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nn r ; VOL. XXIX. ST. HELENS. OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1910. NO. 17. MIS EVENTS OFJHE JAY Kmy i::J E:tt:rcd Ira in Parti cf lii rcrli fSEPAiED FC3 til EUST EEAEQ Um Important tat Not 4. .., ailing Happening from Points Outald tho Stat. Tho wedding of Theodore Roosevelt Jr., ae bmo m ror ian i. " , ,; fvVit arrive In Khartoum, in best of lriU mt looking th jlrtur of health. l r J ; j 1 1 Kir Meeker ha begun hia third trip wrnM tho continent by ox team from The Dalle. ThblgVInt'f 'tb.tJoW Meat company on th peninsula at Portland begin operation. Banker Walah, now serving tlmo In tho penitentiary it lavwtworth, Karl m, I suffering from heart diaeaae. A utriko ha been declared by "fire men on oil roeda West of Chicago, affecting 26,000 firemen and 12 6, 0(H) other employe. l.oui W. Kill, tho "railroad prince of tho Wt," ha purhaaed an orange grove at Rc-dlanda, Cat. , )lo make light of PlnfM'a policies. Bellboy at tho 8t Franela hoM In Sun Francisco, where Carnegie atop pnl, aro mourning tho fart that he f ailed to diatributo any U. i A matador at Juarr. Mexico, wa trampled and severely wounded by tho infuriated bull, Ho waa brought to tho American alila for treatment A woman who kept a email atoro In Annourttale, Kanaaa City, and rarrlvd her money In hi pocket to prevent the bank from (totting away with it, u murdered and robbed by a negro. William J. Calhoun, the now minis ter to China, ha arrived at San Fran rlaco, with hla wife. They did not hva a aervant of any kind with them, aying Owy would be able to get plen ty of native help In Chin. A Chine tong war murderer ban been sentenced for life In San Francl ro, A trlk ta being considered by 30,. 000 railroad firemen on 47 Western llnea. - f f ' J. V. Morgan laugh at report that he I dead, and ay he la alive and glad of iU The American legation at llogota I bring rloeely guarded and anti-Amerl-rn feeling la high. i , A rirh helreaa of Lakewoal. N. 3., nurturing from nervou trouble, drowned hrlf In a near-by lak. . MU r In the" Rngllah parliament have again taken the aggrea!ve, and will furre the Turin to grant anothvr rloetion or realgn. rWven men nra(l from the TetaUe ton! jail by aaving off the bar to a bark window while tho aherifl waa buay with a man of taxpayer. Life tavera at MarahfWkl, Or., are undergoing atrirt lnva ligation by lV rnue odlror on eharge of mlaeoialuet during tho wreck of the ateamer Ciar In. Rohlwra attempted to blow 0n the fe of the Valley Ford bank In H loom fir Id, Cal., but the nolao of the explo aiun drew a crowd and tho thieve co raped without obtaining anything. Pinrhot'a admlmlon of high-handed iwlicio aatouiMl th Inveatlgating com mittee. WiUwaaea admit that engin eer of reclamation aervlca oppoa Bol linger becauao of failure to gain pro motion. At a meeting of representative of practically all of th ahingl milla of the redwood belt of California, at Eu reka, it waa decided to organic a eel ling aaaoclation which will work for the expansion of th redwood ahlngt' market on the Pacific Coaat. . - -Avfator Hamilton, while giving ai exhibition at Seattle, attempted to dip In the water of a email lake, but loat hi balance and plunged Into tho lake with hi machine. II . waa reeruod, but collapxud and had to be taken to a hoaplul, II la not believed to be aer- loualy Injured. ; ,;, , J M. Ixrlne, a French aviator, fell 80 feet In a Blerlot machine and waa badly Injured. - ( , ... A Colorado woman itnpped a runa way home which he had been driving and then died from th ihock. Th Northweat Cornoration, bwnlng the ga. electric and water planta of Oregon and Waahingtnn town, haa been taken over by an Eaatern yndi cat. - -: . Six ncrHoim were Injured. two aor loualy, by a col Union between a freight and paaiungor train on a Seattle luour ban road. y-, " ; Th mayor of Trenton. New Jeraey, ordur th atroet car ompany to run care even if It haa to I" to It itrlklng mployoa, ; !.';:i ) ' ' . ' The United State circuit court of New York, haa ruled that atcck peeu latlon I no legitimate part of th bua- ineot a bank. : Citru ihlpmertU from California are 1,700 carload behind laat aeaaon, and it I eatimated there are 17,000 car NO SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT. Philadelphia' . Strike : Situation Ha Little Protpect of Improvement. Philadelphia, March '14, Two of the Tour medium thraugh which I'hll ailulpliia hoped that a itrike lettlcment might bo rearhtsd were today practical ly llminated. It waa hoied that I'rea idvnt Taft, the banker of i'hlludul phla, th National Civic federation or the local rouucllmania IkxKc would fiwl a way to lend a hand to atop the atrifa. Twlay th word came from Washing ton, Uttuflloially, tmt on tcemlngly good authority, that the preaiduiit, through th department of commerce and labor, could not aoe hi way clear to Inter vene. The re mton given waa that the trouble i purely of a local character. , Banker declared Uiat the financial lnteru probably would keep hand off the fight. : frank B. Keevoa, proal dent of tho I'hllalolihia Clearing Houaa aaaocMlon, took a itrong atand on the (tvicatlon of xc1ulvo recogtii lion of IU organixatioit. ( Mr. Beewa aid Uwlay ! " I cannot e bow our financial . iantitulion can Iwing their power to bear in any way that will help to aolvo the problem." ; Whether the National Clvlo federa tion will take up the trikc' ettlement and (lie councllntcn can bo forced to take action remain to be nccn. An other telegram wa m-nt today to Suth Low. tead of the federation, aiiking that bwly to offer meiiation. Mr. lx)W replied tho federation would do ao if be could be aaaurod Uie offer would be acceptable to both Ridea, There waa no change ualay in th general atrlke alluation. bmployer predict that today will ro tho beginn ing of a geuvtal break among the aym pathetic atrlker. and dotan of local union held meeting today ami tonight to lay plana to hold their member to (ether, J i ' Union baker employed by a big doi partment (tore have gone on strike and seriously crippled the supply of bread old at that store. f There waa the usual number of dis turbance In the Kensington dintrUt lata thi afternoon. Many ear were Uned, but only at one place did th police hav much trouble.- It wa no tired that the iiollce rerrained from uaing their club in dispersing crowd. The most serious dmturbanco of th day occurred ben a 4 year old child waa killed by a ear run at high ped to get away from men and boy who were atoning It. The car wa (topped and an angry crowd gathered and made an attempt to get at the moturman. Th police man on board drew hi revolver and hebl th crowd back white another po liceman aent In a riot call. There were rriea of "lynch him."., and it la sal 1 a woman produced rope. , Th Uiatiou wa xceedingry critl cal when a wpiad of mounted police arrived. The crowd began to acattcr when th pollc were forced to use their clul. Several person were "Ulfhtly wounded. Three men ami one woman were arrested. UNION IS ENJOINED. Sweenlnr DeeUIon Again,! Miner lamed in Virginia. Richmond. Va.. March 14.-By di missing the appeal of Ui United Mino worker of America, the UniUtl State Circuit Court of Appeal practically nernetuatea a U-miwrary injunction which 1 of sweeping character. The esse Is that of I'rexldelit I-cwii, of the Minoworkcr. a an lndivkdual, and a vie president of the union, againat the tlitrhman Cal A Ux company, oi West Vlra-ini. and I an appeal; from tit United Statoa Circuit Court for the N..rthrn District of West Virginia at I'Mllil.il. Tho tnlunction roHtrain th union from interfering with tho employe of the company for the purpoae oi unon-Icine- the mine, from Interfering and ronplrlng to Intorferc with employ of plaintiff ao as knowingly to bring aliout in any manner uio ureaamK i the nlalntiff' employe' contract for service, exlntlng at the time or there after entered into; rrom iroapaaaing on the company' projierty; fromcoml Hng, by their threat of violence, any employe to leave; from eatablitihing picket around th property of the com the iMirnose of using violence or threatening or persuasive langtinK ta induce the compuny' employee to leave. " . Carnegie Mie Mayor. 8an FrancUco. Mnrh 14.--Andrew Carnegie wa the gucat of honor i to i.,kt .i (tin local chamber of com merce at a banquet attended by many of .v,. luline- e tiaena. The auiirea oi welcom waa made by rrcaidrtit Wil ll. m Cwirat o. of th chamoer oi com mere. Among the the apclte, Governor Glllott ana juuge n, u..u, Mavor McLttrtnV W noi in vlted to be present at the banquet and little ombarraiiament wa caused by th gueat of honor inquiring aa to th reason lor nia unem-o. Mlna Exploiion Kill Seven., Wllkebarro, Pa.r March 14. Sev- vim nntnmhed tonight in the xi.. a .h.rt of the Ihish A Wilkes bar'r Coal company, a tho result of a terrific explosion of gu. T,he rcaeuor came acroa the entombed men hortly af tor midnight ; Ther war aeven In the Dartv. All wore miffocatod by fire damp. , Th exploalon occurred in i . anntr of men Wa put- A.hr a hoist ng engine It I believed they Hruck a pocket of gaa. Carnegl Laya Oorneratone. Can IVoainiiltW Mnreh 14. The coV- AK.Ana t ttiA nW Scottish hall of i - a A.lMaua ararintv am lam UHlny by Andrew Carnegl in th presence of HAPPEtilNGS FROM AROUND OREGON TOURI8T MECCA; PELICAN BAY Southern Pacific 8ald to be Planning Development of Harrlman , rTeort KtomathValla-Pelican Bay la not to be liwt to th tourist of the Pacific coaat, and Klamath county la not to be denied the pleasure of aoeing car ried to completion the plana of develop ment of tma resort that th late ta. n. Harrlman had in mind whon he pur chased the property. According to Information, H la tn Intention of th Southern Pacific to make Pelican Bay and Odeeaa the greatest resort on the Pacific coast Heretofore It haa been auppoaed that when Crater Lake waa oiened to the people of the world magnificent hotel would be erected In close proximity to that Scenic wonder, but thia may not lie done, at least not at the present time. The Southern Pacific recognise that lying between pelican Bay and Odcana and Crater Lake la a aection unsurpassed for natural beaoty; that it a a suction that would be particularly attractive to the touriat and that the boat way to open It up would be to mak Pelican Say th starting point The plana uniler coneideration pro vide for the erection of a magnificent tourist hotel close to th aito occupied by the lodge building. A aystom of highway are to be constructed be tween that point and Crater Lake that will make acoeasibl to th tourist all of th pointa of Interest. Already th Southern ractlic com- oanV bad commenced th preparation of descriptive literature of tbi aection of the country, and it la atated by tho who hav seen some or ll tnai it will bo the finest ever laauod by the company. , 1 1 1 11 ' Eugene Claim Best School. Eugene Lane county maintalna a high degree of effieiericy in it achool avatem. A a reault of prudent fore- alght, provision i mad by th Eugene achool board for the ateadily Increas ing number of pupila. Many families are cumins, to Euffen and .aa yet no complaint ha been recorded aa to over crowded achool facilities In th year ending June 30 laat " the chool of Lan county expended I76.3h8. ine estimated expenditure for the current year are $197,000. Thi i the only aia trict In the etato where high achool course re provided for rural pupil, placing them on the aame basia aa city studenta. The first one, oragnixed a year and a half ago, ofTcr four year of tandard high achool work. Establish Nursery Nar Sranfield. Stanfield-A plat of ground has been purchased near town and about" 800,000 apple tree and 60,000 peach tree are being act Thia planting ta mad up of what are known aa "June budded" atock, which will mak prim tree for planting next year. The planting oi orchard on tho FurnUh-Coe project, near Stanficld, U In full awing. Among the heaviest planter are Pag A ;Son and Dr. Watta, both of rort- land, each aetting out fun quarter aection, the former uaing peachea and pear and the latter apple. Some 40 or 60 entailer orchard ranging from five to IS acre, are being planted by owners. : .. Alfalfa Land 'B380 Per Aer. Central Poinb-H. T. Hull haa aold hi farm on mile woat of town to Mr. Heron, a recent arrival from Iowa, for $17,500. The tract contain 49 acrea and I nearly all first claaa alfalfa land. Mr. Hull recently aold 80 acrea of the aame tract for $9,000. - Th Orlopp place, formerly the Van Vlcit farm, waa also aold a few day ago for $17,- r.n ' Thi la one of the flneat fruit farm In the valley and haa produced much prixewinning atuJT. Freewater Seek to Sell Water Bond CvwwaLnr The citv council at IU liut m.x.tinu Inatructed Recorder G. P. Sanderson to call for bid for bonds for the construction of tho new waier work ytem. The bond are for $16,- oim and will run for a term of 16 bearing intoret at 6 per cent The eurveya have boon made and the contract for the pumping plant and rea erwiir will be let aa soon aa th bond are aold. . Freewater Road Impacted. v.wwter County Judge Gilliland, rntmiiuinner Horace Walker ana County Superintendent U. t. l,avenaor were in the city recently and drove out nn an liMtiectlon tour of th road in thi. aAotlnn of Umatilla county, a contract haa been lot for th buimtng of a new teol bridge acroa the Walla Walla river at th McUoy eeuicmenu Hotel at Klamath Fall. Klamath Fall --Mayor Sanderson k. ,i.i tn Mm. Livermor and son a hnif hlock on Pin treet for $10,000, k kn..l tn cnat 175.000 Will DO DUill on the property. The building will he three Btorie and baaement and will contain 68 room. The equipment ami r.n.uhinira are to be modern in an iinii""",- respects. Land Values Incra. Lakeview Throe yeara ago laat fall a quarter section of land waa offered for aale at $8.50 per acre. Thia piec of land wa on the "West aid," about 12 mile from Lakeview. A recent offer of $25 per acre waa refuaed. Buy at Hood Rlvar.- Hood River Edwin Pllaon of Wah intgon D. C, ha bought 20 acrea of William Stewart, for, $12,500. Mr. Pilaon will remove hia family from the East shortly. PREDICTS WATER RIGHT FIQHT Engineer Say Law of Nation and State r Radically Different. That a water right war between Western state will be th outgrowth of present jumbled authority, la the opinion of John U. Lewi, atata engi neer. Law of nation and state relat ing to use or conservation of water are widely divers In operation and Intent, and onty a constitutional amendment can avert seriou difficulties, be caya. Speaking before th Oregon State Academy of Science, he said: " We are at the dawn of a great na tional movement for the improvement of our waterway, and for th us of our trem for irrigation, power and domestic purposes. Already it is ap parent that th available water supply ia inadequate, to the demands of the immediate future and it la th desire of all that these conflicting use be ad justed In conformity with ome care fully devised plan ao that the greatest good will result to the greatest num ber. ,"Tho fundamental point in the form ulation of lucb a plan and on concern ing which there ia a great diversity of opinion, ia the right of th state or nation to legislate aa to interstate water. At the present time there ia no legislation, either state or national, bearing upon thia subject and but few court deciaion. "Th control of water within a atate ia at present divided between the state and the United States govern ment Thi divided responsibility and the complicated nature of the problem ia doubtless the the cause of inaction by many of the atate. In Oregon, where a complete ayatem of atate con trol ha been provided, we may be confronted with thia uncertainty. Sup pose the non-navigable tributaries of the Willamette river be diverted for irrigation under atate aanction to the detriment of navigation. Upon com plaint the United State authorities could probably enjoin thia use, to th ?;reat damage of . those Interested in rrigation development "Thi division of authority between tat and nation ia further illustrated by the annual tax imposed upon water power within national foreata by botn the stale and the United States." Orchard Sells for tSO.OOO. Central Point E. M. Andrew and Conro Fiero have bought the Hoagiand nlace of J, P. Knudaon for $30,000. The place aold about a year ago for $17,000. The place contain 79 acres. part of which ia in brush and about SO acrea in orchard, on half of which ia just coming into bearing. The orch ard i one of the moat promising in the valley. Mr. Fiero haa also bought the old Alford place at Talent coo- iiting of 160 acres, for $25,000. Plat Suburban Tracta. Wallowa A. G. Wigglcaworth and W. H. Vertner have bought 40 acres lying east of town and will plat it a suburban tracta. A atrip near the cor porate limit will be aold aa town lota. Farm Bring 260 Par Acre. Centra! Point D. D. Sago, of Table Rock, haa aold hi plac containing 80 acrea, to J. H. Lydard, of Med ford, for $20,000. The place ia one of the beat garden and berry tracta in the valley,' PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track price Blueatem, 1.10(n 1.11: club, $1.03oi$1.04; red Russian, $1.01: valley $1.04; 40-fold, $1.06. Barley Feed and brewing, $28.50 i 29 per ton. Corn Whole, $.15; cracked, $36 ton. OatsNo, 1 white, $31(a31.50 ton. Hay Track price Timothy: Wil lametto valley, $20(u.21 per ton; East ern Oregon, $22i 23; alfalfa, $17(ml8; California alfalfa, $16(i,17; clover, $150U6: grain hay, $16al8. Fresh Fruits Apple, $1.256;S box; pears, I1.61X(M.75 per box; cranber ries. $H((i 9 per barrel. Potatoes Carload buying price Oregon, 60(r60e per hundred; aweet potatoes, 8c pound. Oniona Oregon, 81.60(iU.?5 per hundred. Vegetables Turnips, nominal; ruta bagas, $li1.25; carrots, $1; beets, $1.25; parsnips, $1. Butter City creamery extras, 89c; fancy, outside creamery, 85ii:39c; tore, 20 23c per pound. Butter fat prices average 1 l-2c per pound under regular butter prices. Eggs Fresh Oregon ranch, 22i 23c per doxen. Pork Fancy, $13rir)14c pound. Veal Fancy, 12(13c pound. Poultry Hens, 19c; broilers, 27c; ducks, 20c; geese, 12(i!)13c; tur keys, live, 22dil25c; dressed, 26(29c; squaba, $8 per dosen. Cattle Best steers, $5.75ft6.25; fair to good steers, $5(ii!5.60; strictly good cow. $5(ii:5.25; fair to good cows. $4(ii4.76; light calve, $5.60fti6; heavy calves, $4w5; bulls, $3.6K(t!4.26; stag, $3(i(4.60. Hog Top, $nm.lO; fair to rood. $9.5fXi0lO. Sheep Best wethers, aodfifl.Bo; lair to good wethers, $5.60ty5.75; good ewea. IIS: lamb. .vh. Hon 1909 crop, 16((!Z0c per pound; olds, nominal: 1910 contracts, 16c nominal. Wool Eastern Oregon, 16(l20c; per pound; valley, 22!!l24c; mohair, choice, 25c. Cascara bark 4dil5c per pound. Hides Dry hides, 17(nil8c pound; dry kip, 17(nl8c; dry calfakin,18i)20c; salted hldea, 9d10c; salted calfskin, 14c; green, lc less. BOAT CREW IS FOUND; HISSING NINE WEEKS. Man Who Left Wracked Steamer Far- rallon In Row Boat Picked Up by Rvnu Cutter. - Seward; Alaska, March 12. A wire less message her from th United State revenue cutter Tahoma tell of th rescue of th boat crew that aet out nine week ago to seek aid for the urvivor of th wrecked ateamer Far- allon. v Th Alaska Steamship company's wooden ateamer Farallon wa wrecked In Iliamna bay on Cooks Inlet January Two day later Second Mate (jus Swanaon and five men, three of whom wer passengers, act out in an open boat to row to Kodiak for assistance. Th men who went with Mate Swanaon wer Seamen Charlea Peterson and Otto Nelson and Captain Wedding and En gineer Albert Bailey, of th launch Seawolf, on their way to Kodiak to join their craft and Chalrea Bourn, a resident of Afognak. February 2 the urvivor who remained on the shore near tho acene of the wreck were rescued by the steamship Victoria, No word was received from th boat crew, which had been miasing nearly a month when th Farallon sur vivor were rescued, and after two ateamer cruised about Kodiak island and without finding hem -bey were given up for loat Aa a laat resort the government was asked to send the revenue cutter Taho ma on a cruise around the island. : It waa thought possible that the men might hav sought shelter in some in Ifet and be waiting th arrival of a steamer to take them off. ,' The-Tahoma Bailed from Seward two weeks ago and no word was received from her until tonight when a ' wire less message waa relayed by the team- ahip Olympia stating that the Tahoma had been successful in her search, no details concerning the rescue of Mate Swanaon and hia men have been receiv ed her and efforts to get into direct communication with the Tahoma have been unsuccessful. The revenue cutter I expected to arrive at Seward tomor row. CITY CRIES FOR RELIEF. Philadelphia Urges Arbitration Be- ' tween Warring Interests. Philadelphia. March 12. The eall for arbitration between the Philadel phi Rapid Transit company and its 4,000 or more atriking employe came insistent today. be- From all quarters of Philadelphia the demand for mediatory measure was voiced. Everywhere it waa recog nised that failure to arrive at any ar bitral agreement was th only thing that prevented a speedy ending of the general sympathetic strike, which haa paralysed the industrial life of Phila delphia and which, the labor leader aay, will spread if the deadlock con- tinmtea. These threats, perhaps, were th very things which stood in the way of an amicable adjustment . "Ihe vested interest," aa they are some times called, resent the .hint of coer cion. Aner discussion oi uie striae question, a large gathering represent ing more than 80 busineaa organiza tions of the city, adopted a resolution in which three separate influence are invoked to end th industrial war. DUDLEY PEARL IN AMERICA. Famour Gam Worth f I65.0O0 I Pur chased by New York Woman. New York, March 11. It became known today that the $165,000 pearl received at the custom house yesterday ia th famous "Dudley pearl," once th property of Lady Dudley, whose collection of pearls was reputed to be on of the moat remarkable in the world. Th "Dudley pearl" ia said to have been a jewel in the coronet of I member of the Spanish royal family. It was supposed to have been stolen with other jewelry belonging to the Dowager Countess of Dudley in 1877 and returned when Lord Dudley paid large reward. Th collection waa sold at auction in London in 1902 and brought $447,650. The name of the New York woman who is said to have boua-ht the Dearl for a pendant was ithheld. To Get Drunk Man's Right. -New York. March 12. Three times a year ia not too often for a gen tleman to get drunk," said Surrogate Daniel Noble, at Jamaica today in de ciding a will contest where two broth era of the testator sought to hav the will declared void on tho ground that their brother waa an "habitual drunk ard." Surrogate Noble promptly de cided the will waa valid. The will waa that of William Trester, of Evergreen, who left an estate of $4,000,000. To one brother he left $5 and to another tho aame amount Wire Will Unit Tafts. Pittsburg. March 12. A private tel ephone wire from the house of Charles P. Taft In Cincinnati to uie wmie House ia being arranged with the American Telephone ft Telgraph com oanv. it waa learned tonight The 725 milea of wire will be at th service of Charles P. Taft from 6 p. m. to 6 a. m. No outsid hands will manipulate th switch board pluga and no outside ear will hear th personal conversations of the brothers. It will cost $24,000 a year New York Central Gain. New York March 12. Indicative of th bualneas revival during 1909, the annual statement of the anderbilt lines, issued today, shows that the rev enue of the New York Central In creased from $83,297,354 In 1908 to $93,171,864. The cost of operation hows an Increase of only $3,304,522. MANY DOUBT PEARY Greatest Marches HaSe While He Was Alone. SUDDEN SPEED VEST SUSPICIOUS Inference I that 28 Mile Per Day Exceed Limit of Human En-' -durance in Polar Regiona Washington, March 10. By substan tially a unanimoua vote today, the sub committee of the house committee on naval affairs decided againat bestowing a aubatantial reward upon Commander Robert E. Peary until he has submit ted openly proof that be reached the North Pole. . f Representative Macon attacked Com mander Peary's proofs. Macon told the committee that he regarded the sudden acceleration of the speed of the explorer after Captain Bartlett left him as suspicioua. Before the captain left th party, it had traveled only 9.6 mile a dv. . When Peary was alone. except for a negro valet and four Es kimo, he reported a speed of 26.4 miles day for five days. M aeon 'quoted Lieutenant Shaekleton, General Grcely and others, to the effect that 10 or 12 miles a day of traveling over Polar St as was the limit of human endurance. "I confess that I am exceedingly skeptical about Mr. Peary's ever hav ing discovered the Pole," declared Mr. Macon today before the commit tee, "and' 1 am going to protest against any honor being conferred upon him by congress until he haa established beyond a reasonable doubt that he did discover it It must be established in the open, and not in the dark." Macon then aaid that he wanted to call attention to "one discrepancy in Mr. Peary's story." Thia waa the re cord of marching reported by the ex plorer. Macon aaid be regarded the sudden accleeration of speed aa "very singular." "The astonishing part of Mr. Peary's statement" said Mr. Macon, "ia the number of milea he traveled per day after Bartlett left him and when no white man waa with him aa a witness, bis only companions being nia negro valet and four Eskimo. "His greatest marches, singularly, were all north of the Bartlett camp. From that time forward, going to the Pole and returning to Cape Columbia, he claims to have made an average of 26.4 mile per day until he reached the Pole; 44 milea per day on his way back to Bartlett' camp, and 28.2 milea per day from Bartlett a to Cape Columbia. ' The greatest speed he had made before Bartlett left him was 9.06 miles per day, so Peary must have made nearly three times as great speed after Bartlett left hiiruRS he did before in order to reach the Pole." Representative Knglebright, of Cal ifornia, did not vote to defer action, He aaid that he was convinced Peary had discovered the Pole and that the committee had sufficient proofs before it ROUTE IN AIR ESTABLISHED. Dirigible Balloon Will Carry People Regularly From Munich. Munich, Bavaria, March 10. The first regular air navigation service in Europe will be inaugurated on May 5. Regular trips will be made from this city alternately to Stranberg and Ober ammergau. A dirigible balloon of the Parseval type and driven by two mo tors of 100-horse power each will be used. The aerial carnage will accommo date 12 passengers besides the crew. The fare for the round trip to Stran berg will be $55, and for the round trip to Oberammergau $175. The regular service will close for the season on September 1. An officer from the German aeronautic corps baa been de tailed to serve aa captain of the dirig ible. Initiative- Being Amended. Boston, March 10. Favorable ac tion on a resolution for an amendment to the atate legislature providing for the initiative and referendum haa been taken unanimously by the executive committee on constitutional amend ments. The resolution provides that legislation may be initiated on petition of 12 per cent of the vote cast for gov ernor at the last previous state elec tion, and that any act passed by the legislature may be referred to popu lar vote upon petition of 20 per cent of the last previous vote for governor. U. S. Legation is Stoned. Bogota, Colombia, March 10. A quarrel between the manager of an American owned railway line ana a po lice officer late yesterday waa followed by a riot during which a mob attempt ed to wreck the street cars, ine riot ing continued for some time and reach ed the American legation. The police gathered in force in the vicinity, but the mob, after wreaking its vengence on the rolling atoca oi in company, stoned the United States legation. Bodies Sent Out Rapidly. Wellington, Wash., March 10. At the last account 55 bodies had been taken out from the avalanche ruins. Th trail between Wellington and Scenic ia now ao well established that the bodies air being aent out soon after their recovery, to Seattle, or Ev erett,' most of the dead railroad men having lived in the latter city. PACKERS ARE TO BLAME. Retail Mast Dealer Exonerate Tariff . Farmer alao Hit. Washington, March 9. Retail meat dealers today placed upon th farmer and the packer th responsibility lor the higher price of meat 'n testimony given before the senate committo In vestigating the cost of living. Five retail men from New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washing ton were heard, and Walter Brown, a Washington dealer who kill bia own meat waa the only on who did not raise the price of meat which bad gone up at least 10 per cent during Um last five years. " Mr, Brown insisted that his price practically were tho aame then aa now. All agreed, however, that the com petition among th retailers kept th price to the consumer aa low aa possi ble. Each witness vigorously denied th retailers were responsible for - prevail ing. prices, and none would admit . that any agreement on price existed among them. While no on charged that th packer were in a combination, all th witnesses who had dealinga with them declared there seemed to be no com plaint for the retail trade. When complaint waa mad to th packer about advancing th price. they aaid, the latter explained that stock waa scarce. John Rohlman.Jwho conducts mark et in New York City, told the commit tee that competition among th retail- era in New York waa ao keen that they bsd been unable to keep pace with th steadily increased prices, which th wholesaler had forced upon them dur ing the laat 15 years. He aaid' the in crease during that time amount to about four cents a pound on beef, both to the retailer and the consumer. . STRIKEBREAKERS USE GUNS. Angered by Attacks, Carload of Them Fir Upon Crowds. Philadelphia, March 9. Six persons. including a young girt, were wounded tonight with bullet fired by a party of alleged strikebreakers who rode wildly up and down r rankiort avenue In a trolley ear and ehot into the crowd that lined the sidewalks. This outbreak followed the atoning of cars tonight along Frankfort ave nue, after an uneventful day. A stone thrown by one of the crowd injured a strikebreaking motorman. Infuriated at this, 15 of his comrades took out a car, all the window of which they broke with their club. As the car, loaded with strikebreak ers, aped down the avenue, bullet were rained at the jeering crowd. Helen May, aged 14, was struck in th leg by a bullet John Maloney, aged 18, and Michael Oa born, aged 24, were also shot in th legs, and Frank Bromley, aged 23, re ceived a bullet in the foot After reaching Allegheny avenue, the car waa switched to the northbound track by ita crew and the dash back to the barn began. So swiftly waa it driven that before the crowd realised it was coming back, it had aped past them and into the barn. The shooting of inoffensive bystand ers worked the crowd into a high pitch of excitement and aa other ears cam down the street the mob wrecked sev eral, leaving only the trucks on the rails. About a dosen arrest wer made. 82 MEN PROTECT CARUSO. Italian Singer's Life Guarded Cloaely After Black Hand Threat. New York, March 9. More carefully guarded by police than President Taft on his visit here, Enrico Caruso, the tenor, who recently received Black Hand letters demanding $16,000, re mained barred in his apartments today. The singer is said to have received more threatening letters. Caruso made his first public appearance in opera last night since the Black Hand start led him with its demands. No less than 75 policemen, four detective and three mounted policemen, were de tailed to look for lurking dynamiters in and about the opera house in Brooklyn. Detectives, mingled in the chorua while police guarded the wings and one or two perched in the flies. "I am ready for the attack," aaid Caruso, valiantly, "but " here he relapsed into a smile "I prefer that it should not come." 36 Badly Hurt in Wreck. Los Angeles, March 9. Thirty-aix persons were injured, some of them ao seriously that they probably will die, when an Oak Knoll car of th Pacific Electric system waa tossed from th track by the engine of a freight train on the Salt Lake route tonight Th electric ear was crowded with people. The car had been brought to a atop at the crossing of the Salt Lake tracka on Aliso street and waa then started up again and waa half over the cros sing when the freight train crashed into the rear end of it Shuberts Confirm Rumor. New York, March 9. The Shubert Theatrical association confirmed th report tonight that they are to expend $6,000,000 in the erection of a chain of 12 theater between St Paul and San Francisco. The cities in which they will build are Denver, San Francisco, Portland, Winnipeg, Los Angelea, Fresno, San Diego, San Joae, Butte, Spokane, Salt Lake and Sacramento. It ia planned to have the theaters ready for opening early next season. Denver Haa 100,000 Fire. Denver. March 9. The Griffin Wheel works, in South Denver, waa destroyed by fire tonight entailing a lose ex ceeding $100,000. tl the crop yet to be ihipped; a larg aaemoiago.