The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-28
FREE TOLLS FOR
AMERICAN SHIPS
THROUGH CANAL
ELL TO ABR0GATE PAUNCEFOTE
TREATY NOW BEFORE
THE SENATE.
PcnPictures Of Two Interesting Con.
gressional Figures, and Some In.
teresting Capital Gossip.

Washington, April 28.+Senator
Chamberlain of Oregon does not be-
l.eve in halfway measures SO tar a.
free tolls are concerned for Amer.
iCan ships passing through the Pan
anna canal. Rather than have the
aSitatiOn continue on the part OF
Great Britain, that the American ma
t!cn is about to violate the Hay
Fauncef0tc treaty in absorbing thu
tolls on ships flying the llag OF the
United States. the senior senator
lrUin Orelon has introduced y bill
abrogating the treaty as t..o eas.c~
way out OF the difficulty.
Senator Borah, of Idaho. who is a
member OF the foreign relations COM
usittee Of the Senate, is not con-
yinccl that the Chamberlain bill IS
necessary on the ground that tho
iiay-PaunceIOtc treaty contemplated
The building Of the canal on foreign
soil, whereas we have acquired the
strip OF territory through which the
big ditch" passes aud the canal by
the very nature of things. is on
American soil and therefore the
treaty in no wise applies.
In any event tho question is very
much alive and IL one OF the perplex.
Ing problems which the administra.
ton has to solve In the very near fu.
ture. as the new ambassador to the.
United States from Great Britain, II
Is understood. is bringing with him
the last word on the toll question
from the English point of view.
One Of the most. II not the most
picturesque figure In the Senate IL
James X. vardaman, Of Mississippi.
whose long black hair. falling TO the
shoulders. sWooth-shaven face and
piercing blactAyes. afford the guides
OF the capitol end.;of small talk
fcr the benefit Fof the tourisNl yho
ar' crowding the biz building c4s'the 4
hill these pleasant days OF spring. A
But Vardaman in the Senate and
Vardaman in the saddle are as far
apart as the poles. In the saddle
Senator Vardaman looks like a
kI 10 hf NJ old tb., lama, ,,l ,,,.,o.
being the only things missing to
complete the picture.
The junior senator from Missis-
s!ppi made his appearance in Poto.
mac driveway the other day, on Z
handsome bay horse and his fault
less riding and his stately mcin, his
eyes partly hidden by the brim Of
2 soft hat, such as Il southern gen.
tinman wears on the stage and in
Congress, and his long black hair
made picture for an artist. Varda.
lIan was immaculate in u dark blue
coat. pure white riding breechcs,
and black riding boots. Needless to
bay he was "thc observed of all OH.
servers"
A new COLLECTION which will make
the Smithsonian Institute n this city
the foremost repository of African
trophies in the world has been given
" Herbert Ward, the sculptor and
soldier of fortune, who is now tho
last surviving officer of the Stanley
expedition Which invaded the deptha
)f the black continent years ago in
search Of Emin Pasha. The gift.
made possible through the efforts Of
Thomas Nelson Page, the novelist.
contains more than 1000 African
Ind musical instruments used by the
natives.
Perhaps the most picturesque new.
omer in the House is SAINT Kirk.
'atrick of the Sixth Iowa district
I'most all of his life-at least sinca
fc close Of the civil war, Kirkpat.
ick has been hunter of moonshin.
rs. Not even he could tell how often
e has been shot unless he did a few
ums ON his fingers. His eyes were
raetically shot out in the last raid
e led SO that he is now almost
lind. There are fully 200 pieces Of
'ad In his body as portion of tho
ward for being a revenue officer for
years. At least three
mes he has been left for dead o.
ne field and the doctors who over.
auled him pledged their profee.
onal honor that he COUNT get ven
After ALL" says Mr.. Kirkpatrick
18th a certain grimness, II WASN'T
early a. bad Of, a. the Other IT,
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