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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
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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
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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.