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THE WILLACOOCHEE RECORD
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY.
GA.
If Venice builds subways the gon
dola will get a black eye.
Missouri claims to be the banner
strawberry state of tte union.
They used'to say ihat football was
an awfully rough game before politics
got to be so unladylike.
Man in Baltimore demands a di
vorce because his wife is deaf and
dumb. Casting pearls, as it were.
California man committed suicide
because he'was deserted by his wife.
ExcessiVe joy often causes insanity.
According to many millionaires, any
man can become rich. 8.. t after look
ing at some of them, who wants to?
A foreign prince says that American
girls are the prettiest in the world,
and most of the; \ -dmit it graciously.
A I'bg.ty Yorker is building a $3,000
dog house at Lenox, Mass. Possibly
afraid of some one kickin’ his houn’
aroun’.
They have had Incubators la Egypt
since the dawn of history. Tush!
They never used the vacuum for a
dog’s fleas, anyway.
A Kansasyfa rmeT &Sj vert isos for a
“good milker who will’not swear at
the from the gen
tle milkjnaid are now in orfrer.
We are told that coal gas first was
used as an illuminant 100 years ago,
but natural gas has been used as an
argument since politics began.
An Oklahoma dentist says kissing is
a national crime that ought to be
stopped by law. Are there not enough
laws that are dead letters now?
Milwaukee doctors say that kiss
ing is a blot on the.state. It is at least
frequently a biot on a freshly damask
ed cheek or a newly incarnadined lip.
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Twenty-five million dollars’ worth
of cutlery an.’, kitchen utensils belongs
to the shah of Persia, yet he never
has home-made strawberry Ehortcake.
A . ? grreat deal 0 f attention is being
Si'eh these days to mothers’ clubs.
Yet the time was yhon the slipper
seemed to answer the purpose very
well. v
French i<* Vior that
t-heJUfjna L| «' i|SBEB but in
spite the
Hour
t ProfesortßMßHWtoi? has Ybund
Kpme microbes in dogs that he thipks
will prolong the lives of men. Rut
whp wants to gain more days by the
dog route?
A frankfurter, a glass of lemonade
and a ball game proved fatal to a Jer
sey City boy. Strennuous combina
tions are apt to prove fatal these ex
acting days.
f.ludgsFifii Pittsburg advocates a law
Prohibiting the soused Individual from
ridiDg on a street car. A better plan
would be to make him pay an extra
fare for his load.
If baseball players should announce
tl.at they wilLdefy the umpire's de
cisions before they commenced the
game, how many scores would they
win by that method?
There is no limit to the amount of
punishment the human stomach can
Etand. For instance, there is the man
Who' goes camping in summer and
:.cboks' v his own grub.
One of the unconscious jokes of
fate is shown in the fact that a Bel
gian sjgmp fias been withdrawn from
circulation because the face of the
king upfen it has a squint
- A traveler tells us that a laborer in
Egypt cpn live on 8 cents a day, but
there is 1 reason to believe that said
laborer does .not eat porterhouse steak
any oftener than once a day.
The young man named Wright, who
cleared thirteen feet in a pole vault.
Is not related to the Wrights of aero
plane fame, but he is considerable
aviator, all wright all wright.
The-proposition to card catalogue
every, public sclfool child In the coun
try and keep tab on its record merely
6hows how easy it Is for the statistical
mind to figure out jobs for itself.
. alleged to have no swear
wqrds. This may explain Its failure
lot produce a first-class baseball team,
which cannot be expected to flourish
without language to burl at the um
pire.
An itfutomobile running wild In New
York bumped into a wagon contain
ing half a ton of dynamite, with no
subsequent proceedings. These mod
ern products, it seems, cannot be re
lied on to always rise to their oppor
tune 1 les. ,
Niue Oregon girls who went to New
York for the purpose of looking over
that city'report that they were unable
to see t fly thing there which was beau
tiful. Still, we' think They may have
been prejudiced, phe view down the
fcaj i» pretty fair !
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PRESCRIBE LOWER
EXPRESS RATES
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AS A RESULT OF A SEARCHING
INQUIRY BY THE INTERSTATE
COMMERCE COMMISSION.
TO LOWE# COST OF LIVING
Commission .Thinks Conclusions Con
stitute Step Toward Solving the
Greatest American Problem.
Washington.—fjjvjieepdng reductions
in express
approximately 15 per cent.; drastic re
forms in initiations and practices,
and comprehensive changes in the
methods of-, operation, are prescribed
in a report, made public by the in
terstate commerce commission of its
into the business of the
thirteen great express companies of
the United'States.
Dealing with the identity of inter
est between the various companies,
the report finds that while these com
panies are* separate ie&al entities, “it
is of interest fca regwfdr ftas*
stock ownership and otherwise they
are so interlaced, ihtertwined and ’in
terlocked it is with difficulty we
can trace any one of the greater com
panies as- either wholly independent
in its management or the agency of a
tingle raitroadAsystemiSa. that
these companies operate separately
and compete with each other for .traf
fic, the express business may be said
to be alrffest a family affair. An tn I
foresting *genealogieal tree, in fact. |
might drawn showing a common j
ancestry *in all of-the larger compa-j
nies. And while many names may j
be usedj'to designate these compa
nies, it ia within the fact to say that
aside frJm the operations b£ th£ mi
nor and railroad" express
companies, the express business of
the United States is managed. Uysjiot
more than three groups of interests.”
The inquiry was the most exten
sive, anS in/w.ealttr, of-infinite detail,
probably the most thorough, ever
prosecuted by the commission. It was
conducted and the report was pre
pared h_y Commissioner Franklin K.
Lane, alt .been in progress . for
nearly three years. The report itself'
makes 600' printed pages; *l7l n velvet)
an examination -ajml Cftlftpa risen of j
practically more than 600 0.00,000'-ex- i
press rates in effect in this country, i
in addition to an examination of mil
lions. of wuajJfflU and investigation
through j notaj 2\
of theirJfinlyiciatjyiierkfions and their
business mt-jbi>do.i<j 1* Y ’f i ‘- t* * 1
M'COMRS NAMED CHAIRMAN
Democratic Leaders’ MeeE the -.Wishes
\ > of Governor Wilson.^
f’hicago.—William F. tac'doiuifa of
New York, Governor .Woodrow Wil- j
son’s choice, was chairman of
the Democratic ! haticnal committee,
and was empowered to.appoint a com
mittee of not fewer than nine’ mem
bers to take active charge of the Dem
ocratic presidential nominee's cam
paign.
Mr., McCombs aIEO was authorized
to select a national treasurer and such
other officers as he may see fit, in
cluding possibly a vice chairman and,
after consulting' with Governor Wil
son, to name the Ideation of the head
quarters. Mr. McCombs said that he
thought the principal headquarters
would be in New York.
“But I am not going to appoint any
body or select any placfe uptil ;I con
fer with Governor Wilson,’' £dded;
Joseph Ei Davies of Madison’, Wid.,
was elected secretary of the commit
tee to succeed Urey Woodson of Ken
tucky. John I. Martin of St. Louis
was re elected sergeant-at-arms.
Mr. McCombs’ selection and the
plan to appoint a campaign commit
tee of inine, thp majority whom
are to be members of the national
committee, with Mr. McCombs chair
man of the sub-committee, were or
dered on resolutions offered by Com
mitteeman Robert S. Hudspeth' of
New Jersey as representing the wish
es of Governor Wilson.
Bodies Recovered From Airship.
Atlantic City.—The bodies of Mel
vin and Frederick Efmer,
tWijf clothe ; five qf the tiirship
Akron- which! exploded while sailing
over Brigantine beach on July 2, have
been recoveitscWend brought to "this
city. . With the finding of these bod
ies SllMiave now been recovered. El
mer’s body was found about four miles
from the spot where the dirigible bal
loon struck the water after exploding
more than 500 feet in the air. Vani
man’s body was recovered by the
beach patrol,, ■- v .„ f ., ,
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Postal Rec-rds Broken.
Washington. —The largest three
ifltmths” business in ."the., history of
the postal service is shown by the
latest financial statement of Aud tor
Kram
Audited returns for the quarter end
ing with reached $64,368,854.45,
’an increased of $2,396,5j)1»Jl ,oyejr the
same period last year.~'Total expfns
es amounted to $64 878,636.78, a daily
average of $712,952.05. Expenses ex
ceeded revenues during this quarter,
hut a net profit of $645,836.16 is
Ehowr for the first nine months
WILLIAM F. M’COMBS
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Selected as Head of the Democratio
National Corasaittle.
GHAFIM WAIKiNS NOMINEES
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STANDARD-BEARERS F FOUR
YEARS AGQ 7 A iAIN
£ N^jNA^%
Proposal to Change the N; le of the
Party Not Taken Up fj/ the
Convention. I
Atlantic City, N. J.—TlfsSj national
Proifibition convention concluded-its'
labors here with, the nomination of
the party- stan_dard-bearers of four
[years ago—Eugene W. Chafin of Ari
zona for president and Aaron S. Wat
ikins of Ohio for vice presiflent. In
j each case the nomination was made
|by acclamation single ballot
had indicated the preference of the
1 delegates.
,^ r Four aspirants tyere placed in nomi
nation agaihst Mr. Chafin'-They were
F. W. Emerson of California, Finley
,C. Hendrickson of California, Aaron
S'. Watkins of Ohio and Andrew Jack
son Houston of Texas. Each with
drew his name after first ballot,
Mr. Houston creating 'efithmliasm Tsy
the statement that he wouljl rather
receive the lo ( west vote in mt (Prohi
bition convention than the B jest in
f.ither Democratic
conventions. V
Both of the
i called to the platform and rijfce brief
[speeches. Mr. said he
I tbe nomination ahsJhe grealeßfciti
caj honor bestowed TSbon
yedr. He
hiss second nqmli.A
stand for
1 the
of the .-party war <A. J.
[orem of Massa’chiisX.iT in a brief
j speech, promised to pledge fnore mon-
Jey to the campaign fund should the
name be changed. ’
WILL* FIX BOUNDARY LINE
American Engineers to .Determine the
Line Between Colombia and
Panama/*-’
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Boston, Mass—To determine exact
ly iw'nat line- forcer President Loubet
of France decided upon in 1900, when
as arbitrator he fixed the boundary
line between Costa Rica and the por
tion of Colomhia which now forms
the republic of Panama, Frank W.
Hodgdon, chief engineer of the port
[of Boston, and P. H. Ashby, a New
| York engineer,- have sailed for Port
Lirion. Messrs. Hodgdon and Ash
!by are two of four engineers chosen
!as commissioners to interpret M. Lou
rbet’s finding to Chief Justice’White
of the. United States Supreme court.
Costa Rica epenqd ithe boundary dis
pute after Panama seceded; from Co
lombia, and the two countries agreed
on Chief Justice White as the final
arbitrator of the question. The oth
er commissioners arq John F. Hay
ford of the Northwestern university
and G. M. Leland of Cornel! univer
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Orozco's Forces Repulsed.
Juarez. —Information from rebel
sources is that the Federal troops
d?ove the insurrectos from Sauz, thir
ty miles north of the city of Chihua
hua on the Mexican Central.
Forest Fire Destroys Village.
Halifax, N. S.—As the result of a
fbrest fire tile village of Point Tup
per, a settlement near the entrance
to Port Hawkesbury, is in ashes, jpe'ng
'practically wiped out by "the flasaesr
[The town of fort .Hawkesbury itself
[was seriously threatened, but was
: saved when the wind died down. The
| heaviest s'ngle loss at Point Tupper
| was sustained by the Inter-Colonial
'railway, whose freight sheds, coal
[sheds and transfer piers, together
with many loaded freight cars, were
destroyed.
19 Struck by Lightning.
Anniston, Ala.—Charles Kirby and
H. Rape, are dead and seventeen oth
ers are seriously injured as a result
of being stricken by lightning in the’.r
mess' tenf B, Secdfid.Ala
bama infantry, commanded by Capt.
[ C. H.’ Seals of Birmingham. Pandemo
nium ' rCTfned in camps for several
hours after the bolt -struck. The mess
hall was net demolished, although
nearly all metal about the structure
was melted, including several metal
,cups
TOGA STRIPPED
FROM LORIMER
BY VOTE OF 55 TO 28 SENATE
DECLARES HIS ELECTION
INVALID.
HE SPOKE TWELVE HOURS
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Lorimer Says He Is a Victim of Con
spiracy, and Intends for the World
to Know theiVybole Truth.
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ResoCution That Drove ■
Lorimer Out 6f Senate. -
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Thib the. resolution which -
drove , Lorimer 1 from file seiiate. ■
He vfcs' expelled, 'although' l
the tAKi-tflirds l vote--necessary to ■
do schwas- His title to ■
his seat was declared invalid. 1
“Rijfcsolved, Thwh-rorrupt meth- ■
"ods 4hd practices;iiftijpe employ-, 1
ed ill the election of. William 1
Lorife’er to the senate' of the 1
United States from the state of 1
. Ulinjgs and that his election 1
wasl therefore, invalid.’’ ■ 1
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M 7 ashington’—By a rvote just short
of 2 to 1, the senate expelled William
\ WILLIAM LORIMER.
Lorimer,, junior-, senator" from Illinois.
r After a sensational struggle extend
ing over' two" years, /- A:his representa
tive of one of the greatest states in
the Unicta, in the seiiate of the United
was told that his election was
antt corruption,
* Whch * rbhe «*»WituUen of. Senator
Luke Lea of Tennessee was adopted
by a vote of 55 to 28, practically 2 to
1, Mr. Loritner walked (lift of the
chamber, stripped of his toga and*
consigned by his "fcoHeagues to the'
obscurity of private life. . V • '
After an'“impassioned ’. speech of
three hours and a half in a crowded
room, where the heat and humidity
was stifling, Mr- Lorimer closed his
speech in his or", defense
Standrhg in the center,.uf Ui& mid
dle aisle thre ialmost exhausted mgn
raised both hands- to heaven and fol
lowed them with his .ey.es a 6 he ex
claimed;
"No, I will not resign'! No, no! If I
go from „this_ body it will be because
more senators vote in favor of that
resolution than vote - agc,;nst it. My.
exit will not be from fear. It will
not be because I am a coward. It will
be because of the crime of the senate
of the United States.” -
The vote was taken jat the ..conclu
sion of the twelve hour speech, cov
ering three days, during whicTi Lori
mer had proven himself a master or
dramatic methods. Ignoring the usual
course of appeal in judicial cases oT
this subordinating logic and
cumulative argument to the achieve
ment of climacteric effect, -he played -
upon the .emotions not only of ..the
people in the galleries, but of senators
on the floor of- the chamber. When,
Hushed with exertion, his collar limp
about his neck, he stood with out
stretched arms and head thrown back
and said ip a hoarse, quavering voice,
“I am ready,” a tremor 'of excitement
ran. through the chamber and not a
few women and some men wiped
away tears.
Cloudburst Strikes Altrn, Illinois.
St. Louis —Four - persons were
drowned at Alton, 111., by a cloud
burst which destroyed two miles of
Streets, wrecked six buildings and
tbfe gas plant of the Alton Gas and
Electric company, with a total prop
erty loss of $250 000. The cloudburst
followed a spectacular storm which
lasted all night. Three times it pass
ed over Alton, flooding streets and
cellars each time. The third time
I rain fell in torrents, sending a wall
of, water 9 feet deep through the
street. '■ *
Cutan Consul Dead.
Savannah, Ga.—A. E. Moynelo, for
merly prominently identified with the
struggles of Cuba for independence
and latterly,.Cuban consul at Savrfn
nah, drojiped dead at his home here.
He was about 60 years of age, mar
’ried the father of two children and
wealthy. At cne time, the story, is
told. Moynelo was so hotly pressed by
his Spanish enemies ,in Cuba thgt he
was nailed in a barrel by his
and shipped out of the way. He had
[been consul here for a number o 1
i years.
MRS. OLLIE MURRAY JAMES
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Mrs. Ollie Murray James, wjfe of
Kentucky Senator, She is fond of out
door sports.
IOWA MS ROOSEVELT
REGULAR REPUBLICAN CONVEN
TIONS DECLARES THE .CHICAGO
CONVENTION FRAUDULENT.
Taft's Friends Vai-RtytyFought to Pre
vent Adoption of Condem
natory- Resolutions.
DesMoinqs, lowa.—The efforts of
Governor Carroll, a- Taft adherent, to
have the Republican state convention
pass a resolution, indorsing the plat
farm adopted at the national conven
tion, failed, being tabled, 773 to 342,
and his effort to eliminate from the
report of the majority of the resolu
tions committee the section cortd eT^n- .
ing as fraudulent the Chicago conven
tion also failed. The progressive con
trolled the convention throughout.
Neither Taf,t nor Roosevelt were
mentioned in jhe resolutions adopted
which commend'“Republican achievfe
ments and indorse progressive poli
cies.” .
Governor Carroll precipitated a dem
onstration for Roosevelt which lasted
for more than twenty minutes when
he said the national Republican plat
form was not tained, but was adopted
regardless of whether the delegates’
were aligned with Taft or Roosevelt.
The mention of Roosevelt was the
signal for cheer afteb cheer, delegates
waving fcanna Hags and
“p&sf the
question of votfes for wortafcn to the
people and indorsed direct nomination
qf president, vice president .and Unit
ed .States senators. 1 • V . ~
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NATIONAL EDUCATORS MEET
Fairchild Chosen Head of Educators
Over Miss Strachan.
Chicago.—Electing as president E..
T. Fairchild of Topekg, Kan., after
a heated contest, in which th ica S°
teachers -werq severely criticised by
New York members for “behind the
curtain tactics," the'National ’Educa*
tidnai association, representing more
than 15,000 educators, went on record
as favoring;
Woman's suffrage, “because 'Woihen
teachers realize-the .responsibility of
training youth .for. citizenship.”
Promotion' trf jinteTnational peace,
An <nvestigation of teachers’ sala
ries throughout the country with ref
erence to the high cost of living.
A uniform! Federal law for marriage
and divorce.
Extension by congress of plans for
training, in agriculture,, domestic econ
omy and-.other industrial work in.vari
ous institutions.
Greater attention in public schools
tp health of pupils.
To study rural education,
school administration, vocational ed
ucation and hygiene and higher edu
cation, including the training of all
teachers.
More attention by teachers to th'e
individual necessities of pupils for’a
training that will fit them for a defi
nite occupation in life.
That a greater spirit of altruism be
inspired in* school work.
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Tramps Play Ball,-.-
Wilkesharre, Pa.—The baseball dia
mond took ov’er”t'he functions of a
court here in connection with the con
viction 'of 'Sfi tYartips recently'arrested
by the police of Plymouth borough.
When the tramps were arraigned be
fore Bufgess W. D„ Morris, the bur
gess, who is an enthusiastic baseball
fan,- ordered that the men be divided
into equal squads from which two
teams were selected to play a full
nine-inning game on the town com
mon. The w’nning squad were to go
free, tut the losers to' work.
Pretrffiee Clerk for President.
Louisville, Ky.—James P. Hawkins
of Louisville, who was arrested in
Washington and sent to Washington
asylum hospital after offering himseU
as the compromise candidate for pres
ident on the Republican ticket, was
a . clerk in the' Louisville postoffice
qs,o:e than 22 yeaTS. He* resigned a
fe\V months ago, after announcing fn
the local papers '-that he would be a
candidate for president on the Re
nutlican ticket. Up to that time he
mil never shown any mental vagaries.
RURAL TELEPHONE SERVICE
AND GENERAL MERCHANTS
Address of J. T. Duncan of Douglas
ville, Ga., Before the Southern
Merchants’ Convention,
Atlanta, Ga.
“The other day I was in the home
of an humble Georgia, Cracker. The
beds of pine plank were nailed to
the wall. The entire household out
fit consisted of a tin pan, a bucket
and gourd, dining table with a bench
on eaea side, a pot and frying pan
for cooking in the fireplace and one
lone chair for visitors, and yet—
“On that cabin wall there hung a
highly polished box, rich in meaning.
For through that box tjiat man could
have talked in a few moments with
colleg§ presidents, with kings of
trade, ; with almost any Important per
son in America. S
“Happy the merchant who sees
what' that little box means and sees
it first. For that' is success in mer
chandising, to see things first. Out of
that box runs a wire and over that
wire thera,,flows., into that home the
ideas, desires and . spirit of. scronger
men. People that were in another
world yesterday,'are in his today;
and as surely as that box stays there
It..will In time put "shoes on the frost
bitten feet, clothes on the back and
furniture in the home. Cabins are
empty of furniture only because they
are empty of ambition. But that lit
tle box on the wall is full of the
wine of pride—give it time and it
will tingle in the nerve of every mem
'tfer of that family. -j-.
“So the little borx makes trade. A
“Again, the little;.box steadies the
market, at least helps to. An ideal
market foi» -merchant and famer is not
fluctuating, ...speculative market, but
one Jin which prices vary hut little.
The world never before marketed a
huge crop at. so steady a price. ''As
sf>op as the price found itself, it prac
tically stayed between 9 and 10 cents.
That little box has had its part. The
moment prices went up that little bell
rang in ten thousand cabins .and by
nig,ht endugb had. come to town to
bring it dow-n; the minute the price
went down it locked the gate of near
ly every farm lot until prices went
back to normal. In exactly the same
way it helps to give every article
of barter its normal value. For in
stance, never were there so many
chickens and such fine ones being
raised in Georgia and yet they have
kept at a fine average price.
“The telephone is a spender. Every
man here knows that the tefephone
costs him far more tfign the monthly
charge. Let any member of the fam
ily think of something that he wants,
or- she wants,, especially she, and the
rushes to tb 1 - telephone-and orders o.'
at leas' inquires. Her
witliouy —She has mi
rural telephone is a sjientß
a manfiTils '“■.‘Sjlriit to h^ 3S
or his neighbor that want is ■Tkstencß
in his mind untir he gets It, TlB
telephone farmer;is in ttwft .alrea-flsa
and becomes a town spehdtrri-i tB
'The little'box. brings' merchant antH
country customer together.. :The vil
lage grocery man that takes. the .lead
is the one. whose phone t is forever
ringing with like this; ‘HeHio !*
how are..all morning!. I’ve'
some nice so—, just ;in. Would
you like this morning?’ Custom-,
er feels notice and Complimented. Far
jpQre sq the rural customer. •
‘“The little box on the wall causes
cash,trad£ Ideal; trade is cash trade,
and barter, constant barter through
the year is the first step. His tele
phone helps Mr. Farmer find a market
for his barter the year around—he
can sell before he hitches up his
horse. If his merchant ig progressive
the phone says, ‘Any butter? Any
country hams? Any surplus corn on
hand? Any fodder left over! Any pea*
nuts? I'm ’ clear out! ’ That coaxes'
him into raising things that will sell
’be year around.
“The telephone forced ‘free deliv
ery’ of goods in the town. The mer
chant that saw it, ‘saw it first,’ forg
ed ahead. The rural telephone will
.force up tp solve somehow' the diffi
cult problem of rural free delivery,of
goodg, Happy the merchant who sees
and dares it first. It will be preced
ed by' a short period in which there
will he a small fee for delivery. And
is not something like rural free de
livery bt our own goods the only wav
to head off the mail -erder drain? It
sounds visionary now, but the little
box on the wall will do its work in
time.”
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Panama Canal Causes Clash.
Washington—Tlife' lines are drawn
for a great “diplomatic struggle be
tween the TTnited States ami flreat
Britain over the question of whether
this country may discriminate in' .fa
vor cf Amer’can vessels in th° adorn
ist’-aticn of the Panapia canal. TIP*?
wordy war may terminate in th» sub-'
missirn of the ouestion *n The Hague
trbtma’. A series of dinlofnat'c m’d
leg's'etive ccnferences developcftV-*he.
fact that the. forces In the Amer'can
government wh'ch favor aßOw'ng tfce
American ships free passage u:u T
Po-d Prices lower. .
Chicago.—Chicago provision deal
ers tell a story of cheer for house
wives who have been cm thej,verge of
panic because of high food prioes. :
The dealers declare vegetables of all
) nds are selling at prices 50 per sent.
lower than quotations of a year
Nature has been a big factor in the
reduction. Abundant rainfall through
out 'the country fs malting bumper
crops. The potato yiejjd is unnrece
dented this year. There has teen a
tig drop in retail prices.