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. PUZZLING TRICK WITH TAPE rlev er Manipulation of Fingers Nec essary for Performance of Delu sion With Strings. Tike a piece of tape about two va ds long; draw the ends over the Lrt.r as illustrated in Figure 1, the Sht end being over the tape and the »f u c n D der it. Then hold the two oas thus formed, one in each hand, points y and z, where the tape sS es being held between the numb and forefinger of each hand, as own in Figure 2. The point desig- ; j; rfd b y x will then be right in the nrddle of the tape. You now explain .7 at by cutting the tape through at x je tape will, of course, be divided •to two parts, and you request one of he company to cut it; adding, that ,rhen cut you will restore the tape to its former condition. Before the cut ting takes place give the loops a n'.^e, which affords you the opportu nity of dexterously making the fol low'n- change, on which the success O f the trick depends: Before shaking the loops you will place the second finger of the left hand on the point x (Figure 2), to show where the tape is to be cut; at the same time shift the disengaged fingers of the right han d (hitherto holding the part above 3) underneath instead of over the string, and right inside the loop; then give the shake, during which the part x is drawn down by the second left band finger; the portion of the tape above H is dropped from between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand, and the tape at C is seized by the latter. On resuming your former position the piece is held up to be cut is no longer in the middle of the tape, but merely a short continuation of the end of D. Next, let this be cut through, and immediately let the tape fall entirely from the right hand. which you now employ, with the aid of your teeth, to tie the cut ends (D. C, Figure 3) in a double knot at y. After this is done (not before) you can remove the left thumb and finger and exhibit the tape apparently tied together in the middle, as in Figure 3. You now take hold of the knot with the forefinger and thumb of the right hand, and give 'one end of the tape to some one to hold; then place the thumb and finger of the left hand upon the tape close up to the right hand, apparently to hold the knot, which is slipped along the tape by the right hand; ask another person to Trick With Tape. c hold of the tape which you offer n with your right hand, and when Cl"g it in his hand you slip the the end, and conceal it be -1 your fingers until an opportu omes of pocketing or otherwise ;tlng rid of it. The knot is sup d all this time to be under your humb and finger. Now, blow ; m those fingers, and show the tape completely restored, and free from *sy knot. opTICAL ILLUSION IS NOVEL 'ngement of Pieces of Cardboard Furnishes Entertainment by Showing Errors of Eye. Cut out such bars as these in a Eo7,i ■ cardboard and fix a nar ltnP of the same material at the Optical Illusion. tack iener 8 *" indicat ed, with a small Whe r ' T hiChitcanbeturned;- Parallel b , Upri g ht its edges look lower the 11 aS U drops lower and incr, ases Q that this is not,so ksired t a local Sunday school J°huni e " ,reprove a small boy. 'I'm afraid it. Said> quite solemnly. 'h bet^er land " DeVer me6t y°U in J°hnnie n,,t *ent. «Jr l on a look of astonish >liWe J 7' tea<*er," he asked, te w? .. Qave you been a-doing of MEN OE NEW REGIME IN TURKEY WHO PLAY IMPORTANT PART IN IN DECIDING COURSE IN BALKAN CONFLICT. Above, Shefket Pasha, Grand Vivien Below, Enver Bey, New Minister of War. ALLIES EXPECT TO RESUME WAR Bombardment and Capture of Adrianople First Move. Young Turks Believe Resumption of War Absolutely Necessary —No Fear of Result. Vienna — A dispatch from Sofia says: "In accordance with the de cision of the government, army head quarters have been ordered to termi nate the armistice." London—The Balkan peace negotia tions, which reached a deadlock over the cession of Adrianople on January 6, finally were broken Thursday by a note which the plenipotentiaries of the I Balkan allies presented to Rechad Pasha, head of the Turkish delegation. Notwithstanding this rupture, there still are optimists in the diplomatic world who hope a resumption of the war may yet be averted, either through fresh proposals that Turkey is report ed to be including in the note she will deliver to the powers, or through the fall of Adrianople before activities can be begun again at the Tchatalja lines. A majority of the Balkan delegates refuse to admit the likelihood of either contingency, believing that the life of the young Turk government depends upon the resumption of the war, even though the allies should be willing to postpone the conflict. They are of the opinion that the present failure of diplomacy, at the worst, only is an in terlude, however, for they will leave four representatives in London to un dertake the settlement anew. Rechad Pasha, after reviewing the note, said: "The consequences may be of the gravest nature. The responsibility lies not alone with the allies, but with the powers, who encouraged the Bal kan states and have shown no fairness toward Turkey, although . before the war they had proclaimed solemnly the principle of the unchangeablity of the statu quo." The plan of the allied governments, so far as the plenipotentiaries are in formed, is to concentrate their forces on Adrianople immediatley after the expiration of the prescribed four days, if the surrender of that fortress does not occur in the meantime. They be lieve that a few days' bombardment by the big siege batteries which now surround Adrianople will bring about its capitulation. Six-Year Term Up in Senate. Washington, D. C.—Final action on the resolution for a six-year presiden tial term to be submitted as a consti tutional amendment to the states will be taken in the senate before adjourn ment. The Works resolution, which has been pending for several months, has been made a special order of bus iness. It is believed the measure will have a strong majority in its favor. The proposed amendment, if ratified by three-fourths of the states, would become effective after the end of President Wilson's term. Educator Advises .Rod. New York —An instrument that would improve the New York public schools, says Professor Frank M. Mc- Murray, of the Columbia Teachers' col lege, is the rod. Professor McMurray urged the adoption of corporal punish ment, which is forbidden now, in his report to the committee which has been making a searching investigation of the school system. HOUNDS TO SEE INAUGURAL Qualified M. F. H. Guarantees Be- havior of Keen-Nosed Dogs. Washington, D. C.—Dogs of high degree are to participate in festivities attendant upon the induction into office of President Woodrow Wilson and will march in the inaugural parade. 1' Finely-bred, splendidly-trained, keen-nosed fox hounds are going to have a, section of the parade all their own," says an announcement from the inaugural committee in heralding this menagerial feature of the coming pa geant. "The finest pack of hounds in all the world," is the description given to the canine group, which Mr. Lester Jones, of Culpepper, Va., is assembling to lope ahead of a mounted brass band that will escort hunt club riders from the president-elect's native state in the civil section of the parade. Dr. Jones declared the hounds would be so well trained that they would "stick to the middle of the road," and not scat ter all over the line of march. A competent M. F. H. will serve as grand marshal to the canine corps. Indiana Corn Is Winner. Columbia, S. C.—Corn from Indiana won two prizes at the Fifth Interria tional Corn exposition held in this city the past week. Charles Short, Greens borough, Ind., won the Indiana ten-ear trophy, valued at $1000, and Joe Helms, Richmond, Ind., won the Kel logg single ear trophy, valued at $1000. The only other premier prize of the day was the Colorado oats tro phy, valued at $1500, for the best peck of oats on exhibition. This went to J. C. Hill & Son, Lloydminister, Saskatchewan. Troops Reported Rioting. London —A Constantinople dispatch to the Post, sent by way of Constanza, says it is evident that something is happening at Tchatalja, as wounded men are arriving from there constant ly. Unconfirmed reports say that 14, --000 Circassian troops have mutinied and rioting also is reported among the troops at the Dardanelles. A dispatch to the Chronicle from Constantinople, giving similar reports, also says that an advance of the Turks is impossible. Rebels Near Capital. Washington, D. C—Rebel activities continue without abatement within 15 miles of Mexico City, according to ad vices received at the State department INTERSTATE SPAN ASSURED Oregon and Washington Delega tions Agree on Action. t" *' in1111■. ♦ - '•■ ' • ." .JL *«« .."'. LIV. 1. 1 : | Results of Conferences on Columbia Inter- I Stat« i Bridge. V ;!-;■■{;•■•■ -V.%-/f I Senators and representatives of : both Washington and Oregon de-: clare i themselves 'in favor of the : ■ bridge and pledge their support'> of : ! measures to carry it to successful: ;; completion. v; v;-;;,...,■:, : ;:.;;_;. ':■:,-' : . I X Announcement follows a secret : meeting of legislators of both states that arrangement has been made : which, they believe, will make pos- | sible the success of the movement for the interstate bridge. ; '; ' V ' Plans for a bill making possible the issuance of county bonds by I ' | Multnomah '? county •' suggested, asa method for Oregon to carry out its share in the work. ^^; Washington an nounces probably an effort to secure - a^r straight appropriation for the :: bridge. . •■' ■, '■_■: : ;■ '■ -, ''■>. ~ • ■ ; ■ Washington favors interstate i commission of six to haVfe full: charge of - the project after it is : launched. ! ; ■; : Uhv- '' IMIIH4IIII II 4llttlll)llllllllt ; Portland — "This highway bridge across the Columbia river between Oregon and Washington I consider to be the most necessary of the great highway projects that have been pro posed to us this year," was the senti ment expressed by Senator Ralph Nichols, of Seattle, 'at the dinner at the Commercial club, which closed the day jof activity of the joint representa tives of Oregon and Washington in in vestigating the plans for the Columbia river interstate bridge at Vancouver, i In f extending ;the welcome of the Portland Commercial club and the city of Portland to the visiting delegations President Piper voiced the same idea when he said: ; "The Portland Commercial club, through me, desires to tell you that it considers the interstate , bridge across the Columbia river the greatest of all recent projects for the upbuilding of the Northwest." Every representative and senator, either from the Oregon or the Wash ington delegations, spoke in a similar vein, and the keynote of each address was the prophecy that the Columbia interstate bridge is to become a reality. HOBOES RUN AFOUL OF LAWS FreightjTrains Late: National Con- vention Is Postponed. New Orleans, La. —Belated freight trains and enforcement of vagrancy laws in the Southern states combined to postpone the first session of the an nual national hobo convention in this city. Police authorities of Mississip pi, Alabama, Arkansas and other nearby states are interrupting the itinerary of many of the delegates, ac cording to Jefferson Davis, president of the "Casual, Unskilled and Migra tory Workers of America." Seventy-five of the "workers" are in the New Orleans house of detention on vagrancy charges and Chief of Po lice Reynolds has announced that every man under arrest must give a good account of himself or remain in prison until after Mardi Gras. James Eads Howe, of St. Louis, so called "millionaire hobo," and Presi dent Davis have made unsuccessful efforts to rent a hall for the conven tion, but they hope to convene soon. O'GORMAN FOR FREE TOLLS Declaration by Wilson's Friend Regarded as Significant. Washington, D. C. —In view of the friendship between President-elect Wilson and Senator G'Gorman, of New York, some significance is being attached to the senator's statement, when asked whether the incoming ad ministration would recommend a re peal of the free tolls provision of the Panama act. ''It seems to me," said Senator O'Gorman, "that Democrats who fav or a repeal of the free tolls provision must wait for the declaration of an other national convention. The last national convention adopted unani mously a declaration in favor of free tolls. That is Democratic doctrine and I think it will stand for four years." Girls Give Up Cuticle. Kansas City—Ten girls, ranging in age from 8 to 16, bared their "arms to the surgeon's knife here to furnish skin to heal the burns of Reba Hainds, 10 years old, who nearly perished Christmas day in a fire which brought death to her father, mother and baby sister and destroyed the Hainds farm house near Arnett, Okla. Skin from the arms of ten more girls, who have volunteered to furnish it, must be ap plied before the operation is com pleted. Most of the burns are on the face. Fright Cause of Death. Milwaukee, Wis.— "Frightened to death" was the verdict in the death of William Youngquist, a saloonkeeper, who died here while his son-in-law and a friend were attempting to get into the place. The two men, it is said, ordered Youngquist to let them in so they could clean up the place. When Youngquist refused, a gun was fired. Youngquist fell to the floor dead, although the bullet did not touch Twenty-Six Perish in Collision. Havre—Twenty-six of the crew of the German bark Pangani perished Wednesday when that vessel was sunk by the French steamer Phryne in the ■ish Channel. The vessels collided fog and the Pangani sank. DEFENDS POSITION ON CANAL President Willing to Submit Ques tion to Arbitration. Baltimore —President Taft, speak ing at the annual banquet of the Merchants' and Manufacturers' asso ciation in this city, defended the ad ministration's attitude in the Panama canal disagreement with England, de clared that its position was not un patriotic or dishonorable and asserted there was no reason for anyone to op pose the proposal for arbitration by an impartial tribunal. "Whether you call it a subsidy or not, I am in favor of making the rates between the coasts through the Pan ama canal lower," he said. "Now the question is, can we do that under our internationl obligations? I think we can, and if you read the authorities I think you'll find we may. But if we are bound not to exempt coastwise vessels we can agree to submit the question to an impartial tribunal. "I'm willing to admit there are ar guments on the other side. We are willing, however, to submit our views to arbitration. There is nothing in the attitude of the administration, as I have stated it, to show that we have been dishonorable. There is nothing to show a disposition to evade, and we are willing to rest our case with a tribunal that is impartial." The president concluded his speech with an appeal for constitutional gov ernment, endangered in the last few months, he said, by those who pro posed remedies but who could not fur nish concrete examples of their pro posed reforms. TREES, ROCKS AND ICE SLIDE Eastern Washington Roads Badly Crippled By Elements. Seattle, Wash. —The slides that are descending upon the mountain divi sions of the three transcontinental railroads contain ice, trees and bould ers, as well as snow, and cannot be tossed aside carelessly by the rotary plows. Men with shovels and wrecking ap paratus must remove the debris. 'The temperature continues high and the snow melts rapidly. The scene of the Great Northern blockade is not far from Wellington, now known as Tye, where an avalanche struck two passen ger trains and killed 93 persons in February, 1910. The passengers of train No. 43, the Burlington-Great Northern from Kan sas City, had a bit of excitement. Their train had just thrust its nose out of a long snowshed at Alvin, on the west slope, when a mass of snow and earth, which seemingly had been lying in wait for the train, leaped down the mountainside and caught the two engines and the baggage car. The train was stopped and after the en gines and car had been dug out the train was backed into the snowshed without anyone having been hurt. The passengers endured no hard ships, there being plenty of food and water. It had been intended to send the train back to Spokane, but there were slides behind it also, and the passengers clambered down the steep mountain trail from Alvin to Scenic, which is a winter resort with a hotel. They were brought to Seattle by train. A snowslide three and a half miles east of Leavenworth, on the east slope, struck and instantly killed Joe Teneralli, section forman of the Great Northern. A rotary plow was also struck by this avalanche and the snow caused an explosion of the boiler, frightfully scalding Engineer An drews. Expert Favors Canal Tolls. Philadelphia — Professor Johnson, special commissioner of the United States on Panama traffic and tolls, la an address here, said that the owners of vessels in the coastwise trade would derive greater benefits from the Pan ama canal than the owners of any oth er vessels; that double the rate fixed by the president would not prevent coastwise carriers from" using that waterway; and that in view of these facts it seemed just that those who de rived immediate benefit from the use of the canal should pay reasonable tolls. .' '... Rails Heavily Bought. New York—Three railroads —the St. Paul, the Great Northern and the Chi cago & Northwestern—came into the market last week for supplementary orders for fails aggregating 150,000 tons, and additional orders from Cana dian roads, aggregating 30,000 tons, practically have been placed with American mills. The Canton & Han kow railroad of China has ordered 5000 tons of rails, a Brazilian road 3000 tons of standard sections, and Canadian traction lines 5000 tons of girder rails from the United States. Ton of Combs Is Mailed. Leominster, Mass. — Six hundred packages of hair combs were sent out of here by parcel post by local comb manufacturers. The consignment weighed more than a ton and was mailed by parcel post by the manufac turers as an experiment. If they find it operates satisfactorily, they will use the parcel post exclusively. Many other manufacturers are giving close attention and will follow the lead of the comb manufacturers. Bolivia May Fight Pern. Lima, Peru —The Era, in an alarm ing edition, declares that war seems inevitable between Peru and Bolivia. This conclusion is drawn from Bo livia's recent warlike preparations and the expressions of General Ismael Montes, Bolivian ambassador, and other Bolivian officers in Paris. Bo livia's ambition is said to be a port on the Pacific. ' WILSON ACCEPTS STUDENT ESCORT Princeton Men to Be Prominent Feature In Parade. Special Traing of 13 Care Each Will Convey President-Elect's Del egations to Washington. New York — Woodrow Wilson has accepted the offer of the students of Princeton University to escort him from his home in Princeton to the White House on the day he is inaugur ated. Just a century ago Princeton gave its last president to the nation—James Madison. The centenary will be cele brated in a unique program, to which Mr. Wilson gave his consent when Paul F. Myers, a Princeton senior, rode on the train with him to New York and outlined the details. The Princeton youths will charter two special trains, of 13 cars each, on March 3. One car will be put at the disposal of the president-elect and his family and accompanying newspaper men. The governor smiled when he found the number 13 confronting him again, for he believes it means luck to him. The students, more than 1000 strong, will take Mr. Wilson direct to his hotel on arrival at Washington, and will attend the smoker given that night by the Princeton Alumni as sociation of Washington. The next morning the students will escort Mr. Wilson from his hotel to the White House, where President Taft will join the incoming President and ride with him to the capitol. After the ceremony at the capitol the Princetonians will take their place in the inaugural parade, just behind the military and at the head of the civic organizations. "I will be delighted. That will be fine," exclaimed Mr. Wilson enthus iastically when the plans of the stu dents were explained. The governor intimated while on his way from Philadelphia that he might not limit himself, in choosing his cab inet, to the names that had been sug gested to him. He said this in re sponse to an inference drawn by a newspaper man from a talk recently that the selection of Bryan for secre tary of state was indicated. "There is absolutely no justification for that inference," declared Wilson. "I could not call the names which have been suggested for other port- folios, either." He paused and added after a mo ment's reflection: "And I might be making some nom inations of my own, for I certainly will not feel bound to confine myself to names that have been suggested to me." The Round Table club, whose dinner Mr. Wilson attended Friday evening, has been in existence between 40 and 50 years, but Professor Brander Matthews, one of its members, said that not a line had ever appeared in print about it. It consists of about 20 members, every one of whom is emi nent in some way in literature, public affairs, or otherwise. Among them are the President-elect, ex-Ambassador Joseph H. Choate, John L. Cadwallad er and Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. The members of this mysterious club do not know who organized it or what were the circumstances leading to its formation. It has no officers, is not incorporated, and has no rules. For nearly 50 years it has met at din ner on the last Friday of each month. Its members, who live in different parts of the country, journey to New York when that day comes. No speeches are permitted at these dinners. After the dinner proper is over the members rearrange them selves and a flow of table talk begins. Governor Wilson, when asked if he intended going anywhere after the dinner, replied with some surprise: "Oh, no. The talk is always so in teresting that the whole eveniny is taken up with it." Women Declare for Vote. Grinnell, la. —Grinnell's women, in a special election held Friday, voted overwhelmingly for woman suffrage. Of 738 women who visited the polls, 663 were in favor of suffrage and 75 were not. Upon the second question, whether they would vote if the right were given them, 659 declared that they would, while 40 declared against participation. It is estimated that 80 per cent of the women of Grinnell voted. total male vote for governor at the last election was 945. Prisoners Give Cuticle. Los Angeles—Dr. E. H. Garrett, government physician here, has en tered upon the unique task of solicit ing three square feet of cuticle from inmates of the city and county jails to aid a patient severely burned in a re cent fire. "I went to the jails for volunteers," explained Dr. Garrett, "because I knew I would find fellows there who would have nothing to do for the next 60 or 90 days but get well after I had taken some of their skm. One More State Needed. Charleston, W. Va.—By a unani mous vote the West Virginia legisla ture ratified tßie income tax amend ment to the Federal constitution. Governor Gh"»cock has announced that he favors the measure. The vote of only one other state is needed to make the amendment constitutional.