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Foreign Business Through.
New York Port Shows
Unusually Heavy Grains.
NEW YOR5 POOR IN
STRONG PROTEST
NEW YORK, July 12. The largest
1 olume of commerce recorded in
jne year during the entire historj
of the country passed througli the po"-
of New lork during tne iz monins v
the fiscal year ending on June -1
igures just compiled at the Customs
house show that the imports of mer-1
handise from foreign countries during
this period were valued at a little over
J 1.000,000,000 while the exports aggre
gated over $900,00,000.
This was a gain of more than 200.
Oui'000 over the amount of trade hand
led during the preceeding year. As 58
percent of the imports of the country
.md -i" percent of the exports pass
lhrniirt Mew York, these figures indl-
ate that the foreign commerce of the J
total about $4,350,000,000 or about hall
a billion dollars more than the high
est total ever before recorded. Of this
inn-ease about $350,000,000 has been
n-ade ud of exports and $150,000,000 of
lmoorts. J
This great excess of exports OTer im
ports, establishing a favorable trade
balance for the United States abroad.
Is usually regarded by trade experts as
an index of orosoerous conditions ana
trv are now attempting to reconcile I
these figures wltffthe general slowing
. own of trade that U now admitted 10
) a e taken place in the past few
n onths and with the disquieting fact
that commercial failures in the United
.states during the first half of 191
hae also reached a new hjgh record
for anv but a panic year. About the
onl light they have been able to throw
on this apparent contradiction is that
the highest totals, both in exports and
imports, were recorded last autumn and
that the monthly figures on both sues
of the ledger have decreased since that
time Tnfirientsllv tne Federal ireas
urv has profitted by Hie expansion in
imports. Uncle Sam having collected
o-.er $200 000,000 in duties at this port
during the ear.
Pretest AjclMt SKBasa Duty.
While the Imposition or removal of
any tariff duty usually arouses opposi
tion in some quarter, it is seldom that
what is regarded as a minor feature of
a tariff bill stirs up such widespread
protest as has followed the action of
the Senate Finance committee in plac
ing a tax on bananas. On just what
Kround this duty was proposed, or
whether the distinguished senators re
gard bananas as a luxury does not
ilearlv appear, but their action has
aroused the embattled hosts of New
York's East Side where the yelloW
tkinned fruit of the tropics is about the
only one within the reach of the ordi
uarv citizen's pocket book and a mass
meeting was held this week in historic
rnnnpr Union to t rot est against the
proposed duty, which, it was claimed. .
would be paid almost entirely by tne
poor.
The dignified and Democratic Reform
club which has labored unceasingly for
the reduction of tariff duties has added
its protest, arguing tha It is unjust
and undemocratic to place a tax on this
food product, which has always been
free, just at tne lime wnen nirai ...
articles of food are oeing piacea on me tnat mey wouia experience nine in
free list. The proposed tax has even 1 terference from him. But on the other
become an international question wr a.
delegation from Jamaica arrived here
this week on its way to Washington to
oppose the banana tax on the ground
that it would bar the fruit grown in
that island from the American mar
ket Get Breatfcteg Strip.
By the sale this week of a strip of
land on Flftn avenue oniy wt"
or A hut 100 feet lone, a claim to
breathing room has finally been settieo. 1
among members of New York s "Four
Hundred." The purchaser of mis 000-
shaped piece of land was Mrs. James A.
vt,..-ri.Ti whose home tt adjoins and the
seller is believed to be Andrew Carne-
gie Mrs. Burden bought tne sue 01
her home In 1902 from Mr. Carnegie.
He promised then to protect with an
air space the dwelling she was to erect.
Mr. Carnegie apparently forgot his
prom.se. for several years later he
agreed to sell to Gen. Lloyd S. Bryce
the two lots adjoining Mrs. Burden's
house. Gen. Bryce never took title to
the property, for Mrs. Burden filed a
lis pendens against the lots, which pre--.entea
the steel master from giving a
clear title to the land. Gen. Bryce
abandoned the plot and bought a home
site elsewhere.
When the lis pendens was brought to
Mr Carnesie's attention he showed
willingness to make amends for .the
oversight. Recently he sold the corner
to a buver who is said to be Otto H.
Kuhn of Kuhn. Ioeb ft Co. The prop
erty was recently transferred to a
reaitv company -which transferred the
promised air space to Mrs. Burden. As
a result of the sale of this air space to
this odd-shaped piece of property, now
rendered useless for building purposes.
at least two members of the city's elect
can literally breathe easily.
Revival of Seeiety WeMtnga.
Marriage is again becoming fashion
able in that part of society that is re
fererd to with a capital S. That at
least is the conclusion drawn from an
examination of statistics furnished by
the blue book of the fashionably elect.
This shows that during the past year
the number of weddings among people
of social prominence have increased
about 20 percent while the number of
births has advanced in about the same
ratio If this tendency continues the
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time may come within a few seasons
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MHriHiiirn . ur: otu
avenue accompanlad by their children
instead of by various kinds of fussy
dogs and when the possesrion of a
large family will not be a bar to mem
bership in the Four Hundred.
B4.K SIMOK VAT.I.STT IS
HAVIWG GOOD RAINS.
San Simon. Ariz July 12. Portions
f the valley are having heavy rains.
There was a waterspout, heavy enough
to start a stream two feet deep at
Steins
Jess Averill has ordered a new and
larger well drill.
E A Washburn's -rell drill Is put
ting down a well for Jas. Williams,
three miles from town.
The Methodist church building is
neaping completion.
The walls of tne San Simon Valley
hank building are being erected under
the supervision of architest Pitts.
The new residence of Hardy Fuller
3 nearfng completion.
The Farmers and Laborers' club, of
the San Simon valley has been organ
1 r-d and will hold semi-monthly meet
ings. It has already reduced the prlc
of well drilling over one-half.
MRS. FISK IK "THIS HIGH ROAD."
Mis M.nnie Maddern Fisk's tour in
'Th Hig-h Roa.l," which will open
r S. n'( mher, will he a er. coTipre-
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RUTALLY
Stories of Mexican Outrages
Upon Americans Reach
the Capital.
CABINET IS TOJJD TO
'LOOK OUT FOR PAINT'
M'
EXICO CITY, Mex., July 12.
With the gradual spreading of
revolutionary activity to parts
of the republic hitherto more or less
unaffected, tales of atrocities and in
dignities to foreigners filter into the
capital in increasing number. Early in
July these had become so common, by
reason of their frequency, that where
as a year ago they would have caused
great indignation and possibly prompt
representations by foreign govern
ments, it is doubtful if they receive
now more than inclusion in a possible
general claim ot damages, in due
time, upon the Mexican government.
Outrages Near Torreon.
An experience related by passengers
on a train Droceedintr northward from
Torreon appears to place a certain con-
THJTiD
tingent of the northern rebels in a.nn tn-s direction yet have been taken.
class with the followers of Zapata of
the south on the score of barbarous
treatment of their victims. The train
was stopped near Bermejillo by a
burned bridge. A band of intoxicated
rebels or bandits swooped down upon
the passengers, robbed them of every
thing, including clothing, not sparing
even the women victims, of whom there
were a half dozen, Americans and Eng
lish. An American man, detected try
ing to hide a revolver, was taken out
and shot. He fell badly wounded. An
Englishman, of whom was demanded a
diamond ring he wore, and which he
had difficulty in removing, was as
sisted by means of a knife. The finger
was chopped away so that the ring
could be secured. The passengers
eventually were allowed to go, and
walked miles into Torreon.
Another experience growing out of
tnat oi aVroup of Americans, refugees
an effort .to escape a worse iate. was
from a mininsr camD near Topolobam-
po, Sinaloa. There were three women
in the party, which made its way to
the coast town. To catch a coasting
steamer due at an uncertain date, the
refugees had to put out to an island,
sun scorched and -without a house or
tree Its oniv inhabitants were shark
fishers and the stench of decaying
shark flesh was next to unbearable.
For two days the refugees endured
great hardship and discomfort, then
an American gunboat appeared. A
boat was sent oft, but the officer !n
charge had orders to take only em-
S loves of a certain mining company.
Fine were accordingly taken aboard
and the rest, including the three wom
en, waited two days longer when, al
most in despair, they were nicked up
by the coasting steamer, described as
a filthy affair, already overloaded,
which landed them in Mazatlan.
Haft Faith la Cabinet. ,
President Huerta has great confi
dence in the ability of his new cabi
net to aid him in his work of pacifi
cation, but he expects them to devote
their attention to the work of their
respective departments and not let
their covetous eyes dwell upon his seat.
This he made quite clear to them at
the first formal gathering of the new
administrators. To them Huerta said,
after the usual felicitations, that he
I expected each minister to be supreme
in his own post, so far as possible, and
hand lie warned them to "cuidarse con
la pintura." a legend often seen on new
edifices in Mexico, meaning, "watch
on for paint."
To his puzzled ministers, who asked
him to explain, the president said, pat
ting the back of the chair he custom
arily occupies at his cabinet meetings:
"I mean that this old chair suits me
very well, and for the present you
should not try to improve it. Pay at
tention strictly to the duties of your
offices, and I shall manage to look
&fter mjne."
1 hij Ability Tented.
f "Valerito," a Spanish bull fighter, re-
icentlv nut no an exhibition which will
doubtless long impress him as "the
fight of his life.' There was no tinsel
and no trimmings, but the reward of
fered and won by "Valerito" made up
to him for the lack of applause from
the benches.
"Valerito," who was christened Man
uel Valero, was overtaken on the road
to Monterey while in charge of six
fighting bulls intended for the ring
there, by a group of Carranza's sol
diers. Taking advantage of the cir
cumstances, the revolutionists prom
ised the bull fighter his life and lib
erty if he could kill the six bulls sin
glehanded. A ring was constructed on the spot.
"Valerito." armed with a cavalry sa
ber and carrying a colored blanket for
a "capa" or cape, an essential part of
the bull fighter's equipment, proceeded
to tire the animals down and dispathc
them one after another.
In spite of his heroic efforts his cap
tors subjected the bull fighter to the
greatest indignity possible to his kind,
the amputation of his queue before re
leasing him.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
DEATH OF FLETCHER
Phoenix, Ariz., July 12. Until an an
alysis is completed of the stomach of
W. F. Fletcher, rich Lo Angeles ranch
and land promoter, whose body was
found in the bottom of an 87 foot un
completed -well at his ranch eight miles
from Maricopa, it will not be known
how he met his death. -
Fletcher was arrested by Phoenix of
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fonnd -pieeranhio .nfn.t-nn
ficers five hours before his body -was
"m I-?. Angeles charging, him with
pacing fictitious checks. He had Just
registered at the Adams hotel. He
asked for permission to stop at his ranch
en route to the coast city and this was
granted.
While two officers waited for him be
disappeared. An hour later his body
was discovered in the bottom or the
welL There were no marks on the
body and for this reason ft is not be
lieved he accidentally fell into the hole.
ELECTRIC RATE IN
TUCSON ORDERED CUT
Phoenix, Ariz, July 12. Through an
opinion handed down by the state cor
poration commission, electric rates will
be greatly reduced at Tucson begin
ning August 1, 1913. The commission
reached a decision in the case of mayor
I. E. Huffman of Tucson versus the
Tucson Gas, Electric Light and Power
company in which it was charged that
the rates were discriminatory, unfair
and nnjut.
The lighting rates for a monthly con
sumption of nine kilowatt hours or less
will be $1 and for the next 100 kilo
watt hours consumed in any one month
it will be 11 cents per kilowatt hour
It is alleg-'d that all Kindo of r..!fs hae !
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Order to Remove Royal Fam
ily From City Is Not En
forced by President.
PEKIN IS BEING ,
MADE BEAUTIFUL
PEKIN, CHINA, July 12. Contrary
to declarations made at the time
the throne abdicated in favor of
the republic, 1C months ago, the court
of the old Manchu rulers of the Chinese
empire still remains at Pekin.
The terms of the final agreement
with the representatives of the new
republican government provided that
the Manchu nobles, including all the
members of the reigning family, should
retain hereditary titles and be liber
ally pensioned, and that the young em
peror, after his abdication, should be
accorded in China the honors given
a visiting foreign sovereign. These
stiplations have been carried out. At
the same time it was declared the
court would eventually move away
from the Forbidden City, but no steps
There has not even been an exoaus to
the summer palace or to the ancient
palaces at Jehol. -which were mentioned
at the time of abdication as places of
possible retirement. Some minor Man
chu princes and officials have deserted
their residences in Pekin and moved
away, generally to the foreign settle
ments -at Tientsin, or to Manchuria,
where they can obtain Japanese or
Russian protection if occasion arises.
But the exprince regent and Pa-Yi, the
boy emperor, now seven years old. still
reside in the palaces occupied by the
reigning family for 28 years, and im
perial guards still forbid entrance to
their palace compounds.
Xe Conflict Occars.
The Manchu troops continue in arms
and obey the instructions of president
Yuan Shih-k"ai in all matters that do
not affect the safety of the court
Should there be a conflict of authority
between the president and the court it
is believed they would stand by the
Manchus; but the interests of the re
publican president and those of the
Forbidden City have not conflicted. In
deed, it is believed in the legation
quarter that they are closely allied.
It is thought among foreign observ
ers that the court depends on Yuan
Shi-k'ai for a regular payment of its
pension from the republic, and. on the
other hand, that Yuan may be com
pelled at any moment to reestablish the
dynasty and proclaim himself regent
in order to give his orders the -weight
of imperial authority. At present, with
a hostile parliament, presidential or
ders which are essential to the main
tenance of the government, do not re
ceive the sanction of any organized
body of lawmakers.
A question interesting to oM ob
servers who knew China under the
dynasty is whether the empress
dawager, who recently died, -will be
the last empress of untna. it tne re-
public succeeds there will probably be
no other.
Changes 1b Pekin.
Two striking changes have taken
place in the appearance of Pekin as a
result of the revolution. One is con
sidered a disfigurement; the other an
improvement, and a great advantage.
The disfigurement Is the disappearance
of the Manchu cart, which an Ameri
can -woman of literary gifts once char
acterized as "Portia's Casket on
Wheels." The brilliantly colored Sedan
chair, borne high on the shoulders of
fonr or eight coolies, disappeared to a
large extent after the Boxer rising of
1904, and has since been used only at
funerals and -weddings, and by a few
ultra-smart foreign legation -women,
who adopted the old when the Chinese
began adopting the new.
Now the Pekin cart Is being rapidly
displaced by the European carriage.
Only the poorer classes are still rid
ing in these little blue-covered spring
less carts with huge brass-studded
wheels. Along with the adoption of the
brougham the Chinese outriders of this
new official vehicle are adopting Euro
pean saddles for their ponies in place
of the gay caparisons in use under the
dynasty: and instead of flowing dress
es of white or light blue, with red
streamers to their hats, the somber
garb of the west is being affected by
these outriders in imitation of their
republican masters.
City I Beautified.
On the other hand the Pekin of the
people has been made much more beau
ful by the opening up of several road
ways through the Forbidden City, and
also by the breaking of several new
gates in the wall of the imperial city.
As is known to all Americans -who
have visited Pekin. the city is a place
of walls -within walls. The Forbidden
City, where the court resides. Is within
the imperial city, which in turn is
within the Tartar city, surrounded by
the great Pekin wall.
Again the legation quarter, the South
ern city, and the winter palace, where
the great empress dowager lived, and
which Yuan Shlh-k'ai, the president,
now occupies, are enclosed within their
own piles of masonary. Under the
Manchu regime the entire extent of the
Forbidden City and that of the winter
palace were guarded by imperial troops,
who refused passage to all but privi
leged officials and foreign diplomatists
when they were honored with audi
ences at court. As these extensive pal
ace enclosures lay directly across the
center of Pekin, traffic -was badly im
peded and had to make long detours
round them.
But now two main gates have been
cut in the walls of the imperial city,
and the great wide park In front of the
Forbidden City, together with the road
way behind it. which runs along side
the moat, covered with water lilies at
this summer season, have been opened
to traffic The camel driver, the rick
shaw coolie, and the foreign tourist
may now pass through these hitherto
reserved places, getting near to the
great dragon poles of marble and the
massive stone lions that stand beside
the front gate of the palace: and any
one may cross the famous marble
bridge over the lake In the winter pal
ace and get a close view of the em
press dowager's pagoda and the won
derful cluster of yellow roofed palace
structures.
GEN. TORRRS TO APPEAR
IN MOVING FICTURK FILM
Gen. Luis Torres, the Texas rangers
and El Paso streets and buildings will
appear in the movies. The St. Louis
Motion Picture company Is here with
Buck Connors, a famous film hero, as
director. The company made a series
of pictures of Gen. Torres the "terror
of the Yaqui river," as he 'was leaving
the Paso Del Norte for his taxi to the
train, went to the ranger camp below
Ysleta and snapped exranger Charles
Moore, ranger Webster, Capt Hughes
and the other famous men of the rang
er camps. The company will sta lure
a weeK and will make an 1 ffort to
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di.ra.li will ic.rnut tiicw,
REMAINS
PEKIN
FILIPINOS ME
CONFIDENT
FREED
Failure to Grant Independ
ence Will Mean War -Costing
Half a Billion.
IT IS NOW UP TO THE
'DEMOCRATIC PARTY
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ASI1INGTON, IX C. July 12.
That a national victory of the
Democratic party in the Unit
ed States should revive public interest
in the question of Philippine Indepen
dence was inevitable, both in America
and in the Philippines. From the be
ginning the Democratic party has op
posed the policy of the government in
dealing with the Filipinos, and that op
position has been voiced by every nom
inee of the party for the presidency,
Bryan. Parker and Wilson. Democrats
in congress did not hesitate to express
open sympathy with the Filipinos even
when they were at actual war with
imitrintii trnonfl.
When the Democrats gained control
of the house of representatives by the
congressional elections of 1910 they
placed at the head of the committee on
ir-sular affairs, representative William
A. Jones, of Virginia, who had been a
minority member of the committe un
der the Republican ruie. and who was
well known to ttewor independence for
the Philippines at the earliest practica
ble time. Mr. Jones bad visited the
1 hilippines, and had miSle a close stud
of conditions in the islands.
Independence In 1921.
As those who oppose independence
now confess to a purpose of granting
idependence at some future time, tha
Democratic1 attitude has been that it
is necessary to fix a date for turning
over the islands either by setting an
actual day or by setting' an ultimate
limit of time, to do something that
would positively assure the Filipinos
that they would be set free on a" day
certain and not in the "fullness of
God's good time" or in "a future gen
eration." So representative Jones in
troduced in the 62d congress a bill fix
ing the day for July 4. 1921. Because
the senate and the executive were Re
publican, the bill was not considered,
it has been reintroduced and will be
brought up when the regular session of
congress meets in December, and un
doubtedly will be favorably reported
from the committee. The day is not a
matter upon which Mr. Jones or the
committee stand with unalterable firm
ness, bat it is an indication of their
desire and purpose which is to prom
ise independence and to promise it in
such a definue and particular manner
that the nation will be hi henor bound
to keep the obligation.
A Platform Promise.
A great many persons, including
most of those who have had to do
with the Philippines under Republican
administrations, say they believe that
the Democrats made the promises of
independence only because they were
"out" and felt in duty bound to criti
cize and oppose whatever was done by
,0 wno were "in;- and that they do
not fear that the Democrats actually
will redeem their platform promises.
No Democrat of nronunence in either
the legislative or executive branch o
the government as yet has publicly
given any support to this theory.
As far as the United States is con
cerned, nothing has indicated that the
people are much Interested in the mat
ter. They are concerned with the tar
iff, the currency, the lobby exposures,
and other more pressing matters.
Await WiUea't. Action.
But in the Philippines it has been a
different matter. A Democratic victory
spelled independence tc the Filipino.
He has always believed that the Amer
icans who came to the islands as the
allies of the insurgents against Span
ish rule bound themselves to turn over
the islands to their own people. This
has been confirmed by every American
authority, but the mooted question has
been: When? Mr. McKlnley said, in
substance, "as soon as they are ready."
Mr. Roosevelt said the same thing, and
J Mr. Taft repeated it, but with the in
dication tnat tney wouiu not oe reaay
soon. Now what will Mr. Wilson say?
The Filipino has always believed that
he would get his "day in court" if the
Democrats should win. The -announcement
of the election last November
meant to him freedom and nothing else.
Manuel Quezon and Manuel Earnshaw,
the two Philippine commissioners in
congress, are earnest and industrious in
their efforts to make it certain that
this fact is well understood at Wash
ington. Every Philippine assembly has
demanded independence by formal res
olution. Up te the Democrat.
The inference is plain. If the Dem
ocrats, who have promised Indepen
dence, go back on their word, the Fil
ipinos will conclude that there is no
honor in America, that the promises
made by American officials are but
empty words, that there is no hope but
the desperate hope of war, and a revo
lution will again kindle in every Fili
pino barrio. The ast insurrection cost
rearly $200 000.000 by the most conser
vative estimate, and was put down
partly by force of arms and partly by
promises of ultimate independence. In
case of another revolution, promises
probably would not be efficacious.
Another war that would cost perhaps
$500,000,000 to keep in subjection an
unwilling people under a colonial sys
tem foreign to American ideals is
well in sight, and this is one of the rea
sons -why those -who favor independence
wish now to make certain the removal of
the cause of such a possible revolution.
Oppose Colonial System.
Other arguments are: We obtained
the Philippines in a war that was
-waged to free a people, and not to sub
jugate one, however mild the bonds or
however benevolent the rule. We prom
ised the Filipinos independence as soon
as they were fitted for self govern
ment, and the fact that they are now
successfully operating local and pro
vincial governments and cooperating
with Americans in the general govern
ment, proves that the time has come.
We are opposed, as a people, to a co
lonial system, and our holding of the
Philippines is repugnant to the spirit
of our institutions founded on the prin
ciple that the only just basis of gov
ernment is the consent of the gov
erned, and it is apparent that the Fil
ipino people are anxious to get rid of
us.
By holding the islands we are In
constant danger of entanglements -with
Japan, because Japan could take the
islands without regard to any practica
ble precautions we can take. The Jap
anese conquest of the Islands would be
disastrous to the Filipino people, it is
possible under American rule, it would
be Impossible under International neu
tralization. It Is not necessary to wait
until the Filipino people are perfected
in the science of government, as Amer
icans themselves are not wholly inno
cent cf graft, corruption and disorder
in government, and yet hold themselves
generally qualified tc conduct their
own affairs
In shni! the riisnosition of those in
faor of Philippin indi pendnce is to I
obex the tri 1 '. n rule w nn our own
' ' 1 n . f 1- ' '1 1 li nee in mind,
lto aduut til. ristit 01 the Filipinos tu i
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Charles Xelsea Rell and his first wife (I.aaiac MeNaaghten), photographed
at Atlantic City seen after their marriage.
New York, July 12. The recent denial by Charles TX. Bell, the wealthy
wine merchant, who married Adele Ritchie on June 12 last, to the charges
of his first wife, Louise McNaughton Bell, a former Gibson girl model, now in
destitute circumstances in a little hanjlet near London, England, that his sec
ond marriage is not legal because he was never divorced from her, has brought
a satisfactory conclusion to a very nasty little scandal as far as the friends or
the actress and her husband are concerned. Mr- Bell asserts that he was
granted a decree of divorce from the woman now In England at Scranton,
Pa., on May 29. last. The present Mrs. Bell is very spirited in her defence
of her husband, even going so far as to refuse to permit him to show the
divorce decree papers te, the newspapermen.
Royalty Is Represented In New By Nomam
El Pso Telephone Directory M. Walker
Tea Kings, Two Saris and a Itake ia the Book Takes Two Weeks te BeMvar
All the Directories to SI Paso's 600 Subscribers a.i 15
Miaates to Find One Wnen Keeded Badly.
ROYALTY is represented in the
new M. Paso telephone direc
tory just out by ten Kings, two
Earls, one Duke and one Prince. Mr.
Feathers Is not in the poultry or mil
linery business. Mr. Gaines is a
banker by the, fitness of things. H. R.
Gamble is a referee in bankruptcy for
the same reason.
The menu of the telephone list con
tains two Beans, one Fruit, a Lemon
and two Beers.
There are 25 Millers listed in the
new phone book, besides Claiborne
Adams.
There are nine Bells In the book, sot
counting the well known blue one on
the front cover. Mr. Blggers is balanced
by Mr- Littell. Of trees there are two
Maples There are three Mundys In the
telephone week, and Dan Cupid has
eight representatives in the persons of
the Loves. Houses there are an abund
ance of. but only five Holmes.
Coincidences appear in abundance in
the hello book. The Coles family often
calls MaJ. Fewel on the phone. Addi
tional fuel Is added by the Woods. The
only Say in the book has a "Mrs." be
fore it, and Mr. Look is not an occulist.
There is a Jonah In each telephone
book, but he has never seen the interior
of a whale. There are 23 members of the
well known Jones folk in the phone
guide. 140 "Macs" of mixed Irish and
Scotch ancestry. 81 phones listed in the
name of "El Paso. and San Antonio
has no monopoly on the word "Alamo"
for there is a school, a confectionery
and a theater listed in the sacred name
of the historic pile.
As big as the telephone business is
here, there are but four Booths listed
in the new book, one Branch and
three Calls. Politically, there are five
members of the Bryan cocktail club,
and 23 members of the Wilson family,
a significant number, say some. The
only Winter in El Paso is found in
the phone list. Ball players are sure
of getting a Hitt when they call 435S
and singers may call Victor Caruso for
the newest song.
Right at the top of the batting list
do with themselves as they will, and
to withdraw, being careful, of course,
to assure an orderly government and to
establish an international protectorate
such as shields Belgium or Luxem
burg from even the rumor of war.
Freem in Eight Tears.
The Jones bill provides for a quali
fied independence at once, to be fol
lowed by complete freedom in eight
years. The United States, by the pro
visions of the measure, is at once to
gain the consent of the world powers
to the neutralization of the Islands,
meaning that all nations will join with
the United States in an agreement to
in no way encroach the political or
geographical integrity of the Filipino
republic
During the eight years of qualified
independence the islands are to be gov
erned by a president appointed by the
president of the United States.' ' All
other appointive officers, exctpt a sec
retary of state, are to be selected by
the president of the Philippines An
elective senate is pro idel to form,
with th prre-it as-embly, a com
plete legislature or congress. The pro--.
isional president and secretary of
itpte iia be ith r Americans or Fili
rins unc' r h teim-. of the bill, but
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BESSEMER'S
there are five of old man Adam's fam
ily listed under the "A" column. Mr.
Ake is not a doctor.
There is a small sized menagerie. In
cluding three Bears and a Fox, a whole
bunch of Hunters, a Gunn and two
Cannons.
The new directory is a double column
affair with the numbers of the tele
phones appearing at the right of the
names of subscribers. The book as
sumes the airs of a regular city tele
phone directory in everything but
thickness. The Tri -State exchange has
grown so rapidly that the book now
contains a list of 6S00 names of those
-who do their shopping, gossiping and
business dealings by phose.
An innovation is the elimination of
the necessity for calling long distance
to get Ysleta, Clint or Fabens. Instead,
you look under the name of the branch
exchange, get the number of the per
son desired and ask for this number.
Central immediately connects you with
the exchange in that town and you re
peat the number to the second central.
The system is said to save time.
Memory calls are not considered good
form this season in telephone circles,
so each subscriber is being requested to
use the new book instead of his noodle
in getting the calls, to avoid giving the
hatting averages of the Giants instead
0 the number of the -Country club.
The local exchange handles SO.OO0 calls
each day and every second that can be
saved, helps to improve the general
service.
The train scheduler is printed in the
front of the book and advice to nerv
ous ones in the back in the four word
suggestion "not to get excited" when
calling for the fire department and
another telephonic suggestion that the
good old golden rule be applied to tele
phone talks.
There are 8500 of the new telephone
books being Issued from the Page press,
an increase of 200 over the last edition.
Of this number the hotels get 100. the
subscribers receive SS00. Two weeks are
required to deliver all the books, and
15 minutes to find one in the dark
when one calls the doctor in a hurry.
the eight years. The bill further pro
vides for the gradual elimination of
American officers and the substitution
of Filipinos, so that -when the end of
the provisional period arrives, the
transfer could be accomplished with
out trouble.
TT. S. Surprises Burope.
The United States, by keeping Its
promise to preserve the Independence
of Cuba, created in the annals of na
tions a new standard of honor, for un
der international anarchy "to have" has
always meant "to hold " It Is the
purpo-w of the advocates of Philippine
independence to add to this achieve
ment the launching of still aother In
dependent republic, thereby manifest
ing to the world that the democracy of
the .American people is not for home
consumption only. Cnlcal and dis
trustful Europe was surprised when
the Americans kept their promises o
the Cubans, was astonished that the
United States a second time yielded
Cuba back to the Cubans, and it will
be more than amazed if the promises
(implied if not spoken), made to Agui
naldo in 1898 are eventually redeemed.
For this rtason. to prove that Am. rica
I0 hnnur.iblt and true, even to a brown
people in ihe antipodis. th al' ates
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W PRESAG
WEALTH TO
EL PASQ
English Metallurgical En
gineer Discusses the Daw
son Smelting Process.
CAN BE OPERATED
AT MOUTH OF MINE'
Expected to Mean to Copper
What Cyanitiing Has
Meant to Gold Industry.
By THOMAS S. XACKBNZI8.
Fellevr of the ChemJeal Seeiery of Lon
don, Member ef the IiMtHatien of
MiaiBK and Metallurgy. London.
r' IS my decided opinion that in the
near future the Dawson process of
smelting will put the spark of life
I into copper metallurgy, just as Bes-
iemer and MacAithur put the spark of
Ufe into that of steel and gold.
El Paso has cause for congratulation
that the process was perfected and first
I brought to light In this city.
I I believe it will result in valuable
j increases to El Pa&o's wealth from the
surrounding mines.
I hae been some time to EI Paso
waiting until conditions in Mexico
should permit of mining operations be
ing resumed In that coutnry. and have
met Dr. Oliver B. Dawson, the inventor
of the process to which I refer. With
the great problems of ore treatment
present in my mind. I was greatly in
terested in what he had to show me of
his work in making the recovery of
copper in its ores easy and profitable.
How lavcBttona Cmw.
Improvements in metallurgical meth
ods have alwas been maae by men
outside of that -particular industry.
Thus it came about that a watchmaker
named Henry Bessemer invented 1
now famous Beseiner converter which
has given the world mild steel at a
reasonable price. It is difficult to cal
culate the benefit the world has de
rived from Bessemer s invention. H13
success depended on the fact that he
did not attempt to follow resi a
along conventional lines.
In the metallurgy of gold and silver,
the cyanide process has revolutionized
that industry. This was invented by
John S. MacArthur. a metallurgist en
gaged at the time in an entneiy diffei
ent branch of industry. When the
cyanide process came out there was
only one mine in South Africa able to
pay J tt" way; now, with this process, it
Is the greatest gold producer 01 tue
world.
I am sure that the Dawson process of
(-smelting is as much of a revolution as
either 01 tnet.e inventions.
s The Dawson Method.
In ordinary smelting the man in
charge does not concern himself so
much about the copper in the ore. His
business Is to make a thin slag with
the gangue. In his second operation,
"converting." he gets a blister, or black
copper, which is precisely the same as
that produced by the Dawson process in
one operation. This Is done by going
direct for the copper mineral and leav
ing the barren gangue alone.
Take the case of a 10 percent hopper
ore. It does seem more sensible to
smelt oat the small quantity of copper
than to go to the trouble and expense
of melting the other 30 percent as well.
The process is conducted in a revolving
furnace, sqmewhat egg shaped, heated
by the flame from a crude oil burner.
RedueiBg the Ore.
The ore is first heated, with free ad
mission of air, sufficiently to open up
the fracture planes and to prepare the
mineral for the next stage, reduction.
Reduction means bringing some sub
stance In contact with the highly
heated mineral (oxide of copper) which
will rob the oxygen from It, and leave
it in the form of metaL
This is done by throwing into the
charge, when it has reached a temper
ature of 1500 degrees F a quantity of
charcoal equal to 20 pounds to the ton
of ore.
flaielc ReduetioB A eeompHgfce a.
The required pressure, which is such,
an Important aid to chemical action, is
obtained by the rapid evolution of car
bonic oxide gas. As all outlets are
dosed immediately after the charcoal is
put In. a considerable pressure results.
The excess of pressure is relieved by
suitable valves.
In leg than five minutes after the
charcoal enters the furnace, reduction
of the mineral to metal is complete
and the contents are discharged.
As presently arranged, the furnace
takes a five ton charge every hour.
Special precautions are taken to pre
vent reoxidation of the hot metaL
The only thing melted is the metal:
the aranue is not affected beyond be-
Hng made more friable by the heating.
and tnererore more easily crusnea.
The CsB-eatntiaa.
We have now a product similar In ev
ery respect to the material which the
Calumet and Hecla and other compa
nies in the same neighborhood are
treating with so much success. It only
requires to be finely ground and passed
over the ordinary concentrating tables
in the usual way. with the certainty of
equally good recoveries being made as
those well known companies are mak
ing. The costs of the first coarse crush
ing and reduction process do not ex
ceed 1 per ton. The subsequent fine
Grinding and concentration are just the
same as in the other processes. One
preat advantage of this plant is that
it is Intenued for erection at the mine
mouth. The only supplies required are
10 gallons of crude oil and 20 pounds
of charcoal per ton or ore treated.
Setae Vncjeat Mining Hfotery.-
Among industrial arts, working in
copper and iron is the oldest.
We find It recorded in the first
pages of sacred history that Tabal Cain
was the instructor of every artificer
in brass and iron. There is no record
of the method emplojed in obtaining
these metals iroiu their ores, at that
early stage in the world's history, but
we have ample evidence of the nature
of the work done by the Romans, during
their occupancy of southe-n Spain and
Portugal The Romans were drien out
of these countrits before the Christian
era, and left behind them millions of
tons of slag from the copper ores
smelted bv them
Tht ir skill as pr ip-i tori i proved
by the fact that no prU.'-b'. mine has
been discovered in these countries that
had
not first been worked by the ko-
I Tims The
1 c nl .a m
mined
th, rn her or
tri- low
r trifle ores fi "
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