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VOL. H Ut uti
SPECIAL SESSION
TO LAST
Hope of Early Adjourn
ment Is Gone.
TARIFF REVISION BALKED AT
Senate Finance Leaders Say
There'll Be No Amendment.
SUMMER WILL BE DREARY
Member of Vpper House W ill Talk
Fndlesslr on Canadian Reci
procity While Representatives
Are Coins After Schedule.
ST HARRT J BROWN.
OREOONIAN NEWS Bl BEAl'.Wuh
lngton, April 14. There Is every Indl
ratlon that tha present session of Con
gress will be a Ion one. and old-time
leaders around the Capitol are placing
t!i day of adjournment anjrwhara from
Brptrmbrr 1 to December 4. th latter
being the date when the regular session
will conrene. Nobody know how long
the aeaalon will laat or what It will de
velop. The declaration of President Taft
that he will not exercise hla contl
tuttonal power and adjourn Congress
after the passage of tha Canadian reel,
proclty bill, put an end to the hopes of
those Senators and Representatives
who had looked forward to adjourn
ment In the early Summer, for It had
been the exception of these lawmakers
that the Senate would refuaa to act
upon special tariff bill sent oyer by the,
House, and the president, t; ward off a
continuous deadlock, would iclare the
special session adjourned.
Now that It la known tho President
will not adjourn the special session, tha
Democrats of the House will be the
more determined to make a tariff rec
ord, and the middle of th Summer will
ae the Senate literally swamped with
House bllla revising various schedules
of th Payne-Aldrlch law.
Tariff Revision Balked At.
Word has (on forth (and It emanates
from Influential members of the Senate
finance committee) that there will be
no amendment to the Payne-AIdiich
law at the special session. These Re
publican Senators hare declared that
Congress must wait ' for reports from
the tariff board before any tariff leg
islation, other than the Canadian reci
procity bill, can be considered and
passed by the Senate. The tariff board
. will not report until December. But
the Senators who made this announce
ment had counted on the President to
bring- about adjournment. Now that he
refuses to play the game as they had
planned It. the situation in the Senate
becomes Interesting;.
The House fa going; after the tariff,
schedule by schedule, and proposes to
pass a series of bills which will make
marked reductions In the present rates.
It had not been tha original purpose
of the House leaders to revise all the
schedules at the special session, for It
was believed such aa extensive revision
could not bop to receive consideration
In the Senate. But If the Senate balks,
and It Is found that there are enough
votes to prevent the passage of any of
the House measures, and It the Senate
leaders regard It as good politics to
refuse to act upon the special bills sent
over by the House, the lower body may
decide to revise th entire Payne-Aid-rich
law. and keep working throughout
tha Summer and FalL
Committee May Be Divided.
Whatever tariff bills the House
passes will go to the Senate committee
on finance, which Is made up of nine
Republicans and five Democrats. Two
of the Republican members will be In
surgents, and If they should Join hands
with the Democrats In support of any
one of the House bills, the committee
would be evenly divided, and a report
would be possible. It Is true a tie vote
would be an adverse vote, but any kind
of a vote In a committee, even one or
dering an adverse report. Is all that Is
necessary to get a bill before the Sen
ate, and the Senate Is sever bound to
accept the report of a committee, but
can act In accordance with the wlU of
the majority.
The Senate will have legitimate ex
ruse for not considering any of the
House tariff bills during the first two
or three months of the present session,
for It will be expected to give prece
dence to the Canadian reciprocity bill,
which Is bound to meet with deter,
rained opposition. Also, the Senate
may reasonably devote a part of Its
time to discussion of the popular elec
tion of Senators, the admission of
Arizona and New Mexico, the Congres
sional reapportionment, and such other
general l-gtslatton as will euon be put
up to It by the House. But three
months will be regarded as ample time
for the discussion of these measures,
and If. at the end of that time, the Sen
ate Is not ready to discuss tariff re
vision, the Democratic House will set
up a howl that will be heard from
one end of the country to the other.
Senator Can Talk Freely.
But for the privilege of unlimited de
bate that obtains In th Senate, the
seeeioa would terminate early In the
Summer. However, the Senate rules.
tCa;ludd ea fag 3-J
MONTHS
TWO MASKED MEN
BLOW MILL'S SAFE
OREGON DOOR CO MIMA V VAULT
-BLOWN BY ROBBERS.
Night Watchman Martin, of Sell
wood Subsidiary Firm of Eat
Side Mill. I Gasgcd. .
Two masked men knocked down and
gagged A. a. Margin, night watchman
of the East Side Mill. In Sellwood. at
an early hour thla morning, then blew
the safe of the Oregon Door Company,
a subsidiary concern of the East Side
Mill Company, and" made their escape.
At t o'clock this morning Captain Slo
ver placed a score of his nien on, the
case and both aides of the river are
now belisg patrolled and every avenue
of possible escape is being watched.
At S o'clock Patrolman White noti
fied headquarters that he had the trail
of the highwaymen; that they went
south on the tracks In Sellwood and
turned toward the river. . making for
the tannery near this point.
When George C. Tichenor. aecretary
and treasurer of the company, waa
notified of the safehlowlng. he Informed
the authorltlea that he thought there
was less than $100 In the safe, as
bad yesterday. Just before the closing
of banking hours, deposited the week s
payroll, which will be paid out today.
19 CHILDREN WILL MOURN
Offspring of Baumbacb, Killed in
Collision, Will Attend Funeral.
STOCKTON. CaL. April 14. (Spe
cial.) When the funeral of Mr. and
Mrs. James Baumbach. the couple
killed on Monday afternoon In a col
lision of an automobile with a trac
tion company Interurban car at the
Eight-mile lane north of this city. Is
held next week. 1 children are ex
pected to b In attendance.
Immediately after the death of the
couple, which was Instantaneous, the
addresses of tho sons and daughters
throughout the Dakotas and Canada
were secured and they were Informed.
Almost all of them have signified their
Intention of attending the funeral, the
date of which has not yet been posi
tively fixed.
Nine of the children by the second
wife of Baumbach. who met death with
him, are In Lodl. where the couple
lived. Mr. Baumbach waa 0 years of
age and his wife waa 1! years old.
The Jury at the Coroner's Inquest
exonerated the Central Traction Com
pany from all blame for the accident.
W. C Brown, who waa driving the
automobile, today recovered sufficient
ly to be told of the particulars of the
acoldent. He will recover, though
crippled for life.
DIAZ AGENT IS TARGET
Mexican In San Francisco to Boy
Deadly Explosive Has Pistol Duel.
SAN FRANCISCO. CaL, April 14.
The Mexican revolution waa carried to
the streets of San Francisco tonight In
an attempt .to assess kiate Colonel Alex
de Clalrmont, agent of President Diaz,
commissioned to purchase the formula
for an explosive In San Francisco.
Two shots were fired at De Clalr
mont as be was entering his house. He
returned the fire, but the would-be
assassins escaped.
Do Clalrmont says he came to San
Francisco to purchase the formula for
a new explosive, said t bj one of the
deadliest known, from a San Francisco
dentist and chemist, for the use of the
Mexican federal army.
Miss Amy Mackay. a niece of Colonel
De Clalrmont. was with him when the
shooting took place. Neither she nor
the Colonel waa hurt. He blames
rebel agents for the attack tonight,
saying they have sent him threatening
letters.
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HEN MOTHER TO SIX PIGS
Sow Convert Eggs Into Pork and
Chicken Get Revense at Night.
PILOT ROCK. Or, April 14. (Special.)
A hen mothering a litter of six wee
pigs Is the unusual spectacle to be
witnessed on th Irrigation farm of Wil
liam H. Eveuis Just south of town. The
hen bad made her nest In the pigpen,
filled It with eggs and started to setting
before It was discovered by aa old sow
who converted the eggs Into pork.
Though ber nest had been destroyed,
the hen mother-instinct remained, so
she adopted the sow's litter of plga.
During the day she follows them about,
as they pay little attention to her and
follow the mother pig until evening.
Then it Is that the ben calls the young
porkers to her and hovers them with
ber wings Just as she would little
chickens.
The pigs seem to sppreciate the downy
couch thus afforded them, remaining
under the wings throughout the night.
FAITHFUL DOG IS SLAIN
Animal Fight Those Who Would
Aid Stricken Mistress.
SEATTLE. Wash.. April 14. (Spe
cial.) Fighting with teeth and claws,
his back hair abrlstle. eluding all ef
forts to capture him with a net or a
comforter, a fox terrier stood off a
policeman, a physician, a priest called
to administer extreme unction and the
motherf the dog 111 and. supposedly,
dying mistress, Adele C. Chopard. of
110S Fifth avenue, last night.
But the terriers faithfulness cost
his own life. The measure was heroic,
but there was no other way, and Pa
trolman Pryor felled him with a club
and dragged the guardian from his
mistress' bedside and put a bullet In
his brain as he lay on the street.
F.W.BENSON DIES;
- WIFE PROSTRATED
End Comes as Oregon
Secretary Sleeps.
FINAL RALLY DISAPPOINTING
Mrs. Benson's Condition Seri
ous, but Not Dangerous.
OLCOTT TO SUCCEED HIM
Arrival at Red Lands, Cal., of Rela
tives From Oregon Is Awaited
Before Completing Arrange
ments for .Funeral.
BKX W. OM"OTT 1JKF.LT TO BE
APPOIXTF.D HECRKTART OF
STATE.
FAI.EM. Or April 14. (Special.)
Though no announcement will be
made formally until Monday! oat of
respect to the memory of Secretary
Benson. It fa regarded here aa prob
able that Ben W. Olcott. a Repub
lican, but campaign manager for
OoTtmor West In the recent cam
paign, will be appointed Secretary of
State.
Joan B. ft ran. secretary of the
Democratic State Central Committee,
has been mentlored. aa has also K.
H- Corey, chief clerk under Mr. Ben
son. '
Mr. Olcott's selection, however, is
regarded aa virtually certain.
RED LANDS, CaL. April 14. Frank W.
Benson. ex-Governor of Oregon and for
the pest five years Secretary of State of
Oregon, died here early this morning.
He came here IaM December In poor
health. After staying a week at the
Hotel Casa Lomav he took apartmenta
with his wife and servants. They made
few friends while here, living a retired
and occluded life.
Only Secretary Benson's Immediate
family was at the bedside when death
came. It was thought yesterday that
Secretary Benson had rallied somewhat,
but early this morning be took a turn
for the worse. His death was not unex
pected. The family practically had given
up hope for his recovery when they ar
rived In Los Angeles last Winter.
Mrs. Benson In Collapse.
Overcome by the shock of her hus
band's death and worn out by her con
stant vigil of four weeks by his bed
side day and night, Mrs. Benson is
prostrated and under the care of physi
cians tonight. Her condition, while not
dangerous, la serious and the attending
physician will not allow any one to see
ber or permit her to consider the details
of her husband's funeral.
From servants at the house It was
learned today that when the physician
announced shortly after 4 o'clock this
morning that Mr. Benson was dead, Mrs.
Benson swooned and was carried to her
bed. They declare that when they re
moved her clothing It was the first time
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The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, S
degrees; minimum. 84 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair ajid warmer; northerly
winds. -
Mexico.
Taft warns Mexico fnlted States will not
., allow fighting near boundary. Page 1.
Agua Prleta Is now held by lOon rebels and
American officer threatens to stop next
, battle It they fight on boundary. Page 3.
National. -Portland's
exporta of wheat In nine months
mose than Puget Sound's and Baltlmore'a
combined. Page 1.
Speelal session of Congress will last all
Summer, perhaps until December. Page 1.
Sr. David J syne Hill resigns as Ambassador
to Germany. Page &.
Campaign publicity bill passes House after
Democratic Insurgent have almost put in
Republican amendment. Page 6.
Reciprocity bill Introduced In House and to
be debated for three days. Page S.
Nary Department Investigates snobbery at
Naval Academy. Page 1.
Domestic.
Denman Thompson, who made "The Old
Homestead" famous, is dead. Page 3.
Ned Crone, speed king, hurled to death
when auto tires burst. Psge 2.
Ex-President Roosevelt speaks before 'Min-
nesota Legislature at St. Paul. Page 4.
Dr. Pearsons celebrates 91st birthday by
rounding out 13,000.000 benefactions.
Psge 1.
Famous, beauty, who married oil magnate's
son. must appear In action to annul mar.
rlage on grounds he wss unbalanced
Page 3.
Pacific Northwest.
Eucalyptus land Indictments cause friends
of accused to protest. Page o.
Railway Commission warns against excessive
loading of O.-W. R. at N. bridge at
Portland. Page 7.
Secretary of State Benson dies at Redlanda,
CaL, wife ts prostrated. Page 1.
Ben W. Olcott probable successor of Secre
tary Benson. Psge 6.
Second section of First Infantry Machine
Gun Platoon breaks world's record at
Vancouver Barracks. Page 7,
Lewlston bank bookkeeper says T. W. Ket-
tenbach obtained confession by fraud.
Page 6.
Roqulam 25,000 club Indorses commission
form of government. Psge 4.
Sports.
Beaver's homecoming next Tuesday awaited
by thousands of anxious fans. Page 8.
Pacific Coast Lei rue results: Portland ,
Oakland 4' Sacramento 4, Loe Angelea 3;
San Francisco 4, Vernon 2. Page 8.
Roadsters defeat Calef Bros, nine, 14 to 0.
Pag 8.
Commercial and Marine.
Strong export demand for Oregon hops.
Page 10.
General trade' la alow throughout country.
Psge 19. v
Famous barge Klickitat la sold for less than
1500. page 18.
Fortland and Vicinity.
Correspondent back from Roosevelt tour saya
Colonel's morality appeals to people
Page 14. '
Mayor Simon agrees that city government
should be simplified. Page 12.
Second suit attacking Hassam paving con
tract! Is begun. Page .
Postmaster's report shows big Increase In
business of bis office. Page 11.
Rotsevelt policy is one of self-effacement.
Page 14.
Railroads bring at least 35.000 colonists to
Oregon In low-far period. Page 19.
Southern Pacific loses long-haul in Southern
Oregon rate cases. Page 19.
Oregon state convention of Knights of Mac
cabees takes place. Page 12.
Andrew Carnegie's offer of $105,000 for
three branch libraries accepted, page 12:
American Press will bring action for libel
against Oregon Journal for declaring
Army pictures printed by The Oregonlan
fake." Page 4.
Dr. Lane tolls why he will not run for
Mayor. Page .
CHINESE STORM LEGATION
300 Stndents Drive Out Minister to
Protest Against Governmnet,
VICTORIA; B. C April 14. Accord
ing to advices brought by the steamer
Antllochus, the Chinese legation at
Toklo was seized by 300 Chinese stu
dents, who caused the Chinese Min
ister. Wang, to take flight, and ter
rorized his staff.
The students broke Into the legation
and held a mass meeting to protest
against China's weak policy against
Russia, regarding the Mongolian sit
uation "ANYTHING YOU WANT, BOSS.
LINE MUST CHSEU-- - DONATES S3DD.DDD
Taft Warns Mexico Not
to Offend Again.
AMERICANS' LIVES TO BE SAFE
Trenches Must Not Be Thrown
Up Close Boundary. ,
ARMY'S- MOVE JUSTIFIED
Taft Considers Mexican Situation
Alarming and Orders Army Offi
cers to Guard Against
Shooting Near Line.
WASHINGTON, April 1 P8,d"n!
Taft Is determined not only that battles
between Mexican federals and lnsur
rectos shall not be fought on Ameri
can soil, but that future combats must
not be fought out so close to the Amer
ican line as to put In jeopardy the lives
and property of Americans.
Through the State Department the
President tonight notified the Mexican
government that It must seeto it that
hereafter no euch unfortunate Incident
as that of yesterday at Agua Prleta,
when two Americans were killed and 11
wounded, be allowed to occur. Through
the War Department and through the
Department of Justice, there were sent
similar warning to both sides.
The view expressed at the White
House tonight was that these warnings
would be obeyed to the letter.
No More Battles Near Boundary.
No more battles will be fought near
the boundary. Neither the President
nor any. of his advisers, whom he called
Into consultation tonlgTit. was inclined
to regard the Incident at Agua Prleta
as a forerunner of anything more seri
ous, but they concluded that it must
not be repeated.
The President knows that battle
grounds are not chosen llk"e places for
the holding of athletic contests, but at
the same time -he takes -the position
that preparations for battle must be
made by the hostile forces with due
consideration of the effect upon non
combatant Americans.
The President knows that some of
the American spectators at yesterday's
affair near Douglas were eager to see
the fight and might have got too close
to the engaged forces, but he has been
informed also that warning was given
to the lnsurrectos. at least, not to get
too close to the United states.
Hereafter this Government expects
both the lnsurrectos and the federal
troops to erect trenches or make their
lines of battle far enough .away from
American soil to make It certain that
Americans engaged in the occupations
of peace will not be Interrupted.
Army Maneuvers Justified.
The President feels that his order
sending the troops to Texas has been
entirely Justified by the developments
of the last few days. He Is more cer
tain than ever that conditions In the
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PCGET SOUND AND BALTIMORE
ARE LEFT BEHIND.
This Port's Shipments of Grain for
Past Nine Months More Than
Two Other Ports Combined.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, April 14. Portland, according
to official statistics compiled by the De
partment of Commerce ar.d Labor, Is in
creasing Its lead over all other sea
port cities in exports of wheat.
During the nine months ending with
March. 1911, Portland exported 6,782.507
bushels of wheat, which Is more than
the combined exports of Puget Sound
and Baltimore, which stand second and
third on the wheat exporting list. This
is also a greater shipment than made
by Portland itself in the corresponding
months of the past two years.
In the past nine months, Puget Sound
exported only 3.748,901 bushels of
wheat. During the corresponding
months of last year, Portland's wheat
exports were 4,877.480 bushels and
Puget Sound's 3,361,653. At that time.
Portland stood in second place. New
York being far In the lead. But wheat
shipments from New Tork have been
very light this year.
During the month of March Port
land exported 729,114 bushels of wheat
as against 146,624 bushels In March,
1910; while Puget Sound's March export
was 311.105 bushels against 255,571
bushels in March, 1910.
In the matter of flour exports, Puget
Sound ranks Portland and is second
among the ports of the United States.
Its total flour shipment for the past
nine months amounted to 1,378,513 bar
rels, an Increase of 262,000 barrels over
thj corresponding months of the pre
vious year. Portland's exports of flour
grew from 189,930 barrels In 1910 to
416,359 barrels during nine months end
ing with March last.
COSTLY HATS CAST AWAY
Garbage Collectors Get Panamas
Sent to Seattle City Dump.
SEATTLE, Wash., April 14. (Spe
cial.) No Senegambian- satrap will
stalk the jungles of the Dark Con
tinent with prouder grace than will
mark the carriage of several dozen
sons of Italy, engaged In the hon
orable and sanitary occupation of
transporting Seattle's garbage to the
dump that Is, If the police department
fails In efforts to recover (300 worth
of Panama hats, that Slngerman &
Sons, at Second avenue and Seneca
street, had planned to sell this Spring.
Because a box that he found in the
rear of the Singerman store was light,
a scavenger jumped to the conclusion
that it contained only excelsior. He
carted it away and cast it off at the
city dump at the foot of Mercer street,
on Lake Union. Zip! Upon the odorous
heap of refuse bounced the box full
of expensive Panamas.
The hats remained undisturbed for
several days. Then a garbage man
with a well-developed bump of curiosity
directed his No. Ss against a side of
the box, crashing It in and disclosing
the headgear to view. Immediately a
riot ensued and the garbage men bore
down upon that box. Within less than
a minute every hat had been appropri
ated, even those that ' were torn In
the scramble.
Not until every scavenger In pos
session of a Panama Is behind the
bars, say the detectives, will they rest.
CLEARINGS GO HIGHER
Portland Continues to Lead North
west in. Weekly Percentage.
Portland continues to lead the North
west in Its proportionate increase in
back clearings and rapidly Is acquir
ing a total for each week that soon
will place It In a class with cities of
much greater population.
The Increase for the week ended yes
terday was 5.6 per cent over the corre
sponding week last year, and the total
clearings were 112,135,000.
Los Angeles Is the only other Coast
city to show a substantial Increase,
the advance there being 14.1 per cent.
Oakland gained- 9 per cent and San
Francisco decreased 6 per cent.
Seattle, as usual, lost, the decrease
there being 13 per cent. Tacoma lost
23.5 per cent and Spokane 3.5 per cent.
GIFT ELEPHANT "WHITE"
University of California Has No
Place to Put Roosevelt's Present.
BERKELET. Cal.. April 14. (Spe
cial.) The skin and skull of a big
elephant which Theodore Roosevelt shot
while on his hunting trip In Africa
and which he presented to the Univer
sity of California, after It had been
prepared at the Smithsonian Institute,
has proven a sure-enough "white ele
phant" on the hands of the university
people.
As there Is no room for an elephant
In any of the appropriate places In the
halls of the university buildings, it
was said today that the big pachy
derm may be sent to the university
museum of anthropology in San Fran
cisco. 9-CENT-A-DAY-MAN IS DEAD
Frugal New England Editor Cre
mated in Office Fire.
CLAREMONT, N. H., April 14. Sam
uel FInley Storey, editor of the Narra
tive, a weekly publication, was burned
to death in his office today.
Storey lived alone in his office and
according to his own statement, existed
on nine cents a day. . ,
Aged Philanthropist Is
Out of Debt.
BIRTHDAY IS CELEBRATED
Chicago Man Rounds Out
$5,000,000 Benefactions.
n
HE RETIRES, VERY HAPPY
Rich Old Man With Heart of Toutb
Ends Gift-Making With Presents
to Kentucky College and
Foreign Missions.
CHICAGO. April 14. (Special.) Dr
Daniel K. Pearsons, for the last 2C
years one of Chicago's most distin
guished philanthropists, today cele
brated his 91st birthday by signing hla
last check for a public benefaction.
Scores of friends gathered about him
In a farewell reception In the parlors
of the Hinsdale Sanitarium, this after
noon, and to certain ones of them he
presented signed checks amounting In
the aggregate, to 1300,000. The last
was a check for 1100,000 which he pre
sented to Dr. A. N. Hitchcock, secre
tary of the American Board of Com
missioners for Foreign Missions.
The farewell gift speech of the aged
physician wVs a most touching one. It
was read by Dr. W. E. Barton, of Oak
Park, while Dr. Pearsons sat close be
side him with his hand to his ear and
nodded approval. The speech was In
part as follows:
Farewell Speech Read.
"I have long looked forward to my
91st birthday as my time of retirement
from public life. I had planned to do
this a year ago, but there were some
outstanding pledges, and I wanted to
round out my giving with another gift
to the colleges of the American Board,
and another 3100,000 to Berea College.
Kentucky. These and similar gifts
haVe now been made and I am through.
I have no more money for benevolences.
I have enough left to take care of me
and do some things which' I want to
do, but every dollar that I now have
is fully provided for.
"I express my sincere thanks to the
friends who have joined In such hearty
congratulations, and to the many with
whom I have been associated lh pleas
ant relationship during these years. For
22 years I have made it my sole busi
ness to give away money. Few men
have spent 22 happier years.
Pearsons Young in Spirit.
"I hopo to live other years. I still
enjey life, and my mind is young. Only
In my body am I an old man: In my
mind and heart I feel all the thrill of
youth. I say this farewell not as one
who Is about to die. but as one who
has earned a little quiet space at the
end of an active life. By the blessing
of God I have lived these years, and the
tie that still remains will have pleasant
recollections, sincere friendships and
continued interest in the work I have
loved. Five million dollars I have
given away: $1,000,000 to Chicago and
the rest of it to Christian colleges from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, and even
beyond the sea."
W. E. Frost, president of Berea Col
lege, Kentucky, spoke on behalf of the
48 colleges that had been benefited by
Dr. Pearsons' benefactions.
Dr. David Paulson, head of the Hins
dale Sanitarium and those of the birth
day party, held up a sheaf of 80 tele
grams and said that, besides these, 400
letters had been received. One of the
telegrams was from John D. Rocke
feller, and said:
"I rejoice in all your good deeds. The
world Is made better by your beautiful
example of giving generously of your
substance for the benefit of your fellow
men. I congratulate you on your 91st
birthday, and wish you many happy
returns of the same. The Lord bless
and keep you in happiness."
TOYS WORSE THAN MUMPS
Quarantined Children, Disgusted,
Explode Whole Bunch Torpedoes.
HOOD RIVER, Or.. April 14. (Spe
cial.) Two small children were seri
ously injured today by the explosion of
a quantity ef toy torpedoes with which
they were playing. The abdomen of
Stanley Slutz, the 10-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Slutz, in whose back
yard the accident occurred, was pene
trated by a flying fragment and his
companion, John Carson, the 9-year-old
child of a neighbor, has a badly
mangled hand.
Mrs Slutz says the two families were
quarantined on account of mumps. The
explosives had been given them to
amuse them during their close confine
ment, but not being satisfied with us
ing them singly the youngsters planned
to draw their sport to an end with a
grand finale by exploding all of the
torpedoes at once. A flat stone was
procured on which the boxful was
poured and struck with another large
stone.
Unless complications arise the wound
of the Slutz child will not prove JtataL,
H3 107.2!