EVENTS OF THE DAY
CASTRO IS DEPORTED.
French Government Refuses Him Asy
lum in Martinique.
Fort De France, April 12. Cipriano
NPWTO ItPm fiatllPrPll from All Castro, ex-president of Venezuela, was
NBWSy IIBH15 UflllldlCU HUM All expeUed Saturday from the island of
Parts of tne world.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER
Less Important but Not Less Inter
esting Happenings from Points
Outside the State.
Martinique by the French government,
He protested to the last against his ex
pulsion, but his protests were in va,in.
He is now on board the French line
steamship Versailles, bound for St.
Nazaire.
Official notice was served on Castro
of the decision of thej French govern
ment that he must leave the island
within nine hours from the receipt of
such notice, and that the commissary
of police at Fort de France had been
charged with the execution of the order.
The ex-president railed against the
A. C. Swinburne, the poet, is aeaa. French government and the local au
xi. rora have thorities, denouncing them for forcing
Many anuirnuii-o i t" i :., f ,).,,.tt; .
.,;h for ft Btrike. upuniii.il " n-j.'" "' .
i"5i""v" imnrisonment for six months. He ae
Holland is eagerly awaiting the birth cared tnat he would not budge and
of an heir to the throne. that it would be necessary to take him
oi,.no consumed on board the steamer on a stretcher,
This the commissary 01 ponce, wno
fmallir ontororl C.rintrn'n rnnm with an
Tha nrmv tranSDOrt DlX 18 en rOUte ,. n,lD.-,0 nrongrwl tn rfn
w j , . . i cniuik vi Kuiuniiiivo.
to Seattle with exhibits from the rnn- faut Caat,ro8 iawyer took steps to find
ippines for the fair. tne cnjef justice, andat the very last
T.iilov nf Connecticut, is moment the governor and public prose-
dangerously sick and little hope is held cutor decided to have another medical
New York City
about 25,000,000 eggs Easter.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
NEW PROJECTS FOR OREGON
out for his recovery.
Indictments against
Haskell and
other prominent Oklahomans for land
frauds have been dismissea.
r.aatm'e wife will attempt to have
Gomez resign as president of Venezue
la and place the dictator again in pow
er.
Ficrures eathered by the bureau of
statistics show that marriages are fall
inor off and divorces increasing in In
diana.
For the first time since the Spanish
war the United States army is up to its
full strength and recruiting has stopped
except to re-enlist men.
A special train was used by a large
Eastern firm to carry bonds from San
Francisco to New York. This method
was cheaper than paying express.
Roosevelt has arrived at Port Said,
Emma Goldman will fight any effort
to deport her.
Eleven jurors have been finally ac
cepted in the Calhoun case.
Experiments are being conducted at
New York with wireless telephones,
Fifteen automobiles were destroyed
in a fire which burned a Chicago
garage.
Revenue officers engaged in a pitch
ed battle with moonshiners in West
Virginia.
Preparations are nearly complete for
the Harriman merger suit at Salt
Lake, when the government will try to
break the combine said to exist.
Two men were burned to death and
three others seriously injured by an
explosion of oil tanks at Point Rich'
mond, Cal. The damage will reach
$50,000.
The defense has closed its argument
in the case to dissolve the Standard
Oil company. After the government
finishes the court will take the case
under advisement and a decision is not
looked for before fall.
examination made.
Accordingly a medical commission
composed of Drs. Bouvier, Costet and
Barbe, proceeded to the examination in
order to establish definitely if Castro's
health were such that he could make
the voyage.
The consultation of the physicians
lasted more than half an hour, and they
agreed that the life of the ex-president
would not be jeopardized by his remov
al to the steamer and the return voyage
across the ocean.
ADOPT HARRIMAN PLAN.
New York Hospitals Will Buy Their
Supplies Through Bureau.
New York, April 12. Acting upon
the suggestion of W. V. S. Thome,
purchasing agent of the Union Pacific,
Southern Pacific and other Harriman
lines, the 45 hospitals of New York
holding membership in the hospital
conference are to be brought under a
central supply purchasing department,
which will buy all the drugs, foods,
furnishings, fuel and instruments not
furnished individually by each of the
45 institutions.
The proposal to apply Harriman
methods to the purchasing departments
of the hospitas in question was made
by Mr. Thome at a meeting of the con
ference held here at the Academy of
Medicine.
Mr. Thome showed thpt in $1,688,-
647 spent for supplies last year by the
45 institutions a saving of $161,318
could be effected at a cost of $24,000
This $24,000 .would be used for the
maintenance of a central purchasing
department, in charge of a head buyer
at a salary of $7,500 a year, and with
a staff of clerks and and office of its
own.
Reclamation Service Makes Three Fil
ings in Eastern Oregon.
Salem More irrigation projects are
in , view for Eastern Oregon. The
United States reclamation service has
made three important filings on Eastern
Oregon streams within the past few
days. The filings were made on the
Umatilla, Owyhee and Malheur rivers
and are on record in the office of the
state engineer.
At this time the filings are not defi
nite enough to admit of any enlarge
ment upon the proposed projects that
the United States government expects
to make. The filings must be approved
and several months will be consumed
before anything of a definite nature can
result from them.
The topographical surveys that have
been made in Eastern Oregon are the
most valuable means whereby feasible
reclamation projects are discovered,
At the last session of the legislature an
attempt was made to increase the" ap
propriation from $5,000 to $20,000 an
nually for making these surveys. ' The
bill passed the house but failed to pass
the senate.
The bill failed mainly because the
Eastern Oregon senators opposed it,
those representing the section to be
most benefited by the appropriation.
Consequently, the irrigation projects
must come more slowly. For every
dollar the state appropriates for the
topographical surveys the United States
appropriates another dollar. Had the
bill that was piloted through the house
by Representative Rusk passed the sen
ate $40,000 a year would have been
available.
The state engineer has gone to Wy
oming to study the workings of the
water code of that state, which was the
model from which was formed Oregon's
new code. Mr. Lewis expects to be
absent about 10 days or two weeks.
REVOLUTION THREATENED.
France is Hotbod ot Discontent o
Part of Laboring Class.
Paris, April 12. "You will see the
streets of Paris running with blood
'pro lone." nnlemnlv nrohnesied a lead
further earthquake snocKS are Deing m(f loyalist today.
Royalists are inclined to exaggerate
the seriousness of conditions in the
French capital, but it certainly is true
that not since the days of General Boa
lunger has revolution been so openly
and so freely talked of as it is today
felt at Messina,
A large gray wolf has been captured
in a Chicago suburb.
An Erie. Pa., millionaire has been'
asked to give up $5,000 or suffer death,
Reports that the relief work at Mes- The outlook would bo more alarming,
sina is a farce continue to find theur
way out.
All West Indian colonies have been
closed against Castro and France will
expel him from Martinique.
A 6-year old South Carolina boy shot union.
his 3-year old brother and is said to hearts
have attempted to hide the body.
A Columbus, O., official has received
a "Black Hand" warning against issu
ing marriage licenses to blacks and
whites.
Someone put a $10,000 bill in the
collection plate of a Washington, D.
C, church and the deacons are looking
for the donor, feeling sure that it was
a mistake.
however, if the revolutionists knew
just what they want, or whom they
should chooBe fur a leader. In the
eyes of tho public the head and front
of the present agitation is "Citizen
Pataud," chief of the electricians
His name sends fear into
of the Bourgeois shopkeeper
and other employers
"Premier Clemenceau and others pre
tend to smile at the great success of
their meeting in the hippodrome," said
Pataud today, in discussing the situa
tion, "but they will laugh out of the
wrong corner of their mouths if they
Immigration authorities have found
that the husband of Emma Goldman
obtained his naturalization by fraud.
This makes the noted anarchist an
alien and Bhe may be deported.
Robbers held up an Ogden, Utah,
gambling and secured $1,600.
The New York legislature has turned
down a direct primary measure.
Anthracite miners and operators have
split on recognition of the union.
Prairie wolves killed the 10-year old
son of a Kingman, Kansas, farmer
Two Ohio autotsta plunged into the
Miami river with their car rather than
run down a little girl.
think this movement is not serious,
This isn't the end. The dance is just
about to begin ; the orchestra is merely
tuning up."
Strikers Wreck Factories.
Meru, France, April 12. The strike
of the buttonmakers of Meru has en
tered upon a critical phase. All the
departmental authorities are hurrying
here and reinforcements of cavalry and
gendarmes are coming by every tram
Many arrests have been made. Nego
tiations hav been futile and disorders
broke out last night that recalled the
revolution. Agitators came down from
Paris and harangued the mob, which
stormed and wrecked four button fac
tories and practically destroyed the
residences of the employers.
Night Riders Break Out
Nashville, Tenn., April 12. Night
rider depredations in the Humphreys
county peanut growing industry have
caused the authorities to appeal to Gov
ernor Patterson for military protection
M. Lwolakv. Russian fore hzn m n a- lonight a lormai request was made,
tr. hu tendered his resiimation. as he An attempt to uocrate certain prison
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ersainaveny unuer uiuicimeni lor
nightriding outrages is feared. One
Passengers from the wrecked steam
r Indiana have arrived at San Fran
cisco on board a warship.
is not in accord with the czar.
Ex-Queen Liliuokalani, of
Hawaii,
must pay her doctors $11,600, accord-
ins to the Supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Confederate veterans in the Florida
legislature warmly defended a resolu
tion to make Lincoln's birthday a holi
day when other members moved to ta
ble the proposition.
Esther Mitchell, central figure in the
" Hoi v Roller" murders at Seattle in
1906, ha been released from the asyl
um on parole.
of the offenses was the whipping of
justice of the peace so mercilessly that
he begged that he be killed.
Ask Denmark to Bar Castro.
Copenhagen, April 12. The United
States has approached Denmark in the
matter of forbidding Cipriano Castro
to remain in the Danish West Indian
island of St. Thomas in case the for
mer president of Venezuela should pro
ceed there from Martinique. A dot!
nite answer is expected tomorrow.
GALE CAUSES LOSS.
LOADS MUST BE HEAVY.
Some Absurd Blunders in New Ore
gon Road Law.
Salem Among the quaint and curi
ous blunders of the recent session of
the Oregon legislature was the passage
of a bill making it unlawful to drive a
wagon on any improved road west of
the Cascade range, weighing with its
burden less than 2, 500 pounds. The
bill is house bill No. 81, and is design
ed to protect the roads from the result
of overloading narrow-tire wagons.
The bill was referred to the house
committee on roads and highways and
by them amended and jumbled up.
Section 2 gives county courts authority
to regulate the weight of all loads of
various commodities, between the first
day of October and the first day of May
of each year.. Section 3 was amended
to read, in referring to the weight of
loads that may be hauled :
"And the maximum weight thereof
shall not be made less than 2,500
pounds nor more than 3,000 pounds for
any vehicle having tires of any width
less than four inches, nor less that 3,-
500 pounds nor more than 4,500 pounds
for any vehicle having tires of more
than four inches and less than six inch'
es in width, nor, less than 4,500 pounds
for any vehicle having tires of six
inches or more in width," etc.
The bill is intended to apply to coun
ties wholly or in part west of the Cas
cade range.
Any violation may be punished by
county courts for contempt of court.
Will
Severe Wind Storm Passes Over At
lantic Coast States.
Rnntan. Anril 9. Mnvintr Eastward
with increasing velocity, the storm ffanCB TfillS
which has done so much damage in tne
Central and Lake states today swept
over New England, and a tale of woe
has poured into this city from shipping
interests as a result. The gale has
varied in velocity from 50 to over 92
miles an hour, and shipping up and
down the coast has sought shelter.
From off the Rhode island coast it is
reported that three barges with their
crews have been blown out to sea, and
staunch ocean-going tugs have started
to their .relief. On the treacherous
sands off Cape Cod a sloop is reported
ashore, and from Vineyard Haven it
is reported that many vessels have put
in there in a disabled condition.
In the path swept by the storm
wires are just being restored to work'
ing order, and tales of loss of life and
suffering are rapidly coming in.
Throughout Eastern Canada the gale
was particularly severe, and from On
tario it is reported that many houses
were unrooted. - A schooinouse at
Guelph was demolished and many per
sons injured.
In Rochester, N. Y., the gale ac
quired a velocity of 58 miles an hour,
and one man was killed. At Wheel-
ing, W. Va., one man was killed and
three seriously injured.
The oil country near Pittsburg suf
fered great damage in the gale, and
over 2,000 derricks over the'wells were
blown down. The loss to oil men will
total at least $100,000. Houses, barns
and fences throughout the country
were wrecked.
WILL DEPORT CASTRO
United States He
Will Be Driven Away.
PUT HIM ABOARD FIRST STEAMER
Be Returned to Europe, Where
He Will Be Out of Touch
With Venezuela.
Washington, April 10. The French
government has informed the State de
partment of its determination to put
into effect immediately its decision to
expel ex-President Castro, of Vene
zuela, from Fort de France and cpmpel
him to return to Europe.
The program is to put him aboard
the vessel first touching at Fort de
France. If this is carried out, Castro
will be on his way to Europe in a day
or two, unless his physical codndition
is such that the ocean trip would put
his life in jeopardy.
The State department officials are
much gratified at the 'manner in which
the French government has acted, and
feel relieved that Castro' is to be sent
back to Europe, where he will have no
immediate influence in the affairs of
Venezuela, where his personal follow
ing is believed to be considerable.
MODJESKA PASSES AWAY.
HITCHCOCK PASSES AWAY.
NORMAL GETS LIlVLE AID.
Fate
Eastern Oregon Indifferent as to
of Institution.
Weston J. O. Russel, physical di
rector and teacher of mathematics at
the Weston normal, has returned from
an Eastern Oregon trip in the interests
of the school. Among the places vis
ited were Hermiston, Arlington, Cove,
La Grande and Elgin.
Mr. Russell reports that he met with
much popular misconception as to the
nature and sphere of normal school
work, and the financial encouragement
offered was rather slim. For instance,
the La Grande subscription toward
running the school until the end of the
present year, which closes with com
mencement May 25, was only $55. In
Mr. Russell's view there is no hope
for any general assistance throughout
Eastern Oregon toward continuing the
school until such time a? it - would be
possible to obtain state aid by means
of the initiative measure, which it is
proposed to subpmit at the November
election in 1910.
Smuggled Oats, Says O. R. & N.
Salem Complaint is made against
the Frank L. Smith Meat company by
the Oregon Railroad & Navigation
company before the railroad commis
sion for false billing, by which, it is
claimed, the meat company smuggled
60 sacks of oats into Portland with a
consignment of baled hay from Hutch
inson spur. It is the contention of the
attorneys for the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation company that persons and
corporations other than railroad com'
panies may be found guilty of a misde
meanor under the railroal commission
act of 1907, end that when the corpora
tion by false billing obtains transpor
tation for less than the published tariff
it may be prosecuted, and if found
guilty, be subject to a fine' of not less
than $50 or more than $1,000.
Shearing Season Is On
Pendleton With the starting of
large sheep shearing plants at Arling
ton ana n.cno, tne shearing season in
Eastern Oregon has formally opened,
Those shearing are Symthe & Symthe,
at Arlington, and Stanfield Bros., at
Echo. With an exceptionally clean
fleece of good quality and prices from
two to five cents higher than last year.
the season has opened under the most
auspicious circumstances for some
years.
Improve Drewsey-Burns Road
Drewsy A new road is being made
this week over the Drewsey mountain
wnicn is crossed oy passengers en
route to Burns. When completed the
road will be greatly improved. Here
tofore it has been so steep as to make
it difficult for horses to pull even an
empty wagon, and the drive down has
been very dangerous. The new road is
being cut around the mountain.
Gilliam Land Leased.
Mitchell What is considered as the
largest lease of land ever transacted in
this county was completed recently
when G. L. Frizzell, of Gird's creek,
rented all his grazing and farming land
to Perry Reames, of Mitchell. The
property is considered one of the best
tock ranches in this section. It con-
ists of 2,150 acres, situated at the
head of Gird creek. Mr. Reames has
taken immediate charge, while Mr.
Frizzell will drive about 300 head of
cattle to Toppenish, Wash., where he
has been feeding 650 head the past
winter. The whole herd, 950 head,
will be fattened for the northern mar
kets.
New County Up to Voters.
Famous Actress Loses in Her Battle
Against Death.
Los Angfeles, Cal., April 9. Mad
ame Helena Modjeska, the famous
Polish tragedienne and one of the most
noted actresses of the American stage,
died at 10 o'clock yesterday at her
island home at Bay City, in Orange
county, at the age of 65, after an ill
ness of about two months, t or seve
ral days she had been unconscious and
her death was almost hourly expected.
Bright s disease; complicated with
heart trouble, was the immediate cause
of death.
Gathered around the bedside of the
noted actress when she died were
Count Bozenta, husband of Madame
Modjeska,; Ralph Modjeska and his
Former Cabinet Officer Dies After
Weeks of Illness. i
Washington, April 10. Ethan Allen
Hitchcock, secretary " of the interior
under Presidents McKinley and Roose
velt, died here yesterday morning at
11 o'clock, aged 74. He had been
critically ill for several days.
Mr. Hitchcock had been ill for some
weeks. He contracted a severe cold
while in the West, and his condition
became so serious that he hurried to
Washington to place hinmelf in the
hands of a specialist who had attended
him during his office career here. He
suffered from a complication of kidney,
heart and pulmonary diseases.
At the bedside when the end came
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ft rnnntv nf Npsmir.h hv not .rivpn im" CBS 8na UT- ?a lne Iamlly uiwijwmer oiuw, nu
the fight, but will initiate the measure
which failed in the legislature. This
became evident when A. B. Wood, of
Cottage Grove, called on Attorney Gen
eral Crawford to secure the latter s
opinion as to the legality of ah initia
tive petition prepared for the purpose
of appealing the Nesmith county mat
ter to the people of the state at the
next election.
physician. The fatal illness of Mad- a nephew, George C. Hitchcock, of St.
ame Modjeska has been a hard strain Louis.
on the count and the other members of His condition had become steadily
the family, who have watched almost worse during the last two days.
incessantly at her side for a month The body will be taken to St. Louis
past. today, arriving there Sunday night.
The body of the actress will be em- lhe tuneral will be held Monday, the
balmed and taken to Los Angeles, interment being at the Bellefontaine
Land Brings SI, 000 an Acre.
Milwaukie Mrs. M. D. Reid has
completed the sale of 22 acres of her
home place to B. Lee Paget and others
of Portland for an average of $1,000
an acre. The land sold is under a high
state of cultivation and contains one of
the most productive grape vineyards in
Clackamas county.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
where it will lie in a vault for some
time. Later Count Bozenta will take
the body to Cracow, Poland, the early
home of Modjeska, and there it will
be interred.
cemetery in that city.
NO COAL STRIKE LIKELY.
UNITED STATES AROUSED
State Gets Ship's Guns.
aiem governor Benson has re
ceived a letter from Secretary of the
Navy- George L. von Meyer, stating
that the 13-inch guns of the Oregon
have not yet been condemned and con
sequently cannot be given to the state
or to other applicants. It is under
stood the government will send two of
the 6-inch guns to Salem for the state
house lawn.
Land to Be Thrown Open.
Salem The desert land board, at its
meeting in the statehouse decided to
grant the application of the Deschutes
Irrigation & Power company and throw
open the company's segregation, of
about 8,000 acres. The land opened is
known as list No, 6. The protest of
A. M. Drake, of Portland, was thus
overruled.
Wheat Bluestem milling, $1.25:
bluestem shipping, $1.171.18; club,
$1.121.15: Turkey red, $1.15; red
Russian, $1.08; valley, $1.10.
Oats No. 1 white, $3940 per ton,
Barley Feed, $31((J)32 per ton.
Hay Timothy, Willamette valley,
$13(i 15 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $16
mS; clover, $12 13; alfalfa, $14.60
(f!l5; grain hay, $1314; vetch,
$13,500! 14.50; cheat, $13.6014.50.
Apples 65c(ff$2. 50 per box.
Potatoes $1.251.35 per hundred;
sweet potatoes, 23c per pound.
Vegetables Turnips, $1 per sack;
carrots, 90c; parsnips, $1.50: beets,
$1.75; horseradish,' 10c per pound; ar
tichokes, 6585c per dozen ; cabbage,
3(r4c per pound; cauliflower, $2.60;
celery, $4.50 per crate; lettuce, head,
85c per dozen; onions, 40(i'50c per doz
en; parsley, 35c per dozen; peas, 15c
per pound; radishes, 35c per dozen;
rhubarb, b(aSc per pound; spinach, 6c
per pound.
Unions Oregon, $1.75 (gj 1.85 per
hundred. 1
Butter City creamery, extras, 29c;
fancy outside creamery, 2729c per
pound; California, 27c; store, 18
20c. Butter fat prices average lc
per pound under regular butter prices,
tggs Uregon ranch, ZKjfZSJc pef
dozen.
Poultry Hens, 1616Kcper pound;
broilers, 24(r25c; fryers, 1820c;
roosters, old, 10($llc; young, 14(il5c;
ducks, 20((i.22 He; Reese, 10c; turkeys,
18(ii 19c; squabs, $2.50(4:3 per dozen,
Veal Extras, lOtfllOJc per pound;
ordinary, 7(j8c; heavy, 6c.
Pork Fancy, 99c per pound;
large, BSc.
Hops 1309 contracts, 9(t.i0e per
pound; 1908 crop, 7(i74c; 1907 crop,
3(d4sc; 1906 crop, 14S:2c.
Wool Eastern Oregon, contracts,
lboiisc per pound; valley. 18c; mo
hair, choice, 23(ii 23oC.
Cattle Top steers, $5.255.50; fair
to good, $4.75(d5; common to medium,
$3.25(tf4.60; cows, top, $4.25; fair to
good, $3.50((j4; common to medium.
$2.50(d3.50; calves, top, $5(a5.50;
heavy, $3.504; bulls and stags, fat,
$3013.50; common, $2(n2.75.
Hogs Best, $7.25r7.60; fair to
good, $6.75((7; stockers, $5.60616;
China fata, $6.75.
Sheep Top wethers, $5g5.75; fair
to good. $4.50(if4.75; ewes, Vc less
on all grades; yearlings, top, $6,250
6.50; fair to good, $66.25; spring
ismDs, y(giu.
Nicaraguan President
for Mutilating Papers.
Washington, April 9. Nicaraguan
mutilation of official dispatches to this
government and continued grave con
ditions in Central America, are under
earnest consideration of the Washing
ton government. Investigation have
convinced the officials here that cipher
dispatches passing between John H
Gregory, the American charge at Man
agua, Nicaragua, and the State depart
ment at Washington were purposely
mutilated.
it would not be surprising, in view
of the unsatisfactory conditions, if the
American government should take ac
tive steps to end the existing state of
affairs in Central America and notify
Nicaragua that henceforth peace must
prevail at all hazards.
Moral suasion with Nicaragua has
failed to accomplish the object sought
that of impressing her with the de
sire both of the United States and
Operators Say Danger of Interrup
tion of Business Remote.
Philadelphia, April 10. Although a
Must Account disagreement was reached at the con
cluding conference of the anthracite
operators and miners today concerning
the question of a wage agreement in
the hard coal fields of Pennsylvania,
there will be no Btrike and no danger
of suspension of mining, according to
mineworkers officials.
The operators rejected the modified
demands presented yesterdav bv the
miners. The answer of the miners was
given to the mineworkers today in a
conference which lasted more than an
hour.
The officials of the United Mine-
workers of three districts will hold an
other meeting to decide upon a course
of action. v
The operators bavins headquarters in
New York City left on the noon train,
and announced they would give out a
statement soon after their arrival.
Signs Point to Bean.
Washington, April 10. Indications
Mexico that there be a cessation of the strongly point to the selection of Judge
contentions which keep other Central Bean for the new Federal judgeship in
American republics constantly guess- Oregon. The attorney general, at the
ing. Intervention in Central American request of the president, has been mak-
ffairs has been talked of unofficially.
Autoists Sacrifice Car.
Dayton, O., April 9. Rather than
run down a little girl who was in their
path, James L. Dinsmore and F. O,
Probaseo turned their nutnmnhilA rinorn
a 30-foot embankment and plunged into Judge Bean had indorsed
ing inquiries as to Judge Bean's Quali
fications, and, so far as known, all re
ports are favorable. Senator Fulton
made no recommendations, realizing
that it was the president's purpose to
make his own selection irrespective of
politics and political indorsements.
Mr. Fulton
the waters of the Miami river today,
The men were driving the car along
the top of the levee, only eight feet
wide, when the child was seen a few
feet ahead. Probaseo, who was driving
said: "Is it the child or the river,
JimT" He received the reply.
for the position.
river for ours." Although the river
was high both men escaped.
Right to Spank Is Upheld.
Detroit, Mich., April 10. In the po
lice court here today Justice Jeffers
upheld the right of a father to admin-
The ister the old-fashioned spanking to his
17-year old daughter, even if her dig
nity suffered. Margeret Granzin, aged
17, had her father arrested for disturb
ing the peace. Granzin told the judge
that the punishment was part of an
effort to keep his daughter away from
cheap theaters and the justice decided
that spanking was permissible.
Boosts for Irrigation.
Helena, Mont, April 9. Arthur
Hoeker, secretary of the National Irri
gation congress, wnicn win meet in
Spokane August 9 to 14 next, is in at
tendance at the Montana publicity
meeting here. He said: "The irriga- Ice Jam in Niagara River,
tion congress has a national policy to Lewiston, N. Y., April 10. Owing
preserve the forests, store the floods, to a jam of ice in the eoree iust above
reclaim the deserts, make homes on the here, the docks of the Niagara River
ana. it emphasizes tne great value of Navigation company at Queenston and
water to American people. It shows Lewiston are covered with about 80
the immense development possible.'
Balloon Italia Tumbles.
Schio, Italy, April 9. The trial of
the dirigible balloon Italia today ended
disastrously. After maneuvering for
some time at a height of 1,200 feet,
the engine broke down and the balloon
descended precipitately,
feet of ice. The stay wires of Lewis
ton suspension bridge were carried
away.
damaged, but the aeronauts were not
hurt
Unearth Pot of Gold.
Lexington, Ky., April 10. While
digging a posthole in an abandoned lot
today, workmen discovered a braaa
It was badly kettle ccontaining $8,500 in gold and
silver that apparently had been buried
orf a half century.