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Turkey "and Italy are reported to
have signed preliminary articles of
ptsce.
The steamer Senator arrived at Se
attle from Nome with f 1,200.000 in
gold dust and a large cargo of furs.
A noted Chicago artist has been ar
rested charged with circulating num
erous band-painted counterfeit 110
bills.
Jules Vedrine. a French aviator,
won the world's speed championship
at Chicago by a flight averaging 10.). 5
miles per hour.
Blistering heat continues from the
Rockv Mountains to the Atlantic.
Cows refuse to eat and the milk sup
ply is almost cut off.
A Norwegian explorer declares he
has found the descendants of the
Norsemen who were lost in the Arctic
regions 500 years ago.
Masked and armed robbers held up
the stage between Fort Bidwell and
New Pine Creek. Or., relieving the
passengers of about $150.
Secretary Knox and suite arrived in
Japan sj special envoys to the funeral
of the late emperor Mutauhito. and re
ceived a cordial welcome.
James J. Hill has organised a trust
company with a capital of $2,000,000
and it is believed be intends to em
bark in the steel business.
New born monkeys at Baltimore are
to be raised as nearly like human ba
bies as possible, in an effort to learn
to what extent the Darwinian theory
will bold.
Mrs. Malcolm D. Whitman, former
ly Miss Jennie Crocker, of San Fran
cisco, arrived in New York with her
husband and $60,000 worth of pet
dogs.
The city museum of Portland, Or.,
has been presented with a copy of the
Boston Gazette of March 12, 1770, in
which is an editorial urging colonists
to refuse to buy tea from England.
Indications are that the apple crop
will not be up to expectations, and
prices are advancing.
Mexican rebels are reported to have
sacked and burned the town of Ahuah
uetilan, cremating one merchant in
his store.
Hundreds of horses hare died in
Kansas from an epidemic of spinal
meningitis.
A sack of gold containing $10,000
is mysteriously missing from the office
of the treasurer of Mercer county,
California. w
The German army is to have a new
dirigible balloon capable of sustain
ed flight of 60 hours and speed of 50
miles an hour.
Oppressive beat brings misery to
Chicago and the Middle West. Two
persons died of sunstroke and 26
were bitten by rabid dogs.
Arizona cowboys have organized a
military company and declare they
will invade Mexico and rescue im
perilled Americans in Senora.
Engineer Modjeski reports that the
proposed wagon bridge across the Co
lumbia at Vancouver will cost $1,987,
200, with $500,000 additional for
rights of wsy for approaches.
The State department is making
every effort to get arms and ammuni
tion to Americans in Cananea, Mex
ico, that tbey may protect themrelves
against the rebels wbo infest thst dis
trict PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat Track prices: Club, 80c;
bluestem, 82fti83c; forty-fold, 81c;
valley, 81c.
Barley Feed, $25.50526.50 ton;
brewing, $28.50,29 per ton; Mill-
stuffs Bran, $23.60 ton; shorts, $26;
middlings, $32; rolled barley, $28.
Corn Whole, $38.50; cracked,
$39.50 ton.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $15;
valley timothy, $1213; clover, $10;
oats and vetch, $106311; grain hay,
$1011.
Oats Spot, $29f430 ton.
Fresh Fruits Apples, 50c(X$1.60
per box; peaches, 35Ti65c box;
plums, 16 lc pound; pears, 2c; grapes,
$11.60 box; blackberries, b0ci
$1.35 crate.
Onions Walla Walla, 75ft.85c sack.
Potatoes Jobbing prices: Bur
banks, 60ri 65c hundred.
Vegetables Artichokes, 65(475c
dozen; cabbage, lftdjc pound ; cauli
flower, $1&1.25 dozen; celery, 50
75c; corn, 15ri25c; cucumbers, 60c
box; head lettuce, 20 a, 25c dozen;
peppers, &a6c pound; tomatoes, hOoi
60c box; garlic, 8rttl0c pound; carrots,
$1.50 sack; turnips, $1.25; beets,
$1.50.
Eggs Case count, 22tfi23c; can
dled, 25(ft26c; extras, 28r(29c.
Butter Oregon creamery, cubes,
S3c pound; prints, 34f34lc
Pork Fancy, HK'il2e pound.
Veal Fancy, 14 a 15c pound.
Poultry Hens, ' 13Je; broilers,
14i'il5c; ducks, young, 10c; geese,
8frrl2e; turkeys, live, 22c; dressed,
25e.
Cattle Choice steers, $717.25;
good, $6.25rfj6.75; medium, $616.25;
choice cows, $6-0,6.25; good, $5.50fr
6.76; medium, $5m,5.25; choice cal
ves, $78.60; good heavy calves,
$6.257; bulls, $34.50; stags, $5
(15. 75.
Hogs Light, $8.76r9.25; heavy,
$8'i8.60.
Sheep Yearlings, $3.6014.65;
wethers, $4ft4.0; ewes, $2.863.75;
lambs, $6Cft5.60.
APATHY IN WASHINGTON.
Governor Hay Renominated Without
Opposition Vote Light.
Seattle The statewide primaries
were marked by apathy. The Seattle
newspapers mad elaborate arrange
ments to display election returns, but
only a handful of people gathered.
Governor Marion E. Hay, Republican
was nominated without any real op
position.
In the First, or Seattle congress dis
trict, Representative Will E. Humph
rey was similarly renominated. For
congressman-at-large Frank Hammond
and J. E. Frost are leading in Seattle,
bat it is asserted that Hammond will
run behind Henry B. Dewey else
where.
For state insurance commissioner,
John H. Schively, against whom
bitter personal fight was made, ran
far behind State Senator H. O. Fish
back in King county and throughout
the state.
On the Democratic side no illumin
ative figures on the governorship are
obtainable, except that King county
scattering returns show that Elmer C,
Million, Democrat, la not running so
well as was expected. Charles G.
Heifner, Democrat, seems to have
won the congress nomination in the
First district over Thomas R. Horner.
Supreme Justices Ralph O. Dunbar,
Overton G. Ellis and Wallace Mount
were renominated unopposed.
For attorney-general, W. V. Tan
ner, Kepublican, is renominated al
most unanimously.
In the first, or Seattle, district. 20
King county precincts give Heifner,
Democrat, for congress, 204; Horner,
96. Heifner's nomination is conceded.
Eighteen precincts in King county
for congressman-at-large give Frost
211, Hammond 161. Returns from
various parts of the state indicate the
nomination of Frost for one of the
two seats.
There was only one Socialist can
didate for each office.
The Socialist ticket, headed by Miss
Anna Maley, for governor, was nom
inated by a mail referendum two
months ago, but under the state law
the candidates were obliged to go on
the primary ballot.
REBELS WELL FED.
Salszar's Men Live OflF Ranchers As
They Travel.
Douglas, Ariz. With his 400 fol
lowers living on the .fat of the land,
Inez 'Salazar, the rebel general, is
moving slowly to the west along the
international boundary. He is closely
watched by United States cavalrymen,
who are following the rebel move
ments from the American side of the
ine.
Salazar and bis men remain at a
ranch until all the choicest cattle and
provisions are consumed and then
move a few miles west. I hey are
slowly nearing Augua Prieta,' the
Mexican town just opposite Douglas.
At last reports to United States
army officers here, Salazar's command
camped on the Mescal ranch, 25 miles
east of Augua Prieta, where the fed
eral garrison was strengthened by the
arrival of 100 soldiers from the South.
This makes the gsrrison number 300
men, but Salazar's force may be
strengthened at any time by the many
groups of from 200 to 400 rebels
operating in the viciqity.
RELICS ARE SAVED.
General Sickles Not Forced to Part
With Wsr Trophies.
New York General Daniel E. Sick
les will not be obliged to part with his
relics of the Civil war, which were to
have been sold at auction to satisfy a
judgment of $200 held by the Lincoln
Trust company. Daniel P. Hayes, the
general s lawyer, announced that
money to satisfy the judgment had
been raised and that the case would be
settled.
The relics included commissions of
the general, many of them signed by
Abraham Lincoln, medals won by the
general in the war and at Gettysburg,
where be lost bis leg, letters from
men prominent in the affairs of the
Union and swords used in famous bat
tles. Valley Crcps One-Half In.
Salem, Or. The continued bad
weather has damaged grain in the
shock about 10 per cent. Hops have
molded considerable, and possibly
there will be loss of 15 per cent The
prunes 'are undamaged, with only a
fair crop on the trees, as the frost
caught some of them early in the
spring. The foregoing refers only to
the unharvested portion of the crops.
At least one-half of hops are harvest
ed, and grain one-half in the bin, and
we think more. Barley is off color,
and will not be used for brewing.
Loss to Farmers 8 Per Cent.
Corvallis, Or. Hops not damaged;
mills report about 60 per cent of grain
damaged for milling purposes, but
good for seed, etc. Loss for farmers
not over 8 per cent; others sgree dam
age to grain about 25 per cent.
Entire Crop May Be Saved.
La Grande, Or. Wheat crop dam.
aged not to exceed 15 per cent so far,
Should weather continue favorable for
three weeks the entire crop will be
taken care of. Fifty per cent of the
crop is already harvested.
Rain Increases Potato Crop.
Cornelius, Or. The following fig
ures are as near as it is possible to
judge at present: Potatoes, bumper
crop, increased by rain probably 10
percent; wheat, average crop, dam
aged by rain probably 10 per cent:
oata, average crop, onethalf damaged
by rain, one-half not damaged; hay,
average crop, damage for entire sea
son, 35 per cent; hops, heavy crop,
damaged at present 10 per cent The
potato crop is the largest known.
Famine Threatened In Siam. .
Eugene, Or. A letter from C. A.
Steele, newspaperman at Bangkok,
Siam, says that there is grave dannr
of famine in that country. There
has been little rain fall for two years,
and the exportation of rice has prac
tically ceased.
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE
BIGGER PAIR URGED.
J. H.
Booth Proposes State Show to
Cost SI.OOO.OOO.
Salem A $1,000,000 state fair
the plan that J. H. Booth, of Kose
burg, president of the Oregon Stat
Board of Agriculture, hopes to see
worked out. He believes that at least
$1,000,000 should be appropriated by
the legislature, not all at once, bow
ever, and that some definite plan be
adopted for the permanent upbuilding
of the fair.
"The university and agricultural
college and other state institutions are
given appropriations almost without
stint," said Mr. Booth. "While prob
ably tbey need the money and deserve
it, I believe that there is no greater
educational factor in the state than
the state fair. This is essentially an
agricultural state. Any move which
tends toward developing the state's
agricultural interests to the highest
point of efficiency is, financially and
in every other way. an upbuilding
factor in the state s progress.
By setting out definite plan for
the state fair grounds and obtaining
stated amounts biennially to be used
toward working out that plan, the
state fair could be developed into one
of the most magnificent features of
the state, that would repay the money
expended in many ways.
Upon the nucleus which we have
we could build up tc the final attain
ment of the scheme for a great fair,
Every improvement which is put in
the grounds should be a permanent
one.
There should be good walks, good
buildings, a cattle judging arena elec
trically lighted, so that judging could
be done at night. The difficulties
that we have encountered this year
with the rains should be obviated by
all permanent covered buildings.
W hop to have a permanent pavilion
constructed with the $50,000 which
the last legislature appropriated, and
which, we trust, will be given us by
the next legislature overriding the
governor's veto.
The fair should be placed in a po
sition where it will be able to handle
the crowds whether the weather is
wet or dry, a place provided where
agricultural lectures can be given
daily for the farmers, and the entire
show given over to the agricultural
nterests. The agricultural and stock
displays at the fair I place first, and
the amusements last. The fair is for
educational purposes, and it is toward
that end we are constantly striving
COVE CHERRIES STILL RI?E.
. M. Stsckland Thinks Oregon Is
Ideally Located.
Portland Although the bulk of the
cherry crop in Cove district has long
since been gathered, ana marketed,
cherries are still ripe in that section.
C. M. Stackland, of Cove, was in Port
land, Saturday, and brought to the
Commercial club samples of Bing and
Royal Anne cherries he had picked
from his own orchard, which are in
perfect condition.' Mr. Stackland is
a member of the firm of Stackland
Bros., one of the largest fruitgrowing
concerns of the Cove district.
Mr. Stackland had some interesting
figures to offer concerning this year's
cherry crop. From 227 trees, growing
on two acres, he sold 13 tons of Royal
Anne cherries to a cannery for
$1000.
"That the community may well en
courage the fruitgrower," says Mr.
Stackland, "is indicated in the wages
paid to workers in the Cove cherry or
chards. My brother and I picked 16,
000 gallons of cherries from eight
acres, and the picking and packing
cost $997.03. This means that $125
an acre was paid for labor in harvest
ing the crop, which shows that the re
turns from the cherry crop are widely
distributed throuhout the country.
"Although Cove is one of the best
known cherry districts in the state, I
believe that there are great areas in
Oregon, now lying idle, that could be
cultivated and made to produce fruit
just as good."
Steel Bridges in Umatilla.
Pendleton Umatilla county has
more steel bridges than any other
county in Oregon, according to C. H.
Martin, the civil engineer employed
by the county recently to construct
permanent highways and bridges
throughout the county. Every bridge
built in the county during the last six
years has been of steel and at the
present time 12 of these structures
are in course of construction. Two of
the new bridges are to replace wooden
ones carried out by the Butter creek
cloudburst.
Hops at Eugene Are Prime.
Eugene Hoppicking began in a
number of yards near Eugene and
Springfield, the growers taking ad
vantage of the slack of rain to get in
as much work as possible while the
clusters are in prime condition, fear
ing more rain. Yards about Irving
began picking also. As yet the rains
have not done much damage to the
hops in Lane county, and the quality,
according to J. W. Seavey, is prime.
No lice have appeared and growers
have sprayed their hops, so that there
is little chance of mold.
Rain Savss Loss From Fire,
Medford Favorable climatic con
ditions and efficient fir protection
have saved Jackson county more than I
a million dollars this season. Accord- j
ng to M. L. trlckeon, supervisor of,
the Forest service, there will be no
more forest fires in 1912, the recent 1
rains having eliminated the possibil
ity, the season of 1912 will establish
record in the history of forest fires in
Southern Oregon.
Trout Stream Fished Out.
Dufur A petition requesting that
Fifteen-Mile creek bn stocked with
trout has recently been filed with the
state fish and game commission. At
one time fifteen-Mile creek teemed
ith trout, but at the present time
this creek is practically fished out, and
unless it be stocked at an early date it
111 be next to impossible to locat a
fish in this creek.
ROAD HEARS END,
Gradinar la Finished and Rails Lai
Most of Way to Friend.
Dufur . The work of extending the
Great Southern railroad from this city
to Friend, about ten miles distant, i
nearing completion, and it is expected
that regular trains will be in opera
tion to Friend within a month.
Rails are being laid on the last two
miles of the work, the grading being
all finished and the rails laid up to
within about two miles of the pro
posed terminus, and work trains are
being operated over the new road for
this distance.
Sixty-pound rails are being used
and the roadbed and bridge are being
constructed in the best possible man
ner so that the heaviest kind of traffic
can be run over the road when com
pleted.
After the completion of this extea
sion the line from here to The Dalles
wilt be repaired, both roadbed and
bridges, and put in first-class shape,
The extension of the terminus wil
probably necessitate the moving of the
trainmen and their families to rriend,
The officer of the Great Southern
company are seriously considering the
advisability of purchasing some sort
of motor car to add to their passen
ger service. It is yet undecided
whether they will purchase a gasoline
motor or a car propelled by an electric
storage battery. However, as soon
as the business warrants the addi
tional service, it will be made as sug
gested.
The audition of a motor rar will cu
the running time to The Dalles and
return nearly half, and be of great
convenience to the people along the
line.
The Great Southern expects a large
freight business, both in grain and
fruit, this fall, and is making prepar
ations for handling this traffic.
MEDFORD WILL BUILD ROAD.
Citizen Determined to Have
Rail
Line to Ssaport.
Medford Medford is to have a rail
road to the coast. Tired of promises
by railroad companies and outsiders
prominent Medford business men have
decided to do the job themselves.
Papers were filed for the incorporation
of the Medford & Crescent Lity Rail
way company, and the preliminary
capitalization has been placed at $50,-
000.
That such road will be of incal
culable benefit to Medford and the
Rogue River valley cannot be gain
said. It will open up a virgin miner!
and timber region, will tap the fertile
but undeveloped Applegate valley, and
will bring a great reduction in freight
rates. With the construction of the
Panama canal, it will mean that fruit
and produce can be shipped by water
to Atlantic Coast ports, and incident
ally a delightful summer resort will
be within easy distance of this city
OREGON NATIVES GO EAST.
Albany Couple to Devote
Nine
Months to Extensive Tour.
Albany Robert L. Burkhart, one of
the best-known breeders of Jersey
cattle on the Pacific Coast, has started
on a trip East, during which he will
inspect the leading Jersey herds of
the country. On May 20, last, Mr.
Burkhart sold the Jersey herd which
he had been developing for several
years for $17,000 st one of the largest
public sales ever held in Oregon.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Burkhart, who
are native Oregonians, have never
isited the Atlantic Coast and they
will devote nine months to an exten-
ive tour of the EasL
Big Hop Ysrd is Down.
Grant Pass Borne down with the
great crop of hops, with the added
weight of the rain on the dense foli
age, the entire Flanagan-Cornell hop-
yard of 100 acres lies flat on the rain-
soaked ground, the supporting wires
aving broken under the strain. Pick
ing had been in progress in the yard
for several days, but two weeks' work
s yet to be done before the crop Is all
in the bale. A force of men is busy
raising the vines to supports, and if
no further rain falls the quality of the
hop will not be damaged.
First Box From Eugene.
Eugene The first freight sent out
of Eugene over the new Oregon Elec
tric railway was shipped to Junction
City by the owners of a local grocery
and meat market. They sent to one
of their customers a consignment of
meat and vegetables, the shipment
going in a dox car drawn by the con
struction engine. The track layers
have reached the business section of
the city, but the crossing has not been
made at the intersection of West Fifth
and Blair streets at the edge of the
city, where the P. & E. lines run.
Hops Burn, Loss S8000.
Forest Grov The hophouse, In
cluding 18,000 pounds of dried hops,
belonging to Robert B. Porter, which
Is located about three miles north
west of this city, burned to the
ground, entailing loss of about
$8000. The cause of the fire is not
known, but it is believed to have
started from a defect in the heating
ytem. Insurance amounted to $7000.
About one-fourth of the hops hsd been
picked, which amount was consumed.
The remainder of the crop will be
drind in neighboring hophouse.
Dallas to Install Fountain.
Dallas To accommodate the travel
ing public, the visiting farmers and
the local citizens, Dallas is to have
four public drinking fountains in
stalled on four of the principal corners
of this city. There Is to be a large
fountain for horses at the Main street
intersection. An effort is to be made
to get the drinking fountains in be
fore the Harvest Festival and School
children' Fair, October 8, 4 and 6. '
MAINE GOES REPUBLICAN.
lj.i... i ..Ha far Governor By 4000
Local Issue Rule.
Portland. Me. Main turned back
... th. K.nublican party in the state
election, William T. Maine, of W
.-..will. hlnir elected governor over
ICIIMI! mr-m. m --(B)
Governor Plaieted, hi Democratic op-
nnnont. who ought a second term
while the Republicsns regained one of
the two congressional districts lost to
the Democrats two year ago.
Th new legislature Is expected to
have a email Republican majority, al
though returns befor midnight were
... ...ni-Unt to show whether Edwin
r Ttnpluluh. cs-DreDresentative in
Republican, or Senat
r.ardner. Democrat, will be chosen to
th. Unit.) States senate.
H.inrna for governor from all but
37 small towns give: Haines, Repub
liean. 69.615: Plaisted. Democrat,
,t 1.12 The missing towns In 1910
aJva: Republicans, 1157; Democrat,
ouj llainee" plurality is eiMmated
t asiO.
Theae returns show a Republican
aain of 9 ner rent and a Dtmocratic
loss of 8 per rent.
COLORADO VOTE LIGHT.
Dsmocrsts Outnumber Republicans
But None Show Interest.
Denver. Colo. Return from Colo
rado' first statewide primary at
late hour were meager. The Demo
cratie returns received outnumbered
the Republican three to one.
Rough estimates show only one-third
of the registered vote in the stale was
east- In Denver the percentage IS ea
timated at only one-flfth.
Results so far as known indicate
that E. M. Amnion is leading for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomination
Clifford C. Park, regular Kepuuli
ran. is leading Phillip B. Stewart,
Roosevelt Progressive Republican, fo
the head of the Republican ticket.
Governor Shafroth Is lea-ling Alva
Adums and T. J. O'Donnell for the
Democratic long-term senatorial nnmi
nation, while Merl l. mcent, Koose
velt Progressive Republican, heads
Clyde C. Dawson, regular Republican
Charles S. Stone is unopposed for the
Democratic nomination for the short
term in the United States senste.
James II. Brown is leading C. W
Waterman for the Republican short
term in the United States senate.
The light vote in the rural districts
was due to the fact that farmers took
advantage of the clear weather to bar
vest their heavy crops. rew women
voted, some explaining the fact that
the ballot seemed so complicated they
were afraid of losing their vote ant
so, paradoxically, tney stayed away
from the polls.
VOTE LIGHT IN ARIZONA.
Hardly 10 Per Cent of Recittnred
Voter at Phoenix Go to Pol:.
Pboenix, Ariz. Early returns in
dicate that the vote cast at the Ari
zona state primaries was exceedingly
light. Hardly 10 per cent of the reg
istered vote in Maricopa county, in
which Phoenix is situated, was cast
Returns from Douglas showed that
only 30 per cent of the registered vot
era had cast their ballots there. The
figures so far reported from that city
gave: Democrats, 142; Roosevelt
Progressives, 139; Republicans, 21,
and Socialists, 11.
The total vote for the Progressives
reported from fresco tt was 67. In
the same section W. E. Jones, K. A.
Torres and George Babbitt, electoral
candidates, were leading the Demo
cratic vote there by a strong majority.
Yuma, Ariz. The vote here at the
primaries was light. In Yuma and
two outside precincts, the Democratic
ticket received nine votes; the Rnose
velt Progressive, 7!: the Socialist, 20
and the Republican 12.
Ureal Highway Proposed.
Indianapolis, Ind. A macadam
roadway to extend from New York to
San Francisco, a distance of 3340
miles, and to cost $25,000,000, was
proposed here at a banquet of 800 In
diana automobile manufacturer and
dealers, who subscribed $300,000 to
start the campaign in this state. The
plan la to furnish material, at a cost
of about $12,000,000, free to the
counties through which the road will
pass, the counties to psy only the cost
of construction, which is to be under
government supervision.
Italians Resent Being Given Away.
Chiasso, Switzerland Feeling is
running high in Italy regarding the
ultimate disposition of the Aegean Isl
ands, which have been occupied by
Italian troops in the war with Turkey.
The agitation was Initiated by dele
gates from the islands and by Greek
emissaries and is receiving the sup
port of the Socialists and other ex
tremists. The agitators maintain
that it would be dishonorable In Italy
to conclude peace by giving up the
Aegean islands on grounds that Italy
wants the I.ahya region of Africa.
Idaho Women Plan Bolt.
Boise, Idaho A Republican ticket
mane up entirely or women candi
dates, will tie placed in the field in
Idaho this fall sgainst the regular
Kepuoilcan and Progressive tickets.
1 he women members of the Republi
can party in Idaho announced that
they hsd become disgusted with the
wrangling in the party and decided to
place a ticket of their own before the
people. The women will hold their
convention hnre this week.
Subwsy Plans Complete.
Chicago Plans for Chicago's
pro-
posed euhway system were completed
and presented by a sub-committee to
the city council committee on sub
ways. The plans provide for four
main lines traversing the city. The
estimate for construction Is $!ifl,2'i7.
000, and for equipment $3l,RH4,Ood.
The system would have capacity of
187,000 psssengers an hour.
Ismay Ratigne,
New York J. Bruco Ismay, who
figured in the news a few months ago
by being among the Titanic survivors,
is to resign as president of the Int.-!
national Mercantile Ft -in company.
TIME LIMIT IS
GIVEN MADERO
Must
Protect Americans and
Property or Resign.
Failure to Meet Ultimatum or United
8tate Will Be Followed By
Immediate Intervention.
Washington. D. C President Taft
has given President Madero 30 day in
which to protect American property
ami live in Mexico. If Madero fail
to do this the United States will re
nuire that he resign Immediately. I
Madero should refuse to resign inter
vention will follow speedily.
This statement was mad her
Thursday by a high official of th De
partment of State to Juan I'edro ll
dann. representative of th Mexican
revolution in Washington.
Th nam of the otllcial is withheld
but full credence is given the state
ment here, in view of recent events in
the Mexican situation.
IHin Manuel Calero. Mexican am
bassador here, hurriedly left Washing
ton last week for Mexico City, bear
ing a personal message from President
Taft to President Madero. It Is be
lieved tint messsge he took from the
administration to Madero was of the
tenor described. Diplomats say that
Calero would not have made a person
al trip from Washington all the way
to Mexico City unless the Issue was
extraordinarily urgent.
Developments this week showing
the strong exertions of the Madero
administration to get troops to North
ern Mexico to protect American In
tercst. which quickly followed Cal
rfo'a arrival in Mexico City, also lend
weittht to the reixirted threat of the
United States.
Officials at the State department
were reticent when questioned con
ceming this development in the Mx
ican situation. It was intimated that
the administration intends to force
Msdrro to protect foreign interests in
the republic, but none would discuss
the report that this government plans
to compel the Mexican president to re
sign if he fails to get a better grasp
on affairs along the Rio (.ramie.
EMERGENCY VESSEL READY,
Three Troopships at Fort Msson
Have Steamed Up Tor Ruth Trip
San Francisco For the past few
days there hss been unusual activity
on Uiard the army transports Crook
nd lluford, which, with the troopahip
Sheridan, are tied up at the transport
docks at Fort Mason. There is steam
up in all three ships snd they would
be ready for sea in an hour, should the
Mexican situation requite the sending
of troops South.
n hile the authorities in charge of
the transxrt deny any authorisation
to arrange for movements of troops
toward the Mexican border, th fart
remains that the transport are ready
for any emergency. -
Su'phur Cargo on Fire.
San Francises Fire which broke
out sudlcnly in the hold of the Brit
ish steamer Fiticlarrnce at the Green
street wharf, thrratens to destroy
1000 tons of Japanese sulphur in her
cargo. Ihe r itzclarvnee. Captain J.
it. wair. arrives wun coal tor this
port and sulphur fur Portland, Or.,
from Muroran, Japan. If the sulphur
is destroy ril the loss will be between
$40,000 and $30,000. Water from
five tugs and several fire engines was
turned into the hold without appreci
able effect.
Aviator Meets Death
Chicago Aviator Paul Perk, of
Washington, D. C , holder of the
American duration flight record, was
killed in a fall with his biplane Thurs
day afternoon, when flying in a gusty
ind. lie attempted toa steep a spiral
and when he struck the ground the
heavy engine came through the wreck
age, striking him In the neck. Physi
cians said his skull was fractured and
he was injured internally. Death oc
curred several hours after the fall,
the aviator never regaining con
sciousness. ! Turks Csptur Airship.
Tripoli The Turks, who on several
occasions have tried vainly to smuggle
nto iripoll an arenplane for scouting
purposes, are at last in possession of
machine through a mishau of Cm
lain iwoizo, of the Italian army. Cap
tain moizo was making a night from
iouara to Tripoli when the motor of
his machine stopped and he was
ottliged to descend in hostile eoun
iry. ne wss promptly csptured and
we aeroplane appropriated.
Auto Freight Protested.
Washington. D. C. The
in iunt rate or 1 a hundred pounds on
auiomomies, in less than carloads,
from New York and other Eastern
points to Pacific Coast terminals was
ttacked before the Interstate Com
merce commission. The chare fp
oiner self-propelling vehicles, less
man carloads, Is $1.50 a hundrn.l
Demand is male that the roads reduce
me rate on automobiles to $4.50.
Butter", Fsrm Psys.
Truckee, Cal. Miss Ximena Me
i.iasnan, or Truckee, Is a butterfly
farmer and is msking monev at It l
the past six weeks aha has propagated
and sold B200 mounted butterflies, for
wmcn she received $310, or 5 cents
apiece, which amount to more th
I'i0 a week.
Great French Army Out.
Paris The most Imnnainir mA ...
tenslv French army maneuvers in
years opened in .Touraine and PoUu
wnen IZO.OOO soldier and CO aero
planes and two dirigible balloons took
the field for a week of mimic warfare.
Horse Plsgu Spreading.
Council Bluffs The t.n. ..i......
has crossed the Missouri river and
several animals have died near Shan
andoah, Clarlnda and Pacific Junction,
in Pag and Mill, counties, Iowa.
FIQURINQ ON CANAL
Special Agent Is
tudln bm.
A.pct or w.l.'rw-t.;H,"i
Washington. D. C.-The I...
Sir Ewd.rd Grey, th. HrHUhTL
eert.ry. to th G.t..h..j
of commerce regarding th, T9
tHud. toward, th P.!;: J'1'
I regarded her. a. ,0 Indl'
th negotiation. betwZ Z
countrle. are to have , fin.nc,
th foreign secretary' argum... v1
Ing that British shipping llW
dened with . undue propo'rfc
charge, for th maintenane, 0f
canal through complete
aw - Am"""
In view of this, Importance .ttvh
to an Inquiry now being eondueUH
th. l.thmu. by rrofJLr
Johnson, special commissioner oa P.
ama traffic and tolls. Prof.aao.Vr
son already ha compiled sUUstjIi
bearing upon character and probsbU
amount of traffic that will
mrougn me rename canal. II, :
1. 4 l ...... . .' I
i th Panama canal. II. gT.
ged In study of the ..!
iwm in a siuuy or the I
t th result, so that i
aspect of th result, so that th. CZ
djuated to the need TiZ
j , .... w , ncaua of
. . -.. .viniiiinc DMIS. rJk
. -. .. in nasnngtuai
'no.
wun wua information.
GREAT ORGAN STIRS VETS,
ursns strmy tioin (Jhoma I.
f-t . .
I.N
Lak Tabernacle,
Salt Lak A spontaneous tad
touching tribute to the rx.w.r nf ,
great tabernacle organ and the ome
let, Professor J. J. Meridian M
paid by Commander H. M. Trimble .f
th Grnd Army of the Knmulii. .i
hi party. A guests at a ani.i
organ recital In their honor, the coat.
mander and personal staff sat in th
body of the tabernacle her. Hij
hundred other veterans, with tk.i.
families, who were trsvrlins- with,
htm, occupied th encircling gallery
One of the selections was: "M.r.-k.
ing Through Georgia." Ath,.,n-
strains rolled through th building
Commander Trimble bt came restless,
and when th vo humana stun, amk
its haunting suggestion of the well
known words, was added to th chorus,
he sprang to hi feet and without.
stretched arm beat time to the mniic
and began to sing. The hundred I.
the gallery took up the refrain.
"While we were marching thronsk
Georgia," throbbed against th dose
of the vast building and a thoussM
eyes were wet aa th strain died
away.
After a brief stop In Salt Lake the
special Grand Army train took up Its
ourney to Is Angeles fur th Na
tional encampment.
ALASKA RATES CUT AGAIN
Shipping Interest. In Fight for Bull-
ness Tariff Lowest Yet.
Seattle, Wash. Official of th
Alaska Steamship company announce
the second reduction in ten day in
freight rate from Seattle to South
eastern Alaska ports, prtcipiutin
rat war which is expected to be th
most spirited In the history of Fsciflc
Coast shipping.
Ratea on general merchandise front
iattle to Krlrhlkan, Junesu, 8kf
sy and all other ports of rail I.
Southeastern Ataaka have been rut to
$2 a ton, the lowest tariffs ever plsrtd
n effect by a steamship lin oprrstinc
to the nrth. Southbound rate are
unchanged, as r rate to Seward,
Cordova. Valdei and other ports of
rail in Southwestern Alaska.
Th first reduction, announced ten
day agt, ranged from $1 to 13 l ton.
Border Patrol Inereated.
Washington, I). C The appearance
of large number of Mexican rebels
at Ojinaga has made It neressary to
ncrease the American patrol force in
Ihe Big Bend section, snd troop are
being sent from Fort Clark. Sev.
hundred federal, are encamped ten
mile below Quitman and the rebel
general, Salazar, with 1000 men, is In
the Caputinan mountains west of Sa-
binal Station on the Mexican North
western railway. Neither side Is
moving to attack.
Militia Hurry to Mines.
Charleston, W. Va. F.very com
pany of th West Virginia state mill-
la has been ordered back to the Ksns-
wha coal field, where Governor Glass-
cock recenly declared martial law.
Conditions throughout the strike sons
re said to be rritirc!. T. c cr.t.-i.I
ack of the mllitl.-c'.-M r: .psi .k
bring th number of state soldiers
strike dutv ud to 1200. When IB
ddi tional troop reach the trouble dis
trict, it Is said, th martial boundary
now covering about 20 miles, will be
greatly extended.
Berlin Boom Collapsss
Berlin On of th largest realty
building concern, here, with liabili
ties of more than 60,000,000 msrks,
or $12,GO0.0OO, Is reported to be In
difficulties owing to over-speculstion
on the growth of Berlin. I.srge link
ing concerns backing the enterprise
have withdrawn their support. Th
Tageblatt says that th appointment
of receiver ha been applied for, but
confirmation ha been hitherto unob
tainable. Should the report prov
true, this would b the most extcntlv
collapse In long series.
Mothsrs to Go to School.
Kansas City Th high cost of li
Ing is In the greatest problem todsv,
and its solution lies with the wivr
and mothers of the nation, in the
opinion of the board of education or
Kansas City, Kan., which offers spe
cial inducement to mothers to attend
the night school. These include
nursery and kindergarten for the chil
dren of students and special courses
In cooking and "how to mak $20 h
for $2." Thre hundred hav enrolled.
Mrstlss' 8eret Found.
Washlnton. D. C Dr. John F.
Anderson and Dr. Joseph Goldberg, or
the public health service, have sur-
ceeled in Inoculating monkeys wun
measles, something said to be hitherto
unknown, and In course of their re
search hav mado discoveries which
promise to mak the malady loss dan
gerous. Th germ wa found to be o
minut that It passed through me
pore, of porcelain filUr.