VOL. Li. NO. 15,390.
PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1910.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
FIERY RIVER FLOWS
DOWN ETNA'S SIDE
Lava Advances 3 to 4
Feet Each Minute.
HOUSES OF PEASANTS BURIED
Rain of Cinders Falls and Deep
Roaring Is Heard.
VILLAGES ARE IN DANGER
Continued Rumblings and Quiver
ings of Earth Drive Natives Ter-ror-Strlcken
to Carry Images In
Procession Craters Open.
CATANIA. March 24. Mount Etna is
again In a state of violent activity.
A pronounced movement within the
crater began last night, steadily in
creased In volume, and tonight the
gravest fears are entertained of the
results if the activity continues In Its
present forfn.
From Catania a correspondent mo
tored toward the mountain. Beyond
the village of Mascalucla. 12 miles in
a direct line from the crater, a thick
curtain of smoke was encountered
which entirely concealed Etna.
Lava Flows Four Feet Minute,
The lava flow had already reached
the vineyards above San Leo and Rin
azzo, seven miles from the crater, and
had buried many peasant houses. It
came in several streams and united in
one great mass about 20 feet high and
1500 feet wide. Its velocity was esti
mated at three to four feet a minute,
varying: according: to the condition of
the ground. This mighty wall of lava
tonight was not more than Ave miles
from Belpasso and Nicolosi.
Earth Shakes Aniid Roaring.
At Nicolosi. 10 miles from the cra
ter, the entire population had gath
ered in the square to watch the vol
cano, which appeared as a black phan
tom above. Now and then it was illu
minated with flashes of light. Higher
Up the rain of cinders became thicker
and extended like a veil across the
mountain. A deep Toarlng was heard
and detonations resembling artillery
followed one another in quick succes
sion, while the earth shook.
One of the guides cried "An earth
Quake!" and could hardly be induced
to continue. The hot cinders covered
the ground like a thick carpet, render
ing walking difficult.
Red-Hot River Rushes Down.
A peasant was encountered coming
down. He said:
"The fire Is rushing down, burning
everything. The lava Is like a red-hot
river."'
Proceeding a little further, four co
lossal columns of black smoke could be
observed. Occasionally they were cut
by flashes of Are, presenting an awe
inspiring spectacle. The wind opened
the clouds for a moment and a wide
etrlp of earth could be seen In the dis
tance advancing with monstrous con
tortions. It fell like a torrent from
Mount Capriolo, spreading out in the
valley below.
Images Carried, Prayers Made.
The meteorological station on the
mountain side has been destroyed and
the village of Borrello Is In serious
danger.
The natives, terror-stricken, are flee
ing from their homes. There have been
60 earth shocks and there is a continu
ous vibration and trembling for many
miles. Everywhere the villagers are
carrying Images In procession and are
imploring mercy. Twelve new craters
have been opened up.
Help for Afflicted Organized.'
Help for the people of the devas
tated region is being organized here.
A detachment of soldiers and a large
Slumber of engineers and doctors have
(one forward.
The prefect of Catania, returning
from the mountain this morning, said:
"I have witnessed a spectacle of
desolation and ruin which only those
who saw the eruption of Vesuvius in
1906 can imagine. The present erup
tion can be compared to no other."
Danger Lines Established.
The authorities have issued orders
that no' one shall be permitted to go
beyond Belpasso and soldiers have been
stationed at various points to see that
these orders are obeyed. The village
of Borrello Is surrounded by the lava
and the inhabintants have fled to Bel
passo. Professor Ricco, director of Mount
Etna Observatory, said tonight:
"The eruption is very grave and I
think it will become much more seri
ous. The lava has covered five miles
in 16 hours, and If my calculations are
right, the eruption of the volcano will
not be short."
Dr. Walter Craven, an Englishman,
after his return today from Nicolosi,
where he made photographs of the
lava, . said:
Ground Trembles Continually.
"Horrible detonations made ' the
srround tremble under my feet, and It
was Impossible to keep the camera
Steady more than for a moment."
Many tourists, among whom Amerl-
Concluded on Pace 6.
SHERIFF LACKS IN
COURT ETIQUETTE
PCNCTILIOCS PRISON KR. RE
BESTS RUDE ARREST.
Threat to Kill High School Girl
Charged Against Tfear-Graduate
of Heidelberg.
VANCOUVER, Wash.. March 2. (Spe
cial.) If Sheriff Sapplngton had had the
foresight to Bay, "I am from the King,"
and had presented his card when, he
sought to arrest Ir. Powel Woerner to
day at the Vancouver High 'School, per
haps he would have escaped a wrenched
shoulder and a general mussing up.
But the Sheriff landed his man with
out the formula the prisoner would have
prescribed. Dr. Woerner Is accused of
having threatened to kill Miss Vemie
Sypneskl. 16 years old, a student at the
high school, because she would not
marry him.
Woerner cays that he is a near
graduate of Heidelberg and Freiberg. He
has been staying recently at the home
of .Dr. A. P. Stowell, wiiere Miss Sypne
skl make.? her home. At Dr. Stowell's
request he left the house, "but it is
charged that he followed the girl and
forced his attentions upon her.
When 'he was searched, a revolver was
found In his pocket, and an additional
charge of carrying concealed weapons
was made. He said that Miss Sypneskl
had promised to marry him. When Su
perintendent Shumway ordered him to
leave the school, he refused to go, and
the Sheriff was called, Woerner made a
lively resistance.
"I did not know who he was," said
Woerner, when he explained how be
thought he should have been arrested.
MEAL COSTS FIST FIGHT
California Hotel, Scene of . Mlxnp,
Not on Sporting Docket.
YOSEMITE, Cal., March 24. (Special.)
Reports from El Portal tell of a fist fight
to the finish at Hotel El Portal this
morning, not scheduled In the sporting
calendars.
It seems the trouble arose when Charles
Walker, of Mariposa, dropped around to
the dining room, for breakfast and. owing
to alleged personal animosity, existing
between Walker and C. A. Babb, manager
of the hotel, the night clerk, a large
and Imposing Englishman, came in and
ordered the "bloomin' intruder out."
Walker refused to go until he had eaten
the meal for which he expected to pay.
The clerk argued the question and finally
succeeded in getting him to the door,
where the fight began, resulting in the
Englishman's getting knocked out by a
well delivered blow to the jaw.
Walker, carrying minor bruises about
the eye and a torn coat, went back and
finished his breakfast. Walker plans to
sue Babb for damages for refusing to
allow him to peacefully partake of and
pay for a meal at a public hostelry.
'LONG-LOST SON' EN ROUTE
Second Claimant for Fortune Leaves
California for East.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.. March 24. The
contest over the estate of Daniel Rus
sell, of Melrose, Mass.. by a man assert
ing he is a long-lost eon from North Da
kota, closed today, so far as the evidence
is concerned. Since September 20 last
the case has occasioned a total cost
to both sides of $210,000, or nearly a third
of the value of the estate.
Simultaneously with the closing came
the report that another claimant to the
title of Daniel Blake Russell, 'the lon
lost son, had left Fresno, CaX. to make
his plea for a share In the property.
WAGNER'S SEARCH FUTILE
Constable Hunts San. Francisco Cafes
for Fugitives in Vainu
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. Con
stable Lou Wagner left San Francisco
this morning for Portland, having in
custody Charles Stevenson, who is
wanted la the Northern city on a
charge of passing fictitious checks.
Stevenson, it Is said, was formerly
employed as salesman for a wholesale
marble establishment. He was arrest
ed here Saturday.
Constable Wagner also brought with
him warrants of arrest for several other
men wanted in Portland for more or
less serious offenses. He made a fruit
less tramp through Market street for
the alleged criminals: also made a vain
search in the Innumerable cafes of lid
less San Francisco.
MISS DALY TO WED COUNT
Hungarian Nobleman Gets Iiicense
to Marry Copper King's Daughter.
NEW YORK. March 24. Count Anton
Eigray, of Budapest, the Hungarian no
bleman who Is to marry Miss Harriet
Daly, daughter of the late Marcus Daly,
the Montana copper king, today obtained
at the City Hall a license for the mar
riage. , s
The Count's age was recorded as 30
years and that of Miss Daly at 25. The
wedding will take place March 29 at the
residence of the bride's mother on Fifth
avenue.
STUDENT IS BEAR HUNTER
Ralph St. Pierre Kills Three Full
Grown Brains and Two Cubs.
NEWPORT. Or, March 24. (Spe
cial.) Ralph St, Pierre, an O. A. C. stu
dent living in Salem, In company with
Guy Satterlee, of Beaver Creek, killed
three full-grown bears and two cubs,
between the hours of 9 and 1 last Mon
day. The bear -were In. Beaver . Creek
swamp.
E
TEDDY'
Natives Throng Cairo,
See Roosevelt
MRS. ROOSEVELT IS GUEST
Khedivah Is Hostess, Con
versing in French.
AID OF POLICE DECLINED
Fear of Demonstrations as Result of
Colonel's Khartoum Speeches
Dispelled Protection Xot
Wanted by Roosevelt.
CAIRO, Egypt. March 24. Colonel
Roosevelt's visit excited much Interest
here today, not only among the many
Americans who have arrived at Cairo
purposely to see the ex-President, but
among the natives generally, that he
Is taking measures to avoid demonstra
tions. Great crowds gathered about the en
trance of Shepherd's Hotel, where the
Rosevelts are Quartered, and twice to
day Colonel and Mrs. Roosevelt were
compelled to leave the building by the
garden entrance to keep away from the
enthusiastic people.
Talk With Khedive Is in English.
Half an hour was spent this after
noon In conversation with the Khedive,
who showed keen interest in the
Colonel's hunting trip. Politics was
not discussed, but there was an ex
change of views on Irrigation and agri
culture The conversation was con
ducted In English.
In ithe meantime the Khedivah re
ceived Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Ethel
with many marks of distinction. Cof
fee was served in golden cups encrust
ed with diamonds.
The Khedivah began the conversation
In French, and' it was carried on in that
language. She was particularly inter
ested In the position of women In
America,
The Khedive returned the ex-President's
visit at the American consulate,
where he remained for some time.
In the evening the Roosevelt party went
by automobile to the Mena House, which
Is close to the pyramids, to see the
sphynx by moonlight.
City Decked in Star and- Stripes.
Long tefore daylight the city had been
decked with American flags, from the old
Arabian Carlo through Ezbekieh Garden,
to the fashionable foreign quarter of
Iemailiya. For days the one topic of
conversation had been the expected ar
rival of the American statesman and
hunter and in the restaurants, on the
streets and in the corridors of the hotels
bis name was heard continually.
The season at the hotels Is nearly
closed, but hundreds of Americans and
other tourists remained for today's dem
onstration. An hour before . train time
an enormous crowd gathered at the rail
way station, and there was a good deal
of Jostling for points of vantage.
Colonel Roosevelt wag. received formal
ly by Major L. O. F. Stack, British agent
in the Soudan and director of Intelli
gence, who expressed the regrets of Sir
(Concluded on Page 5.)
EGYPT'S KHEDIV
WELCOMES
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTERDArs Maximum temperature, 64
degrees ; minimum, 88 degrees,
TODAY'S Fair end warmen; noriTherly
winds.
Porprrfjrn.
River of fiery Java flows down Mount Etna;
villages In itreat danger. Page 3.
Egypt's Kheidlve welcomes ex-President
Roosevelt at Cairo. Page 1.
National.
Senate amends corporation tax bill to limit
publicity of reports. Page ft.
Fitzgerald wins place aa Democratic mem
ber of new House committee on rules.
Pase 2.
Politic.
Ex- Secret ary Garfl eld speaks In favor of
progresive policy for Republicans.
Page 2.
Domestic.
Pittsburg Conn ell man faints when asked if
he sold vote. Page 9.
Insurance lobbyist at Albany had advance
information of court decisions. Page 1.
Sport.
Portland heats Fresno in fast game by 4-2
score. Page 8.
Commercial and lartne.
Tjocal wheat market approaching; export
baste. Page 21.
Whe at higher at Ch I cago on ti nf a vorab le
crop newa Page 21.
New York stock market stagnant. Page 2"L
Cattle bring high prices at Portland stock
yards. Page 21.
Pacific forth-west.
Kate of $30,000,000 reclamation appropria
tion bill seems to rest with. Representa
tive Mondell of Wyoming. Page 22.
Commercial interests alon g "WI1 lamette
River want river traffic encouraged.
Page 6.
Teachers' convention at Pendleton urges
compulsory Industrial education,. Page 7.
Portland and Vicinity.
Local employers, alarmed at spread of
unionism will fight closed, shop. Page 1.
Favlnfr on many streets held up by Mayor's
refusal to sign awards recently made.
Page 13.
Large and representative assembly la plan
of committee appointed to organize body.
Paeft 12.
Associate forester says Secretary Wilson's
grazing policy is designed to be liberal.
Page 12.
Politics injected Into A John Hindu rtots.
Deputy District Attorney threatened.
Page 14.
Women to be admitted to sessions of Lay
men's Missionary Movement. Page 13.
M. C. Banfield denies accusations of fraud
made by W. A. Sanderson in suit. Page
1-4.
Prominent bankers testify Oregon Trust
was hopelessly Insolvent day before
crash. Page 12.
Joseph M. i and Leo Newell contest title to
portion of Failing estate at Third and
Market streets. Page 20.
MINE PEACE IS PROMISED
Pennsylvania and Indiana May Make
Oonceslons; Ohio Finn.
CINCINNATI, O., March 24. For the
first time since the miners and oper
ators of Ohio, Indiana and "Western
Pennsylvania went Into a Joint confer
ence here, more than two weeks ago,
peace for at least two-thirds of those
concerned appeared in sight tonight.
The sub-scale committee adjourned
late today to meet with the scale com
mittee of the , whole tomorrow and
make a report. Although this was not
given out omolally. yet unofficially it
was learned that the operators of West
ern Pennsylvania had Issued their ulti
matum this afternoon, which consisted
of an increase in wages of 5 cents a
ton en pick work. Indiana is also ru
mored to have offered this compromise,
but the rumor could not be verified.
Ohio operators are standing firm In
opposition to ahy concessions.
MEW DIPLOMATS NAMED
Various Applicants for Secretary
ships Pass Examinations.
WASHINGTON. March 24. The follow
ing named candidates for secretaryships
in the United States diplomatic service,
having successfully passed the required
examination, have received appointments
as follows:
Richard C. Bundy, .of Ohio. Secretary
of Legation at Monrovia, Liberia; ' Rich
ard O. Marsh, of Illinois. Secretary of
Legation at Panama; Sheldon L. Crosby,
of New York, Third Secretary of Em
bassy at London; William Spencer, of
Pennsylvania, Third Secretary of Em
bassy at St. Petersburg; Perry Belden,
of New York, Third Secretary of Embas
sy at Berlin: William W. Smith. of
Ohio. Third Secretary of Embassy at
Constantinople.
T. B. WON'T TRAVEL. THIS PATH.
' ' ' ' '
SOUTHWEST PART
OF STATE UNITES
Various Districts Join
for Development.
HARMONY OF EFFORT, KEYNOTE
Nine Washington Counties Are
Represented at Centralia.
PROMOTION IS ORGANIZED
Southwestern. Washington Develop
ment Association Launched to
Work for Ribers and Harbors
and Building of Good Roads.
CENTRALIA, Wash., March 24.
(Special.) At the close of an enthusi
astic meeting of commercial organiza
tions representing Southwestern Wash
ington, when the Southwestern Wash
ington Development Association was
formed, C. O. Gingrich, of Chehalis,
was elected the first president and J.
E. Bartos, of Centralia, the first secre
tary. W. J. Patterson, of Aberdeen,
was elected" vice-president.
Resolutions were adopted with a
ringing cheer pledging, the power of
the organization in the halls of the
state to advancement of the district
bounded by Grays Harbor on the north
and the Columbia River on the south.
Threatened Disaster Overcome.
For a time after the meeting was
called to order it looked as though
the movement would meet disaster on
the rocks of local jealousies the vari
ous districts seeming to want official
recognition on the roster of the asso
ciation. The temporary chairman. Ell Rockey,
tactfully secured the adoption of a
resolution calling for a committee on
organization. Grays Harbor delegates
wanted A. C. Little, owner of the town
of Raymond, for president. Mr. Little
frankly Informed the convention that
he was disqualified because of his par
tiality for the place where lots are
sold by the gallon at high tide.
Finances Are Assured.
The organization committee succeed
ed, in raising funds to finance the asso
ciation for the ensuing year. The
headquarters will be in Centralia.
The resolutions pledge the associa
tion to the development of the rivers
and harbors of Southwest Washington,
and to the promotion of the movement
for good roads.
The office of each commercial or
ganization are made members, of the
association. Each club will also ' elect
three members, making a total of five
members.
Xext Meeting at Raymond.
The next meeting of the association
will bo at Raymond, May 27 to 25. A
meeting will also be held at Hoqulam,
July 23 and 23. At the close of the con
vention a banquet was tendered at the
Hotel Centralia, at which 125 guests were
present.
Tom Richardson, of Portland, to the
principal speaker. The keynote of his
Concluded on Page 9.)
SUFFRAGE LEADER
ACTIVE IN FRANCE
FEMALE CANDIDATES WILL BE
OUT IX EVERY DISTRICT.
If Elected Women Will Establish
Reforms In Social and Eco
nomic Conditions.
PARIS, March 24. (Special.) If the
leaders of the French women suffragwts
carry out their programme, the elections
next month will be much livelier than
usual, as they Intend to present women
candidates for deputies in every arron
dlssement of Paris, as well as In other
parts of France. The candidates will be
placed before the electors without the
formality of primaries, and there Is1 no
way of preventing this action.
Marguerite Durand, journalist and lec
turer and former editor of a woman's
dally paper. La Fronde, who haa started
the campaign, said today when asked as
to the programme if the women were
elected:
"First, we wish to get the right to
vote and to hold all political ofTices.
Personally, my tlrst desire is to abolish
the sale of absinthe, close public gim-bling-rooms,
reduce the number of cafes,
reform the divorce laws, humanize the
prison system by appointing women in
spectors, and then to legislate on social
and economic questions affecting wo
men." EXPOSITION IS ORGANIZED
Panama-Pacific Plans Interest of
All Coast States.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24. Per
manent organization of the Panama
Pacific International Exposition Com
pany was effected today, following
upon the incorporation of the company
yesterday with a capitalization of
5, 000.000. Homer S. King, a well
known local banker, was elected presi
dent. A W. Foster was chosen treas
urer and R. J. Taussig secretary. The
present board of directors will serve as
the board of directors for the new com
pany. The election of vice-presidents
was deferred until another meeting.
Charles C Moore, the envoy who
made the trip around the world for
the purpose of Interesting other cities
In the Portola Festival, held here last
October, was chosen chairman of the
committee on exploitation and public
ity. The finance committee appointed
several days ago will be unchanged.
A Pacific Coast Exposition commit
tee was appointed, the duties of which
will be to weld the interests of the
states of the Pacific Slope in the fair.
"When we go to Washington to ask
for an appropriation, it must be with
the- backing and authorization of Ore
gon. Washington, Idaho, Utah and Ne
vada, as well as California." said Sec
retary Taussig.
FOLK HOMELESS BY FIRE
West Virginia Village Destroyed,
Troops Furnish Tents.
CHARLESTON. W. Va.. March 24.
With almost every house in the pros
perous mountain village of Mount Hope
destroyed by fire today, at least 2000
homeless persons are tonight sleeping
on the commons.
Conditions which followed the con
flagration are much worse than early
reports indicated.
. Upon the arrival at Mount Hope to
night of the special train bearing the
National Guard, tents were distributed
and an effort is being made to house
as many as possible. Many of the
families lost all their household effects,
and, even with the assistance rendered
by the troops, the situation is fraught
with great suffering.
FAIRBANKS REACHES HOME
Thousands Out to Give Welcome
After World Tour.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 24.-Thn wel
come home this afternoon of ex-Vice-President
Charles W. and Mrs. Fair
banks, returning from their .world tour,
began with greetings at the Union Sta
tion. There was an Informal reception
committee numbering thousands of
"home folks," led by Governor Mar
shall. Mayor Samuel Lewis Shank of In
dianapolis and prominent citizens of the
city and state, attended by a detach
ment of troops from the regular army
post at Fort Benjamin Harrison and
companies of state militia.
At the soldiers' and sailors' monument
an address of welcome by Governor Mar
shall ended the programme.
AVIATOR WATCHES BIRDS
Buzzards Do Xot Fly Well In Capital
of Mexico.
MEXICO CITY, March 24. Alberto
Braniff, the Mexican aviator, has aban
doned experiments here and has shipped
his aeroplane to Vera Cruz. Braniff
never succeeded in flying very high nor
In staying long in the air.
He brought buzzards here from Vera
Cruz and turned them loose. They in
variably flew close to the ground and
not more than a mile or so. More than
half the birds died upon alighting. This
proved, Braniff said, the impossibility of
flying in this altitude.
COOK LETTER DISTORTED
Dr. Axtell Declines to Publish Pri
vate Correspondence.
BELLINGHAil, March 24. Dr. W. T.
Axtell. a friend of the explorer. Dr.
Frederick A. Cook, declined today to
make public the exact text of the letter
he has received from Mrs. Cook, but
said that the published version of it was
not authorized.
"The letter was a private one, from
a friend." he said. "Everything I have
said regarding It has been distorted. No,
the letter is private, and- L must decline
to . give out Its text.
COURT DECISIONS
TOLD. IH ADVANCE
Inquiry Shows Power
of Lobbyist.
CASH HANDLED BY BUCKLEY
Name of Justice McCall Writ
ten on Check for $35,000-
SHELDON PLAYING MARKET
Letter From Insurance President
Chides Legislative Agent for Fail
ure to Tell How Court Would
Decide Tax Case.
NEW YORK. March 24. W. H. Buck
ley, the Albany lawyer, according to his
own admissions, was even able to ob
tain advance information concerning de
cisions of the Court of Appeals. This,
in addition to his other services in In
surance legislation, made him well worth
the money he admits he received.
Buckley for years was legislative agent
for fire Insurance companies. On the
face of the evidence produced in the fire
insurance hearing today. Buckley was
well-nigh invincible in Albany. Lettera
were produced today containing these
statements of fact. They were letters
exchanged between Buckley and the lat
George P. Sheldon, who was president ol
the Phenix Life Insurance Company of
Brooklyn.
Miles M. Dawson, a consulting act
uary of New York, testified under oath
that Buckley had Informed him that h
could not get favorable action on a bill
in which he was interested unless he paid
some money to "the boys."
Justice's Xante on Check.
When evidence was produced showing
that E. E. McCall, now a State Supreme
Court Justice, had written Buckley's
name above his own on a check for $35,
000, which was one of the three loans
made by the Phenix Fire Insurance Com
pany of Brooklyn through Sheldon, Mc
Call knew nothing at all of the transac
tion and had merely acted at his request.
He had admitted he had not indorsed the
check, and identified the haidwritlng in
which his name was written as that of
Justice McCall.
Mr. Hotchklss said he would be glad
to have the matter cleared up by the
Justice, but did not say he would ask
him to appear as a witness.
McCall Denies Transaction.
When seen this afternoon. Justice Mc
Call said he did not care to discuss the
insurance inquiry except to say he never
had any relations or transactions what
ever with Mr. Sheldon, with his company
or with any fire Insurance company ex
cept the Munich. He said that he was
for some three years the retained coun
sel for the Munich company.
The letters relative to the Court of
Appeals were read later in the afternoon.
There were two of them. The first,
dated April 29. 1903. was from Sheldon
to Buckley. It read in part:
"I note the Court of Appeals has de
cided the franchise tax law Is constitu
tional. I wish I had gotten on to this
earlier, for I am satisfied this Is one of
the things which have been hanging
over the market, and tf I could have
learned previously what the decision was
likely to be, there would have been
money in this for all of us. Whenever
anything like this is pending in Albany,
it will always pay you to advise me,
if you can, of the probable outcome."
Information Is Promised.
Buckley replied the next day as fol
lows :
"I am sorry I did not know it would
be of any interest to you to have infor
mation about the franchise decision. I
told some of our friends two weeks rko
what it would be, but I was advised
from very Important quarters that as
long as the decision would be that the
law was constitutional. It would not have
much effect on the market and I did not
think it advisable to say much about it.
If it had been the other way, you would
have been advised, because I knew of
your interests in "big gas.' In the future
I will keep you advised."
Henry Evans, president of the Conti
nental Fire Insurance Company, was on
the stand today long enough to say that
he contributed $2500 to a fund Sheldon
raised In 1903 to defeat legislation ad
verse to the companies.
BIG CITY DAILIES PICKED
Washington to Advertise Granted
Land Sales in Them Particularly.
OLYMPIA, Wash, March 24. (Spe
cial.) The State Capitol Commission has
decided In advertising the sale of the
State Capitol granted lands in Clark,
Skamania and ' Cowlitz counties,
set for May 26, to use only
big city dallies of the Northwest
and the local papers in the counties In
which the timber Is located. Already nu
merous inquiries are pouring in on the
various state officials for detailed infor
mation. The descriptions of the lands to be sold
are about ready to be placed and sealed
bids are to be submitted to the commis
sion at OlympJa, The timber Is to be
sold in tracts of from 40 to 160 acres and
will be disposed of as described la the
notices of sale.