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lated to provide political interest for France and tßelgium and coaversely ior Germany herself. Germanyis expsciad to insist on a seat in the Council of the Leazue of Nations, as a condition of her entrance into the League. The whaole tenor of the atmosphere in Genevais that ihe propcsals of the experts will go rar to stabilize Europe and constiiute a big step toward a return to normal condi- tions. The epinion is reiterated that some arrangement concerning infer-ai- lied Jebts would greatly hasten a return io normal. Meantime the report of the experts is proving of immense interest to the League of Nations because an ex- aminativn by League experts shows that the Dawes Committee has ilncorporated in its repcrt several features of the Lesgue projecis for the reconstruction of Austria and ‘Hungary. A study of tne annexes also shows that the League would act as th> arbitrary body under the operation of thejplan. London, April 14th.—It was announec- ed on Sunday that His Majesty the King has forwarded an invitation to Mr. Ram- say MacDcnald and his daughter Miss Isabel MacDonald to spend the weekend of Aprii 26th, Saturday to Monday with him at Windsor Castle. London, April 14ih.—Control of the Morning Post owned by the Countess ¢f Bathurst, it 1s to begtianstferred to a bo- dy of influential Conservatives with whom the Duke of Northumberiand is associated, 1t is announced. Paris,April 14th—The President signed a decree on Saturday evening providing for legislative elections on May 11th. Corfu April 14th.—Great Britain’s round the world amphibian will get back in the race on ‘Tuesday or Wednesday, yvajor Stewart MacLarren, Chief for the . xpedition, j;said here today. The new moior i¢r the big plane, which has been {aid up here for a mwonth will arrive dur- ing the duy and will be instalied at once. the aviators will fly from here to tthens. Londor, April 14th.—A decree will be üblishe. roday, says an Agerncy despaich com Atrens, nominating Admira Coun- rudiotis as President pro-tem of Greece. be Asw mbly will be divided into a Sen- .te an: Chenber of Deputies, and . tter the KEaster vacation, will elect a Presider, who, the despateh says, will i "obably be M. Zaimis. To insure domes- ¢ stabiity and peace, discussion of ae cops tiution will be proved tor five Lears, the despatch continues. 'lhe re- -ult of the plebiscite 1n Thrace was al- nmost unznimousty in favour of a repub- iic. In Athens gthe majority was two hirds and in klacedonia it was also large, the Peloponnesus, however, re- turned a royalist majority, NEW YORK, April 14th. Flour, (bard winter clears $5.00. ** hard winter straights $5.00 Meal, Kilrdried per 100 rounds §s2 40 New Sewson’s Pork per barrel $57.00 51 LEOUIX %VI - i Heavy Mess Pork per brl. $25.00 . Sugar—Crystals maximum per 100 lbs. ; {6 15 Z Mclasses Sugar 89 maximum 5.12. . Cotton, Middling, Upland, at Liverpool ; per ib. 18 68-100 d. Exchange, New York and London, 6C , days’ sight $4.324 . Exchange New @rk and London, sight , $1.34) | LONDON, WA pril 14th, ' Sugar, Demerara Crvstals, nominal per | eyt 565. od. —pUs. od. ‘ ** Muscavado nominal per ewt. 48s. | 04.—515. od, ; ““ White Java’s cif Unired Kingdom 30s. 64. . Demerara Rum per ¢al. nominal. . Trinidad Cocoa, good middling red per | cewt. 565. od. --575. Od. | Cotton, good medium West Indian Sea i Island at Liverpool, per lb. 2id. nomiual. g Bank of England Rate of Discount per | ds. | Consols 56§. | Three per cent. Rentes in Paris Frs. 55.05 | | G { | BLIND ON PARADE IN STREETS i OF RIO. ‘ Rio De Janeiro, March 17 -Hundreds . of blind men, women and children march- ' ed in a parade through the b siness seec- | tion of this city recently, in an effort to | promote public interest in better educa- ' tional and asylum facilities for blind { people. The marchers walked in groups . holding. A tand headed the parade ' and mauny of the marchers carrted ban- i ners, tendiig to rouse popular srmpa- | thy.— Boston American, Marcih 17ih. SUBMARINE CAN SEE UNDER SEA L BY NEW DEVICE. Italian Inventor Claims to Have Over- come the Laws of Refraeted Lignt. Rome. March 17th—Submarine war- fure ¢f the future will be revolutionized by the discovery of a young It:han naval expert, who claims to have discovered a process whieh wil! overcome the law of refraction and enable people 0 see under water, The discoverer of the processis Pro- fessor Leandro Guglielmotii, scientist and naval expert, ot Ciritaveechia, who maintains that by the juse of ¢his process submarines would be able to detecet the presnce of obstacles even with their per- iseopes totally snbmergzed. ‘ Professor Gughelmoti’'s apparatus fit- . ted to submarine would. itils ciaimed - project shafts of invisible light throuc¢h . the water which would illuminate any .~ body coming in the direction and radius . of their rays and would act within a rad- . ius of from seven tonine buundred seer and at a depth of fifty feet The first idea of this discover: came - tome in 1916, when submarine warfaro | was at its height,”’ said the professor in | an interview, | ‘I realized how helpless submarines | become once they are totally subnierced | and it occured me how greatly their f paval and strategic power weould be in- | creased if only a means coud be found ! to enable the crews to see uvunder vater, t "'The law of refraction of light present- i ed an almost insuperable difficulty to this I possibility. I had to call in the aid of | another element, and after long studies | and patient research 1 devised a niethud { by which a line of ligbt could be made | to pierce the water and at the same time | be invisible to aireraft watehing over- | head. ' **l am confident enough that 1 have { solved the problemn which has been bafil- | ing scientists for yearvs.’ ibid. 1 | LINCOLN’S OFFICE BOY TELLS OF : LIBERATOR i Started in the P:inting Trade by Eman- | cipator; Given Drum When Lad f Omahba, March 17. Eppenetus Webb | Melntosh, 79, civil war veteran and offico i boy for Abraham Lizcoln when the latt | was a lawyer at Springfieid, 111.,, becanc . a painter because the K mancipator stay:- | ed him at this trade. He continued us a | painter until his age no longer weuld per- | mit him to climb ladders and paint build- i ings. g Meclntosh, who was the first member | of the Grand Army of the Republie, 1¢ i cited that Lincoln had mixed his firs white lead for him and then deserib d { kow he spent two days painting Li coln’s fence. When ine job was con;- pleted Lincoln seleceted Melntosh to clean { out his ofiice, which he eontinued to do { for about three years. ; “Sometimes he wonld give me a | quarter and then again Le wouid give me ( fifry cents, but in those days you could | buy a bushel of potatoes for three cents,”’ | said Melntosh in talline of his pay. When he was seven years oid, Me Intosh related, Lircoln bought him a ‘ drum, carried by the aged _veieran | throughnut the war, and which now . hangs in the pational museum in Wash- | ingion. ’ When Lincoln was debating the wool ! question with Stephen Douglas, his op- . ponent for the presidency in 1860, Me . Intosh accompanied nim as his dummer i on several of his camipaign tours- lbe . oniy compensation he ever received, M ' Intosh declared, were his expenses. | “*After Douglas had completed his | talk, Lincoln got up, in sections, took . oY his coat and laid it behind Lim. As ' he did so he stretched his lonz arms | above it and said: ‘Lie there; Americaun | woo!, whileI sione Stephen.” He won ' this debate by a wide margin,”’ Mec lutosh asserted.—lbid.