NEWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of World's Important
Events Told in Brief.
Great Britain and Germany an?
working together to avert general
European war.
On motion of the prosecution, four
of the defendants in the dynamiting
cases were discharged.
Woodrow ilson attended a session
of the Bermuda parliament and lis
tened to a tariff discussion between
members.
In turning his sled to avoid striking
some smaller boys, a halt Lake City
lad aged 15 received injuries which
caused his death.
Three big Atlantic liners arrived in
New York in one duy, all more or less
damaged by a fierce storm through
which they had passed.
At the opening session or congress.
Speaker Clark broke two gavels hold
ing the enthusiastic members of the
house down to business.
Mrs. Clara B. Colby, of Portland
will trv to have a bill passed by con
gross allowing all women to vote for
congressional candidates.
. The secretary of the treasury has
recommended the appropriation of $2,
132,000 for the improvement of the
Columbia river and tributaries.
Senator Ashurst, of Arizona, ap
pears on the new congressional direc
tory as a lumberjack, cowboy, cashier
in a store, reporter, hodcarrier and
lawyer.
A Los Angeles man was stricken
blind while drinking ice cream soda,
and was then robbed of all his money
by a stranger who escorted him to the
receiving hospital.
The first woman jury in Kansas
opened its deliberations by prayer,
then, all talking at once, decided in
three hours a case in which a men's
jury had previously disagreed after
two days of balloting.
Republicans will actually be in the
minority in the next session of con
gress. The great Harriman railroad mer
ger, created when the Union Pacific
bought 46 per cent of the stock of the
Southern Pacific, has been dissolved j
by the Supreme court as a violation of
the Sherman anti-trust law.
ADAMSON KILL IS DELAYED
Physical Valuation for Itig Corpor.
ationa Once Near Vote.
Washington, D. C. An amendment
offered by Republican Leader Mann,
proposing a rigid regulation of the is
suance of stocks and bonds, prevented
passage by the house of the Adamson
bill that would authorize a special
commission to ascertain the physical
valuation of railroads and other inter
state carriers with the view of aiding
the Interstate Commerce commission
in fixing equitable feight rates.
Debate on the bill, which was favor
ably rvported by the interstate and
foreign commerce committee at the
last session, had been in progress
nearly five hours and a vote was about
to be taken when Mr. Mann moved
that the measure be sent back to the
committee with instructions that it be
reported with his proposed section
added. After an extended debate on
a point of order against the amend
ment, the matter went over by
unanimous consent.
Mr. Mann's amendment would pre
scribe in detail how an interstate car
rier should incur indebtedness and
would prohibit the issuance of stocks.
bonds or notes except in return for
money or other consideration approved
by the Interstate Commerce commis
sion.
With a permanent corps of experts
inquiring into the value ol carriers
property, ahe proksed law would
make it possible for the Interstate
Commerce commission to fix rates on
the basis of profit to be realized on
actual investments instead of on paper
valuations.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF
General New of the Industrial and Educational Development
and Progreaa of Kural Communitie, lublic Institution. Etc.
TAFT'S NOMINEES OPPOSED
President-elect Wilson has sum
moned Bryan to a conference after his
vacation in Bermuda is over.
Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon,
favors putting soldiers' homes under
control of the War department.
Kidnappers made away with the two
daughters of a rich Mexican mine
owner residing in Galveston, Texas.
United States authorities have
blocked the efforts of Japan to obtain
a steamship coaling station in Hawaii,
The steamer Burin lay disabled for
two days in the Gulf of Georgia, pass
ing ships ignoring her signals of dis
tress. Servia has taken possession of Du
razzo, a seaport in Albania, ignoring
the Albanian proclamation of inde
pendence. Defendants in the dynamite cases
have been placed under increased
bonds, which they find difficult to get.
and all may have to return to jail.
Five hundred thousand school child
ren of California have sent a petition
to Philadelphia asking the loan of the
Liberty Bell to the Panama-Pacific
fair in 1915.
Snow storms and universally cold
weatfier swept the Southern states.
many points in Texas and Mexico be
ing as cold, or colder, than Canada on
Thanksgiving day.
Senate Democrats Show Desire to
Prevent Confirmation.
Washington, D. C President Taft
sent more than 200 recess appoint
ments to the senate Wednesday, and
immediately indications of a move
ment 'among some of the Democratic
senators to prevent their confirmation
became evident. Senatore Gore, it
was said, would have the active sup
port of several colleagues in holding
the movement.
The campaign is directed specially
against nominations which had been
postponed from time to time, thus
bringing the new terms close to the
beginning of the Democratic adminis
tration. Democratic senators contend
the president already has deprived the
Democrats of the privilege of appoint
ing 50,000 postmasters by placing
them within the civil service law by a
single order.
Most of the Democratic senators ex
pressed themselves as favorable to i
"discriminating obstruction," but sev
eral "progressive" senators, whose
assistance had been counted on, did
not appear to be willing to co-operate,
it is said.
PLAN IS TO KLOCK HILL LINE
Harriman Interest Rush Survey
l'p McKcnii Valley.
Eugene Intention of the Harriman
interests to forestall the Hill pcopl
in the building of a railroad up the
McKenxie Valley is evidenced by the
copy of a resolution of the board of
directors of the Oregon & California
Railroad company, filed with the sec-
ret art of stale and with the Lane
county clerk.
This resolution authorizes the con
traction of a trifle over 24 miles of
railroad from a point on the Natron
Klamath cut-off, a few miles east of
Springtied, up the McKenzie Valley to
Martin s rapids, where the Oregon
Power company is doing the prelimi
narv work on a hydro-electric project
The action of the Harriman inter
ests came rather as a surprise here, as
it was definitely known that Portland
Eugene & Eastern surveyors had been
at work all summer cheeking up on
oKI surveys made when Al Welch first
planned the Portland, Eugene A East
ern system, and it had boon understood
that an electric line was to be built.
In fact. President Strahorn. of the
Portland, Eugene & Eastern, has made
announcement that his company was
considering the building of this line,
but at that time had no definite news
to give out.
The Oregon Electric, since it has
acquired water power rights at Clear
Lake, capable of developing 3.1,000
horsepower, was also popularly sup.
posed to be planning the construction
of a railroad up the McKenzie. and
thence to a junction with the Oregon
Trunk east of the Three Sisters.
FIRST EQUAL SUFFRAGE VOTE
RAILROAD PAYS LARGE FEE
PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat Track prices: Club, 776.
78c; bluestem, bMnblc; forty-fold,
78c; red Russian, 75c; valley, 79c.
Corn Whole, $36; cracked, $37 ton.
MillstutTs Bran, $22.50 ton.
Barley Feed, $24.50 25 per ton;
brewing, nominal ; rolled, $27rti28.
Oats No. 1 white, $26 ton.
Hay Timothy, choice, $16.5017
ton; oat and vetch, $12; alfalfa, $12;
clover, $10; straw, $667 7.
Fresh Fruits Apples, BOdi $1.50 per
box; pears, 7ocm$l.o0; grapes, $1.35
wi.w; Malagas, per barrel; cran
berries, $11.50 per barrel; casabaa,
$2.50 per dozen.
Onions Oregon, 90c? $1 per sack.
Potatoes Jobbing prices: Bur
banks, 65ir;75c per hundred; sweet po
tatoes, ljf2c per pound.
Vegetables Beans, 12c; cabbage,
lc; cauliflower, $1.75 per crate; cel
ery, $3.50 per crate; cucumbers, BOf
60c per dozen; eggplant, 10c per
pound; head lettuce, $2.25 per crate;
peas, 12ic pound; peppers, 10c pound;
radishes, 150i,20c per dozen; sprouts,
8c; tomatoes, $1.50 per box, ; garlic,
5ft; 6c pound; pumpkins, lc pound;
turnips, 75c per sack; carrots, 75c;
beets, 75c; parsnips, 75c.
Eggs Fresh locals, candled, 45c
per dozen; Eastern, 22Jf;32jc.
Butter Oregon creamery, cubes
35 Jc per pound; prints 3GJfti37e.
Pork Fancy 10Jftllc pound.
Veal Fancy 13 fit 14c pound.
Poultry Hens 12r; 13c pound; broil
ers 12? 13c; turkeys live 20c; dressed
choice, 22ft23c; ducks, 12J (i, 14c;
geese, 2i 14c.
Hops 1912 crop, prime and choice,
14t 16c pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon, 14ril8c
pound; valley, 211-22ic; mohair,
choice, 32c.
Cattle Choice steers $6.8.V 7 ;good,
$6.50c(.85; medium steers, $nYi.25;
choice cows, $6rr(S.50; good, $5.50
05.75; medium, $t. ROft 5. 25; choice
calves, $7.50ft8; good heavy calves,
$66 7; bulls, $365; stags, $566.
Hogs Light, $7.85W8; heavy,
$. 75tfi 7.25.
Sheep Yearlings, $1.2.Vft5; weth
ers, $3.60ri4.75; ewes, $34; lambs,
I4&6.30.
Illinois Receives $110,885 From
Burlington Under Protest.
Springfield, III. One of the largest
fees ever received into the state treas
ury was paid under protest Wednesday
by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad company. A check for $110,
85 was paid to Secretary Doyle as a
fee for an extension for 50 years of
the road's charter in this state. At
torneys for the railroad contend the
road is operating under a perpetual
charter, but to be on the safe side
they decided to take advantage of the
recent act of the legislature allowing
corporations the right to extend their
charters 50 years.
The law in question is silent on the
subject of fees in connection with such
extensions, but the secretary of state
held they must be paid.
Attorneys for the railroad have
given notice that action will be insti
tuted in the Supreme court to recover
the fee.
Marshall Lauds Cooks.
Indiana)olis "Good cooks are more
necessary than governors," said Gov
ernor Marshall in his address before
the Indianapolis Council of Women
"I think there is no one in this world
aside from my wife, that is more com
petent than my cook. I think she is
well educated. I don't suppose she
would be received at many of the so
cial functions, but she does her work
as it should be done. Any working
man in this city doing honest work is
more important to this state than the
governor of Indiana."
Liberty Statue Finished.
Berne, Switzerland The statue of
Liberty which the United States gov
ernment will present to the Philippine
Islands and which will be erected at
Manila in the near future has been
completed by the Swiss sculptor, Herr
Kissling, whose design was chosen in
an international competition. The
statue, which will have cost $1,200,-
000 when delivered at Manila, is a
huge work in bronze, consisting of a
series of life-size figures dominated by
the giant figure of the Philippine na
tional hero, Jose Rizal.
"Arson Trust" Unearthed.
Madison, Wis. An "arson trust,"
which is charged with having caused
the destruction of $1,000,000 worth of
property, has been discovered by Wis
consin State Fire Marshal Purtell, he
said. Warrants have been issued for
the arrest of several of the principal
alleged offenders, most of whom, the
state officers said, lived outside of
Wisconsin. Investigation of a hotel
fire in Waukesha last winter is said to
have exposed the alleged offenders.
Only Woman Nurse Is III.
Constantinople The Turkish Red
Crescent has collected and S(ent $325,
000 in the Turkish hospitals. Un
fortunately, the Re1 Crescent society
dfes not extend to the cholera camps.
as a result or overwork, Miss Alt,
who at one time was the only woman
attendant in the cholera camp at San
Stefano, has been brought to the Brit
ish hospital here. It is not believed
he Is suffering from cholera.
Oregon Women Take Prominent
Part in City Elections.
Oregon City Mrs. Kate Newton
first woman candidate for mayor in
the state, lost by 836 votes. Linn E
Jones going in easily. Ihere were
11S2 votes cast. Powder put's, mir
rors and umbrellas were left in booths
Albany Complete new city charter
adopted; E. A. Johnson elected to
council, although name did not appear
on ballot. Women cast 194 votes or
28 per cent of number cast.
Newport "Drys" win 237 to 191.
$10,000 bond issue for water system
carries. Women defy rain to vote,
Gladstone All election officials are
women; Mrs. Minda Church elected
city treasurer over male opponent by
25 votes.
Tillamook Wets win by eight votes.
Women cast half of votes, favoring
"dry" candidates for mayor. Mayor
Harter a election may be contested.
Oxygen Explosive Is Made.
Astoria "On Thanksgiving day,
1912, we began the commercial manu
facture or oxygen explosives at our
Oregon plant."
Such was the word contained in a
letter received by Frank Patton, cash
ier of the Astoria Savings bank, from
E. E. Hoffman, president of the Gov
ernment Standard Powders company,
which is establishing a powder factory
at Woods Landing, near the eastern
line of Clatsop county.
While the manufacture of powder
has been started, the construction
work is not yet completed and several
weeks will necessarily elapse before
the plant will be in full operation. As
the new mill will utilize by-products
that have heretofore been regarded as
worthless, its establishment is pre
dicted to provide a market for large
quantities of material now thrown
away.
Rich Oil Strike Is Expected.
Portland Oil within 30 days is the
expectation of the Central Oregon Oil
& Gas company, which is sinking its
first well in its properties in Harney
county about 18 miles south of Burns.
J. C. Turney, president of the com
pany, who was in Portland this week,
from Burns, made this prediction.
Should the expected success come
upon the enterprise, a pipeline from
the Harney County fields to Portland
to deliver the product will soon be
projected. This has been under con
sideration since the preliminary sur
veys of the fields were begun in 1909
and the engineers of the company de
clare it to be a perfectly feasible plan.
The project was begun following the
discovery in the wells of the Pacific
Livestock company of unmistakable
signs or oil and gas, when the drill
had reached a depth of only C690 feet.
Coos Bay Canning Finished.
Marshfield The salmon canning
season on Coos Bay and the Coquille
river has closed. On the latter water
way the co-operative cannery put up
about 7000 cases of salmon, and did
not have as good a season as usual.
In Marshfield, the Tallant cannery had
about the most successful season of
any of the plants of the county, and
turned out about 15,000 cases. The
salmon brought to the fishermen of the
county quite a large sum of money,
and many received employment both
aa fishermen and in the canning plants.
Oregon Has Small Klondike.
Canyon City There is enough gold
in the Canyon mountain to cause a
stampede on Canyon City almost any
day, says the Eagle. Specimens of
quartz ami placer gold are taken from
the old mountain every day, and the
belief is now reigning that a veritable
hidden Klondike exists in the old hill
side, ine writer on mo r,agie says
he uw a 10-pound lard bucket full of
the gold displayed on the streets and
that little or no interset was created
by it, so common has the finding of
the precious metal apparently become.
DISTRIBUTION IS POOH.
AddI f aner! Say Lack of Syitem
Throughout Country Apparent
Hood Rivr "I hav been attend
ing th Spokana appl show and th
Portland land and appla show," laid
ChrU R. Greisen. formerly aoclate
ditor of Better Fruit, who I now
with a St. Jowph, Mo., paper. "I
find nim of th grower of th North
wmI ar a littla DeMimiitic over the
market condition of th present ea
on' appl erop. My advice to all of
these would b to tak a trip over the
Middle Wet and tudy the ytem of
distribution that prevails, or rather
the lack of it. In my mind, that is
the great reason for the slow m
ment of the year' apple crop.
"During the last two month I have
been over Nebraska. Missouri, Michl
can. Indiana. Western New York,
Ohio and other section of the country
I find all of the larirer centers, citie
that should not only consume apples
but be distributing points, chock fuil
of fruit. Yet nowhere on the streets,
that it, at the stand, can one get ap
ple for much less than the usual
price. The consumer pay all the way
from $3.60 to $6 a box for the fruit.
owing to the (ize and grade.
"The grower is satisfied with prices
for the same fruit ranging from $1,214
to $2 a box. Yet when the consumer
has to pay these prices this Is not in
creasing the demand for apples, nor is
it aiding with the distribution. Ihere
is too much profit made between the
time the fruit leaves the grower and
the time it finds it way into the
hands of the consumer."
COMPENSATION BILL READY.
M.nur Provide Pymnt for Every
Kind of Industrial Irjnry.
Salem The workmen' com pens
tion bill, drafted by the commission
ppointed by Governor West, la now
completed and will be submitted to
the governor at once.
It provides for life payment to a
workman totally disabled in a hazard
ous Industry, and fur life payments to
a widow of a workman killed In such
an industry. Payments are provided
for all manner of accident. All em
ployer in hazardous industries come
under the provision of the bill, unless
they elect to abide by the provisions
of the present law.
The fund I raised similar to the
Washington state plan. The employer
pay 3 per cent of hi wage rolls into
the fund, the laborer one-half of one
per cent of hi wages, and the state
pay an amount equal to that paid by
the laborer.
TO PROTECT STOCK,
Nd of Live Stock Sanitary Board
Urgsd By Dr. Withycomb.
Portland That Oregon is in sad
need of a state live stock sanitary
board, because of Inefficient work In
the state veterinarian' office, was the
contention of Dr. James Withycombe.
of the Oregon Agricultural college ex
periment station, in his address at a
meeting of the legislative committee
of live stock breeders of Oregon at
the Portland commercial club. He
also urged a closer federation of the
agricultural interests of the state,
state assistance for an exhibit of
stock and agricultural produce at the
Panama exposition.
TAFT PRAISES DIPLOMACY
Message to Congress Denies Aim
Are Purely Material.
Washington. l. t - A note of warn
ing to European power which by In
direct means continue to discriminate
HLTuinnt American tra.le; a strong ap
peal to the congress to uplift the great
foreign policies of America aU.ve
I iturtisanship: a
iritimnhNiit vindication of the diplo
macy of the administration,
characterised as that of "dollar ver-
us bullets"; a masterful pride In the
,n, ..mansion of Ameruan
tr,..l.. . a result of the foreign po"
cies of hi administration; and an ear
nest apiieal for Joint action ejr iw
gresa and the executive to open new
markets for American industries -these
are the more striking features
of President Taft 'a fourth annual me
sage sent to congress Tuesday.
The message is the first of a series
of such communications which he will
send to congress in the early days of
the session, and ileal entirely with
the foreign relations of the I'nited
State. Beginning with the usual re
ference to the existing gl relation
w ith foreign Kwcts, the I resident
adds that these have been sliengthened
by "a greater insistence Uon justice
to American cituens, or interests,
wherever it may have been denied.
itnd a stronger emphasis of the need
of mutuality in commercial and other
relations.'
For the. find time in its history,
says the president, tho Mate depart
ment has obtained sulistain lauy ine
most -favored-nation treatment from
all of the countries of the world.
Therefore, he says that it is only nat
ural that competitive countries should
view with some concern the expansion
of our commerce. Hence the warning:
If in some instances the measures
taken by them to meet It are not en
tirely equitable, a remedy should be
found."
To this end, the president strongly
recommends the enactment of the bill
recommended by Secretary Knox last
December, permitting the government
instead of iniMsing the full minimum
rates of duty against discriminating
countries, to apply a graduated scale
of duties, up to the maximum of
per cent.
Mat tariffs are out or date, says
the president. "Nation no longer
accord equal tariff treatment to all
other nations, irrespective of the
treatment from them received. It is
very necessary that the American gov-
rnment should be cUips with
weiions of negotiation and ndapt-d to
modem economic condition."
The State department, "an archaic
and inadequate machine" at the be
ginning of this administration, the
president says, has become a new or
ganization, with highly specialized bu
reau and exM-rts dealing w ith every
phase of American trade and diplomacy.
U. S. TREASURER
URGES REFORM
Foresees Mcit of $22,556,023
By June 30, 1911.
"Unreasoned and l'ncicntiflc
Hanking and Currency System
Keaponaible for Panic.
Washington, D. C. - Strongly urging
radical reform of the "unreasoned and
unscientific banking ami currency ay
tern of the United States." Franklin
MacVeagh, secretary of the treasury,
freely warns congress In hi annual re
tort thut the risleral government, as
long as the present scheme exists, will
be exclusively trsiMinaibl for the com
mercial. Industrial and social disasters
which (low from panics, ami attack
directly or indirectly every home In
the nation. He outlined his Idea of
the necessary general provisions of an
adequate relief measure, such as
should bring the bunks into organised
ro-ocratioii and provide for a central
agency, through which they could
work together, tree or tniici or
trust control. The secretary foresees
a deficit of $.''.,,f.M.0j:l, exclusive of
Panama ruiuil rxiienditures, for the
fiscal year ending June 30. l'.U4. In
cluding the canal cXHnaes, the deficit
is estimated at f W.'IMW The es
timated receipts for that year are
$710.0110.(100, while the ordinary ap
propriations are estimated at $732,'
fi.6.0LM, and the canal enditurr at
S:t0, 174.4:12. These estimate are
based Un present laws.
For the current fiscal year, ending
June .10, MacVeagh estimate
that there will lie a surplus of $10,
Uoo.ooo, exclusive of Panama ranal
expenditure, and a deficit of II.WK),.
in io. including the ranal transactions.
He estimates receipts for this year at
11.000,000, and ordinary disburse
ments at $i70.0ii0,(oo.
OREGON'S FIRST WOMAN
Jt RV FAILS TO AGREE
PKACK PROTOCOL IS SICNF.D
Southern Pacific Under Fir.
Salem Complaints that the South
ern Pacific, in installing private road
crossings, is compelling the signing of
ironclad contracts. Is the burden of
numerous complaint being received
by the State Railroad commission. It
is charged that the road in these con
tract absolves itself from all liability
and from any damage which may be
sustained on such crossings; that th
individuals are compelled to bear the
expense of installing the crossings and
that many other obnoxiuos clauses are
contained. The commission has re
ceived a complaint from Winchester
in regard to the morning service on
the Southern Pacific out of that point
Class Studies Oregon History.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor-
vallis "Something new In instruc
tional method is being tried at the
Oregon Agricultural college in the his
tory classes under Prof. J. B. Homer.
The course in Oregon history Intro
duced this year is being worked out on
a unique plan. Lach member of the
class has chosen a subject relative to
some phase of Oregon history, and is
preparing to talk to the class one
period. The lectures will be illus
trated with photograph thrown upon
the wall by atereopticon.
Ireece Alone Refuse to Comply
(Juarrrl With Itulgars.
Iimton A Vienna dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph say that official
luarters there have received informa
tion that dissensions between the
reeks ami Bulgarian have become
serious and that !'..') (reek Were
lied when SOI Ml of their troop at
tempted forcibly to occupy the town
of Serres, which was already occupied
by Bulgarian.
Monster Radish Grown.
Eugene The monster radish of the
season has appeared at London, and J.
N. Hogue Is the owner. It weighs
11 pounds and Is 2-1J inches In cir
cumference and 2.r. inches in length,
and this Is gospel truth, since Rev. J,
If. Moore vouches for the measurement.
Orad to Be Mad Passable.
Eugene Through th efforts of
Clyde R. Seiti, supervisor of the Cas
cade national forest, the forestry de
partment has appropriated 11250 to be
used on th county road leading
through the reserve near the summit
of the Cascade mountain. This sum
will be used on a dangerous part of
the road known as Dead Horse grade.
Thf nil, together with $1775.75,
which is Lane county's regular allow
ance from the forestry department for
use on roads, will go a long way
toward putting this road In fine shape.
Eastern Fruit Market Qluttad.
Freewater J. II. Hall, of Free
water, who has been East In the In
terest of the Milton-Freewater Fruit
Grower' union, reports to the direc
tor of the union that the Eastern
market are glutted and will remain
o for ome time. Few sale could be
made direct and nearly every carload
is going by auction.
Penitentiary Ouard Ooe.
Salem Sleeping at his post while
guarding 16 men in the 'foundry at the
state penitentiary cost R. J. Woolery
hi position. Incidentally hi dis
charge was the first act of authority
on th part of B. K. Lawson, the new
uperlntendenL
I,ondon The protocol arranging an
armistice was signed late Wednesday
by the Turkish and Bulgarian dele
gate, the la'ter representing also
Servia and Montenegro. Prior to tins
there had been a long silling of tli
ft, i .
i urkisn council oi minister to con
sider fresh proal sublnitt.il by th
allies.
Apparently the latter representing
also Servia ami Montenegro. Prior to
this there hud been a long sitting of
the Turkish council of minister to
consider fresh prosmal submitted by
the allies.
Apparently the Greek dclegotc.did
not sign the protocol. At present
nothing i known definitely on this
int or of the terms of the armistice
as revised.
Portland. Or.- By a tie vote of five
to lUe, Or gon's first woman Jury, in
Municipal court, declared itself unable
to agree on the guilt or Innocence of
Mareelle llort.ll, a woman of the
North End, accused of keeping a dis
orderly house. The agreement to dis
agree rame after one hour and 40
minutes of delilnrrutioii. In the ciurw
of which Judge Tatwell was summoned
four time to (he jury nm to untangle
Gordian knot in the negotiations.
LAW WOl I.D CONTROL DRrXS
Germany Wants Aerial Fleet.
Imdon - Kerts that India is giv
ing Great Britain 12 warships, accord
ing to the Berlin corresjiondent of the
Ilaily Express, is resnsible for the
remarkable proposal of Germany
abandoning her effort to control thi
sea for an attempt to win supremacy
of trie air. 1 he .National Zeitung pro
pose a fleet of a hundred Zeppelins,
divid-d into 2.r squadrons of four each.
which, while the cost is only as murh
as one ilreadnnught, could eventually
destroy England's Meet. The pmjoal
is endorsed throughout Germany.
Film; Shown in Prison.
Juliet, III.--Convicts lamlisl and ap
plauded like children when the first
series of motion picture entertain
ment was given at the state prison
i.y warden Murphy. Two comedies
and one Alpine scene were shown.
Only a few of the prisoners ever had
seen a motion picture, many of the
spectator being long-term men who
hail spent years behind the bars before
the "little theaters" came into vogue.
Similar entertainments will be given
weekly. Only prisoners with good
records were allowed to see the show.
Russian Must Not Help Chinese.
St. Petersburg -The plans of Avia
tor Kusminskl to open a flying school
in Pekin to tench the art of aviation
to Chinese army officers were halted
by an order from tho Russian govern
ment warning Kusminskl that he
will be prosecuted for treason unless
he leaves Pekin at once. With a clash
between Russia and China immin..
over the possession of outer Mongolia
Kusminski s act was reirunl...! .
daring.
Times' Home Dedicated.
Los Angeles - The new Times build
ing, the $.-.00,000 turret. d lniri. ..t
steel, marble and granite ..r..et..,l
the site of the old buildimr u,t,i..,
blown up with dvnamit.. i,.i..i.... i
1910, WM dedicated formalin U...I '
day, ' "
California Senator Propoee Curb
ing Lttrat aganre.
Sacramento The United High
School Students' federation of Califor
nia had better send a strong lobby to
Sacramento In-ginning January 6, and
also semi alorg representative of the
union of education and dre prepared
to s-nd from three to four months In
the rapilol to watch the legislature
and Ernest S. BinUall, senator from
l l-icer county. Senator Hinlsall does
not like l.)V silken ho and dainty
patent leather tie. He dors not like
the girl' mode of nkirls, picture hats
and matinee attire.
Senator Birduill's plan is to intro
duce a lull in the next legislature reg
dating the dren of high srhool stu
d.-nls. He will aim t make the style
of drc worn by pirl and Ixiy in Cal
ifornia high schools uniform incut and
material.
The bill will provide that gl In
the girl' skirt, rout and waist ahull
be of the same matrnal for all the girl
student. Their hat are to tie of
standard price. Their stocking and
their h- shnll be uniform.
Costly picture hats, high-herd
shx' and attractive silk storking
must 1 he girl of the Niorrr fanv
ilies will not lie made to feel the dif
ference in dress distinction.
'KNSIONS Acl
New System of nd.
Washington, c IWT,
;'HiyinK.iip,rU,;jH !
'r-l pension roll. d U v
l"Kb,nln.e.,ofthmu7W)
Ion agencle. I. b,,, . K
the pension bureau (1
ent to IW.000 nen.1 " K
tlon.hen.u.frv'al :
b-. Detroit, wJhiafcrS .
1 I1M a. . Dal
gencle. t lnduT"?. tk.
-"isiiib r -
llUfasVillaa V . ' '" fcAOftwili
7 'w T..L ha,. r
T',i. which i,'. 'T.
and
their Novemli
brought Into W.Wn .W
the airenev i,..i. "t" l" Imj
bureau. "
For the first
Iwid
vouch., r
"iUSnul d
th. 1?
f Itttas I- . .
pensioner will be tmi.j W
formality uf
m -iim rti
l'lremet of Imfcinimwi , h ! w.1
loner In th.. pre.nr ".;'!.
Tho leiion..
to tho Indorser, hi.
number of w hich must X
eertlficat. number IkZkl
new system obviate, th-
receipt, fnmiU .
THIS STl'DENT nvra ...
Fmhnwn Working atCollcfu,
. mis a rYffk,
Ithaca. N. Y.-I,lvln.
Kreeinif ok o. "
San ford ,.f u-
Assay Office Are Issue.
Washington, 1. (.-- the fight over
Western assay oilier In to be renewed
at this session, the house committee
on appropriation having stricken
from the legislative bill rcjs.rted all
appropriations for assay offices except
those at Seattle, Icadwod and New
York.
At the last session the house re
versed the committee on thi Issue, and
probably will do so again this session
If the house diss not, tho senate will
restore the appropriations.
Armistice I Not Umited.
Constantinople --An official note
issmsl by the government says;
An armistiro has been concluded
with Bulgaria, Servia and Montenegro.
The state of war with Greece contin
ues." Although the complete term of the
protocol have not been made public,
it is learned that tho question of re
victualing the beleaguered towns was
abandoned, the government Ixdng sat
isfied that the towns were sufficiently
supplied with f.sslstuffs to last Until
the conclusion of peace.
Dr. Sun Yat San In Coming.
Seattle - Instructions were received
from Washington, U. ('.., by the local
customs and immigration officers to
prepare for the early arrival at this
portofltr. Sun Yat San. formerly
provisional president of the Chinese
republic, and other Chinese dignitaries
who are exs cted hero soon. The de
partment at Washington ordered tho
local officers to arrango tho landing of
Dr. Sun and his t.artv and to show (he
distinguished Chincso every courtesy.
Japnnese Premier Quit.
Tokio Premier Saionii and the oth-
er numbers of the J a i, ammo cabinet
have resigned ns a result of tho crisis
brought about by tho difficulty of find
ing a successor as war minister to
Lieutenant General Uvehera. It Is
exported that either Prince Taro Kat
sura or Lieutenant General Count Ter
auchl, Japaneae if over nor irem-i-nl ,f
Corea, will be asked to form a new
cabinet.
a Week
trior t,anrord. of Warwick 7
freshman In the Cornell k",
aehuol. who U workis:
through college. II. " T V
during four week, of iUfK 7.T
spite of hard study, h. WJ
three and two-third. pU i8
He Is 21 years old. W
My food." he said .
buttermilk. 3 rents a quwt;
milk. 2 cents a murt; iU, bT!
cent a loaf ; pe.nut butter, j0
fur ll.ta); raisins, three pxind, fa s
cent; lentils. 10 rent a pound-"
cabbage onions. pcp,,r. rk..'
meal and what apple. I
to gather from th agrlcuturel fnV
he said. "I like meat, Minna
afford H. and professors of tium,.
nomica say I do not ned it b.k
best work.
"From October 1 to Ortisww I
gained three and two-thirds psjtukii
weight, living on cent t
One week my f! eot 33 cecit."
JAPANKSK CABINET AT OUTS
War Minister Insists oa Itu-m
of Force in Corea.
Tokio - A cabinet crista hat irint
over the refusal of the miatsteraf
war, Lieutenant General I'jrrhen, a
accept a cabinet decision rrjectinf th
scheme for increasing th BiliUrj
forrr In Cores.
After several extraordinary slttiitfi
Premier Sainonji Informed th nr
minister that the cabinet fclhtnslb
it tsniition. General I'yrhsn iai-
rated his decision to resign.
It I iloubtful whether th wiprnr
will accept thi resignation.
The pre ami the general put
stipsrt the cabinet, l.irutrntnt (
eral I'yehera ws apiinted miaiite
f war April 3, 1912, to surcrcd Cn-
eral Ishomoe, whose drsth OccorfW
the previous day.
PICKPOCKET IS HANDLES
Thief Caught Working Wit Sta
tion Dei ire on Arm Slumps.
Philadelphia Pstsy WendrH !1
years old, wa sent to the county pri
on Monday for six months, I'sujril
a handle thief, whose pilt
picking sM-kets. lie wss caught H
the crowd along Broad slrwU drWj
shoving the stump of his arm inleU
lK-ket of men and the handbag
fashionably gowned women.
He had a rubber suction oVvicstt
t ached to his mouth which Sprindi
though he was vending toy balloool
and with the tulw runninf intothi
arm tumi. He is an old offender.
Three wallets, MO and two mesh btji
were found in his coat
1915 Race Coca to San Fraiifi
Ix Angele - San Francisco will
the scene of the pmoed 1915 inter
national yacht race, acconlinf to
definite statement by Sir Tfwmts Up
ton. Replying to questions by
em California cmnus-..-, -the
probabilrty of building t
eomete with a syndicate crsft
he replied that the pan rr. -would
be the big race of th J.'
, l.- I ,nl It btli
that the Southern California JK
men will build a yacht to P".1?
Angele in the San Francisco reg"
New Treaty Rein Md
Washington. C-'lS
", V" ".' r..lct f
of the house and K"""7.mJ
f.. .' -i. i statement nrr
rsew lor,, -
' 7 i,h Itusaia
n"( ,n " TIT m the Unit
nir ncirouaieii - . ,.r
Statea would "..die no step
on the question - u.
against American PI""" ;
continued: m
congrw -
i mffsnt-
recogni"., .
less of race or religion, ana "r,
atriation is ns.
Kulzer '
meet the approval
all paasptirta are
doctrine of exps
Women to Co to Poll.
"""" ': :. . . k -me tTfi-
nent part In this
tion in Massachusetts. Mr
probably will go to the pill Mlh
before, although the U FJ.
to vote only for
date. The present r.-
nearly double that or ;
Fourteen Massaenun. . AfnPt
hold their elections on md
week, 15 will elect a week later,
two aoon after that.
Frayno, Aeronaut. Kill
JeUonvllle. Fla.- nirh"V,7 MM
an aeronaut of Iiwell. Mas.
feet here Sunday arter.
Instantly killed. Th""r T
son. witnessed tn" Mi
aeronaut was thrown fmm N
,,.hota Immediately
cut Ioom from tho balloon.