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TTTK MOT?NTXG ORFOOXTAX, TUESDAY. MAT 5, 1914. AMERICAN CONSUL FEDERAL CAPTIVE John R. Silliman Threatened With Execution Is Vera Cruz Report. REBELS TO HIT CAPITAL According to Proclamntion Published in Mexican Paper Huerta and Blanqnet Are . Marked lor Death if Taken. , VERA CRUZ. May 4. News reached Ihere today that John R. Silliman. act ing American Consul at San Luis Po tosi. has been a prisoner in the hands of General Joaquin Maas. the federal commander, for 11 days; and has been threatened with execution. The information about Mr. Silllman's predicament was brought here by two American newspaper correspondents who had come to Mexico recently on the invitation of Provisional President Huerta. They went to the north to -watch the field, operations of tho fed eral army, and after they had wit nessed the defeat of the federal troops at San Pedro were taken back to San Luis Potosi and imprisoned, but after wards released. A proclamation dated May 1 and signed by Zapata, published today in the local Mexican paper, announces that the Southern rebels on May 6 will Attack Mexico City. It also condemns General Huerta and General Aureliano Hlanquet to death. Brigadier-General Funston. today for the first time went beyond the Ameri can lines encircling the city. He pro ceeded to the waterworks at El Tejar, nine miles to the south, on a visit of inspection, making: the trip on a short train of flat cars which bore an escort of a company of infantry. At El Tejar the General found all the men compos ing Major Russell's outpost in the best of spirits. The force had been strengthened- since the alarm on Saturday by a battery of artillery and some additional marines. The village in which the men are ouartered is typical of thousands in Mexico. The schoolhouse. whioh is the best building in the place, is oc cupied as headquarters. For all supplies furnished to the troops the villagers are paid promptly and their good will seemed to have been won by the fact that the Ameri can soldiery have been careful to ask permission even before beginning to dig a small hole. Reports of federal activities in the interior from Vera Crus were received today. General Gustavo Maas. the Mexican " commander, was to have blown up the San Francisco bridge on the narrow gauge railroad which was the line used by General Scott in his advance on Mexico City in 1847. ' This report, however, was not con firmed, although it is known by Gen eral Funston that the federals had mined the structures along the road. It also was reported that another sec tion of track had been torn up. The American Consuls at Frontera. Prog ress, Puerto Mexico and Carmen have been ordered to turn over 'their inter ests to the French Consuls. The prices of articles of food are be ginning to rise in consequence of the small amount being brought Into the city from the country districts. 40 0 LEAVE FORT BLISS Inderal Prisoners Enttrain for Fort Wingatc, X. M. EL PASO, Texas.' May 4. The 3000 men of the Mexican Federal army, ac companied by 1900 women and chil dren, who have been interned at Fort Bliss since they crossed the Interna tional border after suffering defeat by the Constitutionalists at Ojinaga and were taken In charge by United States troops, were entrained today for Fort "Wingate, N. 1 "M. The Federals wert ordered transferred to a point away from the border over a week ago, when the Mexican situation seemed extreme ly critical. Three 10-traln sections carrying ap proximately 2000 Federal soldiers left today and four more sections will da part tomorrow RESERVE BOARD CHOSEN . (Continued Krom First Prnge.) city of California, who is an economist and authority on finance. Nominations In Soon. The nominations will be sent to the Senate in a few days. As yet Messrs. Olney and Harding have not Indicated whether they would accept. Upon the new board will devolve .the task of setting in motion the banking system of the country through the 12 regional reserve banks already select ed. They also will constitute the gov erning board which will regulate the IS banks and issuance of currency. The President had told his friends that he regarded the membership of the board equally as important as that of the Supreme Court of the United States. The President is anxious that Mr. Olney should accept, and had a per sonal representative with him in Bos ton today urging him to do so. The impression among- many persons here, however, was that Mr. Olney would de cline, as he did the Ambassadorship to Great Britain, on account of his ad vancing age. Hardlaa- or Wartirf Next. Should Mr. Olney decline, it is be lieved Mr. Harding or Mr. Warburg will be chosen to head the board. While the White House did not make any announcements, persons close to the President confirmed the names of the first four men above mentioned, and discussed freely the principles which had guided tbe President in making his choice. He selected men from New England. New Tork. the Middle WeBt, South and Pacific Coast, they said, so as to conform with the provisions of the new law, which specifies that no two members of the board shall come from the same regional reserve dis trict. The President, according to those who were in bis confidence, was guided by no political considerations, seeking to gtt the best bankers and business men available. White House officials did not know the politics of the men mentioned except that Messrs. Olney and Harding were Democrats, and they believed Mr. Warburg was a Repub- , 11 can. Mr. Wheeler Is a Republican and a close friend of ex-President Taft. An apparently authentlo report was in circulation late today that William Denman. of San Francisco, a - close friend of Secretary Lane, was the Pa cific Coast member, but this was denied by the White House officials. Mr. Olney. was particularly desired for the position- of governor of the board because of his legal training and his familiarity with the business world. He is 78 years old. and was Attorney General of the1 United States from 1893 to 1895 and then Secretary of State until 1897. Mr. Wheeler is 49 years old. He has been a banker most of his life. He has been general secretary of the Chicago Association of Commerce; was appoint ed by President Taft, In 1911, a mem ber of the commission on second-class mail matter and has been president of the Credit Clearing-House of Chicago. Harding's Ability Recognised. Mr. Harding is 50 years old, and Is looked upon , as one of . the leading bankers of the South. He is a nan of large income, and some of his friends here doubted whether he would sever connection with his bank, the FifSt Na tional of Birmingham. In order to ac cept the $12,000 post. Paul Morita Warburg is 45 years old, was born at Hamburg. Germany, and after graduating from the university there received a business training with a Hamburg commission firm. In 1888 HIGH SCORES ARE MADE BV PORT : LAND BABIES. Aune, Photos. Elizabeth and Irving Ott, the bright little children of Mrs. Otto Thornton Ott, 1086 East Salmon street, are among the high score children examined re cently at the Parents- Educational Bu reau, 551 Courthouse. The eugenic tests are given by leading physicians and specialists and there is a long waiting list of babies whose parents wish to avail themselves of the opportunity of having the babies scientifically scored. Lectures on child hygiene are given every Friday afternoon and are free. he entered his father's banking firm, M. M. Warburg & Co., to study the rudiments of banking. He studied Eng lish banking methods in a prominent London discount: house 'and a broker's firm, then French banking with a Paris banking house, and In 1901 be 'came member of the Municipal Council of Hamburg, taking an active part in the creation of the League of German Banks and Bankers. He moved to New York in 1902 and became a partner in the firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. In 1913 he received the Order of the Crown, second class, from the German Emperor. He has been active in phil anthropic and educational enterprises and has written extensively on finan cial subjects. TWO STATES AVAST CHANGE Nebraska and Wyoming- Would lK Business at Chicago Reserve. WASHINGTON, May 4. Senators Hitchcock and Norrls. of Nebraska; Senator Warren, of Wyoming, and mem bers of the House delegations from these states conferred today with Sec retary McAdoo, of the Treasury Depart ment, concerning the transfer of the regional bank business of those two states irom Kansas City to Chicago. It was represented to McAdoo that a Chicago connection with those states would be much more convenient both to tne bankers and to the public than the Kansas City connection. McAdoo ex plained it would be impossible for the reserve organization committee to make any change either in the location of reserve banks or in the geographical districts. DR. MTLIiER IS AUTHORITY San Francisco Man on Federal Board of Recognized Ability. SAN FRANCISCO, May 4. Adolph C. Miller, member of the Federal Reserve Board, held the chair of Flood pro fessor of finance at the University of California at the time he entered the service of the Department of the In terlor. Though stationed at Washing ton in connection with his official duties ne sun retains the academic post. JJr. Miller was born In San Francisco and was graduated from the University of California. Dr. Benjamin Ide wneeier. president of the institution. credits him with being one of the fore most authorities on finance in the country. ITALY FEARS AN INVASION Alarming Reports Heard of Probable Attack on Abyssinia by Chief. ROME. May 2. iSpecial.) Alarming reports nave been received from Abys sinia in regard to the probable invasion of Italian territory by the powerful chief Ras Ghiarghi and an army of 60,ooo men. After the death of Negus Menelik this army was sent to the province of Tibre to enforce the submission of that province, although the ruler of that ter ritory had gone to the capital to swear realty to the new Emperor. Lig Yasu. Chief Ras Ghiarghi's army is still en camped in the province of Tibre, close to the frontier of Eritrea. - It is reported that arms and ammuni tion are being sent from Italy and preparations made lest the rebellion spreads to the country and' the young Emperor be deposed. As Italy is alarmed at the growing Influence of England and France in Abyssinia and fears the partition of the country between them. King Menellk'e legitimate heir and the pretender to tbe throne of the Empire. Prince Ghtka, who is a Captain in the Italian array, has been sent to Eritrea to be on the spot in case of emergencies. Th toto.1 production of eol In China at present reaches almost 10,000,.t00 tons a year. SALES OF OPIUM TRACED TO MAYOR Huntington Official Tenders Resignation and Agrees to Enter Plea of Guilty. STATE BOARD PROSECUTES Two Chinese" Arrested in Raid at Baker for Having Contraband Drug; In Possession Are Admitted to Bail. BAKER. Or.. Mav 4 fKnonlnl 1 A. a result of investigations by Plowden fctaott. attorney for the State Board of Pharmacy, and Federal officers, H. H. Mack. drueelMt snii m.va. Tr.inn. ton. was arrested today on a charge of upium wnnoui a prescription from a physician, dentist or veterinary IHrMnn. An r m nl i r, ... lr. c , . - umvub" UJ 11X1. Stott through the District Attorney. Mack this morning resigned as Mayor of Huntington and agreed to plead guilty to the hcarge before a Justice of the Peace at Durkee. and the District Attorney and. Mr, Mack left today for Durkee. i ne case was taken to Durkee be cause JufltiCA ftf the 1 a 4. not in Baker today, and a speedy adju- uicauon oi ma case les desired. Charlie Wing and Lee Wah, China men. WfrA rrnnfflH . xr..n.i. a raid by Marshal Hannon, Mr. Stott xx. j. irowDnage and Guy M. Wat kins, Federal officers of Portland, Sat urday nie-ht TVlA eh, T-c 1 .-1 contraband opium in their possession. The Chinamen were bound over to the reaerai grand Jury by Commissioner Patterson, this morning. Wing's bail Was fixed at S30n , Wnh'i. conn Both furnished bail. TESTS OF LIGNITE MADE Government Seeks to Find Substitute When Bituminous Coal Fells. WASHINGTON, May 2. The United States Government Bureau of Mines for a number of years has been conducting investigations into methods of briquet ting lignite, or brown coal, of which, it is estimated, there are 390.000,000 tons, easily accessible, in various fields in this country. In a summary of these Investigations just completed. C. L. Wright, a Government engineer, savs: "In the western and southern parts of the United States there are large de posits of lignite, which, as it comes from the mine, is not suitable for gen eral use as fuel. The high proportion of water or moisture in some cases as high as 42 per cent decreases the heat value of the raw lignite; the evapora tion of the moisture causes lignite to crumble or slack when exposed to the air for a few days, and to deteriorate greatly during storage or long trans portation. Lignite stored in large piles is much more liable to spontaneous compustion than bituminous coal. As it falls to pieces and readily sifts through the grate, special furnaces are required to burn the raw lignite prop erly. "Because of this inferiority, lignite has not been used extensively in this country. It has been used in Texas, North Dakota and other Btates to some extent as a local household fuel, and is rapidly gaining favor as a sas-nro. ducer fuel in the State of Texas. In many localities where lignite is found in abundance good bituminous coal commands a high price, and for this reason the briquettlng of this lig nite as a means of improving Its heat ing value and making it available for a household fuel has attracted attention. "German lignite contains a higher percetnage of water than American lig nite, and most of it Is so soft that It can be cut with a spade. Many lignite beds in Germany are filled with well preserved logB and pieces of wood. Germany and other European coun tries have been briquettlng lignite suc cessfully for 30 years. The main causes why this industry has not beeD devel oped in this country are the low price of high-class American fuels compared with the price of similar fuels in for eign countries and the small demand lor ruel In the western part of the United States, where the larger de posits of lignite are found." The cost of making briquettes varies in different parts of the country from approximately $2.50 per ton in Texas to $5.25 in California. The briquettlng in dustry is growing gradually, and the output of the various plants will go largely to the section of the country where there are no nearby fields of anthracite or bituminous coal. The offi cers of the Bureau of Mines regret that a number of briquettlng plants have been established, and have placed on the market an inferior product. Retail dealers in some localities have also discouraged the use of lignite, going so far in some cases aa to tell their cus tomers that the briquettes are made of dirt. LONDON FOGS ARE PASSING Elimination of Smoke Is Changing Walls of Mist to Thin Vapor. LONDON, May 2. A light yellow fog hung over London yesterday morning, disappearing before midday. London- fm AhAllllI m.k. R . 1 - fog. because fogs like these are likely . ,. . . An official of the Coal Smoke Abatement Society says that London Is likely to be free from any serious fogs In the future. . "We are now seeing the last of them.' he said. "Today's fog was not a very serious affair, and was only slightly tinged with coal smoke. The old fashioned, reg"lar 'peasouper is. I be lieve already extinct. "The reason for this improvement is, of course, the almost universal use of smoke abatement appliances used in factories, offices and private houses. "So many people now use smokeless fuel and electric heating and cooking appliances that there is very little dirt in the air of London. "When the smoke has been entirely eliminated from the metropolis we shall still have fogs, but they will be white mists, In fact, that quickly disap pear." "Another London fog!" growled the confirmed grumbler as he traveled np to the city. He forgot that there have only been two or three mild fogs this vear in laimarr.a-lieii v. 20 years ago. London would have been uiiui lut several cays. RICH WIFE SUED FOR $2500 Woman With. Yearly Income of $75,. 00 Hasn't Pid Ousted Hubby. NEW YORK. May 1. Joseph P. Cot. ton. Jr.. attorney for Mrs. Giulla Morosinl Warner, accepted summons for his client in a suit by Werner for 13500, which he claims is a quarterly payment on an annual income of $10,000 which she promised him under an agreement signed July IB. 1912. Werner's part of the contract, he says, was to "give up his career in the- Police Department," to which he then proposed to return because of his wife's refusal to allow him to spend any money without her permission. All of her money, he alleges, was de posited In his name when they were married and he disbursed it for her expenses as she directed. The complaint recites that Mrs. Werner has an income of $75,000 a year, real estate worth nearly $1,000. 000 and personal property amounting to $1,600,000. She required of Werner, he says, that he "should ask for any money required for his personal use before he drew check for same." "It became intolerable," says the complaint, and he stated to her "that he Intended to return to the Police Department, where he could earn suf ficient for his wants." He then turned over the property and notified cred itors to look to her for payment. The last paragraph of the agreement Is as follows: "The Intent of the agreement being that said Arthur M. Werner In consid eration of giving up a career in the Police Department, which is distasteful to his wife, shall receive the net an- BROTHER OP PORTLAND MAN IS A. MEMBER OF ALASKA RAILROAD COMMISSION. Llentenaat Frederick. Mean. Lieutenant Frederick Mears, who was last week appointed, with William C. Edes, as a mem ber of the Alaska Railroad Com mission, is brother of E. C. Mears, a prominent Portland tlmberman. Their father was Colonel Fred erick Mears. Born in Omaha, May 25, 1878. Frederick Mears was graduated from the Shattuck Military Academy. Eighteen years ago he Joined John F. Stevens in the construction work on the Great Northern Railway. Later he en listed in the Twenty-first Infan try and served through the Philippine campaign. After the war he took the examination for a commission and. among 800, passed second highest. nual income natural life.' of $10,000 during hi No statement could from Mrs. Werner. be obtained MOSQUITOES ABE RUN OUT Drainage Systems Eliminate Malig nant Pests in Region of tho Nile. WASHINGTON. May 2. There's no need to have mosquitoes buzzing around and annoying people, according to Sir William Willcocks, who appeared be fore the house committee on rivers and harbors. Sir William would not swat mosquitoes, nor capture them, but he would adopt a scientific system of drainage in all regions where the mos quito has its habitat. Sir William is an expert on drain air a and began his warfare on mosquitoes in the Nile Valley. He built the As suan dam. He told the committee in an interesting way today how the Africans rid themselves of mosquitoes. wny. he said, "at Khartoum, where the two Niles meet, the boats brlnsr down the worst and most malignant mosquitoes In the world, and yet the drainage is so perfect that now we fine a man 12 shillings for every mosquito seen on his place." Sir William was Invited to give testi mony relative to the flood problems on the Mississippi. He said it would be easy to put that great waterwav in & straitjacket. "You ought to build your dams big ger." he said. "I notice that some of them are eight feet wide at the top. That is nothing. No dike should be less than- 22 feet wide. The Babylo nians never built one less than 100 feet wide. The bigger the river the easier the task. On a river like the Missis sippi, where tho rise in flood time Is only a foot a day, it should be easier to control than a river where the flood Just walks up the sides." JUSTICE CAN RUN MILL Illinois Court Sayjj County Clerk GuiltT In Illegal Licensee. CHICAGO. May 2. The marrying lus- tlCA. wVl r. MmiM. on 1 . ' - u avpviiiuiieiii as Justice of the peace anywhere In Cook County and then opens an office close to the marriage license bureau, can unuuua io operate nis marriage TnlU. according to a decision by Municipal Juris-A Mflrtln Edmund H. Polk, Justice of the peace In T.vnna nur. 1. . -I . j wu uau oeen ar rested on a charge of illegally perform- o r vbicuiuiij 4u uio ny, was discharged. Tbe Judge held that, while a justice cannot perform a Judi cial act within the city, a marriage ceramnnv In a mlni.r..i.i t - , w . . .... wi.t. All U1M . Fiuo uiMriage cere monies can be performed by ministers of the gospel, 9. Judge of any court of "I InriAP tha . . ... n jupu,co ui uia peace. Kuperln tendents of deaf and dumb asylums and leaders of religious societies, such as the FriAnda nr flnalr,,. "If a person legally authorized to tr-at v u uittrnaga ceremony O.oes SO under circumstances which make tbe marriage Illegal, he does not violate the statute.- The prosecution asserted that if the defendant celebrated the marriage of persons under age be is guilty, even if he believed or bad rea sonable grounds to believe that they were of lawful age. as stated in the 11- manifestly wrong, because there is no " in b 11 criminal 1 or a person authorised to Celebrate marriages to wed persons under age who have bean duly licensed. "It is criminal for the county clerk knowingly to issue a license to persons under ae. - Tt vam h. - k-.. pose that the law would bold tbe coun- .jf wdia iumuos 01 any otiensa If he honestly isues a license In the belief that the neranm ..titi.j 1 . . at the same time brand ministers of the auBPBi. justices-01 tne peace and others legally permitted to perform marriages as criminal if thv arm jjw.ei 1 parties and by the license issued by ? ' 1 - 1 1 " k 1 h X . -l at. J V. I I f f i- sWJ i r r-sj: ' . : , . Once a. Newspaper Man, Now a Leading Restaurateur SeveKHSg HlflSn of 11 tnero'wnVrd throughout, reopened under h. nam. of week, there are 44 employes, and last year Mr. Meves did a business of more than $160,000. P "What is the reason for your success?" expana' llZZ' ""J"'-' valL A quarter of a dollar will give you a first-c ass breakfaIi,fnV.h f,?S r9ILaon thls: pPular prices pre- cess fir" Hoeha?toebe"he ?SL& hi. OFFICERS AT SCHOOL Three-Coach Train of Guards men Reaches Fort Stevens. WORK BEGINS PROMPTLY Use of 1 2-Inch Mortars and 1 0-Inch Rifles for Coast Iefense to Be ; Taught and Methods of 'Finding' Target Shown. FORT STEVENS. Or.. May 4. (Spe cial.) Colonel Hammond, of Eugene, Lieutenant-Colonel Lawson, of Salem. Major Willoughby, Major Hammel and Captains Spencer. White. Buchanan. r-oweia, jonnson. Dune and Brown, to gether with selected detachments from Portland, Ashland. Roseburg, Eugene, Cottage Grove, Mcdford and Albany ar rived at Fort Stevens this morning in a three-coach special train for a week's instruction la tne various types of coast defense weapons in use at Fort Stevens. Or. The visitors encamped in the vicinity of the batteries and immediately took up their work. They are receiving special training in the f ir conimi . lem involving ine use or range-finding instruments mat can pick out a tar get over 15,000 yards from the iruns and by means of sutomatie .7 obtain the exact' angle to the target and the distance thereto, allowing for a maiiuium error or less than ten yards. From these towers the information "us oDtainea is transmitted to the plotting-rooms, where it is reproduced on boards representing the harbor in miniature. From tho plotting-rooms the data is rearranged to correspond wicn tne location or the huge 12-inch mortars and 10-inch rifle. All these facts have to be worked out within a few seconds and absolute accuracy Is essential to the proper accomplishment of the delicate work involved. The officers will be taught how to operate the 12-Inch mortars that fire RUM FORD BAKING POWDE UJ ii Interior and Exterior Views of the Newly Kalarced shells weighing in excess of half a ton and cover a field of fire extending from 2000 to 12.000 yards from the bat teries. These shells describe high an gle curves, descending on the most vul- neraoie part of a battleship deck. Further training will be given on the ten-inch rifles that tire shells weigh ing in excess of 600 pounds at a veloc ity great enough to penetrate the armor plates of battleships. Special courses are arranged in camp hygiene, military sanitation and general discus sions of battle formations. SUIT HANGS FOR 20 YEARS Land Case in Chicago Court Is World's Flair Echo. CHICAGO. May 2. (Special.) After 20 years' sojourn in various courts, a damage suit involving the widening of a street during world's fair time was decided in another way by Judge Tut hill in the Circuit Court. Harry S. McCartney was awarded a Judgment for $12,025 against the city for property used 'in widening South Park avenue between Fifty-fourth and Fifty-sixth streets. A second Judgment for $4162 and a third one for $3312.38 were awarded subsequently. The prop erty in question was owned by three other persons, who have transferred their Interests to Mr. McCartney since. Judge Tuthill ruled that the cltv should pay the amounts due on the judgments and also 5 per cent a yeal interest for the monev due in nriduinn to the sum of $4638 as damages to the piainiui tor money spent by him in connection with the case. EGGS MAILED TO GRANDMA Flour Dozen Kach Week. Cost Her 12 Cents Postage. lA. CKOSSE, Wis.. May 2. "Here's the eggs already," exclaimed Grandma McLaughlin, opening the door of her cottage, not to the grocer's boy, how ever, but to the letter carrier. "My, these are strana-e Hiuml1 laughed grandma, carrying the box of four dozen eggs to the kitchen; "strange times, when the 'mail man' brings me eggs for breakfast, along with the letters from Mary and John." The eggs Uncle Sam's rural letter carrier delivered at the McLaughlin cottage soon after the Government plan for bringing consumer and producer to gether went into effect were gathered from the nests the day before delivery. Portland, Oregon, March 25, 1914 " We have made a complete analysis of the contents of a can of Rumford Baking Powder purchased of a Portland grocer, and found it to be worthy of the highest commendation as a healthful, efficient and economical leavening agent." Gilbert-Hall Co., Chemists, THE WHOLESOME . U4 fc Meve. Rntaara.t. Grandma t .... -- i mo consumers who is helping to make Uncle Sam s plan a success. As soon as the La Crosse mail carrier became a "middleman" the La Crosse . cm mo price of eggs way down, honino- i Z.x- " " out of the parcel post scheme, but thev mn f Basil aa .. 1 . . " - eggs as the mail carrier can bring. Grandma McLaughlin gets her fresh Ks 'rom Mrs- Christ Hagen. who Uvea 10 miles from La Crosse on rural route ,' 1- Mrs- Hagen gathers her eggs from the nests at noon. Just about noon W. E. McKown. rural delivery car rier, comes along to pick up the letters and also to pick up parcel post pack ages. Once a week the mall carrier brings rour dozen eggs to Grandma McLaugh lin. She pays S cents a dozen for post age, or 12 cents on each shipment Mrs. Christ Hagen and her mother Dutter in La Crosse, and all their prod uce is delivered by parcel post. FOOD TO CLEAR "DOCTOR New Bureau Formed to Obviate Du plication, of Work. WASHINGTON. May 2.A clearing house for pure food and drug informa tion, collected by the Federal and state governments, has been established in the Department or Agriculture. An nouncement was made of the tempor ary appointment of Dr. J. S. Abbott, formerly of the Texas Food Commis sion, as head of the new department. As soon-as Dr. Abbott takes a civil service examination his appointment is ex pected to be made permanent. The new work has been taken up in fulfillment of a suggestion made last November by Dr. Alsberg, chief of the Bureau of Chemistry, at a conference here of the state food and drug com missioners, during which it was brought out that there was much dupli cation of work by the states and the Federal Government In making tests and other food and drug work. Mrs. Henry Hutt Robbed. NEW TORK, May 4. Tho police to day were asked to recover Jewelry val ued at $10,000 belonging to Mrs. Henry Hutt, formerly the wife of Henry Hutt, the artist, which were taken from her West End apartment. y a burglar last Thursday. Tho theft was- committed while Mrs. Hutt and her son were at dinner. In Bohemia last year SS3.&43 acres of ugar beets were crown. R