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r 60 Pages Pages! to 12 VQIi. XXVI. NO. 11. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 17, 1907. - PRICE FIVE CENTS. I) ' 1 T CONFERENCE ON IL Governor Johnson's Plan for Harmony. 3ETWEEN NATION AND STATES Will Ask Roosevelt to Summon State Officials. BRING ORDER FROM CHAOS Minnesota Executive Suggests Gov ernors, Attorney-Generals and Railroad- Commissioners Meet President and Board. ST. PAUL, Minn., March 16. (Special.) A National conference of State "Gov ernors. Railroad Commissioners and Attorney-Generals to discuss the question of railroad control with President Roose velt and the Interstate Commerce Com mission Is the suggestion made by Gov ernor John A. Johnson, of Minnesota. He advanced the idea today and probably will follow It up with an official com munication to the President. Mr. Johnson agrees with the President that great harm and confusion are likely to come from state and Federal control of railroad rates exerted at the same time and over the same territory. He does not believe that the states can re linquish their control of traffic within their borders, but does see the necessity for harmony between the two systems at this time. To this end, he believes that a National gathering of- state and Na tional officials can accomplish a great deal In bringing about the adoption of a comprehensive and harmonious pro gramme. "I agree with the President," said he, "that a thorough kjkJ-efficient supervi sion of railroad charges by the National Government would be the Ideal system, entirely replacing state regulation. Prob ably we will come to that some day. The President has been credited with a desire to confer wltH some Governors of states on this question. It seems to me that the best way to bring order out of chaos will be for him to call a National con ference or a congress of Governors, Attorney-Generals and Railroad Commis sioners to meet with the Interstate Com merce Commission at some central place. Such as Chicago, and discuss this whole question, "I think the railroad men should have a hearing. The most progressive of them want Government control, they want It effective and their views on the subject would be valuable. The railroads are more In need of Government regulation to protect them from themselves than the public needs It to protect them from the railroads." CONFERENCE OX ALTON DEAL President and Dencen Consult Mel- len Going to White House. WASHINGTON. March 16. Questions affecting the railroad situation occupied more or less of the attention of President Roosevelt today. During the morning there were ' informal talks with some of his callers on the subject and a dispatch came from President Mellen. of the New York. New Haven & Hartford Railway asking for an appointment. In the after noon there was a visit from Governor renecn and Attorney-Oeneral Stead of Illinois. A semi-official denial was made that the Governor and the Attorney-General talked either finance or railroads. Prom statements, however, which have come from authoritative quarters pre ceding the visit, the inference 1.3 drawn that there was some reference to the Chi cago & Alton deal, which figured promi nently in the recent Harrlman investiga tion by the Interstate Commerce Com mission. The President is known to be availing himself of every opportunity to become acquainted with the railroad sit uation and the impression is general that this question was discussed to some ex tent by Mr. Deneen. The latter would make no statement. A rumor gained currency during the To ran McAUon "You're thm ftiw of the Fair, the foatarfRther of all th babies In the world and the friend of Bo they oao't beat you. LAWS X . morning that the President intended to issue a statement defining his attitude on the relations of the Government to the railroads. An impression to this effect apparently got abroad from the fact that the President has read to some of his call ers extracts from his speeches and letters bearing on some features of the railroad question. These reports, however, proved groundless and later it was , ascertained that the President would not issue such a statement today nor has he such an idea in contemplation. One of the President's callers was James Speyer, of New York, head of Speyer & Co. To many his call looked significant, as it followed that of Wednes day closely. It was Impossible to acer tain from either the White House or Mr. Speyer the purpose of the visit. Mr. Deneen and Mr. Stead were with the President for fully an hour. The' Governor said he was at the White House at the President's request to discuss "cer tain questions," the nature of which ha declined to disclose. After the conference the Governor called on Senator Cullom and later took a train for Chicago; Neith er the Governor nor Mr. Stead would make any statement regarding their in terview with the President, the Governor only admitting that nothing had been agreed upon that would require Immediate action. Mr. Deneen gave the newspaper men to understand that he expected the Presi dent to make a statement about the in terview, but none was given out at the White House. It was explained there that the arrangements with the Governor for his visit to Washington had been made before the recent flurry in Wall street. Tuesday the President is to have a con ference with Mr. Mellen at Mr. Mellen's Initiative. Mr. Mellen is one of the rail road presidents with whom J. P. Morgan asked Mr. Roosevelt to confer as to "what steps might be taken to allay the public anxiety as to the relations between the railroads and the Government." So far as ascertained at the White House, Mr. Mellen Is the only one -of the presidents who has asked for an interview and it is not known here whether he represents himself alone or all four of the presidents named by Mr. Morgan. . Mr. Mellen is well known to the Presi dent and usually when he comes to Wash ington he makes a social call on Mr. Roosevelt. It was' said at the White House that nothing had been heard from K. H. Harrlman as to a proposed second call on the President. HEAR SPOKANE CASE MONDAY Interstate Board Has Hard Problem on Overland Rates. CHICAGO, March 10. The complaint of the City of Spokane, of discrimination In freight rates from the Eastern cities, as compared with rates to the Pacific Coast cities, will be heard by the Interstate Commerce Commission on Monday in the United States Court in this city. ' A plea is made for the same rates from Chicago to Spokane . as apply to Pa cific Coast terminals, because Spokane Is 400 miles nearer New York than the Coast terminals. The Coast Jobber can buy In New York or Chicago at the same freight rate, but' Spokane must pay a higher rate from New York than from Chicago. The Hepburn bill, as interpret ed by the Commission, will have a tend ency to make many changes in existing tariffs, and after wrestling with the prob lem for more than a week the transconti nental association adjourned until a com mittee of the Western lines goes to Wash ington to talk the matter over with the Commission and gets an understanding as to what the assoclalon can do in recon ciling the two tariffs. If one class tariff Is abolished and the other is extended " to cover the entire West, Spokane's complaint will not have any basis as to class rates. The case promises to be fought hard, as Chicago will Interpose an objection to making the rate to Spokane the same from both New York and Chicago, as it will increase the competition of the local commercial Interests. UPHOLDS THE TWO-CENT FARE Xebraskan Attorney-General Heads Off Interstate Loophole. LINCOIN, Neb., March 16. Any charge by a railroad company in excess of 2 cents a mile for passenger fare between points in Nebraska; no matter whether the intermediate line may be wholly with in the state or not, is unlawful, according to an opinion today by Attorney-General Thompson. Since the 2-cent pas senger fare law went into effect Attorney-General Thompson received a com plaint from a Lexington, Neb., man, who said the Unioti Pacific agent refused to sell him a ticket to Sidney, Neb., for less than 3 cents a mile, -because the road, in going from Lexington to Sidney, ran for a short distance in Colorado, mak ing It inter-stata traffic. The Attorney General said he was advised the Burlng ton was following the same policy be tween Table Rock and McCook, where the road runs partly in Kansas. Attorney-General Thompson said he had pre cedent for his ruling In a Pennsylvania case, and added: "I am of the opinion that .anyone who offers to pay 2 cents a mile between points in Nebraska and Is refused transporta tion at that rate will have a valid cause of action against the railroad company refusing, regardless of whether its lines are entirely within the state or not. Anyone on board a train who tenders fare at 2 cents a mile and is put off will have good grounds for a damage suit." To Tom Devlin "Yoa know aboat eTerjthtDff In .city affairs and everybody know all about yon, o why shouldn't yow run? 4ji pp n23 ' ' p ' THAW WILL NEVER ENJOY FREEDOM Every Road Leads tothe Insane Asylum. FAMILY BELIEVES HIM CRAZY Will Cause Confinement If Jury Acquits Him. HE HAS NO WAY OF ESCAPE Mother Would Have Avoided Trial by Sending Him Even to Mat tcawan, but Threats ' of Suicide Prevailed. NEW YORK; March IS. (Special.) Whatever the jury may say as to the guilt or innocence of Harry K. Thaw, there is the best of authority for the statement that the murderer of Stan ford White will never again walk forth under the . blue heaven a free man. There are many ways In which the jury may dispose of the case, but none of these ways can mean freedom for Thaw. If the jury disagrees. "Thaw will go back to his cell in the Tombs to await another trial; if it finds him guilty in any degree of murder or manslaughter, there will be the inevitable appeal, the confirmation of the verdict or a new trial; and finally, in case any verdict of guilty stands, an application for a commission in lunacy by Thaw's coun sel and his inevitable commitment to Matteawan Asylum for the Criminal Tnsane. If he . is acquitted on the ground of insanity, the judge must grant a com mission in lunacy, and that will mean Matteawan; if he is acquitted outright, thestate""will "have .no. further hoi upon him, but the members of bis fam ily will, and there Is abundant reason for the statement that they will cause his commitment to some sanitarium, where he will spend the remainder of his days under mild confinement. It can be stated positively that the mother and brothers of Harry K. Thaw regard him as insane. They have held this belief from the time when he killed Stanford White, and it was their purpose in the beginning to get him committed to an asylum and thus avoid his trial. They found, however, that the hostility of District Attorney Jerome was such that It was impossi ble for them to get him committed to any other . asylum than Matteawan where he would be held in the degrad ing confinement that is the portion of a murderous lunatic. Even with this knowledge, they were any other asylum than Matteawan, rather than to have him brought to trial. Thaw, however, was able to block this course. By his influence with his mother and by the pleadings of his wife, he managed to have his demand for a public trial acceded to; his mother yielded to him. because she was brought to believe that he would kill himself if she did not yield. WILL READ AFFIDAVIT TO JURY Jerome Xears End of Evidence, but Defense Has Much More. NEW YORK, March 16. Delphin M. Delmas conferred with his associates in the defense of Harry K. Thaw today, mapping plans for the eur-rebuttal work at the trial, which when resumed Monday will be entering Its ninth week. Appli cations were made today to the District Attorney's office for several additional subpenas for the defense. Probably the greater part of next week will be con sumed by the defense and the case may not go to the jury until after March 25. When court convenes Monday, Mr. Je rome will present the last bit of evidence he has for the prosecution. He will re new his request of Friday afternoon that Justice Fitzgerald admit the photographic and carbon copy of the affidavit Evelyn Nesbit is said to have made in Abraham Hummel's office. This affidavit Mr. Je WHAT THE BUSY LITTLE MAYORALTY BEE IS SAYING To John B. . Coffey "Ttao people have In you a valiant champion, nobody owns you and nobody can ride you. It's your opportunity rome contends is competent in order to contradict the statement that Mrs. Thaw was drugged and betrayed by Stanford White.. In it the young woman is said to have sworn that the stories concern ing White were untrue and that Harry Thaw beat her when she told htm that there was no truth in the statement that White had betrayed her. Justice Fitzgerald, having permitted Hummel and his clerk to testify as to the making of the affidavit, evidently in tends to allow Mr. Jerome to put the papers in evidence and read whatever of the contents he desires to go to the Jury. ' i Mr. Delmas said yesterday that the de fense probably would offer no objection to this. He referred to the "questionable shape in which this evidence comes," and apparently will content himself with the attack -he made upon the credibility of Hummel as a witness. Mr. Delmas will probably have young Mrs. Thaw take the stand and repeat that she did not know the contents of the paper. It will then be for the Jury to decide between the prisoner's wife and the convicted law yer. ' Harry Thaw's confidence. Instead of diminishing with the closing hours ol the case, seems to Increase. His mother, his wife and the Countess of Yarmouth, his sister, called upon him in the Tomb (Concluded on Page 3.) CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 00 deg.; minimum, 33 deg. TODAY'S Showers; winds shifting to southerly. Railroads. Governor Jon nson proposes conference of Government and state officials On rail road laws. Page 1. President confers with Governor of Illinois on Alton deal and makes appointment with Mellen. Page 1. Spokane rate case to come up Monday. Page 1. Foreign. f Over 100 men killed In German mine explo sions. Page 14. Germany jSnd Austria combine to oppose consideration of disarmament at The Hague, Page 14. Qosslp of European capitals. Page 35. National., President Roosevelt appoints commission on improvement of waterways. Page 13. Reclamation Service sustains Engineer Ross. Page 3. Politics. - President Roosevelt moves to start Taft'a boom for President. Page 1. Domestic. Haskln on how fashions start. Page 35. Upton Sinclair's colony burned out. Page 13. Rockefeller wIH give $50,000,000 to modern ize China. Page 3. Eighteen persons at Wheeling 'drowned In ; flight from burning building; flood sub , sides at Pittsburg, rises at Cincinnati. Page 1.- ,r. . . Thaw will go to asylum, whether convicted or acquitted. Pace 1. -;- - Illinois. woman1 will organize army of drunk ards' wives to carry local option. Page 2. Ex-Senator Burton threatens to expose ene mies when released. Page 14. . Man who robbed Jewelry stores in Washing ton towns caught in Chicago. Page 3. Gold ft eld mine-owners start freexe-out of Industrial Workers. Page 2. Pacific Coast. Governor GIMett will veto Pacific Coast Ex position appropriation. Page 2. San Francisco labor unions will buy city bonds. Page 3. Walla Walla .farmers organize to hire help. Page 4. Socialists Seek to insult W. S. U'Ren as he speaks, to Grangers. Page 4. Astoria man admits he stole 0000 of era ployer's money. Page 5. Building operations suspended In Seattle. Page 5. Commercial and Marine. Biggest hop deal of season closed at Inde pendence. .Page 43. Chicago wheat market weak and lower. Page 43. Further gain in stock prices. Page 43. , Weekly bank statement more favorable than expected. Page 42. British steamer Woodford ordered to Nanai- mo, B. C. Page 42. Sport. No fighter the same after bad defeat, says Will G. Mac Rae, in boxing review. Page 40. Tacoma surrenders franchise in "Northwest Baseball League. Page 15: President Ewlng Issues instructions for Coast League umpires. Page 13. Portland . and Vicinity. Democrats trying to get Mayor. Lane to announce whether he will be a candidate for a' second term. Page 24. Councllmen Masters and shepherd postponed resigning until an ti -pass bill has been disposed of. Page 9- Slot machines seized by Chief- of .Police. Page 15. Dr. H. W. Coe tells about war on dirt and disease in the Panama Canal Zone. Page 34. - Upward trend of realty continues, despite temporary unfavorable conditions. Page 28. Council committee agrees to submit charter amendment changing method, of making street Improvements. Page 8. City Councilmen will ask for Increase In salary under referendum. Page 10. Mayor Lane vetoes ordinance allowing City Auditor Devlin to employ expert account ant. Page 8. Bed tape 'proves fatal to county charge. Page 11. To . John Mannina" Tbey aay yen wouldn't be Mayor if you eould, but dont believe them. Sure you could, if -you would. . . . . LEAP INTO ITER TO ESCAPE FIRE Eighteen People Drown at Wheeling, W. Va. GREAT FLOOD HAS SUBSIDED Pittsburg Resuming Work, After $10,000,000 Loss. 20, MAYBE MORE, ARE DEAD Wheeling Loss $3,000,000 Colum bus, Marietta and Other ' Ohio Towns Surfer Crest Yet to Come at Cincinnati. MUCH SUFFERING AT WHEELING. - WHEELING, W. Vs.. March 16. The waters are receding tonight, leaving Wheeling covered with wreckage. It Is estimated that the damage will be $3,000,000. There is a great deal of suffering. ' . WHEELING, W. Va., - March 16. Eighteen persons are' known to have lost their lives because of an early morning: Are today at the Warwick Pottery Company's plant. Following is a partial list of the drowned: MIKE B RETRIES, aged 30, storekeeper. ROSA BRETRIE8, aged 22. ELIAS MITCHELL, aged 18 months. ALLEN BEHTAS. aged 2 years. FRANK HOLMES, watchman at the pot tery. SIMON ELIAS, merchant. JULIUS MOSS, aged 70 year. ,' W. MOBS, aged S4' years. CHARLES MATHEWS, watchman, for the Wheeling Stamp Company. Because of the water surrounding the burned district it was impossible for fTie lire apparatus to rttch the scene. The firemen pressed into serv ice all the boats that could be secured and carried lines of hose to the burn in? building by this means. They fought the fire and assisted in rescu ing many persons. The crew of a boat moored across the river manned a yawl and rescued about 100 persons. The men were ' offered all kinds of rewards and, big sums of money for the .work they had done, but they refused to accept a cent. Most of the imperiled persons Were Syrians and at times, when the big yawl was filled to over flowing, it was with difficulty that the river men prevented the frantic for eigners from upsetting the craft. Had the drowned persons remained in their homes none of them' would have met death. The buildings occupied by the victims ' were not touched by the flames, but the explosion that started the fire terrified the people. The majority of the persons living in the district are Syrians and after the fire they refused to return to their homes. They are being taken care of in the City Hall and County Building. WILD RIVERS BACK . IX BAXKS Western Pennsylvania's Loss $ 1 5, 000,000, With Over CO Dead. PITTSBURG, Pa., March 16. After three days of business stagnation.: caused by a rise In the Monongahela, Allegheny and Ohio Rivers, which, inundated over ten square miles of this city, conditions have about, assumed their normal trend. and by Monday a complete resumption will -be possible. The water is receding even more quickly than it rose. Excep ting on the lowlands below the city, the river has subsided to its natural course. For tomorrow a stage of a little over 10 feet is calculated. - Tonight, the task of cleaning the streets in the downtown district was completed, and workmen are clearing the interiors of buildings. Several mills and manu facturing establishments . began opera tions today, and an endeavor will be made to make up time lost. Witjiln two or three days it is thought all the mills will have resumed. The loss in the Pittsburg district is es timated at K0,000,000. Reports from up river points Increase the damage in Western Pennsylvania to at least $15, 000,000. The exact number of fatalities caused TO SOME PROMINENT To Charles XL MoZonel1 "Ton have shown many a time that you're fit for battle and there's many a food fight in you yet. -And many to help you. go, why not? by the high water has not yet been as certained. A score of persons are known to have met death, and additional reports of many deaths were received by the Coroner today. However, these reports have not been verified. The work of relief in Pittsburr. Alle gheny and McKeesport is in excellent shape. The Council of McKeesport ap propriated J500 for the flood victims of that city, and the amount was greatly Increased by private subscriptions. In Pittsburg and Allegheny the charities de partments are caring for the sufferers. ine health authorities are taking every precaution to prevent an epidemic. The department of building lnsoection- is making a thorough investigation of the submerged buildings, as it is believed that many old structures were weakened. Today a two-story dwelling in Allegheny collapsed. No one was injured. Jaectric light plants were repaired to day, and, after two nights of darkness. street-lamps were lighted tonight. The streetcar service is almost in lull opera tion again, with the assurance that a complete resumption will be possible by Monday. In more than 100 churches, in the towns surrounding Pittsburg no serv ices will be held tomorrow. The trou ble in a majority of the churches re sults from the damage done to the electric light service. The theaters were opened tonight, after being closed two nights. CINCINNATI WAITS THE CREST Ohio Will Come Within Two Feet of January Mark. CINCINNATI, O.. March 16. With the Ohio River rising here at the rate of about one-tenth of a foot an hour and the crest of the flood not yet passed, it is practically certain that 65 feet will be reached if not exceeded. Weath er officials expressed a doubt today the river would rise to the January murk of 8;..2. as was predicted yesterday. The r.ver will continue to rise tonight and tomorrow and by Monday a turn will came. The water has crippled a few street car lines which traverse the lower parts of this city, but no extensive dam age has been reported. Up the river tne situation is more serious. This Is especially true at Marietta and Ports mouth. wSiere the crest of the flood is passing. At Marietta two-thirds of the city is flooded and-there is considerable suf fering, as nearly all of the groceries and markets have been flooded. Fami lies on the hill are baking bread for those who have been driven from their homes. At Portsmouth two levees broke, let ting the water encroach- the territory not already flooded. The other levees have been weakened and may also g-- The breaking of these levees has com pelled hundreds nf persons to vacate their homes and paralyzed manufactur ing concerns. FIXDS 2500 PEOPLE DESTITUTE Adjutant-General Makes Relief Tour -of Mining Regions. COLUMBUS. O.. March 16. Adjutant General. Critchfield returned ontght from Glocester, O., where he went at the re quest of Governor Harris to investigate the flood situation. The Adjutant-General reported that he found about 2500 flood sufferers In Gloucester and other mining towns, in the vicinity in urgent need of relief. He purchased supplies to the amount of $1000 at Gloucester and turned them over to the local relief committee for distribution. Many of the minors, lost everything, the flood coming upon them so quickly that they were fortunate to escape with their lives. Whole Family Swept to Death. MARIETTA, O., March 16. William Mc- Cracken, his wife and two children, were drowned today. They were forced to the second floor of their home by the flood, and the swift current upset the house, the entire family being lost. The Marietta Chair Company, employ ing over 600 men, has been swamped and other manufacturing plants are heavy losers. Not a factory is running. The St. Cloud Hotel put its patrons aboard a steamer. Two-thirds of the city is under water. WEIRD STORIES OF OCEAN Rescue of Castaways . From Wrecks in Australian Waters. VICTORIA, . B. C, March 16. The steamer Aorangi, from Australia, brought news of several marfcie disasters in Aus tralian waters. The government steamer Captain Cook returned to Sydney shortly before the Aorangi sailed with the crews of the British barks Annasona and Mael- gwyn, both abandoned as total wrecks. The Annasona, from cauao for New castle in ballast, went ashore on Middle- ton Reef and all hands took to the boats. The Maelgwyn, from Pisco.' Peru, in ballast for Sydney, was thrown on her beam ends and, when she was 30 miles from Lord Howe Island, the crew took to the boats. A thrilling- story was told by the crew of the schooner Catherine, wrecked at the Crozets. A boat's crew, consisting of Captain Ree and two men, went 1000 miles in an open ooat toward the Aus tralian coast before the bark DeRuyter was met. The three were almost dead from exposure. Eleven men left for two months on the Crozets . were rescued by a steamer sent from Capetown seven days' steaming distant from the islands. They were in a pitiable condition when rescued. CITIZENS Harry ' Lane "YoO ve had two of the strenuous life, but the simple life wouldn't agree with you. However, sufficient unto the day is the trouble thereof. If at first you do suc ceed, try, try again," ' IT SETS OFF TUFT CANNON Big Man's Boom for 1908 Launched. AT CONFERENCE WITH ILLINOIS Deneen and Stead Not Called to Talk Railroads-" TAFT BROTHERS ARE THERE Burton and Garfield Will Have Task of Swinging Ohio Persistent Third-Term Talk I're clpitateg Action. WASHINGTON. March 16. (Special.) It ' was . supposed Governor reneen and Attorney-Genera! Stead, of Illinois, had been called to Washington to confer with. the President in regard to railroad con ditions with a view to harmonizing stats and National action, but the conference today was entirely political in its nature. Its object was to pave the way for a solid Illinois delegation for William H. ' Taft for President This startling statement was made by Governor Deneen himself to several jntlmate friends after the conference. The outcome of the conference was not made plain to any of Mr. Deneen's friends. It is gathered that he has taken the matter under consideration and will make up his mind in due time whether to Join forces with Secretary Taft's friends in the effort to capture the Illinois delega tion for the Ohioan. ' Secretary Taft and his brother, Charles H. Taft, were present during the con ference, which lasted an hour. After a brief talk on the railroad situation, which was general in its nature, 'the President broached the political subject and the rest of the conference dealt with Presi dential possibilities exclusively.' The force of the President's personality,'' it is admitted, will be immense. Every body in Washington knows that Taft Is Roosevelt's choice for President, but nothing of a really tangible nature has ever come before from the President to Indicate that he was actively at work. Roosevelt is In close touch with Repre sentative Burton of Ohio. who. with James R. Garfield, will have tHe lion's share of work of wresting Ohio from For aker and turning it over to Taft at the proper time. Burton, who has just been made chairman of the Waterways Com mission, is ardently in favor of Taft for President. He and Taft will go to Panama together at the end of this month and during their long trip wilt talk over the . political situation thoroughly. One reason' why the President is sup posed to be getting busy in behalf of Taft is that Legislatures in many states have informally declared in favor of Roosevelt himself. The third-term movement is stronger today than ever in spite of Roosevelt's repeated statements that he would not be a candidate. BIG DYNAMITE EXPLOSION Windows Broken for Many Squares in Cincinnati Residence Section. CINCINNATI. O., March 17. (2:15 A. M.) About 250 pounds of dynamite on the site of the new City -Hospital has: exploded. The hospital site is located in the residence district of Avondale.' and windows are broken for many squares. It is not known that there were any fatalities. SHOOTS DISOBEDIENT SONS Angry Father Is Then Shot Dead by Third Boy. RENO. Nev.. March 16. Angry at his two sons. Milton and Fred, because they built a fence when he had told them not' to do so. El G. Crow, a farmer at Empire. Nev., today secured a rifle and shot both sons, injuring them seriously. His older son, George, was standing near and, grabbing another rifle, shot the father through the head, killing him instantly. Thee ftntlmntfl are the bee's. To Dan Kwllaher "Yon're foil weight, honest weight, good weight and sound weight. Bo don't wait. Go to it." 5 v