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I N THIS heart of the United Stale,
but at a point which la on of
tha nearest by lranportallon
route to tlm rountrle of Central
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and nouin America, Being uum
a giant water power plant which niuat
tr.atly affect for good nut only Ita lui-
mt'illula environment, the MleaUslppl
fallry. but tlx whoj cation and all
lh nations In I'an America. Tha co
lonial alia of Iba water powar thara
would cause appreciable effuct any
where to tha world, and It la located
tlmost eiartly at tha point where Ita
:oimnerclal Influence may ba exerted
most raiilly and effectively upon
world commerce.
The achievement nrartiiR comple
tion la iIih ilnmiiilii of tha mlxhty
MiHHlhal'i river, harnessing It to tur
limn wheels and electric Rvnrratorj
and (liMrllMillij Ita tremendous power
over out' hnnilri'd mile and more of
tlln niont efficient portion of the
fulled Kintes on a direct traffic Una
In tint n-hl of t tin western hemisphere.
It lit not only an unparalleled enaln
ihtIiik acliii'vi'iiK iit, but also perhaps
the greatest slnalo ecouoinle force
flung- lull, tlio world by the hand of
n ni ii. excepting; only tha I'auama
ranul
Ntarly Mlla Long.
The liuiila of Ilia water power dr
tilopiiii'tit at Keokuk. In the south
eastern comer of tha atata of Iowa,
la a great dam attending for nine
teutha of a mile troll) the llllnula bluff
to Ita junction with tha titanic pow
rr house near tha Iowa shore. Thla
:1am Is a compoaltn structure of lit
arched spans, git alike, with piers all
feet thick thirty feet apart, and spill
ways In tha spans, all alike, over
which tha water will flow. This dam
la a monolith of massive concrete set
down several feet Into tha hard rock
bottom of tha Mississippi, but Im
pounding tha water by Its Immense
weight. Tha structure, with tha ex
terlor appearance of a bridge. Is 63
feet high, 42 feet wide at tba bottom,
and Vi feet wide on lop; tha spillways
hi'twi'i n tha plera are 32 feet high. All
(ho width rtf tha durn at the bottom.
hra vertical upstrvam face. - and
their dnwnnlrea in 'face la an ogea
rurve which dellvera tha water at the
bottom horizontally to tha river cur
rent. On t n of each spillway will ba
steel goto 11 feet high. Ily varying
dm nu in lie r of these galea, which are
pen and closed, tha amount of water
Rowing over the dam will ba regular
ed. with (ha reault that at varying
tngee of the river tha pool above the
dam will have always an unvarying
iepth and Ita surface will always re
main at tha same place.
The water wheel Itself la another
eiampla of overcoming the Impossi
ble, for n perls said that It waa Ira
possible to build a turbine which
would meet tha unusual conditions
there. Hut Chief Knglneer Cooper
called a council of war and a little
later rose from the head of that table
lth a new design of turbine which
t'-nta show has KS per cent, of effi
ciency as compared with the next best
result aver attained of M per cent,
and a teitbook figure of 75 per cent,
of elllclency as the norm to ba uaed
In engineering calculations. The 80
turbine wheels In tha Keokuk power
limine are several times as large In
dimensions aa any aver made before.
Kach Is at the lower end of a shaft 25
Inches in diameter, on the upper and
of which Ij tho revolving part of tha
electric generator standing on tha
power hotisn floor. The revolving
haft, with Ita machlnce at each end.
weigh about 6(13.000 pound, and It
la supported on one bearing which la
lubricated by forcing oil between Its
surfaces at preaaure of 2f0 pounds
lo the aquara Inch. From thla bear
ing a ateel cone carries tha weight to
UNCOVER AN ANCIENT CITY
Ostla Centuries Ago Waa One of tha
Most Important of Roma' Csn.
ter of Population.
rompnll hna a rival In Ostla. The
llilrd International archaeological con
iress met In Itoma recently and took
day' excursion to vanished Ostla.
Hut few even of those learned men
r allied the Importance of tho excava
tion there going on.
Oatln waa founded In tha third cen
lury 11. C, and waa about IS mllea
from Home, on an Island, at thn mouth
of thn Tiber. It wa from thla port
lhat thn nnvnl expedition aet out that
Hindu Homo tha mistress of the Medi
terranean. When war of conquest gave way to
rommerco Oatln wa the seaport of the
capital of tha world, and at thn height
nf It prosperity had 80,000 Inhabi
tant. Ilesldea being a business center
wa a favorite ummor resort for
ttoman.
V Hut with tha fall or thn empire Ostla
1 f'Cllnod. The raid of the barbarian
S . "f tha Hacraoen ruined tha city, I
Power
a huge ring below, and tha total
weight of one turbine unit la about
KK2.000 pounds. The lower ring Itaelf
weighs about 111.01)0 pounds, and be
tween It and an upper ring of similar
site la a ateel cylinder embedded Id
tha massive concrete, which la the
basement of tho power bouse. The 30
turblnea develop over 300.000 horse
power, and thla la Increased by two
auxiliary smaller wheels, which alao
energize tha exciter of tha electric
generators. . Tbls la over three times
aa much power aa Is developed In any
one other water power plant In tba
world After deducting alight losses
of energy and very large reaerve,
200.000 horaepower will be sold for
commerclul use.
At the lower end of the great power
house Is a colossal lock with tha same
width aa those at Panama and with a
lift of 40 feet Instead of the lift of 2H
feet 4 Ini lo-s In any one lock at the
canal Itesldu tha lock will be a mam
moth dry dock for building and re
pairing boats There la also a long
and hU:n wall protecting the tracks of
a railroad alongshore, which must be
elevated above the new water level
above the dam, and an Ice fender like
a concrete bridge over a kilometer
long Is anothr part of the work there
in the bottom of the Mississippi riv
er, built to keep Ice and debris of all
kinds out of the turblnea.
At Ita western end this largeat of
power dama Joins tha power bouse,
which stretches almost at right anglea
down the river for almost a third of a
mllo accurately, 1,713 feat with
width of about 133 feet and a height
of over 177 feet The water from
tha Immense forebay between tha
power bouse and the Iowa shore
passes through thirty arched portals,
behind which are buttressed, on their
outer ends, tha ateel rods acting as
stralnera. llehlnd each arched por
tal are four Intake to each turbine
water wheel, each Intake being 22 feet
high.
Work of Many Year.
The origin of that water power de
velopment Is most Interesting. It Is
the result of remarkably persistent la
bor on the part of the people of that
community through several decades
In (he middle of the last century the
value- of the vast quantity of power
going to waste there waa recognized
and various unsuccessful movements
to utilise It were launched. Then ten
yeara were spent In work which waa
auccessful at last. A corporation
which really was a trustee for the peo
ple made preliminary iurveye, collect
ed data, obtained a franchise act from
congress, and aearched for capital to
build tha water power Installation. It
obtained Ita funds from the municipal
treasuries of Keokuk and of Hamil
ton, III., acroea the river. It succVed
ed only after It lntereated In tha proj
ect Mr. Hugh I.. Cooper, who organ
lied tho present proprietor company
only after much labor and mnuy re
buffs, and succeeded finally chiefly be
cause of his record of auccessful
building of water power plants at Ni
agara Kails, Sao Paulo and other
places.
It I Intended to start the turblnea
and generators In the mammoth pow
er house early next summer, with
tho president of tho I' lilted State
pulling tha lever to start tba turbine,
while ha stands surrounded by the
governor of all tha states In tha
Mississippi valley.
Many Abandon Rellgloua Faith.
Oermanv. according to tha religious
statistics of tha empire, ha an In
creasing number of persona without
any religious profession. At leaat they
are so registered, ma numDor na
grown from 17,000 In 1907 to nearly
206,000.
and In thn seventh century the Inhabi
tant fled to escape the Corsair. Na
ture took a hand In It destruction,
ha sea left It some mile Inland and
tha sand covered It until tha Island
became a desert.
During thn renaissance Ita rutna
were used a a quarry for building ma
terial by tho noble families.
Slnca 1S78 thn government has been
digging out thn city slowly, Ilka all
such public works In Italy. Hut In the
lust five yeara there have been some
sensational discoveries of statuary,
eta.
About a fifth of tha city has been
uncovered, and soma of tha streets
are found to have their house a well
preserved aa those of rompclt. At
present tho digger ara clearing out
the Forum
Never!
"Poota," bubbled tho dreamy eyed
young versemonger, "are born, air.
and not nmdo. "Oreat Jchoaaphat!
exclaimed tha long suffering editor In
amatement, "and did you suppose any
one would want tba credit of mak
ing 'euiT-
NEW BLOUSE DESIGNS
IMPOFfriO MODELS ARE OF THE
MOIT HANDSOME MATERIALS.
Vivid Coloring a Characteristic of New
ttyls That Ara Just Now So Pop
ular Slaahsd SUave Fea
tuea Qf tha Moment.
NUW YORK. The simple blouse
of handsome material are tha
moat appealing, at least one I
Inclined to think so until aha
feasts her eyea on soma of the re
cently Imported model In which lace
and embroidery, chiffon and brocaded
stuff are ingeniously combined. There
I certainly much satisfaction lu the
severely pluln, well cut blouses of
brocaded silks In the various new
coloring.
The wool buck latin have been
adopted for these simple little blouse
with great auccess. one of the most
striking characteristics la the vivid
coloring of the satin; the sulphur, the
llesuard and Imlilla reds, the Chi
nese blue, the emerald green and
the poppy pink being more In de
mand than the taupe, gray and
brown. There la no trimming, utiles
the small patch pocket at the left side
I thua classed. If one would be
very modish aha will not Introduce a
contrasting color even lu the handker
chief, but will tuck Into the pocket
a handkerchief of crepe de chine In
tha same shading a the aurface of
tha blouae. The low shoulder seam
give tha desired long drooping
houlder and the button ara covered
with aatln. A bit of baud embroidery
may lend an Individual note to these
buttons. As tha brilliant shade are
seldom becoming next to the face un
.luss one has a clear skin and high col
or, a white or cream net gulmpe can
be added to go with tha plaited Ja
bot of tha net.
Modal That Attracts.
A particularly stunning model
which carries out many of the new
Idea 1 of gold satin with relieving
touches of white aatln In the col
lar, gulmpe and cuff. Tha aleevea.
which are aet Into the drooping shoul
der, aro slashed from the elbow down
and Inset with the white aatln. face
trills are sometimes substituted for tha
Latest OnrPiec Gown.
Mtin, but unless one can always have
them Immaculately freah It is better
to continue the material to the bot
tom of the sleeve and finish with a
plaiting of white net, which can eas
ily be freshened. The blouse of ra
tine are quite aa effective a those
of the satins or brocaded materials. A
striking model, which would appeal
more to tho woman on the lookout
for something different . than to the
conservatively gowned woman, 1 of
yellow ratine with purple and red
flower scattered over It In reckless
profusion. The yoke and high collur
of white net tone down tho daring
color combination and the Robes
pierre collar nnitihed with a narrow
plait, and tho elbow sleeves, also
of the net, add softening effects.
The Epaulette.
Another new atyle note on the
blouse of soft, thick silk I the ep
aulette. ' These shoulder piece aid
Introducing the fashionable drooping
houlder, and are therefore a logical
development. They offer an excel
lent opportunity for a little hand
embroidery, which never fulls to add
distinction to a plain waist. The
veateea, while not aa new, are ex
ceedingly attractive, and auggest a
method whereby color can be Intro
duced on a somber blouse. A saupe
colored crepe de chine waist I giv
en a charming effect by a vestee
(reaching only to the bust line) of
geranium ratine, with buttons covered
with the crepe do chine. Thla color
nota la repeated on the strap which
decorate tho outer scam of the long
sieve and In tlin piping mat king tho
shoulder seam.
Smocking for Variety.
It require only a Mttln handwork
In tho form of smocking to give a
novel trimming to a plain Mouae of
cropo de. chlno. Tho smocking may be
Played a Dead Man' Tip.
A telegram addressed to a dead man
seemed uncanny. Throe who knew
him were about to send the boy back
when one recalled that tho dead man
frequently received good Information
from friends on racetrack. The mas
sage wa oponed and was found to
have been aent by a man known for
hi good tip. It hunched on hone
to win and Another to run aecond. Tha
naga ran aa honchad.
"Kind of creapy. thla buslnaaa of
playing tip from I've wlrw ta J
combined to tho shoulder, extending
from the nack to tha elbow, below
which tba fullness rails softly to the
wrist, where It I restrained by a
turn-back cuff, or It tnay form th
yoke. On a slender figure thl addi
tional fullness l very becoming
There are other fetching models
which ara designed very closely after
the artist's smock, aa It la called lo
tha ateliers. A young woman whose
talent for dressing i far famed among
her acquaintance, ha made some fas
cinating blouse by dyeing th crepe
fabric herself. In order to get the
queer, subtle coloring she desires
and then making up tba material wltb
touches of smocking, either on the
yoke or on the sleeves. There 1 a
delightful Individuality in these
blouse which cannot bn given by
even tha most exclusive shop.
In Chiffon Waists.
There are two distinct types of
chiffon waists thl season those en
tlrely of chiffon, and other on which
the chiffon i an accessory to the sat
In or velvet. The chiffon blouse
soft, light and didlcate I very differ
ent from the waist of satin veiled with
chiffon. There I a diaphanous, cloud
like effect, which I lost when the II a
Ing of satin la discernible. A charm
Ing blouse of white chiffon gava the
effect of being draped around tha fig
ure and caught carelessly In the front
with a row of buttons covered with
the chiffon. A strip of moleskin edged
the top of the collar, another slip fin
Ished the bottom of the long sleeve,
which were Just full enough to fall
softly and gracefully, and a third strip
appeared In some mysterious way to
outline tha fastening In front. An
other creamy chiffon blouse ba a a
foundation flesh pink chiffon, which
glimmer through the sheer veil wltb
all tba fascination of flesh. It is
a simple little affair, with a Robes
pierre collar of white aatln and a Ja
bot of the plaited chiffon finished with
hem of black chiffon. A two-Inch band
of the hemstitched black chiffon
mark the outside seam of the long
sleeve, and a frill of black and white
chiffon fulls over the hands.
Whit Laca In Profusion.
Another white chiffon lace 1 com
bined with lute and white net, the
latter forming tbe yoke and tha stand
ing collar. From the bust Una of tbe
bottom of the waist the chiffon i lost
under a veil of the white lace. The
lace Is likewise used to veil the
sleeves, which are usually full, tbe
fullness being held In by a row of
black Jet nail heads across the back
of the sleeves. The touch of black
Is further accentuated by a band of
black chiffon which outlines the yoke,
ending in a perky little bow in tbe
front. A charming departure from
the regulation white net blouse I one
of ecru net, tucked In cluster of
three. A cravat of soft black silk
fastens the low comfortable collar of
lace, dyed to match the net. The ends
of the cravat, instead of falling free,
are run through straps of lace. Even
the sleeve are tucked and ara finish
ed with black cuffs, softened with the
lace.
Velvet Blouse.
It Is an easier task this winter to
discover simple blouses, with good
lines and of attractive material, than
it Is to weed out from the bewilder
ing muss of models dressy waists
w ith distinctive touches. On many of
tbe more elaborate waist various ma'
terlals ara combined with a reckless
nes that la more daring than artistic.
The search la well worth while, for
occasionally one finds a blouse where
two color and two contrasting mate
rial are skillfully blended, a in the
blouse of gray satin and ruby red
panne velvet. The lower portion and
the undersleeves are of ruby red
panne velvet, and the upper part,
which fits closely to the figure like
a deep yoke, Is of gray satin. The up
per part of the sleeves I cut in one
piece, with this deep yoke, and the
turndow n collar Is likewise of the the
satin, with a flat bow of the panne
velvet.
With a suit of old blue velvet a fetch
Ing waist could be worn which could
easily be copied in any desired color
ing. The entire upper part of the
waist, even the upper part of the
sleeves, Is of old blue chiffon embroi
dered In silver soutache. This gives
the flat effect over the neck and ahoul
dera which la so much desired. The
velvet extend from the waist to the
bust line in two points in the front
and in the back, and falls below the
girdle in two similar points. There Is
a deep peplum, practically a skirt
yoUe, of the embroidered chiffon. The
lower part of tho sleeve is of velvet
laid In soft folds, and the girdle is of
velvet In yet a deeper tone, fasten
ing at the aide in two upstanding
loops, and two others falling almost
to the bottom of the peplum.
The illustration shows a design of
black velvet, draped gracefully over
an underdress of violet Ninon-de-sole.
The toque and stole are of tallies er
mine.
All Ha Wanted.
A neatly dressed actor called on out
dramatic editor one morning re
cently. "What do you wish?" asked our
dramatic editor politely.
"I have called to request that you
insert a line In your paper to the ef
fect that I have Just refused a sal
ary of f 1,000 a week from the oppo
sition." "Iil make a note of It. lovely
day. Was there anything else you
wanted?"
"Only ono other thing will you lend
me a quarter?"
There's Music in tha Air..
Tho Unmqiio Customer (In miislt
shop) libretto, "Mikado."
The New Assistant I no speak Ital
luno. Sketch.
dead one," remarked a winner, "but
we had to go thrPuRh with It. The
first horse wa 4't to 1. When I die
I hope my friends will get as good
advice aa that."- Chicago Post.
Rapid Change.
"New York I too rapid for me.
"Uow now?"
"I went to the country to spend a
few day. Left my trunk on tha third
story of ray boardlng-nouse. Now 1
and It ob the ronrtwDtb atorr a
akreerajer. f
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WILSON ACCEPTS
STUDENT ESCORT
Princeton Men to Be Prominent
Feature In Parade.
Special Train of 13 Can Each Will
Convey President-Elect' Del
eicationa to Washington.
New York Woodrow Wilson has
accepted the offer of the student of
Princeton University to escort him
from hi home in Princeton to the
White House on the day he i inaugur
ated. Just a century ago Princeton gave
its last preaident to the nation James
Madison. The centenary will be cele
brated in a unique program, to which
Mr. Wilson gave his consent when
Paul F. Myers, a Princeton senior,
rode on the train with him to New
York and outlined the details.
The Princeton youth will charter
two special train, of 13 car each, on
March 3. One car will be put at the
diaposal of the president-elect and hi
family and accompanying newspaper
men. The governor smiled when he
found the number 13 confronting him
again, for he believe it means luck to
him.
The students, more than 1000
strong, will take Mr. Wilson direct to
his hotel on arrival at Washington,
and will attend the smoker given that
night by the Princeton Alumni as
sociation of Washington.- The next
morning the students will escort Mr.
Wilson from hi hotel to the White
House, where President Taft will join
the incoming President and ride with
him to the capital.
After the ceremony at the capital
the Princeton ians will take their place
in the inaugural parade, just behind
the military and at the head of the
civic organizations.
"I will be delighted. That will be
fine," exclaimed Mr. Wilson enthus
iastically when the plans of tbe stu
dents were explained.
The governor intimated while on his
way from Philadelphia that he might
not limit himself, in choosing his cab
inet, to the names that had been sug
gested to him. He said this in re
sponse to an inference drawn by a
newapaper man from a talk recently
that the selection of Bryan for secre
tary of state was indicated.
"There is absolutely no justification
for that inference," declared Wilson.
"I could not call the names which
have been suggested for other port
folios, either."
He paused and added after a mo
ment's reflection :
"And I might be making some nom
inations of my own, for I certainly
will not feel bound to confine myself
to names that have been suggested to
me.
The Round Table club, whose dinner
Mr. Wilson attended Friday evening,
has been in existence between 40 and
50 years, but Professor Brander
Matthews, one of its members, said
that not a line had ever appeared in
print about it. It consists of about 20
members, every one of whom is emi
nent in some way in literature, public
afTairs, or otherwise. Among them
are the President-elect, ex-Ambassador
Joseph H. Choate, John L. Cadwallad
er and Dr. S. Weir Mitchell.
The members of this mysterious
club do not know who organized it or
what were the circumstances leading
to its formation. It has no officers, is
not incorporated, and has no rules.
For nearly 50 years it has met at din
ner on the last Friday of each month.
Its members, who live in different
parts of the country, journey to New
York when that day comes.
No speeches are permitted at these
dinners. After the dinner proper is
over the members rearrange them
selves and a flow of table talk begins.
Governor Wilson, when asked if he
intended going anywhere after the
dinner, replied with some surprise:
"Oh, no. The talk is always so in
teresting that the whole eveniny is
taken up with it."
Women Declare for Vote.
Grinnell, la. Grinnell's women, in
a special election held Friday, voted
overwhelmingly for woman suffrage.
Of 73S women who visited the polls,
663 were in favor of suffrage and 75
were not. Upon the second question,
whether they would vote if the right
were given them, 659 declared that
they would, while 40 declared against
participation. It is estimated that 80
per cent of the women of Grinnell
voted.
The total male vote for governor at
the last election was 945.
Two Warships Favored.
Washington, D. C. On behalf of
his state's delegation in congress,
Representative Stephen B. Ayres, of
New York, has just completed a can
vass of the Democratic members of the
house to ascertain their attitude re
garding appropriations for the con
struction of battleships this year.
His canvass, Mr. Ayers declared,
showed that more than half the Demo
cratic members favored the author
ization of two battleships at this ses
sion. The two-battleship advocates
were pleased over the showing.
Prisoners Give Cuticle.
Ixis Angeles Dr. E. H. Garrett,
government physician here, has en
tered upon the unique task of solfeit
ing three square feet of cuticle from
inmates of the city and county jails to
aid a patient severely burned in a re
cent fire. "I went to the jails for
volunteers," explained Dr. Garrett,
"because I knew I would find fellows
there who would have nothing to do
for the next 60 or 90 days but get well
after I had'taken some of their skin."
One MoreState Needed.
Charleston, W. Va. By a unani
mous vote the West Virginia legisla
ture ratified the income tax amend-
m,n tn th VvirmJ i-onxi-t til f Inn.
Governor Glaweoek - haa annoancad
that Im fawn taw aawrav Tba
nt only M allwr atata (a iii!b
aae aba eawaaitueioaai.
SAYS ANTARCTIC NOT "COLD"
Explorer Amundsen Shun Sweater
at O.ily It Below.
Chicago Captain Roald Amundsen,
discoverer of the South Pole, and navi
gator of the Northwest passage, was
the guest of the Geographic society
here. He was presented with the
gold medal of tha society for hi
achievements aa an explorer.
The South Pole waa reached by
Amundsen while clad in light clothing,
he laid in a short address here.
"It waa not cold," he said. "We
did not wear furs. It waa only 14
degrees below zero and often it wa
too warm for me to wear my sweater.
I wore light fall underwear and over
garment made of silk and wooL "
His feet, however. Captain Amund
sen said, were like bales of hay.
"First I wrapped my feet in dried
grass," he explained. "Then I wore
seven pairs of socks with reindeer skin
boot outside. The worst thing that
can befall a polar traveler is to freeze
hi feet. It is enormously difficut in
bail weather to dry the socks and moc
casins properly, but this must be done
under penalty of dath."
Captain Amundsen will leave San
Francisco in June, 1914, to explore
Bering Straits.
ONE-TERM AMENDMENT IS
PASSED BY U. S. SENATE
Washington, D. C. A constitu
tional amendment which would restrict
the president of the United State to
a single term of six years, and would
bar Wood row Wilson, Theodore Roose
velt and William H. Taft from seek
ing re-election, was approved by the
senate, by the narrow majority of one
vote.
After a three-day fight, in which
the Progressives joined with many
Republicans in opposing the restricted
Presidential term, the senate adopted
the original Works resolution by a
vote of 74 to 23.
FLORIDA FRUIT UNDER BAN
California Officials Order Citrus
Shipment Out of State.
San Francisco Hope which has de
veloped among some of the commis
sion houses that owing to the recent
cold weather in Southern California
supplies of grapel'ruit might be drawn
from Florida, were bau!y shattered by
the action of the State Horticultural
commissioner, when a carload of
grapefruit was stopped and the owners
received the 48-hour notice customary
in such cases. This car must be sent
out of the state and the consignees
will ship it North, where there is no
citrus industry to be guarded.
The fruit was found to be infested
with the Florida red scale and the pur
ple scale.
This is the second car of grapefruit
to come through from the Florida cit
rus section. An experimental car was
received -last week, and being free
from insect pests was promptly ab
sorbed by the local market.
The horticultural commissioners
want it understood that this fruit was
not stopped because it came from Flor
ida, the quarantine having been
raised December 17, but because it
carried Florida fruit pests that are not
wanted in California.
Pigeon Flies 600 Miles.
New York Bearing a note from a
passenger on the Prinz Friederich Wil
helm, in mid-ocean on the way to
Bremen, a carrier pigeon dropped ex
hausted on the roof of a big uptown
hotel Sunday.
The message was from A. Schu
bach, of Seattle, Wash., president of
a' steamship company, who informed
the hotel management that Mrs. Schu
bach had left two valuable sable skins
in her suite at the hotel- before she
started for Europe.
When in this city 15 months ago
Mrs. Schubach left two carrier pig
eons, and the birds were kept on the
hotel roof until she decided to take
the ocean trip." The Prinx Friederich
Wilhelm was nearly 600 miles at sea
at 9 o'clock Sunday morning, when
one bird was released.
Defense League Forms.
Washington, D. C. To work for a
large navy, an adequate army, the
improvement of the National guard
and for all things that will better pre
pare the United States for war, the
National Defense league was organ
ized here. Representative Kahn, of
California, was elected chairman.
While the league will work to
make the country better prepared for
war. it says in its constitution that it
"believes in universal peace. but
firmly believes that preparation for
war is the best guarantee of peace.
Lo Would Avoid Taxes.
Santa Fe, -N. M. Indians from
every Pueblo tribe in New Mexico ar
rived here Saturday, preparatory to
leaving for Washington, where they
propose to urge the secretary of the
Interior to accept deeds to approxi
mately 600,000 acres of land, owned
by them in New Mexico. The object
of the Indians in deeding their land to
the government as trustee, for a per
iod of 25 years, is to avoid paying
taxes. A recent decision that the
Indians were citizens, subjects their
property to taxation.
Tension Plan Proposed.
Washington, D. C. A system of
tt mrA iwllrnmfint tnr pmntnVM nf th
postal service was proposed by Senator
t'enrose, ot Pennsylvania, m an
amendment offered to the Dostoffice
appropriation bill. It would give the
Postoffice department authority to
grant "indefinite leave of absence" to
an employe who became incapacitated
for actual worn wun annual pay at me
rate of $600. An examining board
would pass on applications.
Minimum Wage Advocated.
London The Daily New under
stands that the intention in the land
campaign inaugurated by Chancellor
Lloyd-George is to propose the statu
tory establishment of a minimum wage
for agricultural laborer of at 'tatfci oJS e'"
Una pound ($. a wWr. an "''7 '!,TV
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COMMISSION MEN
AREJNDICTED
Portland Produce Dealers Al
leged to In Trust.
Fifteen Prominent Merchants Re
ceive Attention of Federal
Grand Jury.
Portland, Or. Grand jurors in tha
Federal court have returned indict
ments against 15 fruit and produce
dealers on Front street, charging them
with unlawful conspiracy in restraint
of trade and in violation of the Sher
man anti-trust act. The men indicted
assert their innocence of law-breaking.
Every commodity that tha average
family requires for its daily food sup
ply, with the exception of meat, it is
alleged, is controlled by the group of
men under indictment, with the result
not only that the prices to the consum
ing public are greatly increased, but
that all dealers not members of the al
leged combination are and have been
prevented from doing busines.
Eleven of the 15 men against whom
true bill were returned have been ar
rested and have given $1000 bail each.
They are E. A. Bamford, C. N. Dilley,
Timothy Pearson, W. A. Mansfield,
W. H. Dryer, Herbert B. McEwen,
Mark Levy, Charles ' R. Levy, Ed B.
Levy, Ben Levy and G. W. Cardwell.
W. B. Glafke, John A. Bell, Fred
A. Page and John 'J. Cole are under
indictment, but have not been arrested
Glafke because he is visiting hi
mother, who is ill, and the three oth
ers because they are out of the city.
They have been advised by their asso
ciates to return and submit to arrest.
The defendants, individually and
collectively, are among the leading
commission men on Front street.
Many of them have been In business
here for a long time. W hile tfiey ad
mit the existence of the Produce Mer
chants' association of Portland, they
deny that it tends to stifle competition
or that it manipulates prices.
The center of activity during the
grand jury's investigations and the
probable star witness when the case
come to trial is J. W Bunn, the secre
tary of the organization, who has been
granted immunity by the Federal
pro secu torsi
FIND SHIP WITHOUT A CREW
Afloat In Ocean, All Ship Shape,
Without Soul on Board.
Newport News, Va. Another mys
tery of the deep, practically parallel
ing the unexplained disappearance of
the crew of the schooner Marie Celeste
several years ago, has been reported
here by the British tank steamer Rou
manian. On January 19, churning
along ten days out from Port Arthur
and near the Azores, she picked up
the Norwegian bark Remittent, sea
worthy, provisioned and fully rigged,
but without a soul aboard and with no
indication of the crew's fate. The
Roumanian, after towing the Remit
tent to within 100 miles of Cape
Henry, lost her in a violent gale.
The Marie Celeste was found at sea
with a pot boiling in her galley and
her captain's papers on the cabin table
and every indication that her crew had
been aboard within a few hours of her
discovery. But nothing ever waa
heard of her skipper or crew.
Man Gets Brain of Dog.
Ann Arbor, Mich. The brain of a
dog was transferred to a man's skull
in University hospital here Thursday.
W. A. Smith, of Kalamazoo, had been
suffering from abcess on the brain and
as a last effort to save his life this re
markable operation was performed.
Opening his skull, the surgeons re
moved the diseased portion of his
brain and in its place substituted the
brain of a dog. Smith was resting
comfortably at last reports, and the
surgeons say he has a good chance to
recover.
Roof Garden for Church.
St. Louis Rev. John L. Brandt,
pastor of the First Christian church,
announced that his congregation soon
would build a church with a roof gar
den in the fashionable West End dis
trict of St. Louis. The roof garden
will be a development of the institu
tional church idea and will be used for
fioving-picture shows and other enter
ainments and possibly for Summer
Sundav evening services. The church
also will have free medical, surgi
cal and dental clinics and a night
school.
Allies Attack Turk's Rear.
London The Bulgarians are devot
ing their chief attention to the bom
bardment of Adrianople and an at
tempt to capture the Gallipoli penin
sula and so take the Turkish fort in
the rear. An official dispatch issued
at Constantinople indicates that the
Bulgarians have been successful in
their first operations in the latter
quarter, and, according to a Sofia dis
patch, the capture of Gallipoli is tho
chief objective of the Bulgarians for
the time being.
10,000 Wounded, Say Janinans.
London An Athens dispatch to the
Telegraph says that three prominent
citizens of Janina, who escaped to the
Greek lines, assert that there are 10,
000 wounded in the town, which would
have surrendered but for the influence
of the Austrian consul.
A Constantinople dispatch to the
Telegraph says the Bulgarians have
retired from the Tchatalja and have
made their headquarters at Tcher
kesckeui. Duluth's Oldest Citizen Dead,
nulnth Minn. John Flvnn. the
first white man to push a trail through
the wildernes from St. Paul to the
Indian trading posts on tha shore ol
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