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TAFT WOULD AMEND PANAMA CANAL BILL 11a..- president proposes that legiso lation he put through was in some form or other profiding' that the Panama Canal bill now pending shall not mnemonic any of the treaty richts of the Hay-Pauncclote conven- tion and conferring upon I'nited States courts' jurisdiction to enter- tain units for «lamacos filed by alims on amount of the free tolls provi- sion of the hill. Thepmsidmt he- licvossuch legislation would go far towanl romovi'mr objections that have horn raised to tho prosmt Pan. have been ram' ama Canal bill .\lr. Taft believes himself that the m‘aminu «if {1'00 mils to American vossols in the constwiso trade will not mnwtituto a violation of the Hay-Pnunt'ofow trozity. imt lu- :u‘k- nmvlmlcvs that the question i9 open to llPl‘IaN‘. Since it is debatable. he is anxious to haw this government avoid puttint' itself in a position where it may be amused. however. unjustlv. of bad faith and the Viola- tion of a treaty obligation. 'I‘he more raising of this question. in the presidi-nt's opinion. might to he avoided if possible. Suggested That the Question cf Free Tolls Be Referred to U. S. Courts ”widen! Taft has (initial to “he the initiative in an eflort to bring abmit Panama Canal legislation at this «onion without entailing inter- national complications. W'le president has tnld. members nf (‘flntrress whn have conferred with him that he believes: this: emharrass- ment can he removed if action is taken along the lines indicated by him. A statute lilo the Panama Canal bill will supersede a treaty when the two eonflict..bub this can he met. the president suggested. by a specific reservation on this point. “he opt-nine: (if the I'nitetl States courts to damage suits h'y aliens on Bevernment In Aeeede In wishes of the Mining Interests of Canada It is reported from Ottawa that the Dominion Government will ac- cede to the wishes of the mining in- tel‘ests nf ("anada and establish a separate portfolio of mines in the Dominion Cabinet, a step that is un- derstood to be advocated by the lion. Robert Rogers who at present has charge of the department of mines. It has long been felt that the growth in importance of the mining industry of Canada during the past few years warrants a separate re- presentation of that industry in the cabinet and that the interests of min- ing would suffer if they were allow- ed to remain, as they are at pre- sent, under the control of the minisâ€" ter of the Interior who has too many different departments of the govern- ment to supervise to be enabled to give the mining industry the atten- tion to which it is entitled. AAE All HAVE A MINISTER Alf MINES Mining men in Ontario have little to complain of in the way in which the Ontario Department of‘Mines has looked after the interest of the in- dustry and the fine work that has been done by the department, in fos- ter'mg the development of the miner- al resources of the province but in common with the representatives of the industry throughout the Domin- ion they feel that there are special matters relating to the mining in- dustry that could be handled in Otâ€" tawa in a much more efiicient. man- ner were there a minister who has this department in his sole charge. EMBARRASSING. Little Maryâ€"Mother, when I die will I go to Heaven 7 M‘mherâ€"I think so; you've 'most always been a good little girl. LEWâ€"And you, niamma, will you go. too ? Motherâ€"I hope so. [.31. {ferx'entl3’)~-()h, I do, too; for it would he terribly awkward to be. terribly awkward to be pointed out in heaven as the little girl whose mamma was in hell lâ€"Harper's Mag- azine. \TYI' .-\ VIOLATION can Vessels in the crmstwiso trade Great. Britain. according to the ad- ministration's View, probubly would he inclined to accept the opinion “'it‘huut attempting to carry the question to The Hague. Just how the president is to brim: about this locislation. or whether hr acaount of the free toll profision would quickly lead to the supreme court 0! the l'nited States constru- ing the HarPauncefote treaty. If that hirh tribunal hefd that. the United States had a right under the treaty to grant free tolls to Ameri- run a i l‘ W! l it came tram comerence nnu we measure is now before Mr. Taft. A day or two will be devoted by the president to ascertaining the likeli- hnml of the senate and the house m" eeptimr an amendment of the char- acter indicated. if he feels that such an amendment will he adopted he may veto the bill and wnd it back with the stlflttestinn that it he returned to him with this nc'ulillvatlnn. There is a possibility. too that the president may seek to haVe tlhe allhjcct mat‘ter 0f the amendment proposed by him put in the form of a concurrent. resolution and passed by the house and senate without necessitating the return of the Panama bill. If the president does decide to vein the Panama measure. however. it will he on the ground of this free toll provision and not on the unonnd of the anti-railroad legislation con- tained in the bill. \Vhile there are some features of the bill against'the railroads that do not appeal to the president. he is in favor of the pol- icy of prohibiting railroad-owned vessels passing through the canal when the railroads and the vessels are competing. able S RF?!) ['1‘ HACK to bring it about. ism .- hmlsc passed tho bill om conference and ‘ un UH “Don't remonstrate with your hue. hand when he has been drinking. ‘Wait until next morning. Then giVe him a cup of coflee for his headache. Afterwards lead him into the parlor. split your arms about him and give him a, lecture. It will have more ,weirht with him than any number of ; quarrels. HflW Ill "If“ When he Has Been on a flat or feels Cross and links the furniture Irishman have not always been credited with being peacemakcrs. Down in St. Louis, Missouri. how- ever. a judge. who has many cases 0! domestic bickerings to settle, has appointed Patrick J. Egan, a patrol- man. to act as peaCcmaker in family jars and smoot‘h out. domestic aflairs which have beconm snarled. Some of Egan’s precepts are quite sound and recomiZc no nationality. ”If he has to drink let. him have it at home. "There is nothing like children to "There is nothing like children to bind a hushnnd and wife iocethcr. The moral is evident. “Don't annoy a man by talking to him in the mornings or when he feels had. ”If you must haVo your mm way. do nnt lot ymir husband know you are trying to hoss him. Have your own way by letting him think he ii having his. “Avoid mother-in-lnws. Don't them 1ch wirh you or'interfore Your affairs. “Drgss to suit your husband's tustv and income. Husbands usually don't like their wives to wear tight dresses. 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