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Newspaper Page TextU)I(0P9 docaioo iQ)ilippiD05 v men "cnix n, Min.iv.tjd, cmi ' T.K TWELFTH annual report of iliK'iior of education for tint Philippine Islands, cover lnK (tin school year ending April I, 1312. has Just been r',V,., ,y ()lu turi'uu of Insular af fulm ll In a very coinprctirntilvn state nu l l of lli' t diu-stlnunl pro rain In thii IkI.hiiU, hows t lint very encour skihk ri'Ktilia have bi en obtained dur lux t in pant ur in all llni'S uf arliool at lhl'li a Hint Unit "tliu achievement uf a rlvllliiilon unil a hull culture" U i-ll i nii ii il unn. Sunn- tf III" specific thins. accom plli.lt. il during tin. pant year are rnutn-rraii-il liy din ( lor Progress haa tx'iii v.'ry marked In th Improve in. nl In Hit iunllty df English tauulit In all tin' m liDula lit ! her of primary, liii. rni. ill.it.i or secondary gradn. liiilimti In I Instruction haa linn orgnn lud and ili-vi-lopi'd to a greater exti-nt tli .in In any previous year. A large number of p.Tiii.iiu-nl school build ing li.ivo ben completed. The policy of acquiring adequste nil. Mil lt-a luia found general acceptance and nmrli attention t.aa t n given to tlm Improvement of temporary build Iiik" Through the vacation asurm bly at Illiquid, tlm bureau haa coma Into rlmiT sympathy with tha vaat majority of Ita teachers than ever b furi. A decided Improvement la re ported In tint peraonnol of Ihn teach ing force, both American and Filipino, Spcclalliatlon In Elementary Schools. In the Philippines speclulUstlon muat l- kIii much lower down In the rourrii tli;m la Ihu unual practice In tli.. lulled States, altliouKh many edu cator In re are coming to recognize that tin. earlier this specialization can be Intrti.Iiircd tha better. In ttict la IhiiiIh It beKlna with tlm first year of the Interim dlata rrudra, five co'irues beltiK ptnvldeij the itenernl course, the roiirun for teachltiK, thn course. In furiiiliin, the trndu courso, the coiirHe In ImiiaekrepliiK and household art, and the roursn In business. This apecliillrntlon Is Incorporated Into the rmirKo of study In order that the child may secure such training as will directly prrpure him for a uaoful nr.. A careful study and comparison of education In the. I'tilllpplncs with that carried on In other tropical countries enjoying practlcully tho same condi tions aa obtain there, shows that It Is the aim of nearly every one of these countries to nuke education general, but aa a rule the percentage of popu lation attending school g much lower than In the I'hlllpplnea. In very few cases Is special attention being given to Industrial education. Tho elemen tary schools are seldom considered In tho plan of Industrial Instruction, the ttentlon being confined to advanced technical and agricultural subjects. For a number of years the bureau has been committed to the policy of providing adeounte permanent build ings for the housing of tho public schools as rapidly as money might bo tnado avalbiblo. In the furtherance of this policy standard plana bused upon tho unit aystetn of construction, which allows additions to be iiiiuln as necessity may demand without detract Inn from the ni'lieiiruncH or utility of tho original structure, have been prepared. FINDING WEIGHT OF ATOM Latest Victory Achieved by Those Who Have Always Attained Fame In Sdentiflo Research. Ilecent scientific, researches have pparently not only proved the o tual existence, of Indivisible particles, sut have actually succeeded In weigh ing them. This wonderful result has been accomplished almost slmultane t'lisly by two physlclHts Professors I'm In of the t'nlverslty of 1'arls, and Mllliknn of the I'nlverslty of Chicago. Professor renin arrived at tho dis covery by a study of thn o-rallod "rownlan movements of minute pnr Hel.'S, tho nature of which hnd not I'evioioiy been understood He con- lived the (den thnl tho curious dan 'tig and twIiiKIIng of inlnuto particles en in eiTiuli ions tinder a microscope : r- diK In the bombardment of the ' ilMii pnrtlclea by Invisible: parti 1 1- "r ii.,.in. ty applylntf well known ' of plivFlcs to the problem ho us able to determine that tho weight i a. i atom of hyj.-uuiu Is such that -i i II fl 111 l - I In the standard schoolhouse plans earn unit Is a class room of standard sli. seven by nine meters. I'latis have been adopted for buildings of from one to twenty class rooms with asuembly room, otllces and storeroom. Concrete reinforced with steel Is the construction material which meets conditions best, ll Is specllled for the standard schoolhouse. Already l.",0 school buildings of this type huve been completed and 173 others are In process of construction, of which Kl lucked very little of com pletion snd were already occupied at tho 1 1 tnu tho director made his report. Methods Correct. Tho Industrial program Is being promoted constantly through the me dium of provincial Industrial super visors; Inspectors and Instructors form the traveling corps of the general of fice; various publications, bulletins, and correspondence; through Indus trial exhibits; through the appoint ment of peiialonadoa to receive train ing along such lines, and by means of the special courses offered In the I'hlllppltie Normal school and the I'liillpplne School of Arts and Trades. Huch satisfactory progress Is to be reported as to convince tha director that the methods employed are sub stantially correct On entering the school, the pupil must Immediately take aa a part of each day's work cer tain manual exercises In the nature of play work at first, but which gradu ally had up to the regular Industrial courses provided In the advanced primary and lu tho Intermediate grades. Special courses In farming, housekeeping and household arts. tra.1 work, and business are offered for those pupils h.) desire to do morn Industrial work than that prescribed In the general Intermediate course. These special Industrial courses are replacing tho general course In many Intermediate schools. Already 41 schools are giving the farming course. : : are giving tho housekeeping course, 35 are giving tho trade course, 43 the teaching courso, and one tho business course, as compared with a total of 199 conducting the general course. It Is at onco evident, with require ments so definitely fixed for Industrial work In the schools, the great major ity of thr pupils who are enrolled muat be engaged In some branch of this work. An examination of the figures Included among the statistical tables of this report will show that of the total enrollment of 2.13.740 boys and 13R.IH2 girls during the month of February, 1912 (an average month). 21(1.290 boys and 125.2ns girls 91 per cent of the entire monthly enrollment were doing some form of Industrial work. From another point of view, 6.3.0R7 pmills engaged In school gardening cultivated 3.046 school gardens and 24.SH2 home gardens during the year; 1.S19 pupils were enrolled In the regu lar trade school classes; 1.263 In regu lar trade courses In other schools; and 7,310 In tho shops operated In connection with provincial and other Intermediate schools. In addition to tho above. 10,356 pupils wore taking work In 236 primary wood woraing shops conducted In connection with munlclpnl primary schools In all parts of tho Islands. J.000,000 billion billion weigh one gram (15.4 grains). Hut the atom Is not tho ultimate par llelo, but a group consisting of a of smaller particles called electrons. Under the Influence of powerful electrical currents, atoms may be made to throw off some of their electrons. Trofessor Mllllkan devised a method of capturing ann weighing these electrons and measur ing their electric chnrgo- The weight of ntoms and molecules as determined by these two wholly different methods agree with those which have been previously deter mined by other menns. Thus tha truth of tho atomic theory, which was first conceived more than 2.000 i believed to bo at Inst demonstrated by scientific proofs.- New York World. Just Right. My husband trted to show his ap preciation of my present to him hut I s not a bit angry when ho put his foot In It." "What was your present! "A pnlr of slippers." Returns to Church Money 3Tn s j i Cue s s Yd CM Inauht icht ?A BOTHERS MKW YOIlK.-ln the mall of Rev. " William It. Wallace, pustor of the "aptlst Tempi,,, Kchermerborn street and Third avenue, there came recently loiter In a strange hand. The writer hud a story to tell which In terested tho liHMtur r"r.ll V,.. and years before be llMil tit i tun art ma money from tliu Sunday school fund of .. cnurcn at tho tlmo It was on Nas sau street. Now hn whi.u.i It """"" Nearly forty vears hu.t lun.cH - - - . 1. 1. G the writer, then a 15 vear-ohi hn h.,i Pilfered a small mm of money from mo luiius or me church. Most of those Who attended the et.nrh ,-. ----- tuub tlmo have lung been In their graves. r. nanace has been In charge only two or three years and the Incident was new to hltn. At tho regular monthly meeting of the board of dea Merchant Who Manages D HILAHKU'HIA. Here-s another I wonder of the wcrld-a blind man at Sixth and Chestnut streets who cap tures imeves, detects counterfeit coins and breaks up the gungs that manu facture and truHIc In bogus money. Besides doing this, famous "Wind Al," who has been In the neighborhood for many years, sells newspapers, candy and fruit; goes to market In crowded Dock street all alone and never has he knocked a basket over. He shaves himself and without a looking glass, too; blocks bis own boots, sews bis own buttons on and is always ready with a cheery word for his multitude of customers who buy at his stand next to old Congress Hall at Chestnut and Sixth. "Oh, yes," said he, "some people try to cheat me yet, but I usually catch thm; I've caught 221 of them In the 33 years I've been blind. If they cheat me once they usually come and try It again, but I soon discover something wrong and put some of my 'trusties' on (he watch and it's not long before the folks who pay for one apple and take three or for one peanut bar and take two find that they're caught them selves " "Jlllnd Al" has eyes In his fingers; In the keen powers of smell he has de veloped and In the redoubled acute ness of his ears. Ily these "detectives" he has corralled 18 counterfeiters and put the authorities on the trail of three bands who were making the spurious coins. Mules Object to Service SAN FilANCISCO. CAL. Seventy five mules, comprising the more nergellc part of a delegation of three imwlred ot their kind that have reach ed Sun Francisco for the purpose of adding glory and etneiency to the nlted States army, suddenly decided not to enlist. As a result squads of cowboys, plntoons of cavalrymen from the Presidio and deputies of the So- lety for tho Prevention of Cruelty to nlmn a nnrtsen a whole day galloping madly through the thoroughfares of le Mission district attempting to cap ire the deserters. The three hundred mules were shipped Into the city under consign- lent to the army autnoruies at me tcsldlo and were turned Into corrals Kith and Berry streets to await the coming of the soldiers who were to be sent for them, lney siooo me confinement without protest for a few hours, but things were not very lively In tho neighborhood, and, Dcsiaes, me reception committee had deserted Weeing of Prehistoric Age i UK'AGO. The cave man of an eon , hjo. who did his wooing witn a club and won his brldo by stunning her and drawing her to his lair by tho hair, was rolncarnatod the other night Into the being of Domlnlck Provenzntis. who, until the change, was a mnn of meekness and the keeper of a shoe shop at 2020 Boscoe street. I'rovcnznns wooed but failed to win Santa notmndolo, a 17-year-old Italian Klii who lived with her parents at 1110 Milton avenue and dreamed dreams of being courted by a prince. What cared she for the sad-eyed pleaditiRa of Domlnlck? Huh! Her husband must be a mnn of daring. And tho other night Domtnlek qual ified. With tho spirit of his cave men ancestors suddenly awakened, he visited hla brother ln law. Samuel de rnsqualit. forced his aid and then with a brandished revolver grimly led the way to the home of the unsuspecting brldo-to-bo. Then with a eavago cry the lover sprang toward hie beloved, drove handkerchief Into her mouth with one hand and with the othor lifted her from the doorstep and ran with her down the street ....... .w In his wake came the faithful broth er In-law. and In the latter cam mob of howling witnesses ot the kid naping. De Fasquala held back tb mob yn- He Stole When a Boy cons, held last night, ha aaked tha members of the board If they remem bered anything about It. but none did. Dr. Wallace wrote his unknown cor respondent today that the matter ot restitution 7as something which rest ed with his own conscience. "In the days when the church was on Nassau street," explained Dr. Wal lace the other day, "a boy took a small aum of money from the Sunday school funds. That waa In 1873. Nothing more was heard of It until Ave day ago, when I received a letter in which I was Informed that the boy had alnce grown to man'a estate; that his con science had troubled him and that he wished to return the amount that he had taken 39 years ago. There Is a powerful sermon in the facts If they are correctly told. "I know nothing about the theft or how much it was. The man bad no fortune. He Is a person of moderate means, aa I understand it, and simply, wanted to make restitution of the amount mlBslng. The man has been converted within the last two or three years and his hotter nature has moved him to take this step. I wrote to blm this morning to ant according to the light of his own conscience." Well Without Eyesight HERE'S ME CHANCT Tf ClT RD OF DIS QUARTER "I can almost always tell if a per son is giving me bad money," said be. "The coins are always greasy and usu ally lighter than real ones; when I get them I keep thtm to take them out ot circulation and then make the buyers give me good money." Every day he fingers all the fruit with his brainy finger tips to tell If it is softening and Just where the decay ing spots are; then he puts It here or there according to the price to ask for It. And every day whether It be cold or hot, rainy or clear, stormy or fair, "Blind Al" Is at his post. Whether the sudden gusts of gathering storm wtuds blow hla papers away or upset his candy boxes or creates other disturb ances about his shop, he is always calm and cheery. His friends are un animous In their praise of his forti tude under trying circumstances and every ot.e who passes the corner even once haa only to take the shortest of hurrying glances to observe the good nature and optimism which beams from "Blind Al's" face. in Army and Desert them and It didn't seem just right for so many strangers In the city to spend their first night penned up in a cor ral without a chance to see the sights. It was some time after midnight when the fun started. A few well di rected blows from the determined hoofs, and a breach was made In the fence surrounding the corral. Five minutes later seventy-five mules were scampering at top speed through the Mission, the clatter of their three hundred hoofs startling householders in quiet streets from their sleep and bringing frightened faces to windows of the houses they passed. With utter disregard of city ordinances, the visi tors trampled over gardens and lawns and demolished everything In their path. In the course of ten minutes the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals received nine telephone messages of complaint regarding the mules. Deputies were tumbled out of their beds and sent In pursuit, but by this time the invaders had broken up Into sight seeing groups ot two or three or four and had scattered in every direction. By dawn the deputies had rounded up seven at Twenty fourth and Folsom streets and Inter took two more Into custody at Sixth street. At last reports railroad cowboys and cavalrymen were still giving chase to the remaining sixty-six. Wins a Fair Bride (WOW WE J.C. CTTA V 1 f fl All. til he was beaten down, but the lover escaped with his prize. Straight to the shoe store rushed Domlnlck. When the door to the shop finally was broken open by the police they found the girl, still gagged and now bound, lying on the floor and staring with wonder at the threaten ing face of the man. The gag was re moved and then a strange thing hap pened. "I love you!" she shouted. "I will marry you tomorrow I I I didn't know you were like this." So the police released tha man and the girl went to her home to prepare for tha wedding. Scholsstlo Flippancy. "And now," continued the professor ot history, "permit me to mention a tireless worker In the great causa of humanity " "Attlreless workerT" Interrupted one of the seniors, "par don me, professor, but If you are re tarring to Lady Oodlva, she waa at Ured In bar luxuriant hair." TARIFF QUESTION IS POSTPONED President Would Leave Issue for New Congress. Greater Navy AdviHed Autonomy for Philippines Opposed Currency Reform. FEATURES Of MESSAGE. President Taft's principal recom mendations in his message to con gress were: The plan of currency reform out lined by the monetary commisBion. Amendment of the law to lessen the penalty when corporations inad vertently disobey the corporation tax law. Congressional approval of plan of army reorganization prepared by the war college last spring. The passage of the military pay bill increasing compensation to mil itia in the field. Citizenship without statehood for Porto Rico. Kegualtion of water'power grants so that navigable streams might be improved by water power com panies. Elevation of Colonel Goethals, builder of the Panama canal, to a major generalship. A return to the policy of two bat tleships a year by the appropria tions for three battleships this year. Authority to the United States Supreme court to make rules of pro cedure in common law cases in Fed eral court to expedite and lessen the cost of litigation. He disapproves the following: Autonomy and independence in eight years for the Philippines. Amendment of the Sherman anti trust law. The president made no recom mendations for tariff revision, say ing he would leave that subject to the incoming congress. Washington, D. C President Taft will make no further effort to have congress reduce the tariff. In a "gen eral" message to congress the presi dent clearly indicated his intention of leaving further tariff revision to Wil son and the congress just elected. "Now that a new congress has been elected on a platform of tariff for rev enue only rather than a protective tar iff and is to revise the tariff on that basis," said the president, "it is need less for me to occupy the time of con gress with arguments or recommenda tions in favor of a protective tariff." This message, the second submitted by the president since the 'present ses sion began, will be his last of a gen eral character. It dealt with every department of the government except the State department, recommended much of the legislation which the president previously had urged upon the attention of congress, and took up and discussed at length several sub jects comparatively new. Rayner Leaves Million. Baltimore The value of the estate of the late Senator Rayner will ap proximate $1,000,000. This will be shown when the senator's will is filed next week for probate. The property is divided equally between the widow and the son, William B. Rayner, a por tion being left in trust. The senator left to the widow and son the right to make such charitable bequests as they may see fit, saying in the body of the will that their judgment would enable them to act in accordance with what would have been his ideas. Denver Gateway Closed. Washington, D. C. J. N. Teal, of Portland, Or., while at the Interstate Commerce commission recently, found that the Harriman lines have filed tariffs closing the Denver gateway against other roads on lumber from the Northwest to Eastern points, ex cept by way of the Union Pacific and other Harriman lines. Mr. Teal, while here, will also try to secure an adjust ment of freight rates from New York to Portland, via the Panama railway, so as to restore old rates. An increase was recently ordered. Storm Sweeps Great Lakes. Chicago A raging sea, with treach erous squalls and shifting winds, im periled several lake boats bound for Chicago Saturday and swept away the last vestige of hope that the three masted schooner Rouse Simmons and its cargo of Christmas trees would sail safely into Chicago's harbor with its hardy crew of 16 men. The roaring waters were driven by a 50-mile gale that first burst upon Lake Michigan in all its fury from the northwest. Illiteracy Test Favored. Washington, D. C. Early action in the house on the Burnett immigration bill, presenting an illiteracy test, is predicted by Chairman Burnett, of the immigration committee, who an nounced that the rules committee was prepared to bring in a special rule un der which the bill could be passed, when it would not interfere with ap propriation bills. He asserted that at least 250 members of the house were pledged to vote for the'measure. Wolves Attack Cattle. Steamboat Springs, Colo. Heavy snows and extreme cold have driven packs of gray wolves out of the timber and many cattle are falling victims to their attacks. Cattle'men have offered bounties for wolf scalps in addition to those offered by the county and state. It was 29 degrees below xero here Sat urday night. Nebraska Women Busy. Omaha The Nebraska Woman Suf frage association has decided to peti tion for a submission to the people of a constitutional amendment providinfr for woman suffrage. The petition will require 22,000 signatures and a com mittee was appointed to start work on it. GREEKS JOIN IN PEACE MOVE Held Out to Keep Turkey Prom Gaining Ily Respite. London Greece has officially an nounced that she would participate in the peace negotiations. It is expected both from Sofia and Athens that Greece held out from the armistice in agreement with the allies to prevent Turkey from profiting from the armistice to improve her military positions. An unconfirmed report from Athens says the Greeks are continuing their operations against Janina, but else where orders have been received to cease hostilities. Reports are current that arrange ments had been made for revictualing the besieged garrisons appear to have been incorrect. Provisioning will not begin until the peace conference has been inaugurated. The Bulgarian organ, Mir, in an edi torial dilates on the advantages to Turkey of a good understanding with Bulgaria. It declares that Turkey's salvation lies not in continuing the war, but in seeking a rapprochement with Bulgaria. LARGE - RIVER WORK URGED Poindexter Points Out Need of Aid to Transportation Facilities. Washington, D. C. Senator Poin dexter, of Washington, in an address here before the National Rivers and Harbors congress, said the time had come for the development of every re source in this country, and emphasized waterway development as one of the country's most important needs. Senator Poindexter said the railways need waterway transportation aid, not to have competition, but because the rail lines could not handle the traffic. He spoke also of the importance of carrying through to completion river improvement work on which large sums already had been spent, so the returns on the investment would not be delayed. Harold E. McCormick, vice-president of the International Harvester com pany, expresses the opinion that, as with the Panama canal, a large bond issue should be created for the purpose of improving on a large scale the wa terways of the country. HUGE OVEN RIAY SERVE NEW YORK BREAD LINE Spokane The oven that baked 2,250 pies per hour during the recent fifth national apple show may be taken to New York to cook food for the "bread lines." Lew S. Hurtig of Spokane, originator of the 75 foot oven, is not only negotiating with New York people for its installation there, where he claims it can do in one hour work which now requires six, but he has organized a company and will cook bread "by the mile" at San Francisco in 1915. The oven hrj been patented. It is built of bricks, is 75 feet long and three feet square. Heat is supplied by high pressure gas pipes, the pies or other articles being carried from end to end on an endless chain. The journey requires one and a half minutes. Tobacco Trust Accused. New York Rudolph Epstein, one of the several Brooklyn tobacco jobbers who say they were forced out of busi ness by the American Tobacco com pany, testified to the tactics employed by the trust to crush competition. He is a witness in the suit for $300,000 brought by John A. Locker against the American company under the Sher man law. He declared that A. T. Benheim, representing the trust, called a meet ing of jobbers in 1904 and told them the American Tobacco company in tended to form a combine of all job bers on New York, each member to receive 1000 shares of preferred stack in a company to be known as the Metropolitan Tobacco company. Epstein said when he refused to join Benheim warned him that he would be driven out of business. He said that the American company refused to sell goods to him and after a time he was forced to close up. Youths Steal 20 Autos. Chicago Four young men ranging in age from 16 to 21 years confessed to the police of Melrose Park, a su burb, that they have committed at least 50 robberies during the past 12 months and carried awayjoot, the ag gregate value of which is placed at $23,000. Among the property stolen by the quartet are 20 automobiles and many diamonds. The youths gave their names as James Brong, Leonard Tartorello, Charles Garnett and John Ragone. During the past few weeks robberies have occurred nightly. David Eccles Stricken. Salt Lake City David Eccles, pres ident of the Amalgamated Sugar com pany and one of the wealthiest citziens of Utah, died suddenly at the Emer gency hospital here of heart disease. Mr. Eccles, with his associates, had large business interests in Oregon. He was interested in large lumber manufacturing plants in Baker, Hood River and Columbia counties and a beet sugar factory at La Grande. The Eccles Interests also own the Mount Hood railway extending from Hood River to Dee. Merit System Is Upheld. Milwaukee, Wis. "Fill all the gov ernment offices on the merit system through careful original selections and careful promotion, and no civil servant will have any patrons to serve. Re quire all civil servants to abstain from partisan political activity and there will be no office-holders' management of nominations or election," said Pres ident Eliot, of the National Civil Serv ice Reform league, in his address at the annual meeting in Milwaukee. Trees Evidence of Wreck. Manitowoc, . Wis. Mute evidence tending to show that the schooner Rose Simmons lies at the bottom of Lake Michigan off Two Rivers Point, 22 miles north of this city, was brought here by fishermen who found entangled in their nets several Christ mas tree tops, presumably part of the schooner's cargo. STRIKERS KILL TWO IN BATTLE Officers Shot Dvn While Pro tecting Strikebreakers. Lie in Ambush Till Bargeload of Non-Unionists Is Landed Militia Is Called Out. Hackensack, N. J. Several hun dred striking employes of the New York, Susquehanna & Western rail road, ambushed under the palisades overlooking the Hudson river, opened fire on a boatload of strikebreakers landing at coal docks in Edgewatcr. In a pitched battle which followed, two railroad detectives were killed and twelve men wounded. A telegram requesting that the militia be called to quell the disorder was sent to the acting governor of New Jersey, by General Superintend ent Stone, of the Erie railroad. Mr. Stone escaped a storm of bullets fired by strikers as he was seeking shelter in a building. The men killed were Andrew J. Graw, 28, of Binghampton, N. Y., captain of detectives, and Clarence Mailery, 45, one of Graw's men. The wounded included John D. Ryer son, of Jersey City, lieutenant of de tectives; William King, William A.. Woods, Frank A. Brown and William Hicks. All these men, like Captain Graw and Mailery, were doing private de tective work for the Erie railroad. Hicks is in a hospital wounded 23 times. Brown and Woods were shot through the head, Ryerson in the back and chest and King in the right ear. The men, hiding behind cliffs and trees, waited until a scow had dis charged its cargo of men brought to take Jstrikers' places. A volley of blank cartridges did not frighten the strikebreakers, who pushed forward toward the railroad tracks on the coal wharf. The men in ambush then left their hiding places and firing real bullets, attempted to swarm out on the wharf. They were met by the private detec tives, who, unarmed except for clubs, engaged in a hand-to-hand struggle. A fusillade of shots brushed the officers aside and they fled for safety, except the mortally wounded -Graw and Mailery. The strikebreakers, un der a fire of bullets, fled. Three hundred foreigners, employes of the Susquehanna, which the Erie controls, quit work Monday demanding a wage increase of five cents an hour. Officials of the railroad would not grant the increase. FIND GIANT FOSSIL CAMEL California Asphalt Bed Yields Pre historic Remains. Los Angeles One of the most re markable discoveries in the history of paleontology in America has been made by Professor R. C. Stoner, of the University of California, in the famous La Brea asphaltum beds at the western city limit, appropriately named the "death trap of the ages." Stoner, who for months has been ex cavating strange fossils of the quar ternary period, came upon the perfect skull and nearly the whole skeleton of a gigantic camel of the pleistocene age. There is no previous record that this animal ever existed on this continent, and the find is so interesting that Stone at once sent for two of the greatest experts to make an examina tion. These authorities. Professor J. C. Merriam, head of the department of paleontology of the University of California, and Charles Hart Merriam, for many years head of the biological survey of the Federal government, agreed that the animal belongs to the camel family, but was much larger than the camels of the present day. Customs House Moved. Washington, D. C President Taft has promised Representative Humph rey, of Washington, that he would or der the removal of the office of the collector of customs for the Puget Sound district from Port Townsend to Seatle at the urgent request of the Seattle commercial interests. As a legislative bill now pending' directs the removal of the hydro- graphic office from Port Townsend to Seattle, there will be nothing left at the former town to keep it on the offi cial map except its postoffice. Canal Will Be Guarded. Washington, D. C. Secretary Stim son told the house committee on mili tary affairs about the plans of the government for the fortification' of Hawaii through works back of Pearl Harbor; and about plans for guarding the Panama canal on land by troops stationed along it, as well as at its two ends. The protecting force would muster 8000 or 10,000 men. He told of plans for enlarging the army strength in the insular possession, so that only about 16,000 soldiers would be left in the United States proper. Prince Nihilist Victim. London The Daily Express revives the story that Crown Prince Alexis of Russia was the victim of Nihilism. It asserts that he is suffering from the effects of a wound made by a trusted attendant, who since has proved to be a nihilist. The wound, says the Ex press, is of such nature that the prince is incapable of continuing in the line of succession to the throne, and there fore, the appointment of an heir des ignate is being discussed. Airman Soars 19,032 Feet. Tunis The world's altitude record for aeroplanes was broken by Roland G. Garros, the French aviator, who ascended 5801 meters (approximately 19,032 feet rrigh). The flight lasted one hour, 11 minutes, 6 seconds and waa carried out in clear weather. The beat previous accepted record waa 17,881 feet made, by George h Gagneaux on September 17 last at Vil lacoublay, France.