Show J Our OUT N Next e. e Door Neighbor CONDITIONS in Mexico l have been much altered by tile tho tragic killing of Carranza The leaders lenders of the the reb rebellion b had practically agreed on General Obregon afi as ns iI The e successor to President Carranza Now Villa is a abig abig big big factor to be re reckoned with He e is raising sing an army t t to fight Obregon and resist his effo efforts to secure scare SUe su- u Meantime Ine revolutionary agents at Vas Washington in on have baTe made milde requests for detailed reports report's on the tho circumstances c stan s of Carranza's death and dispatches from Mexico City uneasiness revolutionary sn say these arc c causing using much among leaders attached to the Obregon enterprise They recall recall that President Wilson Y son refused to recognize Huerta after the assassination of Madero l fn ero and ana fear he will ab abide d by that precedent in their own orn case se unless itcan it itcan itcan can he shown the killing of Carranza was unintentional al at and unavoidable General Obregon already has disavowed responsibility for the death of oE Carr Carranza and anti has bas indicated that thai ho IH will will- fix responsibility for what hat he be terms the as as of the t e former president and punish those who are arc responsible However President Wilson Vilson announced an au- au- au after the tho killing frilling of ot offa Madero fa cro and gave notice to all Latin Lahn America that the tho United States Stales would recognize recognize nize nire no DO governments not based on constitutional author author- it ity If Carranza Cari-anza were k killed lcd in battle with the revolutionists it probably would woul be question as to whether the recognition of his bis successor came within the policy laid down by President Wilson Vilson seven years ago But Buti i if it it were to be he shown that Carranza was killed in itt a coup the question of recognition of the new government gov gov- eminent would be decided in the thc negative unless President President Pres Pres- ident Wilson Vilson should reverse re himself or refer the thc matter malter to the council of the league The Tue presumption on is Lair fair air therefore that Obregon who had given the most effusive she sive evidence e of friendliness to the United States would w uld not deliberately throw his chances of recognition away by plotting the assassination of Carranza at t a time when Carranza was virtually deposed from authority authority au au- anyway and wd was known to be planning Jo leave leav Mexico exico ico J Johnsons Johnson's s Aggressiveness WHETHER Hiram Johnson shall be bc nominated or I not at Chicago he e is sustaining his reputation as asHI th HI I aggressive c fighter r and a n resourceful politician He is the only one of the candidates who has bas announced announced an an- a rally a rally a big exhortation meeting in Chic Chicago under the droppings of the convention sn sanctuary sanctuary and and a d this lie he will hold the l night before the tho convention con He is th only one of the c candidates who will be present in inthe inthe inthe the convention on hall hail being an alternate to take personal Charge 1 arge of his own campaign There is little doubt but that he and Senator Borah I nned to have c the S Senates Senate's investigation of campaign campaigne e expenses occur just prior to the opening of the convention convention conven conven- tion in iii ii an m effort to bring about a o a sensational exposure to blast th the chances of General Wood 1 and possibly of Governor Lowden In that event he ho has probably fig- fig red med there will dB be a stampede to Johnson Wood and lead all the others in III the numbers num num- k bers of delegates pledged to them and in the time poP popular vote rote te John Johnson n is thought to be maneuvering for the big delegations from the thc great eastern slates slates- states states- Pennsylvania New York Massachusetts etts and others and md will seek to fo attach them by the thc methods outlined that outlined that l is by turning the sentiment of the delegates against Wood Woodby by what happens in Washington or failing in that capturing them at Chicago by spellbinding and stam stain pede It is now predicted that the struggle between V Wood and Johnson will not he lie settled in a day but th that t it fil 1 run for many ballots and be the hardest fought battle in the tho history of the party ty It may be that b both th will lose Jose the prize that the contest will become so bitte bitter bit bit- t te ter and so protracted as to defeat accent both The The headway that Johnson has made mu e not only onI in insuring 5 securing suring delegates but in other ways must be lie set set down n JIB n TT h HZ l nn 1 rl i 1 Tinon hoon min tn ii o In y A. A U. u v 1 f full h unit half lf share in the program of the convention con He wall hav ha the permanent chairman He is manipulating the chairmanship of the committee on with the idea of shaping a plank in the platform t conform to his uis view in opposition to any league of nations whatsoever In In all of these activities anti and in ill all of Johnsons Johnson's air air- ag- ag rr and shrewdness in iU politics it must be conceded con con- one on eded c-eded e cd n not t an accusation of unfairness or questionable methods UJ has attached to his rus name There is still much s speculation as ns to his co course ursa in casp jc another shall secure tho the nomination Will Vill he stay inside the tile Republican ropes or jump outside anater and ana berin ter fight the tho crowd On One Ond week from next the c convention v opens and nd the great battle across no mans man's 1 land begins 7 California's Big Trees U A-U AUTHORITIES on the subject who havo Lavo recently mu made o a 3 thorough gh examination of the big trees of c California declare that they thoy have lived more than years They were growing when the T pyramids pyramids' yr id of OPt W r built they were wee old trees when Rome was vas arid and h had bad d' d been growing for centuries when Columbus set seto o t on the h voyage that tha proved BO so important to the thew w world Some of of- th the thc ruins of Greece Grecco and Assyria Asyria of course coline nn antedate those trees b but bt t they arc aro not antedated b any ti other growing thing in th the world If If Jf mans man's greed ed a would spare these trees they thor would doubtless ou live f for r hundreds o of years ears to c come me as as the ordinary forest foresti fife ba i no o effect t u upon u c T THey c nr ore are h however I I fOr timber of of ia is JS interesting i IL truc huc Philippine Independence THE called so-called Philippine commission of in independence THE I f is making making- vigorous effort to commit comm each of the two to great parties in tho United States Stat s to promise in their respective vo platforms pL immediate action of C Congress as administration is installed soon as 33 the new or the old The Thc Philippine l legislature has adopted resolutions g affirming that independence instead of weakening wil strengthen the bonds of oJ friendship and appreciation cre cre- created created by the gratitude of the Filipino people for their that will continue continuo con Cu- 1 benefactor in America Americ and declaring they to make their country as heretofore a n safe place of law and order justice and liberty where here Americans and foreigners as ns well as nationals ma may live lie peacefully in the pursuit of or happiness and safe in the enjoyment of property properly The Filipinos emphasized the fact act that tho the great political po parties of America aro arc about to hold their conventions conventions conventions con con- and make their platforms which may affect the destinies of their ten million five hundred thousand people and yet they will bo bJ without representation in cither convention There will be delegates from the islands in both conventions conTentions they say but these will be Americans who may zany havo have a a. different viewpoint vic on tho the subject of independence enc It is true the tho people of those islands were er pr promised ultimate independence The Tho United States went there not as a conquering nation but as ns a liberating nation Jl not to subjugate but to emancipate and it is only t a question of when they ther have haye attained the condition oi of stability necessary for them to govern themselves t that thai nt the thc promises of oJ President McKinley should be carried out S That word l stability is the only thing that stands between the Philippine islands and their independence Elihu Root foot has hM dei defined ned the word as applied to people struggling upward to mean A government based upon the peaceful suffrages of the tho people representing t the e entire people and holding their power fr from m the people and subject to the tho limitations and safeguards which the experience of constitutional government has sho shown l to be benec necessary ary to the tho preservation of individual rights I While the tho Philippine commission insists that the people people peo pee pie have that stable government today and that they of constitutional are anchored on the enduring bedrock government it is not entirely for t them CID to decide The United States stands in a a. position of trust mISt tow toward rd the Filipino people and to abandon them prematurely to the poss possible blo att attack ck of other and stronger nations would amount to a a. violation of that trust and a breach of our solemn pledges before the world J Jf II f they have c arrived at the happy condition which they think they Lave have they are entitled to go it alone Character Reformation Re by Surgery A CASE of trepanning which means a n surgical operation operation operation oper oper- on ou the skull to relieve the brain from pressure pressure pres pres- sure or irritation performed in Pittsburgh is of ot i more than ban ordinary r interest Martin fartin Hendel a youth of that city was charged ed with ith a n serious offense and arraigned before Judge amaker of the criminal court Dr DrA A. A A. A Cross propounded the theory that ina inasmuch as the young man was of exemplary character before suffering suffer suffer- ing ng an accident which left a no pressure upon his brain that hat possibly his intellectual powers and moral mom sensibilities ties were affected by the accident enough to account for forthe forthe the he charge which brought him into court Judge Haymaker considerately suspended sentence and no further action will be tak taken n until the success or otherwise sc of Dr Cross' Cross experimental surgery has been determined by events If in time as Dr Cross believes the operation will effect complete reformation in Hendels Hendel's character he will vill no doubt be discharged If on tho the other hand the c. c experiment proves fruitless fruitless' th as a n. reformative agent nent other action will vill be taken depending upon the view the court takes of the situation aside from the surgical fac fac- tor Similar operations are arc on r record cord where insane persons persons persons per per- sons have bave been restored to reason and where other beneficial bene- bene effects have resulted and others where failures were ere scored The Thc experiment as applied to crimin criminality is perhaps new yet it will be generally regarded as worth trying I in n cases where there is any ground based upon skilled professional judgment that character reformation may maybe maybe maye 1 be e effected In case the experiment which will vilI be watched with interest is successful it may be chronicled as another marvel marcel of modern surgery I |