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lo secure European trade in
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ttilroiils. '
Bmreientatlves from the principal
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jeotiment.
Thiwr has been summoned to Pitts
to for contempt in connection with
Wi bankruptcy proceedings. 1 his is
Stob" apart of the scheme to
liberate him.
n. nf hrihcrv arc being made
in Indiana's local option fight.
Rockefeller had a narrow escape
from injury in an auiumvuuw
ent.
Eastern Oregon has had its first
jjo UnlV a innry maiuiK
mnotei fell.
PArttm.i u to close tin its red light
Strict, and extra police have been
jronded for the purpose.
1 fi iidirvcil to be of incendiary
enjin destroyed $100,000 worth of
property at Redding, Cal.
tt Tim? Knur. Chinese minister
to the United States, is to be replaced
itSorembcr Chung Men Yew is to
U cis successor-
The French bark Vendee, from
Portland for the United Kingdom,
las gone ashore off the California
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General Hell, while in the Ycllow-
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back, averaging 100 miles a day, thus
trmne his fitness, according to the
Roosevelt test.
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foccan affairs.
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STEAMER ON ROCKS,
Star of Bengal Loses 1 10 of Crow and
Dig 8alrnon Cargo.
Seattle, Wash., Sept, 23,-Advlccs
last night from Alaska by the United
States signal corps say that 110 men,
including nine whites, were drowned
in the wreck of the American bark
Star of Bengal, on Coronation island,
west of the Prince of Wales archi
pclago. Twenty-seven of the vessel's crew
and passengers were saved, The Star
ot ucngal belonged to the Alaska
Packers' association, and was on her
way to San Francisco with a cargo
of 84,000 cases of salmon.
In addition to her crew she Carrie,
100 Chinese and Japanese who were
employed in the canneries of the
company and taken aboard at Fort
wrangcl.
The Star of Bcncal took it.nnr,i
cargo at lort Wrangcl, consisting of
canned salmon, and started down
Summer strait in tow of the tug
...iint w.ikc uiiu rwayaK. as Uic ves
scjs- ncarcd the open sea, where the
sailing craft would have sea room to
wurK on snore, inc wind was stead
ily freshening, blowing on shore. Tin
tugs struggled valiantly to keep the
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drove it down on the rocks lining the
shore of Coronation island, which lies
at the mouth of Iphigcnia bay, and
tp save themselves from destruction
uic Bicam vessels were force, in nt
off the lines and head out tr en
The Star of Bengal went onto the
rocks in such a position that the tugs
could not get near enough to "give any
.iBoiBi.iiiwc, aim uic uagc Headed for
I'ort Wrangcl with news of the dis
aster.
RUSSIANS DIE BY HUNDREDS
NEWS FROM THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
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$ S? ff0!'owIK Buffalo-Bill's
ham. vKjjW fu'ly $1000 at Belling-
fin.
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. -ineKeuf cases.
fcrccd ft Tay'oritown, Pa.,
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town r..Woro, two. Wiscon
f0rt fire te ,)ccn wiped out by
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,ne antral telephone build-
Official Reports Don't Account for All
Cholera Victims.
bt. Petersburg, Sept. 23. Up to
noon yesterday the municipal hos
pitals reported for the preceding 24
hours 417 cholera cases and 170 deaths.
There is a tolal of 1587 natients in
the various hospitals.
That the municipal statistics arc in
complete is conclusively proved by
the number of interments. At one
cemetery they aggregated 424 for the
last three days, or within 20 of the
total number of deaths reported.
The cholera dead arc being interred
at Prcobrazhenskoc, which is about
one hour distance on the railroad. A
train of several coaches, carrying the
mourners and a dozen freight cars
with the dead in rude coffins, goes
uaiiy 10 uic place, uic scenes are
hcart-rcndinc in the chancl. where
service is conducted uninterruptedly
nigut and day.
The scarcity of eraveilipcer tins
caused a painful delay in the past few
days, ISO coffins containing bodies
now being stored in the adiommc
woodshed. Some of the mourners
have been waitinn their turn for sev
eral days,
Pennsylvania Fires Checked.
Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 22. Reports
received yesterday from Ashtola, near
Johnston, where a forest fire has been
raging for several days, arc to the ef
fect that the fire is now under con
trol. At Ashtola 10,000,000 feet of
logs were burned, and at Arrow, near
by, 0,000,000 feet were destroyed. Yes
terday heavy clouds of smoke hung
over Windbcr, Johnstown and inter
mediate points.
Late last nik'lit another fire started
n the Ilnydcn woods, near Greens-
burc. Yesterday the flames were
spreading rapidly.
In practically all the churches Sun
day special prayers were offered up
that the drouth in western Pennsyl
vania, eastern Ohio and West Vir
ginia might be ended.
Forgets Jungle Story.
Chicago, Sept. 23. For the first
time since the appearance of Upton
Sinclair's packing house expose, "The
Jungle," the British government yes
terday contracted for an order of
American meat, closing a contract
with Libby, McNeil & Libby, packers,
for 5,000,000 pounds of fresh beef.
According to the contract, which was
made through Thomas Arskine, Brit
ish consul at Chicago, the price to
be paid for the consignment of meat
is $500,000. Erskine requested the
submission of bids for several million
pounds of canned meats
Fire Peril Again Greater.
Calumet, Mich., Sept. 23. With the
forest fires in northern Michigan
fainted by high winds, the condition
on the Canadian shore is worse than
it has been in the past three weeks.
The fires arc gaining in velocity about
Flucan. Niagara and Lorcto and in
the vicinity of Norway, Rockland and
Mass City, and the situation is crit
ical. Trains through .Delta county
crowded with refugees fleeing from
the threatened district into Escauaba
and Menominee.
Adirondack Towns In Porll
New York. Sept. 23. Alarm is felt
in many sections of the state because
of the rapid spread of the big forest
fires that have been burning for many
days in the Adirondacks. According
to dispatches received by the Associ
ated Press here last night, dangerous
fires arc burning in some score of
places, and a number of small towns
and summer resorts arc threatened.
Cholera on Transport.
San Francisco. Sept. 23. Cable dls
patches from Manila report that a
case of cholera broke put on the
transport Sheridan shortly after her
departure from that port on Scptem
ber 18. The vessel put back to port
and is now In quarantine.
CANADIANS SEAL POACHERS.
Captain of Revenue Cutter Bear So
Declares In Report.
Washington, Sept. 20. That Canr
diau fishermen have been engaged
during the past summer in seal poach-
"iK in Aiasxan waters in violation of
the agreement between the United
Mates and Great Britain, is the sub
stance of a report of Captain Bcr
tholf, of the United' States revenue
cuttcc Bear, to the treasury depart
mcnt yesterday. Captain Bcrtholf
mentions the schooner Tliomas II.
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nayard as tlic alleged offender in this
report, and an investigation has been
started.
According to Caotain Bertholf's re
port, the information was obtained
from fishermen at Sanborn Harbor,
Alaska. They allege that the Bayard
had 28 seal skins aboard in July of
llll.T v;ir.
Captain Ilcrthnlf Itnc I
ing the sealing waters with the" Bear
ill Slimmer. lie pnntiirnl nl.n.it in
Japanese a few weeks ago for alleged
iiuiiciinig in American waters.
His report was made the subject of a
conference between the members of
uic si.uc and treasury ficn.irftnpnt
yesterday, and it is likelv Mint r. rii f
Britain will be called upon to take
NEGLECTS GRAND CANAL.
PROBE SMALL COMBINE.
Genoral Electric Company Not Sub
ject of Federal Inquiry.
Washington, Sept. 22. When a re
port that the government was inves.
tigating the General Electric com
pany as a trust was brought to the
attention of the department of justice
baturday, it was stated that it is
fact that inquiry was being made into
certain comparatively small electrical
material dealers who arc charged with
constituting a trust. ,
Nothing has been heard from nnv
of the department subordinates about
tlic ucneral Llcctric Comnany beine
connected with the matter. Rccret
was expressed at the department that
reports should be published on the
subject at this time, as it was de
clared no proceedings of any kind
may be taken.
The inquiry was yet unfinished, and
it was feared that a premature pub
lication may impede its progress.
Lecture Bank Examiners.
Washington, Sept. 23. "I say to
you emphatically that your work must
be improved, lmuczzlcmcnts have
failed of discovery, defalcations and
dishonesty have been concealed from
you, and in many cases you have failed
to correctly or even approximately
estimate the value of the paper and
securities held by the banks. This
was the declaration made yesterday
by Controller of the Currency Law
rence O. Murray in addressing the
conference of national bank exam
iners, representing practically all of
the territory cast of Ohio.
Guard Fleet From Cholera.
Washington, Sept. 2G. Secretary
Mctcalf sent today the following dis
patch to the naval station at Cavite,
to be delivered to Admiral bpcrry
when the battleship fleet reaches that
place: "The cholera has appeared in
(he rliilippincs. It you tmd it ap
proaching epidemic or danger of get
ting it aboard ship, restrict visiting
the ship, except on business, or pro
hibit altogether the officers and men.
and permit no visitors aboard while
at Manila or Cavite until return from
Yokohama.
President Off for Washington.
Oyster Bay, N. Y., Sept. -21. Presi
dent Roosevelt has abandoned his
'summer capital and returned to
Washington for the work of the win
ter, much to the regret of the towns
people. President and Mrs. Roosevelt
were accompanied to the depot Dy a
large crowd of people, and the'presi;
dent made a little speech .from the
rear platform of Jhe train. This is
probably the last time that Roosevelt
will ever reside at Oyster Bay as
president of the United States.
Will Experiment in Forestry.
Washington. Sept. 22. Forest ex
periment stations will soon be estab
lished in a number of the national
forest states of the west, according to
plans which have just been completed
bv the national forestry service. -An
experiment station has already been
established on the Cococine national
forest, m the southwest, with head
quarters at Flagstaff, Ariz.
Minnesota's Loss Heavy.
Washington. Sent. 20. R. W. Pull
man, the government expert, who has
been tlcvoting much of his time ire
ccnly to an investigation of losses
growing out of forest fires, declared
today the losses in Minnesota alone
will be about $10,000,000. He has
made no report on fires in other parts
of the country.
Loss Is $1,000,000 Dally.
Washington. Sent. 24. Dr. W. J.
Xfnfiee. of the federal survey, who has
returned to this city from the Adiron
dacks, says ihe damage being done in
that section by the forest fires is
$1,000,000 a day
Wright Still Improving.
Wnshlneton. Sent. 23. ' Orville
uviniit who was seriously iniured
Thursday in the aeroplane accident,
which caused the death of Lieutenant
Thomas E. Selfridge, continues to im
prove.
MAY SURPASS ALASKA.
Mining Expert Says Philippines Are
Rich in Gold.
Washington, Sept. 24. The Philip
pines may surpass Alaska in gold pro
duction' within the next few years.
"There is a surprise in store for those
disposed to look upon the Philippines
as a useless acquisition' says A.
Ilcisc, a' mining engineer of Manila,
who is now in Washington. "Before
the Spanish conquest gold dust in
considerable quantities was exported
from the Philippines to China, and
since American occupation the work
of prospecting has made wonderful
strides. Next year gold tolhc value
of $1,000,000 will be taken out, and
the installation of improved machin
ery will soon make possible a produc
tion oi at least $5,uuu,ooo annually.
"Ore bodies now in sight will vicld
$10f,000,000. There is every reason
to believe that as mining operations
progress greater and richer deposits
ot tne precious metal will be uncov
crcd. It will not be long before the
Philippines will take a leading oo-
sition in gold producing."
Retire American Dreyfus.
Washington, Sept. 23. Secretary of
War Wright yesterday announced
that 'Colonel William F. Stewart, now
at Fort Grant, Ariz., had been ordered
tov appear, before the retiring board
here. If Colonel Stewart is found to
be unfit for service, he will be com
peted to retire from the army. The
action of the secretary of war was
taken on receiving reports from Fort
Grant that Colonel Stewart was unfit
to take the 00-mile ride.
Ready for Launching.
Washington, Sept. 23. According
to reports received at the navy de
partment yesterday, work on the
North Dakota, the new battleship
now tinder construction at Fore
River. Mass., is nearing comple
tion, and will be ready for launching
within the next two months. The
North Dakota is designed to be one
of the speediest battleships afloat, and
will be surpassed by few wan, vessels
of the world.
Pacific Fleet Is Scattered.
Washington, Sept. 24. The cruiser
California, of Admiral Swinburne's
Pacific fleet, is expected at Suava.
Java island, today. Near Pago Pago
the cruiser lenncssce, in command of
Rear Admiral bebrec, and the de
stroyers Wasp, Whipple and Hopkins
will leave the fleet for a visit to Apia
for two days, in response to an invi
tation from the German authorities
there.
May Try to Save Aeon.
Washington. Sept. 23. The captain
of the American transport Solace.
which is to go from Samoa to rescue
the shipwrecked crew and passengers
of the British ship Aeon, has been
instructed by Secretary Metcalf to
make an inquiry regarding the possi
bility of saving the vessel.- This
course is taken at the request of the
nsurance underwriters in England
through their agent at Baltimore.
Gather for Tuberculosis Congress
Washington, Sept. 25. The dele
gates who are gathering here for the
international congress on tuberculo
sis, whose sessions begin on Monday
next, are taking great interest in the
exhibits which are open to the public
at the National museum. All day yes
terday there were demonstrations by
those in charge of the different state
exhibits. These were accompanied
by moving pictures and lectures.
Torpedo Practice Ended.
Washington, Sept. 22. The navy
department has ordered the "-torpedo
boats Goldsborough, Rowan, Fox and
Davis to hold target practice in
Drakes bay. near San Francisco. The
vessels will then proceed to San
Utego, arriving there not. later than
October 24, and then joining the Pa
cific fleet for a' cruise to the southward.
Cholern May Spoil Reception.
Washington. Sept. 25. Communica
tion between shore and the vessels of
Admiral SperryV fleet when they
reach Manila will be governed entire
ly by cholera situation. If it is be-.
Iteved that serious' danger of commu
nicating exists, shore leave for the
men will be prohibited.
Wright Still Improving.
Washington, Sept. 25. Orville
Wright, the acroplanist, who has been
at the Fort Mycr Hospital since the
aeroplane accident, in which he was
injured and- Lieutenant Selfridge
killed, continues to-improvc.
Approves Nowborg Bank Change.
Washington, Sept, 22. The con
troller Of the currency has approved
the conversion of the Bank of New
berg, Or., into the United States Na
tional Bank of Newberg, with $50,000
capita).
Now Postmaster at Enterprise.
Washington, Sept. 25. Ben Weth
er? has been appointed postmaster at
Enterprise, Or., to succeed W. T.
Bell, resigned. This is a presidential
office.
New Rural Carrier at Hood River
Washington, Sept. 25. William II.
Rajchew has been appointed regular.
Mary A. Raichew substitute, rural
carrier, route No. 3, at Hood River.
China Laying Up Trouble for Future,
Says Critic.
Shanghai, Sept. 21. A writer in the
North China Herald protests against
the ruin which is being allowed to
overtake the great triumph of engl
nccring, the Grand Canal of China
The government, he points out ,is al
lowing the canal to go to decay. The
Iow6r stretches have within the past
few months been allowed to become
the habitat of organized and aggres
sive river pirates, who fire into steam
launches and plunder passenger boats
and cargo boats indiscriminately. In
the upper regions of the canal there
is, on tlic other hand, a constant
shortage of water, or so much that it
cannot be utilized. A more perfect
provision by nature of vast natural
dams in the great lakes of southwest
Shantung and northern Kaingsu it
would be difficult to find anywhere,
but they arc cither unused or mis
used. The writer goes on to allude to the
silting-up of the erratic Yellow river,
which is now in many places as much
above the level of all the surrounding
country as the second story of a house
above the ground. Those who know
best, he says, predict another tre
mendous calamity from this source in
the not distant future. Then there
will be exclamations of surprise that
it did not come sooner, and howls for
funds for "relief." Millions of Chi
nese will be impoverished, hundreds
of thosands of them will be rendered
homeless, and tens of thousands of
them drowned and starved.
IOWA SYSTEM NOT LEGAL.
Federal Court Strikes at Evasion of
Prohibition Law.
Davenport, la., Sept. 21. According
to a decision rendered Saturday by
Judge Smith McPhcrson, of the
United States circuit court, the Iowa
mulct law system, under which sa
loons are now operating, is illegal.
Judge McPherson further declares the
Iowa mulct law is no license system
and that there has been no license
system in Iowa for the last quarter
of a century, and for that time there
has never been a lawful sale of liquor
as a, beverage within the state of
Iowa. He further holds that no per
son under any circumstances, can
lawfully sell liquor as a beverage in
Iowa. The decision was made in a
suit of the United Breweries. Com
panies of Chicago vs. the Civic Fed
eration of Davenport. The complain-
ants cnargca tne teaeration witn a
conspiracy, and sought to enjoin them
from abating property on which a sa
loon had been closed, Judge McPher
son denied the application for a writ
of injunction. Under the mulct law
Iowa saloonkeepers have been paying
$600 annually as a tax, with the un
derstanding that it legalized their sale
of intoxicating liquors and gave them
relief from the old prohibitionary law,
which is still on the statute books.
BIG GUNS ROAR IN PARIS.
CHINA IS STRICKEN
Cholera Epidemic In Cities Is
Killing Hundreds.
MORE CASES APPEAR IN MANILA
Rigid Inspection Discovers Many Con
cealed Cases Army Fighting
Disease In Philippines.
Sleep Almost Impossible to Citizens
During Military Maneuvers.
Paris, Sept, 21. Sleep in Paris has
been almost out of the question these
last nights, and Parisians and their
American and other foreign visitors
arc getting a very good idea of what
it feels like to be in a besieged city.
The French military maneuvers this
year are on a larger scale than ever
before, more than 100,000 men taking
part in them, and every effort has
been made to keep the conditions as
nearly as possible to those of actual
warfare. A supposed German army
is endeavoring to repeat vwhat the
Prussians did in 1870-71, while a
French army is defending the city
with bulldog-like tenacity.
1 his is why you'dnnk your absinthe
amidst the thunder of guns which
roar and belch fire from every fort in
the triple line of defenses which sur
rounds Paris like a wall of steel, and
fond though the French are of mili
tary display andthe smell of po.wder,
they begin to wish it was all over,
that they might eat and Sleep in peace.
Plan Present for Kaiser.
Berlin, Sept. 21. The rumors pre
vailing regarding the existence of
profitable diamond fields in German
Southwest and Southeast Africa are
about to receive confirmation. The
colonial secretary. Herr von Dern-
burg, will on his return from Africa
present the kaiser with a golden cas
ket full of rough diamonds from the
German colonies. The casket, which
has been manufactured by a Caoe
Town jeweler, is five inches long and
two inches wide. 1 he lid of the box
is inset with seven large diamonds,
Wolves Kill Little Girl.
Ely. Minn.. Sent. 21. The vounc
daughter of Peter Kobe, a home
steader living in the wild section
along the Little Fork river, northern
Minnesota, was attacked by a pack of
wolves while going on an errand to
a neighbor with her young brother
and was killed and partly devoured
The boy escaped, and, running home,
gave the alarm. The mother hastened
to the scene of the "tragedy and found
the horribly mutilated remains of her
child.
Heads Off Hill's Road.
Winnipeg, Sent. 21. By the pur
chase of the- Alberta Irrigation com
pany's line in South Alberta for $20,
000.000, the Canadian Pacific railroad
intends making the Crows Nest Pass
tlic wain luie to the Pacific coast t"
head off the Great Northern, which
road, it is said, has been trying to gel
control of this railway for years.
Washington, Sept. 22. Reports to
the public health service show that
cholera is' epidemic in Amoy and
Hankow, China, claiming at the latter
place 00 victims per day. The disease
is also prevalent at Shanghai, Su
chow, Nungchow, Ningpo and Nankin.
Governor" General Smith, of the
Philippines, sent the following dis
patch to rthc bureau of insular af
fairs under today's date:
"For the 24 hours beginning 8 A.
M. September 19, 43 cases of cholera:
on September 20, 59 cases. It is be
lieved increase was due to putting on
200 inspectors, who discovered hidden
cases. Cold rains also served to in
crease the number of cases. Have
whole police force of Manila now on
house-to-house canvass. Tomorrow
200 constabulary will be put to work,
if necessary. Increased inspection to
day and cold rains may result in large
nuniocr ot cases.
"At 6 P. M. today we had 35 cases."
Marine hospital service advices show
that during the past month cholera
has appeared in various provinces.
cases and deaths occurring in Santa
uaraoara, larov. fort of Ilouo. Baro-
taz and Dumangas.
Mail advices sav that the disease is
clearing up rapidly in the provinces
which were first affected. The cases
in the provinces affected later remain
about stationary.
KEEP CASTRO FOR LIFE.
President's Partisans Start Movement
to Prolong His Rule.
Caracas, via Willemstead. Curacoa.
Sept. 22. Partisans of President Cas-
trd in recent speeches have initiated
a movement to proclaim Castro pres
ident of Venezuela for life.
Baron Zieckendorff, German minis
ter, presented the answer of the Neth
erlands government to the last Ven
ezuelan note to Foreign Minister Paul,
three days ago. Yesterday the minis
ter took it to Valencia and delivered
it to President Castro, who is still
enjoying himself with banquets and
balls in the inland city. The con
tents of this last Dutch note are care
fully guarded, but there is good rea
son to believe that it is not an ulti
matum. Baron Zieckendorff, who has acted
diplomatically for the Netherlands
since the rupture with Venezuela, will
attempt to persuade President Castro
to yield sufficiently to avoid a con
flict, as Germany, it Is heir! here Hi.
sires that the Venezuelan status' quo
oe maintained.
FEARS OPEN REVOLT.
Monarchial Party in Portugal Storing
Arms in Convents.
Lisbon, Sept. 22. Insistent declara
tions that a revolutionary nnffirpnt- in
...
Portugal is impending continue to
make their appearance in the local
newspapers, and a new feature of
these reports is the statement that
the monarchial extremists, realizing;
that the Republicans are arming for a
revolt, are making ready for their de
fense by storing secretly large quan
tities of arms in the convents of Lis
bon, where the authorities dare not
penetrate.
The movement is said to be sup
ported actively by the clerical party.
One of the monarchial organs says
that 17,000 persons have enlisted for
the purpose of attacking and destroy
ing. the offices of the Republican
newspapers, and the Republicans de
clare if this is done they will retaliate
by starting a general riot and revolu
tion. City at Mercy of Disease.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 22. The chol
era continues to increase rapidly in
St. Petersburg. The efforts of the
authorities to stop the sale of liquor
between Saturday and Monday and
the other preventive measures taken
.have had but little if any effect in
checking the spread of the epidemic.
Between noon of Sunday and noon of
Monday the municipal hospitals re
ported 3,80 cases and 155 deaths, and
the addition of the statistics from the
military and suburban hospitals for
this same period will swell this total
to truly formidable proportions.
Open Grand Trunk Road.
Winnipeg, Man., Sept. ' 22. Alfred
W. Smithers. of London, vice-prest-dent
of the Grand Trunk railway, as
sisted by Charles M. Hays, president
of the Grand Trunk Pacific, yesterday
officially opened the Grand Trunk Pa
cific railway's third transcontinental,
railway across Canada, which is now
completed from Winnipeg to Battle
River, 000 miles, and is ready to
handle traffic that distance. The road
will be completed to Edmonton, a dis
tance of 1000 miles,
Fear Fuel Famine.
Reno, Nev.. Sept. 22. Fuel mer
chants throughout the state are pre
paring to lay in a supply of coal and
wood to prevent the possibility of a
fuel famine such as was experienced
last year. The Southern Pacific com
pany has sent out a warning.