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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-25
Two ARBITRATION
!. :. TREATIES ] DORMANT
Instruments Negotiated In 1912
Never Have Been in Force.

Washington, Feb. 25.-Attention
was called at the Capitol to the fact
that arbitration treaties negotiated
with Great Britain and France by for
mer Secretary of State Knox and rati-
fed by the senate with amendments
March z, 1912, are stored in the arch
ives OF the. state department and
never have been in force.
Neither Great Britain nor France
has communicated to the United
States government its attitude to
amendments enacted by the senate af-
ter the original negotiations had been
concluded. 81 .s
These conventions, which would ex-
tend the scope and obligation of the
policy of arbitration adopted in the
general arbitration treaties with
Great Britain and France, probably
will be permitted to lie dormant in
view Of the extension Of the original
treaties authorized last Saturday by
the senate. r.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-25
Carriers Ask to Retain Water Routes
Under Canal Act.

Washington, Feb. 25.-seven rail-
ways petitioned the interstate COM
merce commission to retain their wa
ter routes under the canal act. They
included the Southern Pacific. the
Baltimore and Ohio, the Pennsylvania.
the Grand Trunk, the Spokane. Port
hand and Seattle railway and the Rut-
land Railroad company.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-25
TWO VESSELS IN DANGER
Storm Threatens British Steamships
Ashore Near Norfolk, Va.

Norfolk, Va, Feb. 25.--With a Sc.
we're snow and wind storm raging on
the coast the British steamships sa-
chem and Riversdale, ashore near
here. are in more danger than at any
time since they struck last week.
The Sachem, on a bar two and a
half miles from shore, was in worse
condition than the Riversdale, which
lies well upon the beach in less
treacherous position.
The Riversdale's crew is ashore.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-25
HAYTIEN SITUATION IN HAND
Naval Officer Reports President Zamor
IN Control. ts,..i

Washington, Feb. %. Captain Rus
sell OF the battleship South Carolina,
at Port au Prince, reported that Presi-
dent Zahor's forces appeared to con-
troll the situation throughout the island
and that quiet prevails in Port au
Prince and Jacmel, on the southern
coast, and all other ports.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-25
Slave Law Again Upheld.

Washington, Feb. 25.-The consti-
tutionality of the federal white slave
law again was upheld by the supreme
court in the Wilson cases from Chi
cago. The point whether the law is
limited to commercial vice was not
involved.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-25
No Decision by Cabinet.

Washington, Feb. 25.-President
Wilson discussed the Mexican situa.
ton and the Benton affair with the
cabinet. It was said no conclusions
had been reached and that the in
cident still was regarded az in the
process of investigation. N
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1914-02-25
FRANCE AT FRIsCo's FAIR

Chamber Of Deputies Votes $780, 900
to Provide for Participation.
Paris, Feb. 25.-The chamber of
deputies voted an appropriation of
100000 to provide for official French
participation in the Panama-Pacif1c
exposition at San Francisco. -. ~
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
WIDOWS FAR IN THE LEAD
Females Who Have Lost Husbands
Greatly Exceed the Malee Who
Have Lost Wives.

Why are there twice a. many wid.
ows a. widowers in the United States
ID It because widows are more reluc-
tant than widowers tc re-enter the
married state. or does It indicate that
the wife will outlive the husband?
These questions were raised In q
statement dealing with national NOR
tality issued by the conservation do
partment of leading life Insurance.
society, which continued:
In 1910 there were 3.196.1zS widow
and but 1.471,390 widowers in the Unit
ed States. The census shows the a.
tonishing fact that there were 10,261
widows below the age Of 20 and but
LILO widowers.
TO what extent does the fact that
the average age Of the husband II q
little higher than that II the wife %
count for thisf
From the age q twenty to twenty.
four there were IS. 354 widows and but
1s.S1S vidowsra. an1 ~ di6ersoea
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miles), with 4.400, 900 inhabitants. Aft
er the war 1t got only $4,000 square
kflometers (10.400 square miles). with
$4,000 inhabitants. Subtracting the
5000 square kilometers 1920 square
miles), with go. 900 inhabitants. which
Roumania seized, the total area Of
Bulgaria IL 114.000 square kilometers
assoc shquare miles). with 6.o60.0o0
inhabitants.
3. Servia before the war had $4,000
square kilometers $4,000 square
miles). with 5000. 900 Inhabitants. AT.
er the war it got 10000 square kilo-
meters (1S.l0o square miles). with l..
$4,000 Inhabitants. or q total Of o.
900 square kilometers (37.600 square
miles). with . population Of $4,000.
3. Greece before the war had S.
900 square kilometers (26.o00 square
miles). with nearly 5000. 900 Of people.
After the war 1t got $1,000 square kilo-
meters (22.000 square miles) and T.
10000 inhabitants. or . total Of 130.-
900 square kilometers $4,000 square
miles). with 4.740,00o Inhabitants.
4. Montenegro before the war pos
sessed 5000 square kilometers $500
square miles) of land. with 100000 in.
habitants. After the war II obtained
10000 square kilometers $4,000 square
miles), with $4,000 Inhabitants. or .
total Of 10000 square kilometers H.
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Making Tona0rr0ws
=UOrLd=
THE NEW POLITICAL IRELAND
BY UALTER WILLIAMI, IL.
(Dsaa II IN School sfyesnaaa affk Usssv q AissssO

comes a law despite the opposition Of
the lords. The majority party In the
house Of commons-majority par
ties" is more accurate, as a coalition
of Liberals, Nationalists and Laborites
is necessary to form the majority-is
pledged to pass the Act before another
general election. Unless something
unforeseen occurs, the Irish Parlia-
ment at Dublin will come into being
early in 1916 or before. At which all
Ireland will rejoice-all but Ulster!
listers Resistance.
The one obstacle to the immediate
accomplishment of Home Rule is. of
course. Ulster. Ulster comprises nine
counties of the north of Ireland. BEL
fast is the commercial center. From
Belfast and the surrounding country
comes the chief, indeed, practically
the only serious objection to Home
Rule. Led by Sir Edward Carson. the
Ulstermen are pronounced In their op-
position. Volunteer troops are being
drilled, q provisional government sepa-
rate from that Of the rest of Ireland
formed and also by the so-called 10y
alists, who resist autonomy for Ire
land, preparations made for the resis-
lance by force to the acts Of an Irish
National Parliament. They will not
submit, they declare, to rule from
Catholic Dublin. There's the fly in
the ointment-Catholic Dublin.
The Professionals Of Ulster profess to
fear some legislative or executive per
secution from q Parliament at Dublin.
large majority of the members Of
which will, of course, be Catholic. The
Catholics. on the contrary, assert en-
phatically that there Ia no possibility
Of any such persecution and that the
Imperial Parliament in London would
promptly and properly interfere were
1t attempted. Should the British gov
eminent yield to this resistance on
the part of Ulster. a. does not now
seem probable, Home Rule for Ireland
will, of course. be deferred. Settle
ment by consent" through compro-
mise, II any change is made In the
present Home Rule. appears more like
ly. That a majority of five-sixths
should not rule seem Incredible from
the American viewpoint. but majori-
ties are not always conclusive in
Great Britain.
orangemen Minority In Ulster.
The Orangeman-the Protestant VI
sterman-is really not an Irishman.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

four-fold roads. Grouped general
ly the ways Of change and progress
are political. agricultural, industrial,
social and educational With the first
the world is best acquainted. Politi-
cal progress in Ireland, as interpreted
by the overwhelming majority Of
lrishmen at home and abroad, spells
Home Rule.
Irish Parliament Assured.
Ireland. always q temperament, IL to
become also a nation. That is the
meaning Of the Home Rule bill. Home
Rule for Ireland. agitated for genera
tons and, since Glandstone's day, q
clogging issue in English politics. is,
apparently, to be accomplished. Even
its opponents are saying. in private II
not In public. Let's get this thing out
Of the way and give the imperial par.
Lament at Westminster a chance at
imperial affairs. The advocates of
home rule are talking Of the work be-
fore the new Irish parliament at Dub
lin and how the members of the new
parliament will 60 about it. For home
rule for Ireland, stripped of all the
verbiage Of the parliamentary act,
merely gives to Ireland q legislature
which will make local laws for Ireland.
It takes Ireland out Of the place of q
District Of Columbia or an Alaska.
without power to enact local legisla-
ton but legislated for by congress or
parliament, and puts 1t in the place of
Illinois or Massachusetts, or Oklahoma
with its own local law-making body.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

The analogy is not exactly accurate.
but fairly 20.
United States Of Britain.
Home rule may be well defined, in
deed, In q quotation from one of its
ablest opponents, who, speaking on
another subject and discussing the
British empire in tomorrow's world,
said:
Il cannot help thinking that as we
In England have now thoroughly rea-
lized in every one Of these great COM
munities that each il to manage its
own affairs, carry out its own life.
make its own experiments as freely as
II 1t were an Independent political en-
tity-as that Is q truth thoroughly un-
derstood by every politician Of every
party in every one of these several
communities cannot help thinking
that upon that solid basis we shall
build up something which the world
has never yet seen, which political
dreamers in the past have never yet
dreamed of, q coalition of free and self
governing communities who feel that
they are never more themselves.
never more masters of their own fate,
than when they recognize that they
are parts of a greater whole, from
which they can draw inspiration and
strength; and that each lives its own
life and is most itself when 1t feels
itself in the fullest sense self-govern-
ing entity which yet has a larger
whole to look to, whose interests are
not alien to 1t, on whom 1t can rest in
time of trouble. from which 1t can
draw experience, to whom it can look,
whom 1t can aid. and from whom 1t
can receive aid"
Commons Sure to Enact Law.
Tomorrow's world Is to have a Brit
ish United States. with federal CAPT.
tai at London, il Mr.. Balfours noble
dream finds realization. In the mean
time, Ireland il to be self-governing
division of the present British empire.
Twice the parliamentary act effecting
this result has passed. by a considera-
BILE majority, the British house of COM
mons. Twice. by an equally decided
majority. It has been rejected by the
British house Of lords. When passed
. third time By the commons It b.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

the Prime Minister'S conclusion for
the reason, they say. that everything
in the past and present history Of the
Nationalists justifies 1t in holding the
opposite conclusion. And there the
case rests. Whether the five-sixths
of the Irish people represented at Dub
lin gre to be bad boys cannot be finally
determined until they get the chance
to be bad boys. The Parliamentary
bill gives them the chance.
Relies Of Irish Parllaments.
In the National Museum at Dublin
are the robes worn by the Right Hon.
orable John Foster Baron OrieD, the
last speaker of the Irish House. Of
Commons. the speakers chair and the
mace, the symbol of legislative au-
thority. These will be used by the
speaker of the new House Of Com
mons. After the British Parliament
had abolished the Irish Parliament the
Irish speaker was asked to hand over
the mace to the authorities in Dublin
Castle. He declined, saying that he
would never surrender the mace to
any one but the body from whom he
had received II. Entrusted to the
Dublin Museum for safe-keeping. 1t 10
today the property of the speakers
descendants.
John Redmond Probable Premier.
Armed with the symbol Of authority
the new national assembly will take
up the work Of legislating for its own
people. John Redmond. the National
list leader. will doubtless form the first
Irish ministry. He belongs by birth
and training to the landed class and
all his instincts are towards modera-
ton. The Nationalist, now solid
body, will divide in their advocacy Of
protection, free trade and other poll
cies. Measures for the agricultural.
Industrial. social and educational
amelioration of Ireland, now of ne
cessity receiving scant consideration
in the Imperial Parliament at London.
will have large attention. Ireland at
Dublin will administer. well or Ill only
the future may show, her own affairs.
To those who believe that self-gov-
eminent is better even than good gov.
eminent, tomorrow's world will be
improved by tie political coming Of
the new Ireland.
Copyright. 1913 by Joseph b. Bowles)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

but a transplanted Scotchman or the
descendant Of transplanted Scotch.
man. He brought his religious faith
with him. votes 1t on election day, car.
ries 1t In procession at political meet.
ings and holds himself aloof from the
overwhelming majority of his neigh
bors. He 10 in Q minority even in the
Ulster counties, but he has on his side
the larger share Of the wealth, the
education, the culture Of the province.
Appeal to Force Will Fall.
Hearing the Home Rule bill discuss
ed at Westminster. listening to the
political addresses on the Twelfth of
July-the chief day Of Orangeism-
at Belfast, and talking with Unionist
and Nationalist in club and street. the
conclusion is suggested that the real
root of Ulster opposition to Home
Rule Is political demagoguery and
clericalism. The majority of the
Scotch. Welsh and English voters and
five-sixths Of all Ireland have calmly
decided that Home Rule is to be es-
tablished in Ireland and the frantic
appeal to force in Ulster may hurt the
heads of Catholic workmen in Belfast.
but 1t will not stop the setting up of
the Parliament at Dublin.
When one goes beyond the state
ment of the facts Of today to suggest
the story of tomorrow entrance ia
made into the realm Of prophecy. Yet
even entrance there must be adven.
tured II the making of tomorrow
world is to have full consideration. At
least a glance across the threshold
may be taken.
No Persecution, Says AsquIth.
Upon the third, reading of the Home
Rule bill in the House Of Commons,
Mr.. Asquith. the Prime Minister. said :
Because we have faith and trust in
the patriotism and common sense OF
our Irish fellow citizens. we do not
believe there would be any danger
under Home Rule Of either religious
or political persecution or oppression. y
II. he added. the opposition could show
there would be . real danger of this
kind. they would have not only the
Governments sympathy. but its sup
port The reply Of the Ulster Protes.
tants 10 IN emphatic refusal to accept
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

600 square miles). with sso.ooo inhaht
tants.
s. Roumania before the var h.A
$4,000 square kilometers (52 no
square miles). with q population q
6.S50.00 Inhabitants. After the NJ
1t got 5000 square kilometers (saoo
square miles). with 100000 inhaM.
tants. and now has all told 1ss .ooo
square kilometers (55,200 souas;
miles) and population Of iii .0Oo
Z. European Turkey before thn
war had 10000 square kilometes
(6S.000 square miles). with e.65o. ooo
Inhabitants. After the war 1t wa len
with $4,000 square kilometers (1o.ooo
square miles) and q population Of
$50. 1000.
8. Albania. the newest Balkan m
ton, Will contains some $1,000 square
kilometers $4,000 square milesl. with
$4,000 Inhabitants.
Map 10 Temporary.
Such II the map Of the Balkans 1t
present. That II II ephemeral every
one who knows the situation clearly
will agree. It 10 changing every day.
Turkey II recapturing Q new island
on the Aegean nearly every week. II
10 .. question whether even Samoa
will not be taken back Enver Beg
has recently said that the Ottoman
army will not rest until Il has regain
ed all the territory necessary for The
preservation Of the Ottoman empire.
One thing II certain. and that 10 thai
Bulgaria win never rest within the
present artificial limits. The new ~.
ritory 1t obtains II very small and M
rich one. Only Xanthi. 0umuldjina
and Dedeogatlih are important acQui.
sitions In Thrace. In Macedonia 1t gsta
insigni6cant cities like etrumnitsa,
Neurocope. Petrich. D5umaya and
Bansko.
The new land u . good tobacco
country. At Gumuld1ina and xanthi
II obtained the best tobacco for ciga,
rettes. Djumaya tobacco II the only
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

A psychological fact of uncommon
interest was revealed to the Massar
chusetts Commission for the Investiga-
ton Of Drunkenness Of Edwin Null
ready. deputy probation Commissioners,
who said that out of his experience Of
more than 40 years, covering $4,000
cases Investigated by the probation Of
ficers, 1t had been found that 1900
persons gave their right names and
addresses and made no effort to con-
ceal facts concerning themselves. That
is, about 90 per cent. of the persons
arrested for drunkenness tell the truth.
II we only knew whether they would
be equally truthful when sober and II
arrested on some other charge. We
might be able to form an opinion ON
the question whether inebriety con-
duces to veracity or not. It might
prove or disprove the truth Of the old
proverb, I'm vino veritas."
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06
QUICKLY RAN DOWN GHOSTS
UnlmaeInatIve Physician Robbed 60
elsty for PsychIeaI Research Of
Good Material.

What chance has q ghost nowadays?
Who can hope to keep q phantom in
the family in the face Of such PERM
cious inquisitorial activities a. those
Of the Boston professor who investi-
gated q Back Bay mansion most con-
vincingly reputed to be haunted? Col
lier's asks. Unpleasant and forbid
ding sensations had been the por-
ton Of tenant after tenant Asleep
and awake. they were oppressed with
alarm. melancholy and even paraly-
sis. Vague but horrifc apparitions
fioated before their eyes; their ears
were aniicted with terrifying noises.
to their beset imaginations the sheet
ed dread did squeak and gibber''
throughout the place.
Every circumstance Of CHASTITY mys-
terry was present until their arrival
from the Massachusetts institute of
technology q pedagogue bearing the
unimaginative name of Schneider. Pro
lessor Schneider asked . few Ques-
tons, shifted the air. and sent for
the furnace man. The furnace man
fixed the furnace and that fixed the
phantoms. One and all, ghoul. ghost.
goblin. wrath, specter end banchee.
they vacated the premises and return
cd to their home limbo. They had
been born of poisonous gases escap-
ing from the defective furnace.
Most ghosts probably do leak out
of bad flues and pipes. This contribu-
ton to demonology will commend
Schneider to plumbers and owners of
haunted real estate. but will never
earn him membership In the Society
for Psychical Research.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

other rival In the field. American ~
English companies are exploiting T.
It IL now hoped that with the spleav
did commercial facilities Bulgaria o.
fers to foreign capitalists the Tobacco
industry will prosper all the more.
Bulgaria, old and new, II rich wil1
various minerals. especially copper,
zinc. tin and coal. The syenite gran-
tie 10 found In. abundance also. T1e
Raylogue district Of the newly -
quired land II famous for it, scenery.
mineral waters. forests and healthy
climate. Elle-Teppy. the highest peal
Of the Perrin mountains, 10 known -
. second Jerusalem and Mecca. Thooo'
ands. both of Christians and Moslsma
climb It every year. On clear morn
ing Saloiki bay can Be seen from ~
peak.
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Napoleon's Humiliation.

One hundred years ago was conclud-
ed the treaty of Valencay, which was
one Of the conspicuous forerunners Of
Napoleon's downfall and the final tri.
umph of the allies. Valencay was
q chateau near Chateauroux. in central
France. Here Napoleon had kept Fer.
dinand Of Spain prisoner since 1908.
in which year Charles w. had abdi-
Gated the throne of Spain in favor Of
Ferdinand, his son. Ferdinand. by
force Of circumstances. refused the
throne, in favor of his friend and
ally" Napoleon. The later thereupon
made his brother. Joseph Bonaparte.
King Of Spain. But In the year 1913
the British army under Lord yelling.
ton had driven the French out of Spain
and Napoleon felt constrained to con-
clude the treaty Of Valencay, which
provided for Ferdinand's restoration to
the throne.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Du b lin, Ire
land.-Old Ire
land, nearest Of
the British Isles
to all America
and dearest to
m ny A m e r l.
cans, Is being
made new, to the
Joy of those who
yet dwell on. the
ould sod" and to
the equal Joy of
the t h gu s a nds
who have depart
ed to enrich 9TH
er lands. There
is a new Ireland
slowly rising into
view. upon the
worlds skyline.
The transforma-
ton Is along
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Before
q
The hurryng
Let the city foot Its whistles and ring its bells
1t the an a
despcable bundle of bones
eating
against Whrring
rsoiced in
tmbed
Out OF the hole flew the rat like
straight Into the that struck down
the bridge city.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

Whether It may seem paradoncaS
or not. 1t IL fact In our nature thai
without endurance, life ceases to p
enjoyable; with out pains accepee9
pleasure will not be permanent = ne
from which everything that has u y
the element of pain Is banished. -
comes q life not worth having OF
worse. Of intolerable tedium ana az
gust.-James Hinton.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1914-02-06

A motor speed record has been -
tablished between London and Monte
Carlo by Mr.. James Radley. Leaving
London on Monday at ITO in the A.
ternoon, he arrived at Monte Carlo ct
3:14 on Tuesday. having made the
journey in 26 hours and minutes.
or about SIN miles an hour, improv-
ing on the attempt made q few weeks
ago by another Englishman to the
extent of three hours and II minutes.
Mr. Radley was accompanied by two
other gentlemen and q mechanic. His
sister left London on Monday BY the
IL .. m. express and reached Monte
Carlo on Tuesday. her journey tax.
ing one hour and ten minutes more
than her brothers.