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Newspaper Page TextMALIIEUIl ENTETIPRISE. 150,000,000 TRUST i I P. Morgan, T. F. Ryan and Levi P. Morion form Combine. BIGGEST MERGER IN AMERICA COLONIST TRAVEL HEAVY. Tear of 1909 Waa Record-Breaker. More Expected In 1910. Chicago, Jan. 3. The colonizing work done by the railroads in the went and Pacific northwest during the spring and fall of 1909 broke all reo ordi in railway history. Figure! pre pared by the management of the Har riman lines show that the number of colonists who were taken into the Pa cific coast territory far exceeded the number in any other year. The increase over the colonist move ment of 1908 was fully 70 per cent, and may have been in excess of this. Figures for the movement over the Hill lines are not -available, the man agement refusing to give any detailed information regarding the number of new home makers they transported into the northwest during the last year. It is understood, however, that the Hill lines did not make as determined an effort to secure colonists as they have niado in former years. This fact is said to be due to trouble in the colonist department of the Northern nue Trust company, all of this city. I Pacific which led late in the year to under one head with the title of the ' the resignation of C. W. Mott, general Guaranty Trust company. I migration agent. On the Great . l I Northern road, the illness of Max Bass, uo iiicigi-r pi-ruups iue largest ui general immigration agent, which re its kind in the United States. Directors ' suited in his death, somewhat retarded of all three companies met today and,tQe work of taking homeseekers to the informally proposed the terms of TO BOYCOTT TRUSTS SATS KNOX IS TO BLAME. Zelaya Says Secretary Has Been Sys tematically Misinformed. Mexico City, Dec. 31. "Mr. Knox ;CIIICAG0 HIT AGAIN J BIRD PARADISE IN FACIFIO. an lulniMl Nfitlng Place of AU tint roan, Frlunlrs and Petrels. To the northwest of the Hawaiian Islands, about an equal distance from FACTS IN TABLOID FOItM. Represents Three Banking and Trust ,'. Companies, With Deposits of Over SI33.000.000. New York, Jan. 4. J. Pierpont Mor gan, Thomas F. Ryan and Levi P. Mor ton linked hands in New York today in a trust company merger which unites resources of $150,000,000. It is a triple combination, bringing the Guaranty Trust company, the Mor ton TruBt company and the Fifth Ave- rnamon Tit or. In T D ri., U not mv iniW I am answprnhln nn1 l J DII....J fl... Ill T..III. ISianus, aOOllt an equal C UtJIllldll nail Id 1U DC UIIBU! ,, '.OCtUm. DlliUuTU 01UU5 All 1 full lb the shores of Asia and America, there I iu HIT jeyj 1 ci uuitraa I - , Jose Santos Zelaya, who arrived this Trial la America. TWO CONGRESSMEN INTERESTED 'merger which will be put in more northwest It is understood that in 1910 the management of both the Great North- ' definite form Wednesday, when another ; orn and the Northern Pacific, aided by directors' meeting will be held and the the management of the Burlington, are plan ratified by stockholders. The for- j to make a special effort toward popu mal vote will not be taken until later. ! lating the vacant lands along their Levi P. Morton, president of the ' lines in the fertile states of the north Morton Trust company and of the Fifth west. Avenue Trust company both known In each year the railroads have two as Morton-Ryan concerns has con- short periods which they call colonist senteu to act as chairman or the board periods. The spring colonist period is of the merged companies. No presi- from March 1 to April 30, while the Sent has been selected. Alexander J. fall poriod is from September 15 to Hemphill, vice-president and acting October 15. In the fall period of 1909, president or the uuaranty Trust coin- tho Harriman lines sold a total or pany, has been mentioned for the position. 541 tickets to California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, me new move in finance follows the' Utah, Colorado and Wyoming points. recent absorption of tho Guaranty! In the corresponding period of 1908, Trust company' by the so-called Mor- the same linos sold a total of 6,227. gan interests, but upon just what terms The increase for 1909 was 5,314 tickets, the merger was mado is not disclosed. This is an increase for the fall period The Guaranty Trust company was or- j f 85 per cent. In the fall of 190S col ganized in 1891 and has total deposits onist tickets were sold between Sep of more than $S8,000,0U0. I tomber 1 and October 31, during which The Morton Trust company, formerly I time the Harriman line sold a total of the banking house of Bliss, Morton & '35,816 tickets. Accordingly, in just Co., was organized in 1S99. Thomas F. I half the time in the fall of 1909 the Ryan is vice-president. Its deposits aggregate more than $45,000,000. Liko the Guaranty Trust company, its capi tal and surplus are $2,000,000 each. The Fifth Avenue Trust company, founded ten years ago, is one of the better known up-town financial insti tutions. With a capital and surplus of. $1,000,000 each it has paid large dividends. The capital stock of the new company probably witl bo fixed at o,uuo,uuu, with perhaps a like amount Harriman linos sold within 4,275 tick ets of the number sold during the 60 day period of 1908. DYNAMITERS IN TOILS. Striking Railroad Machinists Attempt Violence, Is Belief. Baltimore, Jan. 3. Following an at tempt last evening to blow up the Gay street bridge of the Baltimore & Ohio for surplus It is believed that the railroad, three men were arrested on a merger will involve the laree stock ' e j.. and cash dividends to the shareholders namite the bridg(, n1 , thn Mot or the three companies. clah. ulHchiM 8n0p8 of tha company. The present premises of the Fifth The bridge was not seriously damaged. Avenue Trust company will be retained w;n:. t? qi,;i tt.'si tit v 1 . , , . , .1 """"in ii k'uiuic? , xrauijiiuii nr. as a branch of the combined companies Lighter and William H. Zimmerman, all unices win uu in ine . niach n sta. worn tutor faVon int .a. wane the main . financial district. It is rumored that the Morgan in - terests had acquired the holdings of Thomas F. Ryan in the Morton Trust company, but no statement on this point was obtainable. CALIFORNIA HAS NEW PEST. Insect Like Ladybug Lays Waste Many Grain Fields. Jackson, Cal., Jan. 4. A bug, some- tody. Detective Captain Humphrey claims to have evidence directly impli cating the men. Both Zimmerman and Shipley, who went out with the striking machinists of the Baltimore & Ohio here last May in formal statements today confessed they had engaged in a plot to blow up the Mount Clair shops last night. In the shops at the time the bomb was to be exploded were more than 3,000 workmen, and the alleged plot ters admitted that they did not know NationalZAnti-Trust League Will Make War on Combinations that In crease Cost of Living. Washington, Jan. 1. Plans for a na tional boycott of those combinations that increase the cost of living were laid hero tonight, when the National Anti-trust League was launched Members of congress are interested in the new movement and immediate steps will be taken toward perfecting state organizations, Then, when prices soar, league mem bers, by stopping the use of such arti cles or commodities as have gone above a certain level, will try to put them back by refusing to furnish a market, The plan was tried in Germany a few years ago, and, according to a report broke up a combine that had raised tho price of coffee to an almost prohibi tive point. The meeting was informal, and no final organizations was effected. It was understood, however, that the crusade just begun should go on in the name of the Anti-trust League, and that the organization should be non-political. As soon as congress reconvenes permanent organization will be effected, Among the speakers tonight were minority leader Clark and Congressman Mckinlay, of California, The women of the United States will be taken into membership on equal terms with men, and will have equal voice in the campaign. A nominal foe will be charged mem bers to cover the cost of mailing proc tarnations against articles of food that have been pushed too high in the mar ket. DAUGHTER'S PLOT ENRICHES Girl Witnesses That uu line luo common laayDug, nas how many persons might have been made its appearance near here. In killed by the explosion. Dotectives are " l" Jduu iu giauj, a 1111111 ber of sacks were left over night in the .field. An 'examination the next day led to the discovery that each sack was swarming with .small bugs with a dark yellowish back. ; Other parts of this county were af . feeted by the same kind of insects, it is believed, last year. The lands so visited were denuded of all vegetation, ana me son produced nothing for that looking for three other men, whom they say tuey can connect with the plot. Prison Cruelty Alleged. Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 3. General Dodd, formerly overseer of the city prison, testifying before the investigating committee, in addition to corroborat Confirm Story Stole $97,820. Chicago, Jan. 1. Angelina Schia vone 's dramatic story, in which she told how she robbed her father's bank of $97,820 and gave it to her uncle, Francisco Schiavone, to gain a hus band, received strong confirmation from other witnesses today in the trial of Francisco Schiavone and his fam ily before Judge Tuthill. The original packages of money taken from Pasqualo Schiavone 's bank were traced to one of the defendants, Molho Schiavone, daughter of Fran cisco, and said to have inspired her cousin with the idea that she could buy a husband. D. Costcllo; formerly receiving teller from the West Sido Trust & Savings bank, testified that Mollie Schiavone had made frequent deposits of $500 for her father, Francisco Schiavone. Mollie always made a deposit for her father, Francisco, the witness said, and he did not recall an instance when Francisco had deposited such money himself. DAMAGE SUITS THREATENED. ing the stories of cruelty to prisoners, and of filthy and unsanitary conditions. season, it was as if a fire had sweDt cleclarod that the food served the oris- over the surface. One large ranch had ' oners was unfit even for the lowest fully 100 acres so affected last year. I kind of animals. Prisoners frequently While there is no creneral nnnoarnnco j; of the bug in the county, it has ap peared in localities wide apart. Message in Sections. Washington, Jan. 4. Following a forenoon conference with presidents of six of tho great railroad systems, President Taft late this afternoon an nounced a change of program in the sending of his message dealing with interstate commerce and anti-trust law amendments to congress. The message will be split into two parts. The section dealing with trusts will be sent to congress Thursday noon. The section dealing with the interstate commerce law, in which railroads are directly interested, will be deferred un til Friday. The president's special message on conservation of natural re sources is expected to be ready for con gress Monday. Manila Has Cancer Cure. Manila, Jan. 4. A conditional and preliminary report of what is hoped (will prove to bo a successful treatment for cancer was presented before the Manila Medical society today. The treatment consists in making the pa tient immune from the further prog ress of the disease by the use of vac cine prepared from his own cancer. Experiments have been made during the last eight months, both in cases where operation was possible and where It was not. A number of patients, ap parently cured, were exhibited before the society. Negro Refused Entrance. ' London, Jan. 4. A negro who claims American citizenship is an unwelcome guest of the Union Castle Steamship line at Southampton pending the out come of diplomatic negotiations to de termine the man's nationality. The egro was deported from South Africa after he had been convicted of a crime ml served a sentence in a British prison. He was returned to New York, but was refused permission to land there as be was unable to satisfy the authorities of hi American citizenship. March Cause of Mutiny. Fisher Island, N. Y., Jan. 4. Many of the non-commissioned officer and ir.-a of the Oue Hundred and Thirty First company, U. 8. Coast Artillery, are routined in the guardhouse, at Fort H. O. Wright, a a result of a mutiny naturjay. 1 tit company was order! out fur a march of 1 tinlas and all but bib in en drrliaed to dj the duty. It d.'-Urd authoritatively ttay (list a majority tf the maa la the com pany i.a4 lttt erJc'4 Lafure sourt-martial. showed bread containing flies, he said, and one man brought him a piece of Dreaa containing a spider, lie declared the place was overrun with vermin. Pearl Bryan, one of three white women who was hung up by rings whilo at the stockade, said she was strung up nearly 10 minutes and was only taken down when they saw blood running uown ncr arms. Mount Pelee Is Active. St. Thomas, D. W. I., Jan. 3. Cable advices received here report a violent earthquake in the French island of Martinique and the British island of St. Vincent early today. Mount Pelee, a volcano on the island of Martinique, and La Souffriere, in St. Vincent, are reported active. A message from Fort do France, Martinique, says an earth quake shock was felt, but no damage was done. Nothing has been heard from St. Vincent since early today. Considerable anxiety is felt here about Kingston, Jamaica. Trolleys Crash; Five Hurt. Greenfield, Ind., Jan. 3. Five per sons were seriously injured, two proba bly fatally, in a head on collision be tween two cars on the Terre Haute. In dianapolis and Eastern line at Phila delphia, four miles west of here, late today. The can were the Newcastle limited eastbound, and the Dayton lim ited, westbound. They met at a sid ing as the westbound car was prepar ing to enter a switch. The Dayton lim ited was running at full speed when it crashed into the eastbound car. Both cars were telescoped for 10 or 12 feet. Both motormen stuck to their posts. Paroled Convict Is Shot. Chicago, Jan. 3. Harry Feather stone, a paroled eonvict, who ha a long police record, was shot and seriously injured here today in a chase which followed a robbery of a South Si la sa loon. Feathertitoue and two compan ions were pursued after thc-y ha rilled the till and a policeman who jo'ned in the chase aeut a bullet into Feather stone's tack. Search was begun for his companions. According to the po lice, Featberstone has participated ia many daring robberies. Independent Oil Men to Sue Standard Oil by Thousands. Springfield, Mass., Jan. 1. Several thousand ' damage suits against the Standard Oil company of New Jersey will be instituted by the independent oil refiners if the United States su preme court upholds the decision of the circuit court for the Missouri dis trict ordering the corporation dissolved. Thomas L. Hisgen, presidential can didate of the Independence parly in 1908, who is now president of the In dependent Petroleum Marketers' asso ciation, today announced that the In dependents would base their proceed ings under the section of the Sherman law providing that any person or com pany injured by a corporation may L : ; t. m uriug ucuou against 11 lur iounoiu damages. Davenport Trifle Worse. San Diego Homer Davenport, the noted cartoonist, who is seriously ill at the home of A. G. Spalding, Point Loma, fighting to recover from a ner vous breakdown, was not as well this afternoon. Mr. Davenport slept well last night, but today a new complica tion threatened. A sharp pain has de veloped in the back of his head, and, while there is no fever, the attending physician has not yet decided the na' ture of this latest development. The doctors refuse to say whether be will ultimately recover. Third Death ia Tong War. New York. Jan. 1. Renewal of the tong warfare in New York's China town claimed another victim early this morning, when a Chinese actor was shot and killed in tho hallway of a ten ement bouse, just before daybreak. Ah Hung, who was a prominent member of one of the Chinese secret organi zations, was in bis room when a voice demanded admission. Ah Hung opened the door an inch or two aad peeped out. There was a shot and then a scamper of feet down the stairs. Neigh bors found Ab Hung lying dead. A bullet had penetrated the body. Zelaya Regarded as Martyr. Mexico City, Jan. 1. Dr. Oroesbeck Walsh, formerly acting United States consul at C'orinto. passed through here today. He said Zelaya was looked upon as a martyr by the people of Central morning from Salina Cruz, thus replied to a question tonight as to what atti tude he would assume should Secretary Knox seek to extradite him from this country. Zelaya refused to discuss such a probability, but strongly intimated that the secretary of state would not have the right to request his presence in the United States. The former dictator's baggage in eluded two valises bulging with Ameri can gold, and a third filled with paper money. "I have no feeling against the Ameri can people at large, nor the govern ment," he Baid. "Secretary Knox has been systematically misinformed, and public opinion in the United States has been prepared against mo, but the real facts must become known in time, am it is to time I trust for my vindication "My relations with the preceding American government were exceedingly friendly. The situation contains many unfortunate conditions. Secretary Roo had the complete confidence of Central America, and bis policies were drawing the people closer together politically and commercially. 1 am atraul the at titudo of Secretary Knox is undoing all that work throughout Latin America.' Zelaya said American marines er gaged in so -eral recent battles in Nic aragua, and that or them were killed. He said: "Do you know that there were 400 Antericans fighting with the insurgents at Kamaf Do you know at the battle of Colorado Junction, on November 1 the bodies of 20 American marines were picked up by our forces, all dead, and all from American gunboats anchored in the river to protect American inter csts? The official explanation given mo wus that these men were deserters." and Communication. WIRELESS PLANS STOLEN. Great Britain Mourns Loss of Tears of Work and Secrecy. London, Dec. 30. The wholesale theft ot wireless plans, models and sketches which, in the hands of an ex pert would reveal all the workings and nncrmost secrets of the wireless scrv ice of the British navy, is charged against Richard Knowldon, who was placed on trial at Portsmouth today lv no widen is a draughtsman attached to the torpedo schoolship Vernon. In ins room were found no less than 80 plans for wireless improvements and coding books of the most confidential character. The authorities attach the greatest importance to the arreBt, for they con lend if the documents abstracted from the Vernon had roachod foreign govern uieuts ail the labor ot recent years given to the perlecting ot a wireless system for the British navy would have been rendered practically iruitlcss. !a merica. Dr. Walsh said that be knew Labor right Blf Trust Wathiogton, Jan. S. Olflr of the American federation of Labor tonight : . I . - i, t in , ,, .. 1 k . 1 iuvi a rail v. lie l'iv.v iiiriuiswrv 10 auiarriia to a iudi wiia wiiica 10 aye a Hg-bi 00 tha Heel trust. 1 be , (Julianas, of "murder farm" fame, and call arraius tie corporation as Iniuii-1 !,r tkiMrea, d ad tont-U of tuUrcu ral liutb to labor and to lha country j,,,;, a taa iiirkira City peuitabUary, arj as a violator of Its laws. Tle , where te aemaf an' UCo'.iiaiaete uia) Of f l&lHHJ UWtl 'S'eod St SBSe. J l,w ful OauS, that when Zelaya waa ia power be had caused consular reports to be Inter cepted and bad muzzled the press. Pa pers of Costa Idea are bristling with paragraphs such as "Down with the Yankees," "We must stand together," and "Zelaya i a martyr." Lampher Pies la Prison. I. a Ports, lad. Jaa. 1. Kay J-am-iihere, soiirirtsd slayer of Mrs. Bella Valuable Ore Find Made. Denver, Dec. 31. According to an assay made today by Herman Fleck, protessor of chemistry ot the Colorado school of mines, the largest known body of pitchblende in tho world has been discovered iu a mine at Central City, LOIO. The discovery was made December 21, and the assay mado by Professor Fleck shows, it is asserted, that the ore runs almost treble tho highest percentage of ull uranium ores ever discovered. It is said the strike was mado by the regular force of men engaged in taking out gold ore, and the assay, it is claimed, ran 85 per cent pure, whereas the previous best record was 30 per cent pure, . the nunt is owned by Bishop Matr., of Denver, and is leased to Philadel phia capitalists. Offer Taken Back Again. St. Paul, Dec. 31. The railroads to day withdrew their offer to abide by the Chicago conference and re-employ striking switchmen as soon as they have places. The embargo on wheat ship ments in some small towns of the state by the Grest Northern road was re moved. Railroad officials say that the strike is over so fur as they are con cerned. It was reported tonight that the old switchmen will go "back to work on the Great Northern at Butte tomor row. The .Northern Pueiflu says that conditions on that road are satisfactory at Butte. Dickinson at San Juan. San Juan, P. R., Dec. 1 ? . J. M. Dick inson, American secretary of war, ar rived today on the converted yacht Aiaynower. Many persons gathered at the wharf. The visit of the secretary has been the occasion of elaborate decorations. Sec retary Dickinson bus been on an in spection of Santo Domiio, giving es pecinl attention to revolutionary con ditions. He will also make an inspeC' tion of Porto Rico. FUEL SUPPLY ALMOST GONE The dog has forty-two teeth. The movement of the drifting Ice of 1- - 11 . . 1 . y t m I . ... ... is a Binaii group 01 lsiauus mm inns inn iar north is about two miles a upon which hundreds of thousands ot day. Thousands of Cars of Coal on Tracks But Cannot Bo Delivered to Consumers. Chicago, Dec. 30. Slowly and pain fully emerging from two previous heavy snow storms, followed by ex tremely cold weather and intermittent snow lor two weeks, Chicago and con tiguous territory tonight was swept by another fierce blizzard, which nullifies all the work of cloaring away the de bris of the earlier storms and leaves tho transportation companies aghast at the task lacing tbem. With 9000 cars of coal at its doors, on sidings and terminal tracks, Chicago is on the verge of a fuel famine. Rail roads and dealers admit tonight the condition is alarming. The city already has consumed 60 per cent of its reserve fuel, and by the most rigid economy will bo cold within five days unless the situation is relieved. The railroads had hoped, with good weather, to get in some of the coal, but tonight's storm means that they will be niiable to move a pound for two or three days at the best. The snow to night is driven by a high wind, which means heavy drifting and increased trouble for the railroads. Tho storm blockado is felt seriously in tho grain and provision trade. This was made, apparent today when wheat that was good enough for Docember do livery sold on track here at three cents undo i4 tho Dccoiuber price. Tho buyers were unwilling to take chances on get ting the wheat into elevators and avail able for delivery before the close of business next Friday. This was for grain actually within the city limits. Jt was asserted on tho Board of Trade that one of tho western roads leadinir out of Chicago has more, than 8000 loaded cars of grain on its various sidetracks, which it is totally unable to move in cither direction. The condition applies to other roads, perhaps, in a lesser degree. ENUMERATORS' TEST EASY. Aeronaut to Scale Mount. ew York, Dec. 31. With the aid of a large balloon minus a basket and designed to assist in climbing, Colonel H. P. Shirley, of Nashville, Tenn., 1 experienced aeronaut, is planning to acme Alount ilcKinley. 1 he balloon, 20 feet in diameter end holding just enough gas to lift a man off his feet, is ready for shipment, Shirley says he will attach himself to the balloon by a harness and belt. This will leave him free to climb and vet give him the buoyancy of the gas filled nag. Submarine Baves Lives. Toulon, Dee. 31. The submarine Cigogne performed a remarkable life saving feat in a rocont storm. The bout was practicing diving in the open s-a when the commander saf a fishing boat suddenly sink. The aiilmiariue im mediately dived under the fishing craft. of which the masthead alone was above water, lie valves were oocrated nuifk ly, and the Cigogne rose to the surface, lifting the boat and holding it above water long enough to take off the crew. Seattle Discovers Leper. Heat tie, Den. 31. For the aeeonl tuna within Z' years a rasa of leprosy waa dieoverr l iu Hostile today, and Its' v.rtiiu tiHnred liorle. to ),e govern meiit leprosy solony Iu the Hawaiian islands. Kris Govern, a M an tuievlau. bo La spent the Ut 11 ya Is Alaska, U Ue flicts4 mas. Census Director Durand Sets February a as the Date. Washington, Dec. 30. Any perspn of good judgment, who has received an ordinary common school education, enn readily and easily pass the test to be given applicants for census enumerat ors' places on Saturday, .February 0, the date set by United States Census Director Diirnnd, according to an an nouncement from the census bureau to day. This will bo a comforting assur ance to the several hundred thousand persons who are believed to bo con templating application for the places. it was emphatically Btated at the bureau that the test will bo an eminent ly reasonable and practical one, similar to that applied to applicants at the twelfth census. It will consist of fill ing out a sample, schedule of population from a description in narrative form of typical families; and, in the case of enumerators whoso work will be in the rural districts, they will bo called on to fill out an additional sninnlo schodulo of agriculture, from information fur nished by tho census burcnu. Ml persons, whether women or men, who desire to become census enumerat ors, must bo citizens of tho United Statos, residents of the supervisor's dis trict for which they wish to be appoint ed; must be not less than 13 nor more linn O years of age; must bo physically able to do the work; must bo trust worthy, honest, and of good habits; must have at lenst an ordinary educa tion, and must be nblo to write plainly and with reasonable rapidity. those who can comply with these re quirements are invited to put in their applications, as there will be at least 6H,000 enumerators' places to be filled y the middle of March in preparation for tho enumeration beginning April 15. Application forms, with full lnstruc ions as to filling in, and complete in formation concerning the test and the method of appointment can bo secured by writing to tho supervisor of census for tho supervisor's district in which I the applicant lives. All applications, properly filled in, must be filed with the uporvisors not later than January 25, as any received after that date cannot bo considered. Davenport Is Sick Man, Snn Diego, Dec. 30. Homer Daven port, noted cartoonist, is suffering from a serious nervous collapse. He came here last week in the hopes of building up his shattered nervous system. He has not been feeling well for some time, and felt the pressing need of change of sceno and climate. He accepted the invitation to visit the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. G, Spalding, at Point Loma, where he is now under the care of a physician, by whose advice no visitors are received, and all correspondence Is left untouched. birds live. Every year they lay their eggs and raise their young. Among small strips of land and rock there Is what might be called a veritable bird paradise. This Is the Island of Laysan. Laysan measures about five and a half kilos by four kilos and possesses no vegetation save a few thickets and occasional seaweed, and now and then a sickly little palm tree. Upon the banks are to be found large quantities of driftwood, brought from the shores of America by the currents. But the number of birds that come there at the season of nesting exceeds the wildest imagination. There are places on the Island where It would be impossible to put the foot without crushing a bird, a nest or an egg. Ap parently, to the eye, there are hun dreds of thousands of birds. There are albatross, white and brown, petrels and frigates In innumerable colonies, but distinct. The albatross of Laysan are of two kinds, the white and the brown, the Los Angeles Times says. The latter live chiefly In the southern part of the Island. They are, moreover, fewer In number than their white cousins. The two kinds unite In colonies, which are always distinctly separate, how ever. Their nests are almost identical, simple little mounds ot earth with a hole In the middle. The female here lays a solitary egg. The parents pro vide for the nourishment of the young until the latter is able to go to the sea and hunt for himself. The albatross are good neighbors among' themselves, but they show a decided repugnance to living In the vicinity of the frigates. These big birds, so remarkable for their swift ness In flight, are grant gluttons. All those who travel In the South Bens know with what obstinacy they keep up with the speed of the vessel In hope of getting food. The frlgntes are also to be found In prodigious numbers at Laysan and about the neighboring: Inlets. The males, with their brilliantly colored plumage, are beautiful birds, and there Is nothing more curious than to ob serve the haughty air which they as sume on account of their beauty. The frigate ia neither a born swimmer nor a diver. This, however, Is compensat ed for by his extraordinary power in flight. The petrels are very numerous In Laysan. They show a preference for the crevices of the rocks during the day. They are In fact birds of night habits and avoid the bright lights. But when the tempest breaks forth and the wind rages they mingle their cries with the noise of the elements. The fish and other marine animals which at such times come to the sur face are chased by the petrels and seized from the crest of the waves. The frigates, who are watching the petrels In the chnse, seize this moment for capturing their abandoned young. The clton Is among the remarkable kinds of seagulls. Cltons are noisy, squalling, quarrelsome birds whose 1 Victoria, Australia, spends M7o,000i year In trying to exterminate rab bits. It was only a few days ago that arsenic ore was discovered In Vir ginia. The mines of Belgium yielded IV 669,746 tons of coal the first six months this year. Women are now allowed admission to full matriculation In all German universities, except Rostock. A New England' railroad Is expert menting with ball bearings for car axles to economize on lubricants. Tantalum is a "rare metal" of slight Importance, the only practical use to which It Is now known to be put being in making filaments for incan descent electric lamps. "Why is It." asks a writer In Flle- gende Blaetter, "that when a man dis covers that he Is a 'genius' he allows his hair to grow long, and that when a woman becomes similarly conscious" she has her hair cut short?' There are 600,000 men engaged In the production of oil In the United States, on whose labor 2,600,000 people- depend, and the dally wages paid are about $1,000,000, or approximately $300,000,000 a year. This includes the production, refining and shipping of petroleum, as also the manufacturing; of petroleum products. Philippine Imports from the United States In the first nine months of 1909 calendar year amounted to $8, 792,000 (bureau of statistics), an in crease of $1,340,000 over the corre sponding period of 1908. Exports to the United States totaled $7,248,000. an Increase of $120,000. The low price of hemp kept down the export In crease. Arsenic ia mined In Japan, Italy.' Portugal, Spain, Germany, England) and within a limited area In the Uni ted States, Its uses are many. As a poison it has been known fronv very early times. The peasant women of Austria consume large quantities' of It, having faith In its virtues as a. beautlfler, and the men of the same region are addicted to Its use In the mistaken belief that It Increases their bodily strength and endurance. The system of slavery was abolished: throughout the British colonies by act of parliament In 1833, when a. bill was passed which gave freedom to all classes, and Indemnified thelr owners with an award of $100,000,000. According to this act slavery was tO' cease on August 1, 1834, but the slaves were to continue with their former owner as apprentices for a certaln period. This apprenticeship, however, did not work satisfactorily to either side, and complete emancipation took, place In 1838. The earliest effort to construct a ma-' chine which, according to modem Ideas, Is entitled to be called an aero plane, was undoubtedly that of Wil liam Hensqn, in 1842. Henson, who was a practicing engineer, with offices principal occupation Is keeping up In-1 In New City Chambers. BUhopsgate.. cessant cries to disturb the repose of the other occupants of the Island SORORITIES AT ANN ARBOR. Tea Sorlvtlea llnve llomaa That Take I'lnce of Itealdence Halls. At the University of Michigan, where there are no halls of residence for the women of the institution, ten different sororities succeed In solving London, devised a machine which re sembled very closely the type which hns since been termed the monoplane that is. having Its supporting planes practically forming a single deck, as distinguished from the box form of the biplane and multiplane devices C? later Inventors. Cassler's Magazine. The Erie Railroad has Instituted a twelve-mile experimental section of an electrical automatic railroad safety the problem of how to house satis. factorlly and chaperon properly about signal system that promises much for 200 young women students, fully one- the safety of railroad travel. Ths. fourth of the total number of coeds at engine has a bruan arrangement mat Soul for Music Lacking. Chicago, Dee. 30. "Tho American Michigan, a Detroit Free Press Ann Arbor correspondent says. There Is something lndnae.rlbably satisfactory to the average college I woman In wearing one of those little Greek letter pins that mean so little to the great outside world the busy, bustling, Jostling, everyday world but which mean so very, very much to the few entitled to wear them. At Michigan the sororities fill the place, to a great extent, of the traditions of the eastern schools for girls, schools established before the birth of the grandmother of the coed of to-day. Nearly every sorority owns Its home at Michigan. The aim of these sorori ties Is not entirely social purposes, but is to promote good scholarship well. There has been a great change In the fraternities and sororities at Michigan in the last few years, and both are beginning to be looked to aa a means for promoting good scholar ship and not as a hiding and shelter ing place for some of the poorest stu dents, who managed to get through college simply because tney were people are musical burbarians, and the j boosted and coached day In and day function of the American musician ia to Out by the better students In that civilize the people." This declaration fraternity. by President A. W. Harris, of North- UntU ,UCD tlme a" the "Kenta of western university, waa the keynote of , the university find It within tbetr the thirty first annual convention of province and power to erect residence the .Music ieachera' National associa- halls for the women the home offered tion, which met hero today. "It is re gretuble that music plays such a little part in the education of the peoplo," Bliiil President Harris "ami it (m a. shRine that colWa irraduatea krmw so! Housing, ine girls little of the aiibliiner works of music." to a certain number of coeds In the ten sorority houses will have to solve a share of the problem of suitably Belgium Republic Due? ItniKsels, Dec. 30. Socialists In the chamber of deputies today opposed the civil list of the king, which amounts to iiiCO.O'Jfi, and reaffirmed their allegiance to a republic. M. Koyer declared that the royul chateaus had been turned into sanitariums. The aiiroiriations. bow er, were adopted by a vote of 100 to Tho king's civil list ia the sama as that granted to Leopold, the Dew suvria deeliuiog ths Catholic party's stik'goitiuD of au increase. Guaranty Bank Tast Due. T.liirolii, Ntli, live. 30. Govsriiof Haskell, if Oklahoma, to.liv appealed to fiovvrnor hhallaiilx-rgi r, of Nebraska, to Join Oklahoma a in! Kausaa ia a legl la! iif the " araiit sit deposit acts tif lbs three slalrs. Its Hut Air Kuraara. There was a young publisher wno made a suddon fortune by appealing to that largely neglected class vub-.u we call Society. Gaining riches, the young publisher retired and was sou a leaa and Ies In hit old haunts' "Where's LsvrenceT" some one asked of "Mr. Dooley." Dooley answered: "Ob, he's up Iowa Just now, warming hi hands at the Social ItegUter." Huccee Magadne. When two uiu tiy to lulk at the sauiu time, II U a pretty good sign thai s-h U not trying to tall lbs other iat a tin n.au he Is We Lave uiwi t' J that I lis luaa iu shouts louJt.l fur fair I'Uy ant suiuelLUifl inula Uas lltal ttt fclWMlf. connects with the third rail. In the cab are instruments that will bring, the train to a stop the moment It enters a block on which there Is an other train or a broken rail, or any other obstruction. The train Is stopped! automatically. Then the engineer takes down his telephone and rails up the nearest station and asks what Is the matter. A new rat and rabbit exterminator Is being tested out In India and Aus tralia. It consists ot nn outer and Inner inetul shell, like one small eg In a larger one. In the outer shell Is sulphuric add, In the Inner nietal egg Is dry cyanide of potash. The outer shell Is filled with the acid and placed In the rat hole or burrow and all rat holes are tightly sealed. After an hour or so the acid eats Into ths cyanide and turns loose a lot of most deadly prussic acid gas. In Australia one man In a day killed more than a thousand rabbits with this deadly lit tle gus bomb. Flower lovers may be Interested to learn that a flower from the first chrysanthemum ever grown In Eng land may still be seen In the her barium at the British iiiiweum. The plant, one of the small yellow flowered variety, was Introduced Into the Chel sea botanic gardens In 1764 by ths famous floriculturist Philip Miller, who himself preserved the specimen now In the museum. The new flower, however, failed to "catch on." After Miller's death Its culture was neglect? ed, and It Is only within recent years that It has attained Its present enor mous popularity. Westminster Ga tette. A correspondence school for minis terlul students I an Innovation which ta to be aturted Iu connection with) the Chicago theological seminary by the Congi egiitlmiul iliunh. The expt rUI aim will be to reach those prvucla era already Iu the fluid who need mors training. The ltv. nora B. Davis, prasldsut of the seminary, has pro pared a corresponduiice curriculum. 'The miliary la dnultsJy counnl'.tr. to a correspondence iouia," S4s Or, Davis. "It cuual be our task to make It thorough and adequate It mual Ue satlafeclory piapaiatloo M S substitute fur a mmluaiy diploma, aa J ll luust liawr to lbs lined ! luiaV !( aeediti ams li slain."