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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-18
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Saturdays Games.

At acknowledgements |,
Boston o. Batteries-Benton and
Clarke; Rudolph and Gowdy.
At st. Louis-St. Louis |, Phil
adelphia 0. Batteries-Doak and
Snyder; Alexander and Doom.
At Pittsburg - New York 2,
Pittsburg 0. Batteries-Tesreau
and Meyers; Cooper and Gibson.
At Chicago-Brooklyn 2, Chi
cago ]. Batteries-Allen and Mill
Ter; Pierce and Bresnahan.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-18
Vermont Track Team victors.

Durham, N. H., May ls.-University
of Vermont's track and field representa-
tives defeated the athletes of New
Hampshire college here Saturday. The
total score was 81 to so.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-18

Saturdays College Baseball Results.
At Philadelphia - Pennsylvania IL,
2.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-18

Hanover Independents. l 00000O02-3
Stolen bases-Nute 2, Peduzzi, Johns
ton 2, Gay 2, Fowlie, venner, Hought,
Timer, Hoch, Dewey. Two-base hit
Mute. Struck out--by Davidson Z, by
Hoch Z. Bases on balls-off Davidson 2,
off Hoch 2. Wild pitch-Hoch. Hit by
pitched -Hought, Phillips. Umpire
Pierce of Mortified. Time-l hr. As
m
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-05-18
Consul General Dies Suddenly.

London, May ls.-John L. Griffiths,
American consul general here, died sud
denly yesterday of heart disease.
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29

The Kite and the Erik have been
used by Commander Peary on his
expeditions in the past. Paul Raincy
used the Beothic. The Neptune, the
Algerine, the Southern Cross and the
Viking have all figured in polar ex-
ploration. The Diana and the Erik
figured in the Crocker Land expedi-
tion which started last summer.
In 1906 the Adventure, the first
steel steamer, went to the ice as an
experiment IT was so successful
that others were laid down at once,
and in 1909 the Florizel, the Bella
venture, the Bonaventure and the
Beothic went out. The Stephans,
the Florizel, the Beothic and two
others carry wireless outfits and are
able to keep in constant touch with
st. Johns. Other ships will be sim
ilarly equipped Thus is the old Civ
ing place to the new. The industry
is losing scme Of its romance. bur
there is still a-plenty, and danger
enough to spice the life of any one
who wishe to make a trip that will
provide him with real stories OF ad-
venture TO tell in the club for
twelvemonth.
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29

nearly thirty good ships have gone
down in this way.
Sometimes the pressure becomes 50
great that the bottom 70 the ship is
cut off IS with a giants scissors.
one OF the most narrowing Of these
disasters was the loss Of the Green
land, on March %, 1907, when forty
eight men perished. The men were
out on the ice when a terrible storm
arose, and they lost their way and
froze to death. The ship, crushed
by the ice, was abandoned by Cap
tain Barbour, and the bodies of the
dead were found later on the ice ana
taken in other ships to st. Johns.
Two weeks before the Greenland
disaster the Leopard was lost. Her
captain was Bob" Bartlett, VINO
commanded Peary's ship, the Roose-
welt, on her last Two trips. In I9Oo
the Panther, the Walrus and the
Grand Lake were lost, and last sea-
son the Vanguard and the Virginia
Lake met a similar fate
The ships themselves have become
famous i'm other fields than sealing.
There was the Nimrod, which served
as a relief ship for Lieutenant
hackleton on his last trip to the
Antarctic. The Terra Nova, which
accompanied her on this expedition
was the relief ship for F'iala after
he lost the Amo-ica in the North, the
America having been formerly the
Esauimaux. The Terra Nova was
used for Captain scotts last south
polar trip.
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29

changed. The United states Con-
gress had decided in favor Of the
Panama route as against Mica
ragua, and Panama had seeded
from Colombia and entered into the
treaty with the United States which
insured the construction Of the canal
Nevertheless, neither President Diaz
nor any Of his advisers, including
Limantour, the Minister Of Finance,
thought of turning back. 1t was felt
that the enterprise was a national
one. anyhow, and that the railway
would serve as a backbone for valu-
able branch lines which would de-
velop Lower Mexico
Moreover. nobody then dreamed
that the Panama Canal would be
completed in less than twenty years,
and that period of uninterrupted
traffic for the Tehuantepec route
was confidently expected. Expert
enced engineers and others in the
United States had the same idea as
to the time which would be required
for building the canal. so that the
Mexican statesmen are not to be
blamed for their miscalculation.
TRAFFIC WILL BE DIVERTED TO
PANAMA.
The shipping men at the head OF
the steamship line which was estab-
lished to take care Of the Hawaiian
sugar crop were the first to see that
Panama would be available sooner
than had been expected. a year ago
they had finished their plans for
abandoning the Tehuantepec route
and utilizing the Panama waterway.
It is expected that the next Ha-
waiian sugar crop will move through
the canal. other traffic also will be
diverted, and this loss Of freight will
raise some interesting questions as
TO the value of the Tehuantepec
Railway line and the port works at
either end under the new conditions.
The railway and the port works are,
Of course. the underlying security for
the financial obligations that were
created
British interests here, as elsewhere
in Mexico are vitally concerned in
the outcome. II is not presumed
that Lord Cowdrey and his associ-
ates have transferred any Of the
obligations. They also secured valu-
able oil concessions on the Isthmus
of Tehuantepec and are understood
to have large holdings of lands. The
connection Of Sir Lionel Garden, the
British Minister, with a land COM
pany in Lower Mexico was explained
i'm the news dispatches from the City
Of Mexico some time ago. The
Tehuantepec obligations are one of
the many reasons which British
diplomacy has for exerting itself to
secure a stable and orderly govern
ment in Mexico. American interests
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29
Continued from fifth page.

other known as his dog" carries
the ammunition. The hunt some
times leads so far from the ship
that to return for cartridges would
be too much lost time. The hunter
and his dog" do no scalping. Their
task is to kill the old seals, so the
young can be taken by the "scalpers'
who follow them.
The dangers of sealing are many
and grave, yet for them the New
foundlander gives no thought Biz
yards come up suddenly, fogs rise,
cutting the men off from the ship.
Sometimes the men are blown out to
sea on a foe. to starve or freeze, un-
less rescued by another steamer.
Many have been frozen to death
while lost in fogs. Others have gone
down on their ships, which have been
crushed in the rafting ice.
A storm in the ice fields is scene
of terrible grandeur. The bowling
wind, the snow, driven in horizontal
lines before ii, the heaving swells
Of the open water outside hurting the
foes against one another with
crashes like the thunder of artillery
Now and then an iceberg driven be-
fore the gale ploughs its way through
the field The ten-foot thick ice is
crumpled up like paper and Piled
fifty feet high. In such a storm, in
1882, more than forty sailing vessels
were crushed and many men lost
their lives. Since the advent Of steam
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29
SPEED.

Henry W. Thornton, of the Long
Island Railroad, whom Lord Claud
Hamilton has selected for general
manager Of the Great Eastern, said
the other day in lew York:
You ask if it's true that Lord
Claud came 70 America because he
couldn't find any capable young men
in England? Wen, no, that isn't
true. It's an exaggeration. It's like
the speed story.
"A railroad engineer was boasting
about the speed of his engine.
Why he said, once when | lad
a new fireman with me on Run 80
he asked me in surprised way If
that wasn't a rather long white fence
beside the line.
White fence!' says l, with a roar
of laughter. That's no white fence
That's mlestones.'
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29

Lord Cowdrey. who had successfully
carried through the drainage project
for the City of Mexico. Under the
terms OF the Pearson contract a
working capital Of S7000000 was
provided. and the government went
into partnership with the Pearson
firm on conditions which would make
IL the sole owner OF the line and the
terminals in fifty-one years.
A large element in the total cost,
which is said to have been approXi-
mately S35.000000 was for the har-
hor works az Salina Cruz and Coatza-
coalcos II was realized that without
good harhor facilities interoceanic
traffic could not be obtained.
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29
RAILROAD COMPANY SUCCESS
FULLY APPEALS TO DlAZ.

The canker OF land monopoly,
which was eating the life out of the
poorer classes, is perhaps less felt
OH the isthmus than in other parts Of
Mexico, but it exists, and absentee
landlordism is prevalent. When the
railroad from Vera Cruz to the Te
huantepec line was built the COM
pany wanted to acquire a few acres
for a station and yards at one point.
The owner lived in Mexico City. He
refused all offers and was determined
that there should be no station on
his property. The railroad company
appealed to Diaz.
Build your station" was the mes
sage received. This was enough for
the company. 1t went ahead and
built the station and laid out the
yards. Then it sent the money TO its
representative at the capital. In
few days the deed 10 the land was re-
ceived from the owner. THE Presi-
dent sent him word that he ought not
refuse a good bargain" was the eX-
planation given of the owners change
of mind If this policy had been ap-
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29
AMERICAN CAPITAL WAS FOR
MERLY INTERESTED.

At one time some American money
was invested in the railway line
known as the American, which
branches off from the Tehuantepec
Railway at San Geronimo and runs
down to the border of Guatemala.
The money was in the bonds which
were turned over TO the American
contractors as the different sections
were completed. These bonds were
guaranteed by the Mexican govern
ment. Later the government took
over the railway and made it part Of
the Mexican system.
Two American capitalists who had
held official positions in Washington
and in Mexico were the intermedi-
aries. They were supposed to have
made a good deal Of money by the
transaction.
In view of later developments this
may be doubted. They got control of
the international bridge across the
Suchiate River to Guatemala. But
since President Cabrera Of Guate-
mala was in no hurry TO join up the
Guatemalan lines with the bridge,
the expected profits from the tolls on
traffic across the river did not ma
terialize.
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29

is as far back as authentic records
go. more than 31OO0000 seals have
of the last decade the number killed
been killed, and with the exception
has been decreasing each year since
1862.
The country is impressed with the
danger of the determination of the
seal, and the newspaper editors
strongly urge that steps be taken at
once TO restrict the killing of seals,
that the danger may be removed. To
this end one closed year out Of every
five is suggested by some, while
others have advocated a limit being
set on the number of seals any one
ship may be per.nitted to take, 30,-
900 being suggested as a suitable
number. This would assure snug
profits TO the owners:
The greatest number of ships ever
engaged in the hunt was in 1857,
when more than 400, ranging in size
from 20 to 200 tons, were sent out,
carrying 1900 men.
The catch for the first half Of the
period from 1915 to 1914 was 2i,-
100000. The second half has re-
suited in the capture of only TO-
100000 seals. The average catch
for the first half was $4,000 for
the last half. 215,000
The record year was 1881. when
Csc 800 seals were taken. In 1910
the number was 63l 800, which is
more than any two consecutive
years have produced since 1862.
The steamers are infinitely superior
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29
F1UEpTA HAS Eye ON 1EHUANTEpEC AND ITS RzIxSY
The Steel Path from the Atlantic to the Pacific Which Was Laid
Through Two Hundred Miles Of Jungle Cost Of lhny-hve
Millions Will Be Put Out Of Business by the Panama
Canal if the Forebodmgs Of Experts Are Realized

loaded at Salina Cruz, shipped
across TO Port Mexico and then re-
loaded other international traffic
also has been secured and ship
ping service on both sides was
improved II was figured that the
Tehuantepec route shortened the dis
tance between San Francisco and
New York by 1850 miles. as COM
pared with Panama. Since trans
shipment of cargo was necessary
over both routes, the saving in sea
distance was therefore important,
and undoubtedly had much to do
with the large traffic which the
Tehuantepec route secured.
When the Mexican government
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29

to the sailers, and the steel ships
to the wooden, which are slowly
being superseded. Hence the only
explanation is that the seals are
growing fewer in number, and it is
considered that unless stringent
laws are passed it is a matter Of
but a few years when the seal will
join the great aux, the dodo, and
the ornithorhyncus as an extinct
species.
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29
TEhUAhA INDIAN WOMEN IN THEIR
FASHIONABLE HEADGEAR
Ro1J6y HWIe

canal had collapsed after losing the
millions of private capital that had
been invested. The French company
under De Lesseps had gone bankrupt
in the Panama project.
Before the Tehuantepec work had
proceeded very far the situation had
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29
BY CHARLES Nj. PEPPER.

~ ~EHuANTEPEC fSTHMUs is a
forgotten section in the pres
ent Mexican troubles. Word
occasionally. however comes from
there II shows that the isthmus'
while overlooked in the general
melee. is not forgotten by zapata
and Huerta.
The isthmus is so far disconnected
from the main current Of revolu-
ionary events that until recently its
geographical existence has been
. ignored. Now there are signs that
il expects TO be heard from when
3 8Ever peace comes 20 Mexico and the
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29

under the direction of President
Diaz, decided to make the Tehuan-
tepec project a national enterprise,
both the Panama and the Nicaragua
canal prospects were clouded. The
American company which had
undertaken the Nicaragua maritime
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29
GREAT NEED FOR PROTECTIVE
LEGISLATION.

That the oil seal is doomed to ex
tinction. unless steps are taken soon
to prevent, is the opinion of those
who have followed this great New
foundland industry. In the 100 years
which have elapsed since 1915, which
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29

reconstruction of the country begins.
President Wilson's theories Of con-
sutuuonal government will find no
sufragette bar in Tehuantepec such
as may develop with the Indian
women of other parts Of Mexico.
Women's rights have prevailed i'm
memorially there. and when it comes
20 laying the foundation for perma-
nent peace the Tehuana Indian
women will be Of more account than
the men. as they have been under
the tribal customs for centuries.
Tehuantepec has other worries
than the revolutionary disturbances,
and these are what cause the dis
quiet over the future and give a
shadowy basis TO the rumor Of a
separatist movement. The cause is
economic. and relates to the question
of transportation.
The Panama Canal may put the
costly Tehuantepec Railway practi-
cally out Of business and render al
most valueless the expensive port
works at Salina Cruz, on the Pa
cific, and Coatzacoalcos, or Port Mex
leo, on the Atlantic. II is a posi-
bility only and not anything more,
but it is disquieting. That the canal
will materially reduce the trans
Tehuantepec traffic is a certainty.
A RIVAL OF PANAMA FOR CEN.
TURlEs.
Tehuantepec was a rival Of Pan
ANA almost from the time Of Cortez.
In the middle of the last century,
when Americans built the railway
across the Isthmus of Panama, an
other group Of Americans obtained
concessions from the Mexican gov
ernment for a line across the 18th
mus of Tehuantepec. Important eX-
plorations were made for the Ameri-
can Navy Department under the
direction Of Admiral Shufeldt, and
for a time the question was whether
a canal or a railway was the more
feasible. Ultimately the concession
was annulled.
Captain James B. Eads, after his
success in building the Mississippi
levees. became interested in the
Tehuantepec route and worked out
his plans for a ship railway Eads
had many supporters among public
men who had faith in him as an
engineer. and some capitalists were
enlisted in the project A good many
years ago a large model of his pro-
posed ship railway was on exhibit
ton at the Capitol, and Captain
Eads himself usually was on hand
10 explain it. Senator John A. Lo-
gan, who had been impressed with
Eads's engineering success on the
Mississippi, gave the use Of his com
mittee room. Congress, however,
did not respond enthusiastically to
the desire for an American charter
and for the financial support Of this
government, and after a while the
activity Of Captain Eads and his
friends subsided.
THE TEHUANTEPEc RAILROAD
is COMPLETED.
Along in the SOS some rails were
laid. both from the Atlantic and the
Pacific side, and a few years later
the ends were united. When Presi-
dent Diaz had pushed through vari-
Gus railway enterprises in Central
and Northern Mexico he turned to
Tehuantepec end put the govern
ment back Of that project. A new
contract was made with the firm Of
sE Weeirnan Pearson. the present
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29

in the rehuantepec region are not
large. Large tracts Of timber lands
were held few years ago by North
western capitalists who had made
money out Of lumber. Some Of these
investments may still be in the hands
Of the original owners.
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29

You'd think some men were um-
brellas the way, as soon as they got
home. their wives shut them I'D.
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29
THE TOWN is IM5UED VIA
SPIRIT OF REPOSE.

SPIRIT OF RGPOSE.
The town of Tehuantepee LES I
dozen miles back from the sea /
presents some ruins Of the oId a
huana architecture, side by side vt
a good deal Of medieval snaEls
architecture. Some of the Spzns|
parts Of il are like a corner q .!
Havana. The town itself IS @b!
swept. There is a public librsry
an old convent building, and Snl
other evidences Of civic Spin, h4
they are few. II
The Tehuana Indians. who comWs'
the bulk Of the population, are fsil
Indifferent to the coming Of modetI
civilization and its ways. When u
railroad was laid and the Whistle !
the first engine was heard, il e ed
that many Of them did NOT kag.
curiosity enough to go and look at %
strange thing. Left 20 Themselves
they would let the grass grew orsl
the rails as it was growing when n
Diaz government took hold and re-
constructed the line.
Some OF the customs which snrvNs
date back not only TO the Spanish cor
quest, but are said to be remnants q
Zapotec civilization, which precedt
the Mexican Indian race.
Formerly travellers were attrecis
to the river, where the bathing va
Of the promiscuous sort that untilre
Gently was observed in Japan. re
civil authority, under the direction
the government officials, was siros
enough to change this custom sishsh'
Mans place in Tehuantepecsis if1s
of a useful, though inferior, beng
Women till the fields drive toe oul'
lock carts, and perform most q %
other outdoor labor. The meu CAV.
water and act as household p'sien
The statement has been mildt tof
the superior position Of the rehuans
Indian woman is due 10 the exces
over the male population. so MAJ
of the men having been killed ne
wars against the domination q ="
Diaz government. II is true rkt
good many Of the Indians srs
slaughtered before the centra ~
thority was recognized, but the ss
proportion between the sexes ! Q"
very large. The position Of tne nss
is really an inheritance Of old ''''~'
custom. Since so little work ~
quired of them, the men accept ta's
status quite philosophically. Nn''
they become too lazy, or whene~''
other man proves more attractive, ~
Tehuana women divorce their nus
bands with little ceremony.
The headgear of the women 'a'
"huipile," as it is called, is a amp
shaped creation. which rivals an,
thing that Partisan milliner eo"'
concoct. Sometimes It is worn IN wv
marketplace. but oftener on the sus''
and during ceremonial occasions
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29
A PICTURESQUE POET WHO y
A MADMAN.

Tehuantepec has or used to have"
local celebrity. This celebrity was
poet, and mad poet at that. ! nav
the card which he gave me sum
years ago-"A. Delint c.
In addition to being a poet SsDv'
Delint was monopolist, for he '0D
trolled the bootblacking privilege =
the town. Not that he blaeked pOo'.
himself. He was attended Dy
squire. a sturdy boy who perforH's
the manual labor. -,
The mad poet had history anu
was told to me, but it is not OF mus'
consequence. 1 still have the n'.s
pasteboard advertisement with WIZ
he presented me. Translated ~ ~.
English blank verse it ran IN
manner:
SENSATION "a
Calico discovered that the
co,,,n,hms imUseN, discovered the new worlo'
Magellan circumnsvigated the s''
And / A. Delint G. shine SHOES
At all hours,
Happy and contented.
If he is still living. the mao
of Tehuantepec is with the so''
ment and against the revoluti0r :.
,ho,, told me that in local an n ns
had announced himself as ulton
date for aIcalde. or MAJ wan on
servative platform sse OF ths
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29

piled generally throughout the "a
try perhaps there would have been
less formidable revolution thaE "A
which unseateG Diaz.
New-York tribune., 1914-03-29

After the rail line was recon-
structed and the harbor works
finished, President Diaz and a large
party of officials went TO Tehuan-
tepec for the opening. Mexican ma
tional sentiment, which then had
sonfe existence, was gratified at this
triumph of isthmian transportation,
and it was felt that another vital
chapter in Mexican national develop
ment had been concluded. The ef,
feet on international commerce was
especially in mind. But there was
also the feeling that much had been
accomplished toward the physical
unity of the country itself, which
would have important political con-
sequences.
without delay the road was put in
shape for handling international
traffic. A contract was made with
the Hawaiian sugar planters, and the
bulk of the Hawaiian sugar crop for
several years past has been un-
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-06
LETTERS WRITTEN TO
THEDAY BOOK
SOME. OTHER BOYS

Editor Day Book:-I read with in
terest your article in The Day Book
regarding working boys. Myself and
a few other boys were walking up
Western avenue and when we came
to Van Buren, street we met few
friends of ours, and we just got into
a conversation when the officers
came along and told us to get the
hell out of there"
l would like to know what we are
to do, as we are a little too young
to stay in poolrooms.
Kindly publish this at your earliest
convenience and oblige some of the
boys in the neighborhood of Van
Buren, street and Western avenue.
One of the Boys.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-06
HERE'S A KICK

Editor Day Book:-In reading The
Day Book Friday, June 5, 1914, saw
your editorial, why Do Policemen
Chase the Boys Off the Corner" and
also the letter sent by the boys.
1 have lived in that neighborhood
for number of years and know that
if they behaved themselves as they
should, instead of insulting women
and girls, fighting smaller boys than
themselves and taking money away
from children who go to the store for
their mother, they would. not be
chased by the police. They range in
age from IA to 16 years, smoke cigar
cites and shoot craps. A Reader.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-06
GREEDY EXPRESS COMPANIES

GREEDY EXPRESS COMPANIES
Editor Day Book: have been an
interested reader of The Day Book
for some time. 1 have noted your
different fights, some of which 1 ap-
proved, especially the downtrodden
department store girls in their fight
for wages and Saturday holiday.
1 work for the American Express Co.,
and work hard. We have long hours,
our work is never done, yet the gen
eral agent has cut our already small