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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.