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V STEAMER LOST ON COOS BAY BAR Czarina, Beaten by fierce Gale, Goes to the B !tom. Men Fall Unconscious From Ice-Cov ered Rigging to Death in Waves , Only Two Men Reach Land Bal ance of Crew of 30 Men Believed to Be Lost In Icy Waters. Marshfield, Or., Jan. 13. (3 A. M.) C. J. Mills has just returned from the jetty with the news that second As sistant Engineer J. Robinson drifted ashore at an early hour this morning. Robinson reports that the captain, first officer and Harold Mills are still in the rigging alive. A light was flashed by the men in the rigging early this morning. Marshfield, Or., Jan. 13. (2 A. M.) Assistant Engineer Harry Kentzell, just able to talk and weak with delir ium, declares Captain Dugna and Har old Mills were lashed to the last re maining mast on the Czarina, and are still on board the vessel. The cap tain was bound much against his will A furious gale is raging, and bon fires have been kindled on the beach to protect the watchers from the bitter cold. Only one dead body has come ashore so far. Maruhfield. Ore., Jan. 13. Plying be tween Coos Bay and San Francisco, with coal and oil, the Czarina, shortly after leaving Marshfield yesterday aft ernoon, went ashore on the north spit of Coos Bay bar, about a mile north of the letty. The steamer started to sea shortly after noon, just as the tide began to ebb. The soa was rough outside, but the bar was apparently smooth, the lumber steamer Redondo having just (crossed out ahead of the Czarina. Midway out a tromondous sea struck the czarina, ana, according to eye wit nesses, swept away the bridge. Cap tain Dugan is thought to have been carried overboard with the bridge and possibly other's. Apparently the south west storm that had been approaching the coast had just struck her and the Czarina shipped 20 or 30 heavy seas in rapid succession, but kept ahead. Just as Bhe passed beyond the end of .North jetty, she appeared to stop and was swung around toward the north spit and soon was in the breakers. The crew made a valiant struggle, and suc ceeded in working out to the last row of breakors, where they either cast anchor or she struck and went aground. When darkness came, only a part of one mast appeared standing, and half a dozen men clining to it, appeared to be all left aboard. The Czarina's lifeboats were swept away by the first seas that struck her and the men aboard had no means of trying for the shore except to swim and the sea around the vessel was too rough for even the most daring to try. From all that can be gathered, the men at the life-saving station think the first seas that struck the vessel shifted her tar no and probably damaged the steer ing gear, eliminating all chances of getting to sea alter she was swung around by the waves and washed ashore. Out of reach of the life-saving crew and clinging desperately to the ice covered and scant rigging of the part ing hull of the Bteamer Czarina, three men wore visible with the aid of glasses as darkness settled tonight over tho scene of the wreck. In all, 31 lives aro bolieved to have been taken as toll by the turbulent sea, which raged off Coos Bay late this aft ernoon and tonight. For an hour or more as the heavy seas broke over the vecsel men were seen to drop exhausted from the rigging into tho angry water. ' Shortly after 9 o'clock one man, Harry Kentzell, second assistant engi neer, drifted near enough in the surf to be picked up by the life-saving boat. He was unconscious when found, and too weak to speak. Among the anxious throng which lines the shore near the jetty is C. J. Millis, whose son, Harold, was among those aboard the ill-fated stoamer as she left out the harbor this afternoon. Pitiful was the plight of the father as the life-savers time and again shot a line to the sinking vessel only to have it fall short. Late tonight all hope that young Willis and Captain Dugan will be seen again was abandoned. Shortly after dark a man drifted near the shore, but before he could be Teached he threw up his arms and dis appeared. A life preserver, which had been used by one of the victims, floated on to the sand. Scores of people are wading into the surf in the hope that survivors may yet come inshore. Captain Boyce, of the life-saving crew, has not abandoned ef forts to reach the WTeck, and the bar tug Astoria is making an effort to reach the scene, but against the heavy break ers is helpless. To Live, Man's Sentence. Belleville, 111., Jan. 13. Judge O. A. Crow, of the circuit court of St. Clair county, today sentenced James Pullman, murderer of his one-month-old child, to live rather than die. "I will not sen tence Pullman to the gallows," said the judge, "but to the penitentiary for life. It will be punishment . more terrible than death for him to hear daily the cries of his murdered child. His crime was the most atrocious I have ever heard of. ne stamped the life out of the child with his heel." 140 Crews Near Strike. St. Malo, France, Jan. 13. Four thousand members of-the crews of 140 schooners which fish annually on the Newfoundland banks are at loggerheads with the masters and today were pre paring to strike. ' AVIATORS HOLD HIGH CARNIVAL Frenchman Astounds Multitude and American Outdoes Him. Ijos Angeles, Jan. Vi. Broken rec ords, thrilling flights with and without passengers and four aeroplanes in the air at the same time, breasting a newi- galo that sported dangerously with the delicate contrivances, made a thrilling finale for the 30,000 spectators at Avi ation field yesterday afternoon that had promised only .tame little feats of flight. OJenn H. Curtiss, the silent Ameri can, defeated his mercurial French rival, Paulhan, in the keen race for honors, and shattered the speed rec ord for pa'senger-carrying aeroplanes, Rising into the high wind that held the pondorous dirigibles of Knaben shue and Beachey helpless, the Ameri- can flew a wide circle in front of the grandstand at the rate of 55 miles an hour, with his friend, Jerome S. Fanchuilli, beside him. Not to be outdone, Paulhan took one of his mechanicians into his machine and flew twice around the mile and half course. He failed to equal the speed Curtiss had developed, though he covered more ground than his oppon ent. In the beginning the intrepid little Frenchman seemed to have again mo nopolized all the honors of the day, Thrice he drove one of his big Far man biplanes around the course, disre garding the stiff wind blowing in from the sea. Then, in a tiny Bleriot mono plane, that looked like a huge horse Ay, he gave the immense throng in the stands and boxes the first thrill of the day with an exhibition of nerve and daring that surpassed anything he has heretofore attempted. Several times sighs of apprehension and shrieks of nervous women rose from the crowd as the tiny machine, tossed by fierce gusts of wind, rolled and careened in the air. Every mo ment was fraught with danger so great that when the flight was safely over and the monoplane had landed, far across the field, the throng applauded wiiuiy. Apparently secure in his renewed role of star of the meeting and de lighted by the applause, Paulhan brought out his Farman and flew twice more, once going probably two miles north of the immense aviation field, out. over the trees of a contigu ous ranch. Curtiss remained silent. Garbed in oil-spotted working clothes, an old cap and shoes that had seen duty, he spent his time ' tuning up the eight-cylinder motor on the biplane with which he won the international cup at Rheims. Never once did he look at Paulhan. When the fourth flight of the Far man ended, the American's machine was trundled to the starting point and without hesitation Curtiss motioned to Fancuilli to get in. Climbing in beside his passenger, the aviator gave the word to his assistant. A pop and rattle like automatic artil lery followed and the most remarkable flight of the day had begun. Describing a wide circle in front of the grandstand, Curtiss flew at all angles of the wind, giving his mana ger a thrilling flight. He landed al most at the spot from which he started. Lieutenant Paul Beck, of the armv signal corps, one of the judges, an nounced that he figured the speed at 55 miles an hour. When the record breaking figures were posted, the crowd went wild. Shouts and cheers rose from the seats, automobile sirens snneked and hats were thrown up in the air to be blown away by the wind, Paulhan, standing beside his biplane on ine siae or tne neid, saw the per formance through binoculars. He droppe I them suddenly, gesticulating wniiiy us ne rattled off instructions to his crew, sending them racing to start nis motor. Then he mounted his seat and rose majestically. At the same time Willard and Hamilton brought their machines to the start in front of the grandstand. As they rose, Curtiss beckoned to Clifford Harmon, the New York sportsman and balloonist, and swept upward again. The four aero planes circled the course and the crowd cheered with renewed frenzy. Paulhan landed in a few minutes, determined to regain some of his lost laurels. He ordered one of his assist ants into the seat with him. Then he arose and twice circled the circuit, his great biplane soaring as gracefully with the extra man as it had done with Paulhan alone. In quick succession, Curtiss tried for a starting record and a record for landing. He succeeded in establishing Dotn, dui winara, coming next to the trial at landing, beat the best his chief could do. Curtiss, however, set a new record for getting away, rising from the ground 98 feet from the start in 6 2-5 seconds from the time his engine started. Paulhan tried to beat both marks, but the best he could do was to rise in 122 seconds from the time his en gine started, and his machine ran more than 100 feet along the ground before it rose. Herders Die In Storm, Casper, Wyo., Jan. 12. Belated re ports from the snow-bound range country indicate that a number of sheep herders met death with their flocks in the extremely cold weather of December. Antonio Galorize, who stuck to his sheep through a blizzard lasting 24 hours, succumbed to an at tack of pneumonia after reaching camp. "Tom Mahoney, who drifted before a storm .of three days and nights, had both hands and feet frozen. Cannon Is No Quitter. Washington, Jan. 12. Speaker Can non, when asked about a report he would not be a candidate for the speakership of the next congress, de clared today that he would quit public life when his constituents failed to elect him and not before, and that he had not the slightest intention of re tiring from the speakership. A BRIEF DAILY REPORT ON THE WORK OF G0N6RES5 Wnbingtnn, Jan. 15, President Taft today had an extended conference with Senator Beveridge, chairman of the senate committee on territories, and Senators Keen and Nelson, of that committee, relative to separate state hood for New Mexico and Arizona. The President is anxious that the senate shall concur in the recommenda tions of the Hamilton bill. This bill provides for separate election for the selection of state officers and on the adoption of the constitution. The President does not believe the adoption of a state constitution should be mixed up with a party fight for office.. The question whether periodicals and magazines are paying a sufficient pos tal rate as second-class matter will be elucidated at a public hearing of the house committee on postoffices and post roads on January 26, announced Chair man Weeks today. ' It is expected that several publish ers will appear to Btate their reasons for opposition to the proposed increase. The present rate for such matter has been declared to be responsible to large degree for the deficit in the pos tal service. To put all corporations squarely on the footing of national banks, so far ai assurance of solvency to the stockhold era and bondholders is concerned, Rep resentative Mann, of Illinois, today in troduced a bill authorizing corpora tions engaged in interstate and foreign commerce to be registered in the bu reau of corporations. The measure makes the government's certificate of registration an earnest of the govern ment a examination. Tbe fight between two committees over the jurisdiction of a constitutional amendment to change the presidential inauguration ceremony from March to tbe last Thursday in April resulted in the house today committing the re port back to the judiciary committee, Washington, Jan. 14 Republicans, and some Democrats, applauded the views of President Taft when his mes sage was read in the house todny, but immediately thereafter it was discov ered that the President's bills, de signed to carry into effect his views upon questions affecting the public lands, bad struck a snag. Mondell today introduced bills of his own as follows : Permitting the assignment of home stead entries on government reclama tion projects, after five years resi dence. Authorizing the survey of all rail road land grants, so lands can be taxed, Appropriating $100,000 lor surveys of agricultural and grazing lands in Alaska. An unexpected early adjournment of the house today probably saved from defeat the Henry resolution proposing an amendment to the constitution changing tbe date of presidential in augurations. Arraigning the express companies for making enormous profits on an in fringement of the government's right to monopoly of transporting mail, and criticizing the Postoffice department for surrendering that right, Represen tative Murdock, of Kansas, today in troduced a long resolution calling on the postmaster-general for informa tion. The question whether witnesses in the Ballinger-Pinchot investigation shall be permitted to be represented by counsel and, if so, what limitation shall be placed upon their activities, is prov ing a serious' problem to the conferees of the senate and house who met today. It was practically decided that, when a witneBS found himself accused of wrongdoing, he could not be denied an attorney. It follows, therefore, that ex-Forester Pinchot would be en titled to have his lawyer present throughut the congressional investiga tion. Secretary of the Interior Bal linger, likewise, will be entitled to have his attorney present at all times. Washington, Jan. 13. Following President Taft's advice to Republicans in congress yesterday to "stop quarrel ing and get down to the party legisla tive programme quickly as possible," there were evidence today of a definite attempt to bring the warring factions together upon some basis of at least a temporary understanding. There seemed for the first time this session to be a spirit of conciliation in the air and decidedly less bitterness of the last few weeks. President Taft let it be known that he still considers all of the insurgents as Republicans. Speak er Cannon announced that all Republi cans would be invited to the caucus in naming the Ballinger-Pinchot commit tee next week and that it is hoped all will attend. Politics, including Democratic ref erences to ex-President Roosevelt as the "late lamented" and the "absent one,' was Injected into the debate in the house today on a resolution which was adotped providing for the destruc tion of a thousand tons of "worthless public documents." The house passed the fortifications appropriation bill, carrying more than $5,000,000. The senate, while it spent no money, Senator Elkins for Probe. Washington, Jan. 12. "The cost of living is outstripping wages and in comes. Tbat brings want and misery to large numbers of families. It means that women and children are not getting porper food and clothing and that children cannot be sent to school and get either an educatio nor the foundation of an education and that means our civilization is being in jured." These views are from multi millionaire Senator S. B. Elkins. put m more than two hours in discus ing whether it should allow $4,000,000 worth of claims for additional salaries to certain postmasters who served from 1864 to 1874. The whole subject was referred to the committee on post- omces, with the understanding that report should be made by February, 1 secretary liamnger today recom mended the appropriation of $100,000 to survey agricultural ana grazing lands in Alaska. Senator Piles today introduced a bill appropriating $70,000 to build two new launches for the revenue cutii-r service on Puget Sound; also a bill permitting Indians of the Hoh. Quillayute an Ozette tribes in Washington to take al lot merits on the Quinault reservation, wasnington, Jan. 12. By a viva voce vote the house today passed the Bennett-Sabath "white slave" bill. A strenuous fight against the enact ment of such a law is being made by several Democrats on the ground that it ib an attempt to interfere with states' rights. The "white slave" bill is the result of an investigation of traffic in alien women, made by the National Immi gration commission. Provision is made for tbe deportation and exclusion of immoral aliens and for the exclus ion and punishment of their procurers, Traffic in immoral women becomes sub ject to the restrictions of the commerce laws. The bill providing separate state hood for the territories of New Mex ico and Arizona was considered by the house committee on territories today nd will be reported to tbe house to morrow. President Taft s special message dealing with the conservation of natur al resources bas been completed and will be sent to congress Friday neon. President Taft today appointed Henry S. Graves, director of the Yale Forest school, as forester of the uni ted States, to succeed G iff ord Pinchot, He also appointed Albert F. Potter, at present actinfg forester, as assis tant forester. The new forester and his assistant are both known as Pinchot men. Both have served under Pinchot and both are in sympathy with his policy of ad ministration. It was largely through Mr. Pinchot's efforts that the Yale Forest school was established, and Mr, Graves went from the post of assistant chief of the division of forestry under Pinchot to become director of the echool in 1900. He served in the for estry division for two years. Baron Uchida, the new Japanese Ambassador, it is believed, has ex pressed the views of his government on the open door question in an inter view recently published in Tokio, in the course of which he is reported to have said: America's stand with regard to the preservation of peace and integrity of China bas been and will be exactly identical with ours. We must under stand that America's policy toward Japan and the Orient as a whole al ways has been on the same peaceful route." Washington. Jan. 11. An ancient custom of the house of representatives, in use 50 years, was overturned today by Representative Dwight of New York, republican, when he instruct ed the pair clerks at the speaker's desk to cease pairing Republican members except under, prescribed conditions, Tbe move is declared by democrats and insurgents to be directed against the latter and intended to give the organ ization additional leverage when close votes occur. Representative Hawley urged the appropriations committee to include in tbe general deficiency bill an item of $193,000 in payment of Oregon's Civil war claim. He finds tbat 23 similar state claims were paid in this manner, and, in view of the fact that this much of Oregon's claim bas been approved by court of claims, be insists this item should go in for the coming deficiency bill. He received some assurance that his wish might be met. The agricultural committee of the house has concluded consideration of the agricultural bill and will report it at the earliest opportunity. It carries a total appropriation of $17,050,269. About $4,000,000 of this is for perm anent appropriations, including $3,- 000,000 for meat inspection. In cluded in the bill is about $4,000,000 for the forestry bureau. Forestry Men Against Leavitt. Washington, Jan. 13. The some what disorganized forest service is con sidering a telegram from the supervis ors of the national forests in the Og den, Utah district, urging the removal of Assistant Forester Clyde Leavitt, who is in charge of that division. Tbe message suggests the appointment of F. W. Reed to succeed Leavitt. The grounds upon which Leavitt's removal was asked were not made public by tbe forestry officials. Kahn's Transport Bill Passed. Washington, Jan. 14. The amend ment to the army appropriation bill proposed by Representative Kahn, of California, authorizing army trans ports to carry passengers ami freight between Guam and San Francisco, wan passed unanimously by the bouse yes terday afternoon. Senate Anxious About Living. Washington, Jan. 14. A resolution calling on the department of commerce and labor for figures showing the per centage of increase in the cost of liv ing in the United States since 1900, was adopted by the senate yesterday. LAST SIX PLUNGE TO DEATH Captain of lll-Fated Steamer Czarina Last to Go. Marshfield, Ore., Jan. 14, One by one six men, who had clung all night to the frozen rigging and shrouds of the doomed Czarina, jumped to their death in the foamy breakers, a thou sand persons who had kept vigil, set ting bonfires to cheer the wreck vie tims, witnessing each desperate leap. In the throng that lined the beach was C. J. Millis, father of Harold Millis, who at dawn this morning was descried gripping the rigging. Near him Captain Duggan clung, his face turned toward shore. Every leap of the doomed half-dozen men was deliberate, all stripping to rid themselves of weight if, perchance, the breakers swept them toward shore, When Harold Millis' turn came he waved his coat in farewell and dived into the turbulent sea. His father in agonizing suspense, would wait for an other glimpse of his son. He was led away. Captain Duggan was the last to make the mortal dive. Stripping him self, he rubbed his limbs to force cir culation, straightened at full length and hurled himself far into the breakers. He was the last to leave the ship the last seen. Preceding him young Millis, Mate McNichols, Assistant Engi neer Bobinson and two seamen had leaped into the sea. None rose to the surface. Then the waves dashed higher and higher over what was left of the wreck. Nothing could be seen but the remains of the mainmast and even that, at times, was covered from view by the combers, which piled one upon another with death-dealing "force. The wreck was over. Those who stood for 24 hours watching and working in an at tempt to save the lives of the unfor tunate men turned away. There was nothing left to do but to leave the Czarina to the sea, the crew and young Millis to their ocean graves. Only one escaped from death's grip on the Czarina Harry Kentzel, nrst assistant engineer. Twenty-four dead was the toll of the Coos Bay disaster. PINCHOT FIGHT UP TO PEOPLE Loss of Waterpower to Special Inter ests Is Greatest Danger. Washington, Jan. 14. "The conser vation of natural resources and the conservation of popular government are both at stake. The one needs conserva tion no less than the other." This statement epitomizes the formal announcement made public tonight by Gifford Pinchot, recently removed as chief of the forest service. The ex-official declares that the great moral issue which now faces the country is not the loss of natural resources so much as whether special interests or the people shall rule. The statement, in part, is as follows: "At this time I have no comment to make on recent events. Whether in or out of the government service, I pro pose to stay in the fight for conserva tion and equal opportunity. Every movement and measure, from whatever source, that tends to advance conserva tion and promote government by men for human welfare I shall try to help. Every movement and measure, from whatever source, that hinders conser vation and promotes government by money for profit I shall endeavor to oppose. The supreme test of move ments and measures is the welfare of the plain people. I am as ready to support the administration when it moves toward this paramount end as am to oppose it when it moves away." JAPAN WILL OPPOSE. WTiU Not Willingly Yield Manchurian Interests Dearly Bought. Tokio, Jan. II. No doubt may be entertained concerning Japan's attitude toward the American plan to neutral ize the Manchurian railways. Secre- arv Knox's proposition has not called fc'th a word of favor from any source Japan. The diplomats here, while disinclined to express opinions, cer tainly do not support the project. lhe Kokumin, a semi-olhcial organ representing the view of Premier Kat sura, says the Japanese reply to the American note will be couched in friendly terms because the suggestion comes from a friendly power, but at the same time inquires whether Ger many and France would be willing to eutralize shantung and Yunnan pro inces. Steamship Lane Threatened. New York, Jan. 14. Wireless reports received here today indicate that the Atlantic steamship Lane is swept by severe storms. The worst sufferer from the wild weather, so far as reported, is the Hamburg-American liner Kaiserin Auguste Victoria, which, according to the dispatches, put into Plymouth with 50 feet of her port rail torn away by wave that threw down a score of passengers on deck, lhe giant comber also threw the ship on her beam ends, but she rose to the attack of the seas nd rode out the storm. Zelayan Army Falls Back. Washington, Jan. 14. News cf a attle at Acoyapa has leaked through the strict censorship at San Juan del Sur Nicaragua, and reached Washing ton tonight. Details are lacking, but representatives of the Estrada govern- ent are of the belief that Chamorro ngaged Vasqiiez some time between ldnight and davbreak today and that the remnant of the Zelayan army has fallen back toward Managua, where a nal battle will be fought, probablv at the gates of the city. Morgan Gives Yale Gift New Haven, Conn., .Tan. 14. A gift tl'10.000 from J. Pierpont Morgan for the establishment of the William M. LafTan professorship of assyriology nd Babvlonian literature at ale was received by the Yale corporation today and accepted. The gift is a. memorial to Mr. Laffan, late editor of the ew ork Sun. CURTISS OPENS AVIATION MEET Knabcnshue and Beachy in Dirigibles Make Successful flights. Paulhan, the Frenchman, Disregards all Rules and Makes Three Splen did Flights in Bi-Plane Graat Avi aton Park at Los Angeles Scene of Wild Enthusiasm. Los Angeles, Jan. 11. Making a sud den and dramatic appearance while 20,000 people were watching the slow flight of two dirigible balloons at Avia tion park yesterday afternoon, Louis Paulhan, the noted French aviator, threw the great throng into a frenzy of enthusiasm and excitement by a spectacular flight in a Farman biplane. Rising, now dipping, now veering and turning with the grace of a bird, then suddenly dashing for the ground and scattering a group of officials like a hawk about to alight on a brood of chickens, Paulhan gave a remarkable exhibition and was accorded a tremen dous ovation. Again and again the French aviator thrilled tbe immense crowd with his daring flights, giving little heed to the rules and regulations of the official course, racing with a dirigible, swoop ing down upon the grandstand and. clearing it by but a few eet, until his aeroplane seemed like a thing of life. This, the first day of the big avia tion meet, was given over to prelimi nary trial flights to give the aviators a chance to shake down their machines. Curtiss had given an exhibition in a new, untried machine, in which later Clifford Harmon made some short flights. Charles E. Willard, in the Curtiss No. 1, had made a flight and several times Boy Knabenshue and Lin coln Beachey had ascended in two small dirigibles and maneuvered their craft, but nothing to thrill the specta tors happened until Paulhan unexpect edly sailed into the game. .Beachey and Knabenshue were pilot ing their dirigibles around the course when the daring Frenchman appeared suddenly out of a gully hidden from the view of the grandstand, circled the course three times, shot out across the country, came back over the grand stand and alighted in the center of the field. In two later flights he gave an ex hibition of remarkable control over his machine, gracefully making sharp turns, now dipping almost to the ground to scatter in flight a group of officials gathered in the field, again skimming the grandstand only a few feet above the. heads of the spectators, ascending,, -descending, and finally ap proaching from the rear the tent that housed his aeroplane, just before clear ing the top he alighted within 100 feet of its entrance. Promptly at 1 o'clock Glenn H. Cur tiss was out upjn the starting stretch to open the international meet with a christening flight for a new monoplane that he had never before used. Leav ing the ground in front of the grand stand, the air craft rose cracefullv. with a rise from the ground to tho west, made a short flight up the course, returned and alighted at the starting point. The distance, estimated by the judges, at five-eighths of a mile, was covered in 28.03 seconds. The great est height reached was 50 feet. The machine was under perfect control and the great American aviator was ac corded a thunder of cheers for his feat. Next Charles F. Willard .appeared upon the course in his' Curtiss aero plane No. 1, and after a short prelim inary flight, attempted to circle the official course, which is a trifle more than a mile and a half in length. Ris ing to a height of 70 feet, he main tained this altitude until half the dis tance had been traversed, when his motor gave out and the aeroplane de scended. He was in the air 1 minute and 23 seconds, the longest flight ever made by a heavier-than-air machine on the Pacific coast up to that time. After a readjustment of the motor, Willard arose again and completed the course. Curtiss, using the machine with which he had made the previous flight, then circled the field, an estimated dis tance of one and one-eighth miles, in 1:51. His maximum altitude was 200 feet, the highest flight on this coast, up to that time. Single Porker at $61.20. That there is big money in hog-raising in the Pacific northwest at the present livestock prices was shown by the sale of a single porker at the Port land Union stockyards yesterday, lue particular animal that attracted the attention of everybody at the yards was a monster that tipped the scales at 680 pounds. He sold for 9 cents a pound live weight, which meant $61.20, the highest price that a single hog ever brought at the stockyards. Monorail Car Is Success. New York, Jan. 11. The first exhi bition in this country of the gyro static monorail car, which has been ranked among the wonders of the pres ent century, was given today in Brook- vn bv Kichard beherl, the inventor, who is the son of a Berlin newspaper man. The model, which seats four pas sengers and two operators, worked per fectly. Mr. Scherl believes a speed of 120 miles an hour can be maintained bv a train of regulation size. Tail Is Following Comet. Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 11. A straight and slender tail has been dis covered trailing behind the nucleus of Halley's comet, according to a dispatch received at tho Harvard observatory yesterday from Professor E. R, Frost of the Verkes observatory. Tl-3 tail is a faint one, about 10 minutes in length, and has an agle of 69 degrees. t it