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LIND DESOM1WBES INTERNAL MEXICO President's Personal '1tepresentative in Mexieo Relates Story of. Country. Thinks 1Mexleo Shouvld be Given Ev. 0ry Chiiiree. IV asli:gton, April 27.-The 'person al story of John Lind, former governor of 'Minnesota, of -his experiences In Mexico as President Wilson's personal representative, was told today to the senate investigating committee. In cluded was some account of his efforts to Induce Victoriano Iiuerta to abdi cate the dictato,rship he held following over throw of the 'Madero government and before American occupation or Vera Cruz,. Revolution was necessary in Mexi co, Alr. Liud Contended, to rectify so cial and economic conditions "though It will take decades to bring the ipeo ple up to our stanards." le denied with particular warmth that he had ever "attributed all of the ills of'Mex ico to the influence of the Catholic Church". "What poor 'Mexico needs is educa tion," Mr. Lind declared, "and it is THE BIG 4 Stomach-Kidneye-Heart-Liver Reep the vital organs healthy by rcpilarly taking tho world's utand ard remedy for kidney, liver, bladder mid uric acid troubjes GOLD MEDAL The National Remcdy of Holland for tonturies and endorsed by Queen Willhol mino. At all druggista, th'co vi:teo. Look for Ce i.or-e Gold Medal on onwry box :.d accept no izntation very unfortunate that the in'fluence of the Catholic church has been against schools in Mexico. As in the United States, its influence -has not been in the direction of establishing and main taining public schools." Examiner Kearful for the commit tee asked for Mr Lind's opinion as to the present policy that should be adopted towards Mexico. "Though I do not know what the pwesent condition is," Mr. Lind said, "it behooves us a great neighbor or a weak country, to be very patient, not to judge them as we would L3ngland, France or Canada, as to their respon sibility in international affairs." "Wien for flive years running 01 strongest verbal representations have been disregarded,"' Attorney lKearful continued, "when 30,000 Amerlens have gone to financial ruin in Mexico, when uhndreds have been murdered, and we find nothing but levity for ou further representations, what should be our- attitude?" "rhat's not for me to answer." Mr. Lind retorted. "I think the statement is much exaggerated. Mlany have suf fered loss of life and iproperty fron criminals in this country during the same period." "-Have you heard that any of our* generals or high officials in public life were concerned with the losses," the examiner persued. "Certainly not," Mr. Lind said. "Of course, we can defend Americans to a certain extent along the border and in the seaports, but to defend them in the interior would mean the mill tary occuipation of Mexico, as disas trous to us as to Mexico. It is a con dition I haven't reflected upon. There may come a time when force is inev itable." As American representative Mr. Lind said lie had never lent. active aid to Carranza in his fight against IHu ort, though he had feared that "if Carranza failed intervention would be necessary and had so reh)orted." TREES IN DESERT OF SAH<IRA Desldce the Palm, There la Said to Ba Many Varictiea, Also Foraga Plants and Shrubs. nesides the palmn tree, which re quires rather a large sheet of water. varlois other sorts of trees ire found in the Sahara111 nside from iuime(rous shrulbs and tailsks, principally tle rubber tree an( the ethel, a variety of the iaiarisk. In the southeri sn hara tie Doinor yptiain palmI is found; it does not hear fruit, bIlt the truink and branlihes serve varloius pur. poses. Th1e Apir possesses other IIr borescenlt specle's-notably III Ilosais of al sorts in the imlost unproi misi Ig re glons. Fourcan helleves that wooded platenus will exist. The SIihbara contains ni nmber of forage planits Ilnd(] shlrobs. It wits oil these that the enravans pastured. anld that evenl the( 1.'200 or1.0 caliels of the PoIureiu-vall 1,3'ly expedi tion and its aixiliary convoys slic ceeded in sustaniniilug theisel ves. It must not ie' forgotten lint we are speaking here of spontileous Vegetation, wvhich grows witihout dfl manliding help or labor from 1an. It is, therefore, nnt incontestable fact that these pasture hoads are capable of i certain degree or improvement, providel there is nn initial establish ment of roads of communicntion. This improvement can he attained by the selection of the hest grasses, forage plants anid nrborescent specles. Ae cording to Tessrs. Ti. Trnbut anid R. Miares, the Sahirin plants are very remarkable In their adaptatioi to i. (ry ellmate ani n salty earth. rite date treoe Is adapted to those Saharan regions, which are well provided with wvater; henenth the olate trees cutii vn 'lon of the kitch en girdeni lI very well developed. In t le onses fire founad the fig tree the nlwieot, Ilt penici and the grape. Agricultitre succeeds w(ell in the onses of the North ts it Hilskin. Th'.e clitivated cerenis are hlIarley. whent, sorgii 1111d iiliet; ilueei'rne is he forage pint o flie oasis. It is of a very healtiful variety, with wido leaves aid siems Very resisi:tant to sailt. Industrial ellvation Is now Confined to :i few plalits, such iS 11111 l tier and a variety ( i atlacco used for Anufi.-Selent Ifle Atmerlean. Estimating Age f Moon. Geological dates nni.l hardly be very preelse, yet Prof. W i . Pickering seeks to reconelle Sir (leorge Dairwin's view that tite imioln was thrown ofT froim tle earth less than 00,)0()00 years ago with the figures of rock sill dents showing that the earlh's erust becnme solidified at least 1,200,000,000 years ago. Professor Pickering's sug gestion. as stated in Popular Astron omiy, ia thatt hle mloon was letninhed while the earth material was still Auifilciently plastic. but that for ages It circulated around the earth as a cloud of fragments. The tidal influ ence of this cloud being small, the earth would have long retained its primitive rotation period of about four hours. Centrifugal foice would have greatly reduced gravity in the tropics, making it possible to explain the ex tetence of reptiles of such huge size as the Atlantosaurus and the 1iplodo cus, an(i the flight of such heavy rep tiles as the Pterodnetyis. It seenis in dicated that the fragments consolidat ed in the Cretaceous period, which was marked by a great Invasion of the land by the sea aund a t remiendous v-olennic netivity that may have been due to the great titles riaiseid while the young mloonh wals 5 near the earth. 'This timie of consolidlation11 is found to agr-ee faIrly w~ell wvith Darwini's calculation of the date of the unooun's irthi. Gr-eek Ancona. Anconia, anielent p ort oif tile Adri nitle, buil by)3 tih Greks (if Syrneuise about :t0 l1. 0., is .lust t he pinenc wvheor tinils, such as ar e anno14 uiicedh mnight he expectetd. Theli very nameil Ancona is thle Gree~k woird for olbowt~, given t the piort beenitise of thle shiapie of its lharbior. Anmd niow, a ft er een tiurles, peiisants in the fields have colme ineross soline wonder'iful pa in ted vases doting frotn thle grandit age of Greek airt. Eseniniig Ite dtst ruction infhilet ed by the G othls anal thle Longii ba rds, th11se4 t rensure had1114 lain buried in the earth iintii the shovel of a pensant brou~ght themi to light.- An cona ia s nimoportanit nlow as she ever was, having been during the grent wa'r, the base of the Italiaii inavy. She has had her- accommodation enini-ged withini the last few months by the building of a quay whieh has been given the namei of Captain tFryatt, Dye From Sorghum Waste. The discovery of a new dyestuff in sorghum woste is aninouniced to the Fiechi aneney of selences as of much lomportanice. From the husks of sweet tuorghuiin and( those of sorghutn with black seeds the colo-ing gum is obtained; it is staited to have many very floe shades of cobor, ranging from pink to brighlt red, salmrion, scarlet, penrl gry, dlark gray, dairk brown, and khaki. The)( colors aire dhescribedl as suitable for wool, silk, leather and vegetable fihers, andl for such miate rtnis are pronohunicedi prooif againnt Buiniliht aniil waishinbg with soap. Want Mud Guards on Autos. An effort is hetng mode In Parts to h'eqir e aill nu itomobiilies. nnd( espin(I Ry motortrucks, to he fitted with fend eras which shall prevent thel slaishing o' pedlestrins with mud. M. Geaurges ?emnre-hpnd, as reporte~bhy the Porke correspiond1ent of the Americnn aiue:, tead association, tells the authorities that these spin:(hes5 not only damage elothing, so expeinsive ait this time. out aho? constitute a meunace from the hemienit idnit SENTENCIlM TO DIE !Negro Who0 Killed 14-Year-Old 'Gir Gidlty of First I)egree Murder. IndiIanalpolis, April 27.--Willian iay, 19 years old, negro, was sentenced to be electrocute(d August 5th by Judge Jas. A. Collings of criminal court here today when a jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the fIrst degree. Ray stabbed to death .1--year-old lartha litiff, a white gi rl, on April 19. Tihe Idiana law provides that the deathii penalty shall not be execute(d until at least one huIndred days have elapsed after conviteion. lRay VIll be the first to (lie in the electric cha ir in thiis state and ie will pay the pen alty in the illiillum ti lle permitted and exactly 108 days after the crime was committed. tay was placed on trial thLi morn1 lng. Only witnesses, court, attaches. police officers and newspaper men were admitted in the court room. h'le defendant was closely guarded and every precautioi taken to prevent any attempt at mob violence. Ray stood mute when arraigned and a for mal plea of not guilty was ordered by the Court. A jury was quickly se leted from the special venire of 125 men. 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