nc" EN-
ployed i'm the general offices 81 the NJ
lantic coast line here disappeared m Inc
surf opposite "A hotel a. WfiShfsNllle
beach. upon the opening of the season
there today. and was drowned JuSf AFTER
he had given over his companion 70 IN"
hotel lifesaver. Who had gone Ia me as
sStance of both.
kno,,se WAS sa,ad ArtlsY's bodA uaa
recovered. and physicians attending he-
cided heart failur. caused hls drowning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
CHANGES BANK EXAMINERS.
Acting Controller Will Reorganize
the Service.

The national bank examiners Will be
reorganized by Acting Controller Of
the Currency Kane. The first step i'm
this direction was taken yesterday.
when Examiner Edwin +. Rorebeck
was relieved of charge of the New
York city district. Mr.. Roreheck will
be transferred as examiner TO some
other district. and the New York
vacancy will be filled by transfer
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
CHARGED With False Fire Alarm.

Charged with having sent IN = falss
alarm of fire from box S2s Tuesday
night and summoned several companies
of the hre department To 2ith and NJ
streets northwest William stanton.
colored. forty years old. was arrested
yesterday afternoon py foiiceinan
the charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
FRANCIS H. M'ADOO TO WED.
His Engagement to Baltimore Belle
Announced at Dinner.

BALTIMORE. Md. May 3i-The en-
gagement of Miss Ethel Mccormick
daughter of Mrs. Isaac r. Emerson. to
Francis II. McAdoo son of Secretary
of the Treasury McAdoo. was formally
announced tonight at Il dinner given by
Capt. and Mrs. Emerson at their coun-
try home in the Green Spring valley
The guests included tie prospective
bridegroom. his father and his sister.
Miss Mona McAdoo; who will be Miss
McCormiQ maid OF honor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
Dies While Visiting Neighbor.

Mrs Susie Hailstalk. coiored, tifty-hre
wears old who resided at 1878 LIST strees
southwest. was stricken with hem
orrhare while at the house of neigh
bor Yesterday afternoon. and died before
a physician could he summoned Coroner
natural causes. The body was taken
to her home
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

within the service. Mr.. Kane decl mes
10 discuss the proposed shake-up. hut
il is learned that practically all the
chances " II re made through trans
fers.
Examiner owen r. Reeves IN fu-
ture vii confine his examinations TO
the banks OF Chicago. because OF IN
creased examination there, and the
banks OF Minneapolis. - Paut In
dianapols. Detroit and MILWAUKEE,,
which formerly were inspected by Nj.
Reeves, will he assigned TO the ek-
amnerS now COVERING the states In
which the cities named are located
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

! the Massachusetts board OF agriculture. is
among the number OF those who have
written vigorously on the subject He
says the des:ructivenesS of the cat is not
i ed not only by the greatest number of
observers. but with remarkable unanim-
| ity. nearly all who report on the natural
enemies Of birds place the cat first among
destructive animals.
THE domestic cat. says DR.. Forhush.
introduced fed. pampered and petted
! by man. heads the list. and sonnet mes
! leads even sportsmen in the number of
| birds killed per day.
AS a significant illustrate he quotes
! the experience of four sportsmen. Who
| in one day. with dogs. succeeded in bring
| ing In only one bob white. Returning to
| the farmhouse where they were stop
| ping for the hunt. they found that the
| family cat had decidedly beaten their
score. having killed one grouse and two
| bob whites From one Bay state county
| came the report that a lone tabby in one
| day had destroyed two parent birds and
! all the young birds in six nests.
| Dr3 Forbush is among those who hear
! witness to the natural ferocity of the
cat and the tendency TO revert to prm
tive wildness
Cats kill he says, for the sake of
killing and kill more than they can eat
A frepd who was raising rheasants kill
ed over POD cats in a short time, in order
that the game birds might have chance
TO increase and multiply
The cat" he cont nues, SIS more de-
structive than the fox, because he can
| climb trees and reach the nests. He
easily catches young birds just learning
| TO fly. He frequently catches adult birds
/ when feeding or drinking. The most
| harmful characteristic of the cat is the
tendency to revert to a wild state
| eff dog loses his master he finds
new one \ cat is quite as likely to take
[ TO the woods and run W ID There he be-
| comes terror to all living things which
he can master. Cats We're introduced on
! Sable Island. off the coast of Nova
| Scotia I'm 1880 They ran wild, multiplied
| and finally exterminated the rabbits
! which had possessed the island for half
, a century.
/ Under such circumstances it is not
| difficult to see that the game birds easily
| fall a victim to the preda ceous feline
! roaming the fields and forests, seeking
whatever 1t may devour. 1t is officially
| reported for example. that on Penekese
/ Island off the coast of Massachusetts
1 one cat destroyed an entire colony of
| terms The beach was strewn with these
| birds, whose headless and mangled bodies
bore mute but convincing testimony to
| the blood thirstiness of the cats whose
| footprints were easily discernible in the
sand Ravages such as these stand In
| strange and striking contrast with the
/ common opinion of the purring fireside
companion. with claws cunn'ngly con-
| cealed in velvet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

CEvERAL days ago Washington
man who is keen sportsman dur
ing the open season. was strolling
through the fields when his bird dog
pointed a woodcock sitting on nest
which. as afterward appeared. contained
two eggs and two young birds
Fdsng around softly to get more adj
vantageous view of the woodcock, the
sportsman came within hair OF step
ping on a large house cat ready to
spring A moment later and the stalking
Tom or Tabby would have at Least de-
stroyed the nest and f1edgings. even II
the parent bird had been able to escape.
x
Here was an ocular confirmation of the
contention which sportsmen all over the
country have been making that the house
cat is an important factor in the destruc-
ton, not only of the songsters. but or
the game birds well.
The incident was reported to DR.. 4. Is.
Fisher. who is in charge Of the economic
Investigations of the biological survey.
He was Interested of course. but he
needed no confirmation of the destructive
habits of the house cat. which he has
explicit terms:
MANY an innocent hawk. skunk, owl
and weasel has been shot for the deeds
of that sleek highWayman. the house cat.
II is safe 10 say that this marauder.
which enjoys all the comforts and pro
lection Of home destroys in the aggregate
more wild birds and young poultry than
ALI their native natural enemies COM
bined''
This statement which will come as a
surprise, perhaps. TO those who have
never investigated the matter. is CON
tanned in repor: by DIR. Fisher on THE
Economic Value of Predacous Birds and
Mammals" i'm the course of which he
further says:
Cats in the course of a season have
practically destroyed whole coveys OF
quail or grouse. or nests full of young
songsters. well known naturalist esti-
mates that in the New England states
alone l.5Oo.On birds are destroyed an
nually by cats
ture of the cat by the further statement
of DR. Fisher that the offender is not SC
often the well fed household Pc as II Is
the abandoned and neglected outcasts
and that in the milder parts OF the coun-
try where birds are abundant cats revert
to wild state and never re. urn home
except for plumber.
The call of the wild. the tendency te
revert to the type of the catamount oil
the tiger, would seem, from the reports
of experts. to be ever present BEHIND
the purr lies the wild thing of the forest
with a strong desire to kill for the mere
love of killing.
the destruction of game BIRDS are borne
out by the reports of many state ornithol
og.sts. The reports are on file In the of
fees OF the biological survey and are in
dorsed by DIR. Fisher, who has made ar
exhaustive study of .he question
Edward Howe Forbush. ornithologist 4
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SENATORS TO CONSIDER
NICARAGUA CANAL PLAN
To Shut Europe Out of Pos
sibIe Attempt to Acquire
Rights.

lations committee expect to take up
this week the plan to secure exclusive
rights fer the construction of an inter
oceanic canal through Nicaragua. the
establishment of a naval base and the
possession of small islands in the Pa
cific near the Nicaraguan coast. This
plan was fathered by the Taft admin
rotary knoA. but was kept in the COM
mittee's pigeonholc and never acted
upon.
secretary Bryan has not forna lily
asked the committee To indorse the Taft
treaty. hut in conversation with several
members he expressed the hope that
such action wour. be- taken The Secre-
tary may he requested to appear before
the committee next week tn present his
views upon the treaty.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01

not great while ago. wrote to leading
periodical devoted TO outdoor life and
said in the course of his communication:
Il have known one cat to kill and
bring into the house in the month of
August more ruffied grouse than all the
gunners in the town killed during the
entire season.
Another sportsman writing to the same
publication. goes on record 10 the effect
that the cat is the most deadly enem.
of feathered game.
periodical literature have been carefully
preserved and indexed in the office of the
biological survey. where the house cat
depredations upon birds in general and
game birds in particular has been made
the subject of special study.
Both sportsmen and ornithologists re
gard 1t as one of the tragedies of bird
life that the wild pigeon which once
extinct Literally by the million they
circled over the continent migrating
from one feeding round to the other.
They were as typical of the new world
as the buffalo. 1t has become com
monplace to cite the fact that these
pigeons have disappeared utterly and
completely.
FOR many wears there has been a
one who would show where the nest of a
wild pigeon might be found The re-
ward has never been claimed. 1t has
become a sort of sea serpent canard that
here and there wild pigeon. or perhaps,
a small flock of them. has been seen.
Only few days ago such a story APP
peared In print. DIR. Fisher Is authority
for the statement that every such story
without foundation.
This most excellent of the game birds
which delighted Our forefathers has I'M
,,oubted,y become extinct The advance of
civilization cared the house cat II its
train Crouching AMI stalking in the stub
BILE and the saSebrush. cunning tirimal-
kim that noiseless and remorselesS hInttr
DESTROYED the nests. caught the tledc lirg s,
even captured and killed the parent birds.
and the passing of the wild pigeon j. the
sign and symbol of his feline skill.
Experts have estimated that each of
the multitudinous cats. inciudni; alike
the fireside pets and the ohtcasts which
revert to their primitive wildness. de-
stroy on an average at least fifty birds
a wear There are few families in the
United States in which there are not
from one TO half dozen cats. 1t goes
without saving that the birds which ire
uuGhu the Tow lis dHu Iitscs, anu at 49,
or less close in their fellowship with man.
more readily fall a victim to the furry
destroyer
II appears to be true, however. as the
sportsmen contend, and the biologists tes-
fifty, that millions of game birds also are
DESTROYED every year by that sleek high
wayman." the cat and that his depreda-
tons are in large measure responsible
for the determination of certain game
birds and for the inroads which are made
on other species TO such an extent ina.
the federal law. placing the protection of
these birds under United States control
has not come any too soon.
In just what manner the law will be
applied to Tom and Tabby has not yet
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-06-01
To Shut Europe Out.

There is no disposition to believe that
the United States expects to exercise
the right conveyed in the pact to con
struct an interoceanic canal through
Nicaragua that would rival the at
Panama although there has been talk of
a ditch for small vessels
The main value of the treaty would
be that BY il the United States would
forever shut European nations from
building "A canal to connect the Atlantic
and the Pacific through Nicara guam ter
ritory The naval base to be established
probably i'm the Gulf of Fonseca would be
important after the Panama canal is
completed. as prov sion would be mad.
there for maneuvers of the feet i'll the
Pacific for repair work and for coalng
The NicaraGuan base might he utilized
in preference To the one at Panama. "a
il is nearer Hawaii and the Phillip hes.
Under the Taft proposal the United
States would pay to Nicaragua the sun
OF Sa,On.On to be used In public works.