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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL", PORTLAND, SATURDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY 9, 1807.' OIL CARRIER THE COAST, FOR Large Tank Steamer -Catania Leaves the Bay City v for Portland. CAME FROM PHILADELPHIA TO SAN DIEGO RECENTLY Demand for Fuel Oil la Increasing So Bapldly " Here That Mors Tank Steamers Have to Be Added Con- - tinually to tha Fleet. ' ; ' t The demand-for crude oil In this 'district la Increasing ao rapidly that new ateamere hara to- ba added con tlnually to the fleet bringing Use fuel hara from the walla The latest eraft ( be plaoed In commission carrying oil . , steamer CaUnta, whfoh left San Fran deeo for Portland thla morning. Nothing- waa ' known here of the Catanla'a coming until the dispatch of - her departure fruin the Bay City waa naaned over , the wlrea, and no - one IT. "in" to know much about her. The local agenta for the three respective oil companies deciaratbeyhaya re ceived no adrloea concerning the . ateamer. . The Catania la a large carrier, reg istering i.ias tona net. She came to 6 an Diego a few days ago from Phil adelphla and from there went to Ban Francisco to load oil for thla port. Ac cording to the marine records the J. . M. Guffey Petroleum company . owna ..J tha -craft She waa built In Glasgow -In. 1111. but. waa transferred to tha American Cag and Galveston la her , home port at present. Mot long ago tha Union OH company brought out tha largo two-funnel oil . carrier Santa Maria from the Atlantic coast to ply between thla port and San Francisco. She la In. the river, today discharging 40,000 barrels of oil The rapacity of the Santa Maria la 11,000 barrels and aha - la - tha -largest tank ateamer on the coast. - Other oil carry ing steamers eupplylng tha demand here are tha Asuncion? Maverick, Atlaa and Whlttler and tha barge Rhoderick Dhu. Even -wlth-thla-large -fleet-brlnglnaH cargoes ot oil as last as mey can maae -tha tripe, tha- aupply-hera-of tenruna low. .. ,. NEW VESSELS COMING French Bark and British Steamer An Chartered, r v Meyer, Wilson and oompany yesterday chartered tha French bark Vlnoennea to load general cargo at Glasgow for thla She will carry About 1. 100 tona. Tha Vlncennea la the first . vessel taken for Portland loading from Eng land for some time and thla la tha first charter of any kind reported for several daya Transactions have been few and far between of lata all along tha Pacific feast because of the peculiar" conditions that have existed. ' . Tha oar auortage naa preveniea -nip- para from bringing tneir wneat to. two- water and .without grain they have no naa for vessels. No new lumber char- . tera have been reported tor tha foreign trade during the paat week out of this port. ' Tha large British tramp ateamer Aga- nanthua will ba In the naroor tomorrow to load lumber, for tbo orient.. She waa reported outside tha Columbia reVer bar thla morning and la expected to cross In thla afternoon. . HERE TO LOAD pLOUR paiteee Steamer Kotohlra Blara Ar- rlvra at the Mllla. " Tha Japanese steamer Kotohlra Maru arrived In the harbor laat night from Japan.vla Salinas Crua Jn baaat.8ha will load wheat for a return cargo to the land of the mikado and-Is now at" the mllla of the Portland Flouring mllla preparing to receive the cargo. , It will meaaure about 1.100 tona. - The Kotohlra Mara brought -a large number of Japaneae . coollee from - Moyoran to Salinas Crua, where they - - will ba employed on tbo- rail road a It , was aTOUglj tr1p...eomlnf . acroag the Paetne and aome of the ooollee euf . fared eeverely. ; ' ,' ALONG THE WATERFRONT The steam schooner Northland ar rived from San- Franoiaoo today and berthed at tha foot of Couch atreet un til ahe can ba .taken to tha mills of In . man. Poulaen Co. to load, lumbar for a return cargo. , ' Tha Harrlman liner Columbia, Captain Derail, sells for San Francisco this evening. Included In her cargo are S6S aaoke of potatoes. : It la expected that the Regulator liner of steamers - will be able to reacb The Dallea Monday -without Interruption by '' lea ' The French bark Mlchelet will leave San Franclaoo soon for thls.port with a nart car so of cement. She reached the California port eeveral weeka ago from -a French ttara Emwe uamna eroae i the French bark Jaconsen, rrom r-ort- land for Europe, January 10, In latitude i north, longitude lie west ine jacoo aen reported all welL i " MARINE NOTES . 1 Astoria, Feb. t. Arrived at 7 and left up at !:( a. m, ateamer Roanoke, from Ban Pedro and way porta. Arrived down at T:40 and aalled at :! a. m., ateamer Charlea Nelson, for San Pedro. Balled at 1-tt a. m., French bark Bay ard, for United Kingdom for orders. Arrived at a. m., British steamer Agapnthua. from Comoa, British Co lumbia. Sailed at 1:10 a. m., French bark Neoml, for United Kingdom for orders. Arrived at t:S0 a. jn., ateamer J B. Stetson, from San Fraactseo. Sail4 at :" " 0rman ateamer Aragonla, for Hongkong and way porta. Ban Francisco, Feb. Arrived, ' steamer J oh an Poalsen, from Portland. Sailed, barkentlne- Makawell, for Co lumbia river. Sailed yesterday, achoon ars Marconi and Zampa, for Columbia river, and steamers Catania,. Aurella and Soutlr Bay, for Portland. -I Astoria. Feb. . Cap. line down. Beneficial to elderly people who suffer from dryness of mouth and throat, a boms amy. 0 0 THAW'S WILL GOOD-PROOF (Continued front Page On,) . cava a awlft glance at her husbands haggard face and walked alowly to the wltnesa chair, taking a seat before an even mora densely packed crowd than naa looked upon her the day before. She had been accompanied to the court room by Mrs. J. J.. Calne, her former chaperon,' who. It la elated, is to ba a witnesa in me case. . . Manner X.eao Oalm. Hep manner yesterday waa a trifle less eaim man on- the previous day, dui sir xaoe naa glow on It that add- ed to lta beauty. She waa not ao ohalk white and the linea beneath her eyea were less noticeable. Her large 'eyea were clear ana luminous, and aha looked Dotn Jerome and Delmaa aquarely In tha faoe when aha spoke to them. There was nothing of bored nees or hardness In her glances. . Her face waa quite Impassive, save for tha movement of ner rea lips as ahe spoke. There waa a auggeatlon of tremulouaneea about tha under Hp aa ahe leaned forward In her chair to hear and answer queetlona put to her. She wore the aame girlish hat of deep blue velvet, that hung over her face. . Tha same blua violets crowned Its top. The Fauntlerov linen collar, the Wlndaor tie and the simple gown ox oiue, an were me same. While the altorneya were croBB-wgmTTiTfnrher. Mrs. .Thaw gased straight at her hus band, whose eyea never left her face. Cheered by Thaw's Letter. It la stated at-th-Tombe thatThr wnen awakened In tha morning, aald ha would rather have gone to the eleo tiio chair than that Evelyn ehould have told tha overpowering story of her ruin. When he got to court,- however, hla feelings bad become eomewhat assuaged and ha aought to eraile at frlanda with whom ho exchanged bows. ' It la not difficult to see that the young wife, while aha bore hereelf well, waa subject to . emotion as other women. While tha letters which Thaw had written concerning her . were being read, with their tender phrases i and words of endearment emphasised by Delmaa, Mra Thaw displayed a tremu louaneea which ahowed that her nervea had auf fared. Crimson flushea played on her cheeks and mounted under the two' little curia parted on her forehead. Her answers war firmly .spoken, but aha continually worked together tha flngera of bar hands and picked at her glovea. All tha- lettera of Thaw to Evelyn breathed a sincerity of affection and dpth of sentiment that few had ever supposed thla wealthy, rollicking young man poaarsseq . . To Kim Only Sinaed Against, -.Time and again he. endeavored to Im press upon her thai he held, tha highest respect for her. disregarding the shame White had brought upon her. Evan reverence for tha beautiful child who had been-sullied Was breathed In- all of these missives. - ' Aa the tale of hla own affection waa unfolded and tha remembrance of how ha had endeavored to uplift her and gave her came back' upon him. Thaw seemed to gain courage and energy, and when ha left tha courtroom at tha midday re cess hia head waa held higher, hla eyea naa lees or me strained look and even hla walk : Indicated - mora hopefulness ana reliance , , mere were . times during tha pro- ceeainga wnen ueimas and Jerome re- Meved tn, ten,!on by T.riea eh.. , of bptht n,,. T- To decloher some of Tbawe missives, la whleh tha writ ing waa cramped and words were mis spelled, a powerful reading glaaa had Deen obtained. .. Thaw's Algebrala Formnta. Thaw waa addicted to outtlne- alaa- bralo formulae In hla lettera, and Del-, mmm smiungiy coniessea tnat It waa many years since he studied mathemat ics at Banta Clara college, while Jerome also acknowledged that ha waa not very well up on algebra. " Delmaa made a hit when. In response to Jerome's objection to admitting as testimony "the gossip of tha Tender loin," he aald. Impressively: Is have heard from the llpe of tha district attorney the words, Tha gos sip of tha Tenderloin. Whatever tech. nlcal meaning may b attached to those fc . - , " T Z :..,-LZ'": ,r ramlllar with; f aurely am HOC F presume, from the tone of voice In whtch It la altered, that it la the goeelp of some disreputa ble district In thla city. Now, I aseure your honor that there la no desire on our part to go Into thla matter. If It la necessary to go Into It, any more than la abaolutely necessary. " i ... Peimaa Capture Delmaa power continues to surprise people here, and the newspapers com ment on tha fluency and perfection of hla sentences. Tha World devotee an editorial to him, explaining how It cornea about that thla so-called "coun try lawyer has been "able to come to tha metropolis of the country and atep at once Into the leadership of lta bar. Delmaa haa shown remarkable skill In tha success In gettipg into the record testimony which Jerome strlvea to keep out. Under tha gulsa of repeating what ahe told Harry Thaw at different times, Evelyn Neablt Thaw haa been permitted to reel off fathoms of testimony that otherwise -would- havo ne weight 14 couri,i.even ir permitted to ba Intro duced. Thla testimony Is allowed on the ground that It la a repetition of what .aha aald to Thaw at different times. There were timea during tha long examination that there aeemed behind the child wife tha dark ahadow of that other, J 1 fa From those prettily, curved 1. tips xeit sucn expressions aa "shyster," "tough" and "dirty blackguard." which, while they purported to be quotatlona from tha words of others, were uttered with a facility and evident aeat that beapoka her not a atranger'to a most unangello vocabulary. Ostensibly quot ing her mother, aha referred to "Jack Barry more, the actor, aa "a little pup." Try aa ha might to, yield to the begutl Ing of that plaintively Innocent face, unllned, even yet, by any marks of wo- manly character, the listener could not wholly" banish tha thought that at feast a coryphee had been given a "speaking pert- and waa making tha beat of lt A chorus girl waa, for the time, leading lady. To her all had yielded tha center of the stage. The ejpotllght ahono full upon her ahapaly. bead and violet eyea. Those whom aha loved' aha defended with loyal lova - Those for whom aome grudge waa cherished were not spared. Her testimony and the lettera Delmaa succeeded In getting Into the record ahowed that White followed her In a vain attempt to win her back, both be fore and after her marriage to Thaw. Sha will canttnua her etory Monday. Thaw As a Wltaeea. . ' Delmaa la reported to have today In slated that Thaw take tha ataad In hla own defense. - It haa practically been decided that tha defendant shall tell bis own etory Ilia anticipated atory of mental tor tures, his sufferings from the realisa tion of his wife's persecutions without hla ability to right them and his visions of a pure soul blsrkened by a eon ctencnleaa envoy of Satan are expected to surpass In dramatic Interest even Evelyn Thaw'e tale of her ruin. . ' After you had gone to the driven an ambulance '. i- .. i aw - ' i r. nnQ x t i - iri T-Ja-i. "v irim' ,L' r III! St'lwfTtTW.W"rl,' MM ... . -a- ' - And you had stood guardVto protect life and property a. ' , TI your services were appreciated as above? - WOULDN'T IT REFRIGERATE -YOU V EKBLISH FIRf.l HAY BUILD CREHATOBY HEBE Manchester Agent Addresses , Joint Conference on the Garbage Problem. A joint, meeting of tha council com mittees on waya and meana and health and police and tha health board waa to have been held last night to discuss tha crematory question, but only three members of the three bodies reached in. J . J Iiwi.i . iv wn.v. - v m.i . V I fr 1 1 fTfc mm .m.i IWCWIm. c. Pohl of tn health board and Conn. cllmen Beldlnar and Shepherd of the health and police committee. An In formal meeting waa held and H. Nor man iMtik, a crematory expert from Manchester, England, epok briefly about crematories. Mr. Leaak ta a director of the Brm of Heenan Froude. contracting engt neeTsrfur creuuetorlee and i ef use planta He came to Portland from Seattle to look Into tha crematory project and If It : should - ba decided to build a new slant hla com Dan v will submit a bid. Aa a majority of the committees and tha board were not present no action waa taken. FOR - DEEP. CHANNEL (Continued from Page Ona) ba state funds. Between Celllo and the Snake there are 1 distinct rapids, be sides boulders In the channel. It lathe plan of the government to blaet the ledgea of" rock and the bouldera and remove them through a channel of Suf ficient width to accommodate large steamers and bargee. . - bnM. 1m Wave nota. Ha aald-. thla- would make -Available the natural depth of tha river, which waa better than trying to get four feet clear through at extreme water at thla lima. He aald that the Umatilla rapids were the wont, With theaa cleared there would be fairly good navigation for the best part of the year. He esti mated that It would coat about 1490,00a to make a clear channel to Wena tehee. If tha whole aura to be provided by tha government la uaed at " Umatilla rapids. It will provide 150,000 for a ateamer drill bargea and plant and leave 160,000 to carry on the work for a while. The atate of Washington could well apend $120,000 on thla pro ject and for tha Improvement at Five Mile raplda. t traaka la Fair Shape. - With the work already done on the Snake river that stream haa beep placed in fairly .good, condition, about half the distance from Lewleton to Rl parla. and the new rivers snd harbors bill provides $10.000-tor keeping the channel open between those two points, But not a dollar baa been provided for tha stretoh of river from Rlparla to the mouth. Tbla la tha worat part of tha channel. To clear It would coat $300.000. .. Thla la properly Idaho's share of the cooperative scheme. Ow ing ta the blockades on the O. R. N. main Una, the Idaho representatives did not reach the meeting. The following telegram waa received from President John O. Bender of the Lewlston Com mercial club: "Legislative Interstate Conference Committee; Portland:' Obstructed- traf fic Is reopnrilMa for absence ot our delegation. We are for ao open river , - . .; ' : ' ' ' WOULDN'T IT MARE YOU MAD? rescue of the earthquake sufferers and from tha head of navigation to the sea, with deep water on the bar. We are in thia fight to atay. Our people look forward to .thla aa the ona thing that will settle tha transportation question for' all time to coma." Teal Advises Cooperation. J. N. Teal, In a short talk On tha up- river situation, strongly advlaed the Washington delegation to Cooperate In river Improverfienta. He eatlmated that alnoa tha construction of tha Cascade locks the people of Klickitat and Wasco countiea and tributary country had betti saved $7,000,000 In freight charges. He belleved-that If Umatilla and Five Mile raplda were cleared It would do more good than anything also at thla tlma Steamera of the Open River association operated all laat season on tha upper river but their beat boat could not go far enough." - He waa emphatlo In the view that there should bo no lime lost ea account or minor airrcronooa or opin Ion as to coat of the Improvement. The money to bo aaved each year by the vaat movement of traf ffc at lower rates to be gained by water transportation would much mora than- recompense the government, the states and tha people for any reasonable expenaa of opening the rlvera. me Prepared. . Two bills bave been prepared, ona by tha Walla Walla Commercial club and another by legislators cooperating with Congressman Jones, to secure an ap propriation from tha Washington legis lature to aid In Improving the upper Columbia. Representative Rhodea ex plained tha compromise bill, which cuta out an expensive commission and en gineer' with large salaries, and pi vldes that the money shall be turned over to tha federal government to be expended by the United .States engineer. Judge God no an spoke on the benefits that eastern Washington will derive 1 from. an open river,. -and aald the aentt- ment of .aa Washington legislature la favorable to a good appropriation for tha work. Remarks were made by Sen ator Stevenson In a similar vein. Sena tor Preaby aald the trouble in getting any assistance from the Washington legislature for Improving tha Colum bia river arises from- the fact that the at&te'a commercial me tropollaia not located aij Vancouver. . .. - What Oaaal Would So. ' W. P. Connaway remarked that It would bain 10 years. He aald that In view of the facta learned today, and that In a single month $2,000 sacka of wheat coma over the portage road, ti. 000 aacka of which were from the Washington side. It behoevea Washing ton to get In and do something toward opening the Columbia river. The-way to do It la to do it now. H. M. Cake told of the work done and money apent by the Port of Portland, amounting to $1,160,000, of which more than half haa been for tha Columbia river. Senator Smith atated that the Oregon legislature haa appropriated in all about $300,000 for Columbia river and portage road Improvements, and la about to apend $40,000 more to extend the road to The Dallea. The conference adjourned to $ o'clock p. m. The visitors were en tertained at luncheon at the Commer cial club. SEVEN DEAD TAKEN FROM BURNED MINE , (Journal gptwial Serrtee.) Wltkeebarre, Pa., Feb. t. Seven dead mlnera, were taken from the Wanamle colliery of the Lehigh and Wllkeebarre Coal company at $ o'clock thla morning, burning timbers having fallen on them. Ona other la believed, to be dead. - Schilling's Beet Is like California gold, you can get your money for It whenever you want It And you had worked hard bracing up the house' ' ! CASCADE COMITY TURNS IIP ITS TOES Bill to Bite a Chunk Off Wasco Killed in Com mittee Room. of Cascade county will not ba : formed from Waaco county by the present leg islature. The bill creating the county waa killed In the aenata yeaterday aft ernoon through tin adverse report of the committee. Senator Smith of Ma rlonchamp!oned the csnss of the Itood River people who wanted V county ftf their own. He aald that tha proposed new county had a population of $.000. a tax roll of more than $1,600,000, and should ba given their own county gov ernment If ther wanted it. Senator Whealdon had appeared be fore the committee the night before, aald Miller, and spoke agatnet the cre ation of the new county. Whealdon had aald Wasco county did not want to lose territory aought to be cut off, because It waa the richest part of tha cbunty, . "The people who want thla county are not repreaented here, and they should ba given a fair chance, aald Miller. Senator Whealdon resented tha atate ment of Miller that tha Hood River peo ple were not repreaented. and aald his only regret was that they were not bet ter represented. Whealdon , voted to kill the bill. WILL FIGHT COMMISSION (Continued from Page One.) governor tha contlnuoua appointing power. 'You are a majority of tha house committee," Davey la reported to have aald. "Oppose anything except appoint ment by tha board of election and ac cept no compromises. If you do this I w11t"trtanit'bark of your report In Ilia house and If you don't I will fight the bill on the floor of the bouse." BUI Before Sea ate Tuesday. The railroad commission bill will be voted on by the senate Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock. Despite the bolt of the housa railroad committee from tha ma Jority report of the Joint committee through tha efforts of Speaker Davey, tha aenata committee agreed on a re port on the Chaptn railroad commission bill and submitted It to the senate yes terday afternoon. There waa no mi nority report of tha aenata committee. It was recommended that the pin be paased with aome amendments. The governor la to appoint the members of the commission temporarily. One com missioner Is to be elected In 1008. and tha remaining two in 110. Another amendment makes It the duty of the commission to Inspect the roadbeds and equipment of tha railroads. All Senators Will Ba Freaeat. Numerous other amandmenta were) reported by the committee, but all re lated to changes in phraseology aua btzb n.ox ran movbtaxbsv Ballard's Snow Liniment la praised for the gooj It does. A sure cure for Rheu matism and all pains.- Wright W. Lov ing, fersnd Junction. Colo., writes: "I used Ballard's Know Liniment last win ter for Hhcumatlsm and ran recom mend It as the best Liniment on the market. I thought, at the time I wns "cen down With tnis trouble... tnat It would be a week before I could get bout, but on epplylna your l.tnlment several -tlmae durlhg the night 1 -wee about In 4S hours and well In i three daya. Sold by all druggists. . . : - ; V ': - . - I geated to make tha meaning of tha bill mora certain. Tha aenata adopted all tha amandmenta to tha bill recommend ed by the committee. Soma of the friends of the bill tried to bring It up for final paaaage In tha aenata yester day afternoon, .but there waa barely a quorum preeent, and it waa decided not. to make the attempt on tha floor until all tha aenatora were present. Senator Bingham moved for tha sus pension of the rules to hear tha report of tha railroad committee. The com mlttee reported on tha Bingham com mission bill, known as aenata bill 12S. which la Identical with tha Chapln bill aa introduced In tha house. After the adoption 'of tha report and the amend- menta recommended by tha committee. Senator Bingham moved to mske the consideration of tha commission bill a special order In tha aanata for Tueaday forenoon, This motion waa carried by unanimous vote. BEGINS REVOLT AGAINST VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT rJearaal Special Bervlee.l New York, Feb. t. Judging by a cipher cablegram received by"NIoanor Bolet, local representative of Genera! Antonio Paredea. tha long-planned In surrection of - Paredea - against - Presi dent Castro of Veneauela haa begun. A cable from the revolutionary, agent at Port of Spain, Trinidad, contained one word. "Aatgne," Which, In tha olpber code, meana "Antonio haa landed at Pedernalea." ' Paredea haa $.000 rtflee and 1.000,000 cartridges and funds. Tha revolution ists also have two ateamera to carry the fighting to aea If neceasary. Preparatlone for tha uprising were meda In New .York by tha general him self. CANBY WILL EMPLOY A NIGHT WATCHMAN (Upeelal Dlspatek t The JearnsL) Canby, Or.. Feb. . -Aa Canby haa Buffered from numeroua email burglar- lea -during- the -laat - few months,- tha latest being tbo - robbery of Kochers hardware store a few nights ago, there ia talk of putting a night watchman on duty, tha expenaa to be borne partly by the buslnesa men and tha balance by the city. It la considered necessary that something of thla kind be dona before the spring crop of hoboes put In an ap pearance. The resldenta declare tha town la large enough to afford a watch man and shall have one. NO WAR TALK HEARD IN JAPAN'S CAPITAL (JoifVaal Ipeeltl Sen-tee.) v Toklo, Feb. . - The . undercurrent of sentiment among tha Japaneae people ta contempt for that section of the American press that la printing sensa tional war talk.. The Japanese people undoubtedly trust President Roosevelt. Any likelihood of a popular demand be ing made upon tha mikado for open war la not apparent. BELIEVES IN CALLING COURT AT EARLY HOUR (Joaraal Bperlal gerrlee.) Chicago. Feb. . Judge klerwet called court at the uniquely early hour of o'clock this morning and 1$ mlnutee later slaned a divorce decree separating ura Curtis from C'herlcs Curtis, who. It waa alleicm!, had used nor head for punching ba. The Ju'lga rays there 111 ba no inure 10 ocluik oponliig of hla court. SHEEPHEROER FAILS TO lu!:.:HSE WEALTH Summoned From Dillon, Mon- tana, to Spend Hundred - . Thousand a Year. (Joerari hwtal gerrfe.,) Dillon, Mont., Feb. S. Charlea Bar ron, who haa been a sheepherder, eow puncher, ranch hand and miner In the vicinity of Dillon for. the paat four years, has received a letter from Eng land stating that he haa fallen heir; to peerage and a fortune that will yield -him an annual Income of mora than $100,000. - Inclosed ta tha letter waa a check for $600 to pay his expenses to New York City, where he will be met by eoun aellora from England and matters will ' be so arranged that ha will coma Into ' poa session of hla wealth at once. Barron waa born In Easex, England. Thirty years ago he came to America. Hla grandfather. Sis Charlea Barron Caulkln, recently died In England at the age of $4. leaving hlg entire fortune to hla grandson. . WOMEN ACCUSED OF BALLOT BOX STUFFIHB . Members of Women's Clubs Ac cused of-Votfng-f or Prettily-" C Gowned Candidates. (learaal "Special Bertlce.) New York, Feb. S. With chargea of ballot box stuffing, and with appeals to vote for thla woman or that because sha wore euch pretty clothes, the an nual election of officers of tha New York City Federation of Women'a cluba took plaoe at the Hotel Astor. A aug gestlon whtch waa made that aoma philanthropic woman Ilka Mra. Clarence Mackay open her home for a meeting of working glrla and t bote-employee would ordinarily hav aroused enthusi asm among tha 260 women present, had It n6t been that one woman eauaed a storm by trying to stuff the boa with a dosen or-mora ballots when the "vote for president was being cast. . A second ballot waa ordered and. after an all-day count; It waa found that Mlsa Mary Hay waa tha only can didate on the . ticket who - had - heen lected, ahe becoming third vice- president. ' . MORE THAN NOBILITY (Continued from Page One.-)" type of the Anglo-American glrL- Her twin alster waa married last November to Mr. John Ford, In tha British diplo matic service. Mr. Walter Burns, the bridegroom, la- well known aoclally and In the world ot finance. Aa a nephew of J. p. Morgan . and head of the London branch of the Morgan banking bouse he haa been a conspicuous figure In the business world for some years. Hla present marriage ta hla second matrlmonlnl venture. When a .very .young roan ha contracted .X' marriage with a Mra. Wade, once an actress, a beautiful and familiar figure -In London, Parla and Monte Carlo. Mr. Burns divorced her and aha did not de fend the ault. If-fa Bt-mlfloant, of the extent to which wealth In popular estimation now " outweighs lineage that an English Jour nal should say, "he la nobody In par ticular, but hla American wife haa lota of money, la a great favorite of hia majesty and ona of the brightest. wo men In aoclety." , Tha "American wife" waa before her . marriage Mlsa Elisabeth Livingston of Btaatsburg, New York, and a alster of Mra Ogden Mllla The Livingstons are blue-blooded, too, according to the American standards, which doesn't count for much here. But their money does, ao It doesn't matter. . Burns resides permanently la London - , and la cloaely associated with J. Pier pont Morgan. He la ao rich that no- b6dy aver bothers -abont-hla ancestry. Hla alster la married to Lewla Vernon llareourt, a eon of that doughty perils- mentary warrior, tha lata Sir Vernon Harcourt. vu a area Oatch. The family started In England, with William tha Conqueror. He haa Inher ited brains aa well aa lineage, and aa , one of tha moat brilliant Liberal mem- . berg of parliament of whom great things are predicted, ba ta quite "somebody in . -particular." Walter Bums haa long been regarded aa a great catch and hla engagement dashed tha hopes of many ariatoeraUo, British matrons who eeldora get a chance to angle for a rich American aon-ln-law. Tha marriage settlements have been drawn up and the future bride receives a Jointure of Sl.0OO.00 and a handsome house la aiietoereMo -Oroevenor atreet aa her own for life. To her. aa well aa to him that hath, ahall bo given, and In wedding preeenta aha will receive another fortune. MARCONI-DENIES -TALKING WITH DEPARTED SPIRITS (ftpeelel IHeeeteY to Tie JnenwlV " London, Feb. . Slgnor, Marconi, writing from his retreat In ' Dorset in relation to Princess DAntunl's sugges tions concerning Interplanetary com- mnnlcatlona. ea1 I know nothing whatever about the aubject. It la not one on which I feel myself competent to apeak, and I do not desire to embark on wild hypo theses. The atern reality of my busi ness permits ma neither time nor am bition to study a claea of phenomena which requlrea thst the student of It be nourished by tha faculty of Imagi nation." ' ' Princess DAntunl recently declared aha had splrltuaimtle ravelatlona allow ing that tha Inhabitants of Mara were seeking to communicate with tha earth. MAY DOUBLE TRACK ' GREAT NORTHERN ROAD ' tJoersal Special Service New York, reb, . Tha Wail Street Journal today statea: Maraeo J. 11111 aald It la an pn queetlon with him whether to doiihie trark the Great Northern or build a new railroad. Mr. Hill's) propensity for biasing the way through a new country with a locomotive headlight la pretty well known, and It would not be sur prising If this Is the ro'irse he i I follow now la relieving the or'.,r on the Oreat Northern rllnr. "Thla does not nece . a new tranxcontlnn.t i built from Kt. l'.na i but the de 1 tiiil' i" thing. The i-l-i very lnmly in '. ' buKlnis la t 1 ' t ; : y
