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AIR CRAFT SEEN OFF COAST DON’T Dirigible Balloon Takes Observa tions and Disappears South. President Said to Be Misinformed on Japanese Situation. Seaside, O r. — A dirig ib le balloon m oving rapidly was seen sailing over the ocean n ear here and south of the m outh o f the Columbia riv e r W ednes day m orning about 5:30 o ’clock. Several persons who had risen early to catch the tra in for Portland and ______ persons a t the Moore hotel watched the a ir c ra ft until it disappeared from Graduated Scale Reaching Four Per sig h t behind Tillam ook Head. Cent on Incomes of $100.000 C harles A. Runo and w ife, o f W or cester, saw the balloon from th e ir Adopted By Committee. windows, which overlooked the ocean. It came from th e direction of F o rt Stevens. W hen they first noticed the W ashington, D. C.—The tariff re car it moved sw iftly tow ards the v isio n bill, which m ade rapid progress W ashington shore, w here i t seemed to in the D em ocratic caucus o f the house, stand poised for a couple o f m inutes, w as considered also by a conference of ta k in g observations, then in a sweep th e Republican re p re se n tativ es, who ing circle it headed tow ards Tillamook agreed to proposed am endm ents, and Head and passed out o f sig h t around D em ocratic L eader Underwood p re the lig h t house. dicted th a t the bill would be brought T his is not the first tim e the balloon u p in the house soon. has been sighted along the beach be In the D em ocratic caucus the ways ! tw een here and F o rt Stevens. A bout and m eans com m ittee m ajo rity was th ree m onths ago it was reported from sustained a t every point in a series of Columbia Beach and a t o th er points. fights over proposed am endm ents to An effort was m ade a t th a t tim e to the income tax, the only im portant learn w hether the officers a t F o rt change being by acquiescence o f the i Stevens w ere experim enting w ith a com m ittee to stren g th en the provision d irig ib le war balloon and tak in g ob exem p tin g life insurance policies. servations, but nothing came of the The $4000 exem ption and graduated inquiry. schem e o f income tax a tio n running up The balloon is believed to be a w ar to 4 per cent on $100,000 <jr m ore were d irig ib le by C aptain John Anderson, re ta in e d intact. whose sea experience has tau g h t him The D em ocrats have been bom bard the use of m arine glasses, and who ed w ith inquiries reg ard in g a clause of had the c ra f t under observation for th e income tax provision intended to ten m inutes. H e said he couldvnake exem pt life insurance policies. o u t three men aboard, and th a t one of To avoid com plications th e caucus the th ree was peering through a tele changed the language so as to read scope. One seem ed to be ta k in g "p ro v id ed the proceeds o f life insur notes, and th e o th er was a t the helm. ance policies paid on the d eath o f the person insured shall not be insured as incom es.” TWO CITIES MAKE PROTEST R epresentative Sherley, o f K en tucky, proposed to reduce the income exem ptions from $4000 to $2400, and Underwood Bill Arouses Citizens of Factory Centers. to m ake incomes of m ore th an $300,- 000 pay 5 per cent tax , on the ground G loversville, N. Y .— Business was th a t the bill m ade too sm all a m inor suspended in G loversville and Jo h n s ity o f th e people subject to the tax. to w n —the cen ter o f A m erican fine R epresentative Hobson, o f A labam a, glove m an u fa ctu rin g — for six hours w anted to m ake th e m inim um $1000, Thursday, w hile the populace o f the w ith a ra te of one-half o f 1 per cent tw o cities un ited in a dem onstration betw een $3000 and $4000, and a 4 per of pro test a g ain st the Underwood ta r cent su rta x on incomes betw een $100,- iff bill, as it affects the glove and 000 and 5 per cent su rta x on all above glove lea th e r industries. The demon $500,000. stra tio n was planned by G loversville R epresentative T hatcher, o f M assa m erchants. chusetts, proposed $3000 as the m ini G loversville was the scene o f the m um. All three am endm ents were dem onstration, special cars and train s voted down. brin g in g to th is c ity one o f the larg est crowds th a t ev er gathered. Five WILSON CONSIDERS PROTEST thousand glove w orkers, women as well as m en; m erchants, professional Keeps in Close Touch With Jap men, saleswom en and clerks, trad e s people—people of all kinds, p a rtic i Question in California. pated in the parade. F our mass m eet W ashington, D. C.— P re sid e n t W il ings w ere held, p ro testin g resolutions son is keeping in close touch w ith the adopted, and petitio n s, addressed to situ a tio n both in Ja p a n and C alifornia P resident W ilson, circulated. over the proposed alien land leg isla Glove fa cto rie s and leather m ills tion. H e read w ith in te re s t d ispatch ceased w orking, every place of busi es from Tokio d escribing popular fe el ness in the tw o cities, including all ing a g ain st the bills and studied the lines of trad e , was closed and p ra c ti te x t o f the pending m easures as well ; cally the e n tire population of the two as a synopsis o f sim ila r law s in New c ities joined in the dem onstration. A com m ittee o f rep re se n tativ e c iti Y ork and Texas. The P resident told his callers S a t zens will go to W ashington and i t is urday th a t the Federal governm ent of possible a delegation o f glove w orkers necessity m ust re fra in from in te rfe r also will be se n t to the N ational cap i ence w ith C alifornia w hile in the pro ta l to appear before congress or the cess of legislating and could not m ake President. its a ttitu d e known to inquiring n a tions until the bills w ere passed. TAX ON ESTATE IS $3,000,000 H e added, however, th a t if any im pression had been circulated in Ja p a n New York State to Receive Great th a t the adm in istratio n here had be Sum Under Inheritance Law. come indifferent to the developm ents in C alifornia, such a view was unjus A lbany, N. Y.—New York sta te tified and th a t ju d g m en t as to the will receive betw een $3,000,000 and m easures should be w ithheld until they $4,000,000 in h eritance tax from the w ere finally fram ed and passed. e sta te of the late J . P. Morgan, ac cording to p relim in ary e stim a te s m ade by attach es o f the s ta te controller’s Rebels Levy Heavy War Tax. Douglas, A riz .— M ining -com panies office. The e stim a te is based on a re p o rt in Sonora were notified S aturday th a t th e sta te leg isla tu re had passed a bill th a t the to ta l e sta te will be about e n fo rc in g a heavy ta x on all foreign $100,000,000. The tax is expected to corporations, to be paid in advance, to be one of the larg e st ever paid. A reduction o f 6 per cen t is allowed m eet the costs o f th e arm ed opposition to the national governm ent. Governor if the ta x is paid w ithin six m onths a fte r the e s ta te is appraied. P esquiera has signed the bill. Because o f th e various en terp rises C orporations in the border sta te m u st tak e the financial b ru n t of the in which Mr. M organ was interested, w ar tax to allow the issuing of bonds i t will be necessary to employ a num to th e am ount o f 1,000,000 pesos. ber o f e x p erts to appraise the e sta te , C a p ita l invested in the extensive m in which consists m ainly o f stocks, bonds ing and sm elting concerns m ust sub and w orks o f a rt. scribe an am ount equalling, both the “Soldiers’ Roll” in Peril. s ta te and the federal tax. W ashington, D. C. — T h irty -th ree Art Treasures Insured. veterans of th e U nion arm y in the New York — B rokers rep resen tin g Civil w ar, who composed the “ Old sol th e e sta te of J . P. M organ have placed d ie rs ’ ro ll” o f the senate, are in danger $8,000,000 insurance on th e $60,000,- o f demotion and reduction o f salary, 000 M organ collection o f a r t objects and Republican senators are up in in the M etropolitan Museum q f A rt arm s. U nder resolution o f the senate and ’$4,000,000 insurance on the a rt these old soldiers are “ to continue in w orks in the lib ra ry o f th e dead finan th e ir positions until cause for th e ir re moval shall have been reported and c ie r’s home on Madison avenue. London brokers have placed $12,- approved by th e senate and th e ir re 000,000 sim ila r insurance and will moval directed, ” and Republicans a s probably g e t $4,000,000 m ore to se rt th a t changes m ade in the roll v iolate th is resolution. dispose of. The collections are to be insured for Tennessee Ratifies Direct Election. $28,000,000. W ashington, D. C.— Form al notice o f the ratification by the Tennessee Gun Makers Make War Talk. of the C onstitutional B erlin— In a speech in th e R eichstag leg islatu re H e rr L iebknecht, a S ocialist, m ade am endm ent providing for the d irec t sensational allegations re g ard in g the election of U nited S ta te s senators was m ethods of the m an u fa ctu re rs o f arm s received a t th e S ta te departm ent re and am m unition. H e said the fore cently. T h irty -six sta te s, the num ber m ost Germ an company m an u factu rin g necessary to m ake the am endm ent e f arm s and am m unition had caused a r fective, have acted favorably, b u t 13 tic le s to be prin ted in the P a ris F igaro o f them have not complied w ith Secre advocating an increase in the French ta ry B ryan’s request for im m ediate arm y, in order to arouse a w arlike official notice. s p irit in G erm any and thereby obtain Titanic Horror Year Ago. la rg e r orders. New Y ork. April 15.—The first an S low \ e n o n Is D e ad ly . n iversary of the sinking of the steam - H am burg, G erm any— Slow-w orking e r T itanie, w as the la st day on which snake venom was the cause o f the claim s a g a in st the W hite S ta r Steam - death o f K arl H agenbeck, the anim al ship com pany, ow ners o f the ill-fated collector, on A pril 14. according to the ship can be filed in the U nited S ta te s physician who attended him . He was d istric t court for loss o f life or proper- b itte n seven years ago and the venom ty. Dam ages in excess of $12,000,- eventually affected his liver. j 000 have been demanded. P ortland, O r.— “ The hope o f P re si dent W ilson th a t an ti-Jap an ese legis- < lation in C alifornia m ay not be objec tionable to Ja p a n , if understood, is certainly not founded on a knowledge o f the Japanese m in d ,” is an opinion expressed by Rev. A. M. W illiam s, of th is city, who has ju s t retu rn ed from th a t country. Mr. W iliam s is educa tional superintendent o f the P resby terian Sunday School board and has been in the P hilippines, C hina and Jap an on a several m onths’ tour. “ Some queer things g e t Into the dispatches about conditions in the O ri e n t,” continued Mr. W illiam s. “ One of these is the sta te m en t th a t A m eri- ' cans m ay not own real e sta te in J a p an, as im plied in the P re sid e n t’s sta te m ent to new spaper men recently. N ot only do m any large foreign business concerns own real e sta te th ere, but the various m issions have valuable | property and m any individuals have j p riv ate realty holdings. “ T h a t the passage o f the land bill by th e C alifornia leg isla tu re may prove a death blow to the C hristain m ovem ent in Jap an , as suggested in a Tokio dispatch, is p u ttin g it too stro n g ly, but any an ti-Ja p an e se m ovem ent in A m erica n atu rally wounds the pride of the people over th ere and o f course becomes a bar to the progress of T h en a s th e su n d isa p p eare d | C hristian ity . INSURANCE EXEMPT New Income Tax Law Ignores In comes Less Than $4000. T w as a c le a r, b rig h t m o rn in g w hen th e y s ta r te d — th e T all G irl, th e Book G irl, th e O rd in a ry G irl an d th e M an. T h e lu re of th e m o u n ta in s w as s tro n g upon them , th e ra n g e s b eck o n ed th e m to com e an d se e ; so th e y s e t th e ir fa c e s tow ard old G ray b ack , an d ob ey ed th e call o f th e hills. T h e fo u r had th re e h u m b le b u t u se ful co m p an io n s in th e s h a p e o f b u rro s. P oor old J e ru s a le m c a rrie d th e cam p ing o u tfit, an d th e B ook G irl ro d e F ritz . T h e O rd in a ry G irl’s a n im a l p o ssessed no n a m e a t s ta rtin g , b u t a fte r h a lf an h o u r's e x p e rie n c e w ith him sh e decided to c a ll him E pam l- nondas, for he d id n ’t h a v e " th e tiense he w as b o rn w ith .” T h e T all G irl an d the M an sc o rn e d b u rro s, a n d h ad chosen to w alk, th u s le a v in g th e m se lv es fre e to m a k e d e ro g a to ry re m ark s a b o u t F ritz , J e ru s a le m an d E p am tn o n d a s. T h e ro a d w ound th ro u g h p in e s an d ce d a rs a n d o a k s b etw e e n th e Y ucai pa an d S an B a rn a rd ln o ra n g e s. T h e m o rn in g a ir w as cool an d fre s h , an d th e F o u r re g a rd e d w ith s y m p a th y th e frisk in g of th e big g ray s q u irre ls an d th e little s trip e d c h ip m u n k s. snow . th e re In s ta n tly sto le In Its p la c e a soft, pin k lig h t w h ich d e e p e n e d a n d s p re a d u n til th e w h o le w e s te rn sk y w a s aglow w ith ro sy color. A nd a s th e F o u r tu rn e d to look a t G ray b ack , lo! a m ira c le h ad ta k e n place. T h e m oun ta i n ’s cold g ra y s to n e s w e re so fte n e d an d w arm ed by th e sa m e p in k lig h t, a n d ev en S a c Ja c in to w a s to u c h e d by th e tra n s fo rm in g color. L ittle by little th e w o n d er fad ed aw ay, d a rk n e s s cam e on, b u t n o t u n a tte n d e d , fo r up from beh in d G ra y b a c k ro se th e full m oon. A t la s t i t w as tim e to s t a r t u p th e tr a il to th e su m m it. T h e B ook G irl a n d th e O rd in a ry G irl e le c te d to s t a r t first, fo r th e y w e re new to m o u n tain tra ils . T h e m o o n lig h t sh o n e w eird ly on th e g ray m o u n ta in sid e , th e w ind w as cold, an d th e tr a il w as s te e p an d sh a d y an d h ard to follow . A bove th e m th e y saw a sn o w b an k g lis te n in g In th e m oon lig h t, an d k n ew th e y w e re n o t f a r from th e to p o f th e ridge. Soon th e y c a m e to th e top, a n d stood th e re — fo r a m o m e n t only. T h e w ind w as blow ing a g ale, an d a lm o st sw ep t th em off th e m o u n tain . B re a th le s sly T h e R e a l C lim b . th e y d ro p p ed dow n b eh in d so m e ro ck s, Soon th e V ivian T ra il w as re a c h e d , u n til, p a rtly w a rm a n d w ith re c o v e re d and th e n b eg an th e re a l clim b. O ver b re a th , th e y w e re ab le to c lim b o v er Mill c re e k th e tra il led, an d th e n up In th e g re a t b o u ld e rs f a r th e r a lo n g th e a se e m in g ly e n d le ss zigzag a g a in s t th e rid g e to w a rd th e su m m it. I t w as b it side of th e m o u n tain . T w istin g b ack te r ly cold, a n d th e w ind w as a g a in s t T h ey c r e p t o v e r th e ro ck s, and fo rth , th e y w e n t up a n d a ro u n d th e m . and th e n dow n, u n til th e F o u r h>-ard la rg e p a tc h e s of snow , u n til In a s h o rt th e so und of w a te r, a n d ca m e o u t in to tim e th e y sto o d b esid e th e pile o f b eau tifu l B lu ejay can y o n . T h e p in es s to n e s th a t m a rk s tb e su m m it o f G ray re a re d th e ir s ta te ly tr u n k s a s if try in g back . In c o m fo rta b le p laces, aw ay to o u td o th e m o u n ta in s th e m se lv e s in from th e w ind, th e y a w a ite d th e daw n h eig h t, w hile th ro u g h th e ir m id st ra n of th e n ew day. T h e sk y w as d u ll an d g ra y an d fo r a c le a r m o u n tain s tre a m , b o rd e re d on b id d in g , b u t so o n in th e e a s t th e re e ith e r sid e by b ra k e a n d lem on lilies. T h e F o u r r e s te d h e re , an d w h en th e c r e p t up a fa in t ro sy glow. T h e n pin k Man w e n t on to e x a m in e th e tr a il, th e s tr e a m e r s sto le u p in to th e g ra y sky, g irls g a th e re d lilies— lilies w ith e ig h t d eep en e d In co lo r, ro se m o re rap id ly , an d te n f ra g r a n t cu p s alo n g th e ste m , a n d o v e r th e m o u n ta in below Gray- an d th e s te m s th e m se lv e s ta lle r th a n b a c k cam e th e g r e a t g o ld en b all we call th e su n . Its ra y s cam e s tre a m in g th e O rd in a ry G irl. T h e M an cam e b ack , a n d led th e m a c ro s s th e sn o w to th e F o u r, an d th ey a ro u n d a g r e a t fa lle n tre e , a n d up a w a tc h e d p e a k a f te r p e a k c a tc h th e n a rro w w in d in g tr a il, p a s t clu m p s of lig h t, saw th a t lig h t s te a l aw a y dow n th is tle poppies, th ro u g h fe rn s and to th e vlley, a n d k n ew th a t a new day co lu m b in e an d p e n ts te m o n an d lilies, h a d begun. u n til th e y cam e o u t in to a g re a t In th e m o rn in g lig h t th e F o u r looked s tr e tc h of pines. T h e tr e e s stood f a r o u t to th e d e s e rt se en th e n ig h t b e alo n g th e tr a il In o n e s an d tw o s an d fo re a t tim b e r lin e, saw th e valley th re e s , th ro w in g th e ir sh a d o w s on th e to w n s b etw een th e m o u n ta in s, an d g ray , ro c k y ground. Y oung, s tro n g e v e ry w h e re r a n g e a f te r ra n g e , clad In p in e s th e y w e re fo r th e m o st p art, t h e i r w o n d erfu l g ra y s an d g reen s. w ith o n ly h e re an d th e r e a n old v e t e ra n b a r e an d b ro k en w ith Its fight a g a in s t T im e, b u t n o t bent. T h en th e t r e e s g av e w ay to b ru sh , and th e F o u r pu sh ed “ e lr w ay th ro u g h Gymnasium Professors and Artists Differ Widely on Point Long the b u c k th o rn an d m a n z a n lta th a t did Subject of Controversy. th e ir b e s t to hold th e m b ack from th e ra n g e s. O nce p a s t th e b ru sh , th e T h e e x u lta tio n of w om en o v e r th e tr a il ag a in led u p w a rd , a g a in th e w a te r an d th e lilies, an d o v er a ll a p u rp le a p p e a ra n c e o f n u m e ro u s ex am p les of blue sk y , lik e a M axfield P a r r is h pic th e p e rfe c t fo rm o f th e V en u s o f tu re , an d aw ay In th e d ista n c e , th e M ilo In o u r co lleg es h a s b een h eard valley, an d Old B ald y , w ith Its s tr e a k in L o n d o n , an d S ir J a m e s L in to n , an of w h ite , s ta n d in g s e n tin e l a t th e h ead a r t i s t of c re d it an d ren o w n , h a s m et It w ith th e b ru ta l d e c la ra tio n th a t of It. T h e tr e e s w e re g ra d u a lly g ro w in g m o d ern w om an Is d e g e n e ra te from a r t sm a lle r an d m o re s tu n te d , a n d p re s fo rm s. H e h a s h ad m an y m odels. H e e n tly th e y ca m e upon so m e n o t e re c t h a s found th e m all w arp ed m o re o r a t all, b u t b e n t o v e r a n d c ro u c h in g le s s by th e d r e s s th ey w e a r an d th e close to th e g ro u n d fo r p ro te c tio n s h o e s th e y su ffer from . A s th e r e p o rts o f p e rfe c t w om en from th e c ru e l w in d s, a n d th e n th ey co m e fro m th e d ire c to rs of g y m n a w ere a t tim b e r line. A bove th e m w as n o t a sig n o f a siu m s In o u r co lleg es w e h a v e h e re a tre e , n o th in g b u t b a re , g ra y rocks, c o n tro v e rs y o f e x p e rts. Is th e gym aw ay up to th e su m m it so a p p r o p ria te n a s t th a t te a c h e s a you n g w om an to p u n ch a bag an d do a tra p e z e a c t a ly ca lle d G rayback. I t w as all v ery b e a u tifu l, b u t th e b e tte r Judge of b ea u ty th a n a n a r tis t F o u r w e re m ore a liv e ju s t th e n to the w ho p o ses h e r to m odel a V enusT T h e call o f h u n g e r th a n to th e c a ll o f th e g y m n a s t r e s o r ts to m e a s u re m e n ts . H e m o u n tain s. A fire w as q u ick ly m ade, g iv es e x a c t fig u res of h e ig h t, w eig h t, and to o n th e y w e re e n jo y in g soup b u s t m e a s u re , h ip m e a s u re , le n g th o f an d sa n d w ich es, d o u g h n u ts an d coffee, lim b an d th e re s t. ’’T h e se ,’’ h e say s, th a t w e re a s th e M an said , “Ju st " a r e a lm o st e x a c tly tb e sa m e a s th o se of th e g o d d ess fro m M ilo; th e re fo re bully.” th e m odel g irl m u st be a s p e rfe c t a s G re a t Red Ball. T h en o n ce m o re th e m o u n ta in s th e a n c ie n t.’’ B u t th e a r t i s t does n o t called , an d th e p a r ty clim b ed a sm a ll m e a su re . H e se e s, o r m isses, su b tle knoll an d p e rc h e d th e m se lv e s In a c u rv e s an d g ra c e s th a t a r e b eyond th e re a c h o f th e m e a s u rin g tap es. H e d e fla tte n e d tr e e to w a tc h th e su n s e t. B ehind th em w as th e to p m o st rid g e m a n d s a b e a u ty u n w arp ed by c o rse ts, of G ray b ack , w ith S an J a c in to Ju st a fo o t u n so tled by sh o es. H e d o e s n 't ac ro ss th e w ay an d th e d e s e rt b e y o n d ; find I t So w h ile th e g y m n a siu m s a re to th e le ft w as th e valley In w hich filled w ith u lu la tlo n s o f triu m p h , th e B e au m o n t a n d B a n n in g n e s tle d , an d stu d io s c o n tin u e to sig h fo r a loveli b efo re th em th e lo n g c u t b etw e e n th e n e s s d e p a rte d fro m th e e a r th .—N ew ra n g e s, w ith B aldy p lain ly v isib le, an d Y ork W orld. beyond th a t, Mt. W ilso n , a n d f a r off Q u ite So. In th e hazy d ista n c e th e P acific. T h e ”1 su p p o se a su c c e ss fu l p r im s doa- su n w as a g r e a t red ball, slo w ly d ro p ping dow n below B aldy. L o w er an d n a 's life is a v ery e x c itin g o n e.” "O n th e c o n tra ry , I sh o u ld Imagine low er It w ent, u n til It w as o n ly a rim of re d sh in in g on B a ld y 's p a tc h of I t w as m o re of a sin g -so n g affair.* I VARYING VIEWS OF BEAUTY UNDERSTAND ISSUE TOIL SEVEN DAYS EACH WEEK Fifteen Percent of Men in Iron Mills Observe No Sunday. W ashington, D. C.— F iftee n per cent o f the em ployes o f the iron and steel industry as a whole and more than 50 per cent o f the b last furnace workm en toil seven days a week, an investigation by the bureau o f labor discloses. Com m issioner N eill has made public the th ird volume of the b u reau ’s in v estigation dealing wifh w orking conditions and the relations of em ployers and workm en. The report sta te s th a t since 1910, when the m ain investigation was m ade and when the norm al w orking day for the m ajo rity o f steel w orkers was 12 hours long, w ith practically 30 per cent of the e n tire force regularly w orking seven days a week, a num ber of steel companies have been p u ttin g I into effect various plans by w hich none of th e ir employes are required o r per m itted to work m ore th an six days a week. Betw een 40 and 50 per cent of the employes form erly w orking seven days a week have been affected by these arrangem ents, b u t 15 per cent still work every day in the w eek. E x tensive interview s w ith the workm en brought out the fa c t th a t in th e ir opinion the six-day arran g em en t does not repay them advantages commen su ra te w ith the loss o f a d a y ’s pay each week. The day o f enforced re st does not give them a holiday e ith e r on Sunday o r on any o th er day on which th e ir fel low workm en g en erally a re also a t leisure. On any day except Sunday, the workm en say, there is nothing to do except to sleep all day o r go to saloons. SENATORIAL BATHS MUST GO FOREST EIRES RAGE Valuable Timber In Minnesota and South Dakota Is Lost. Millions of Feet Already Lost—Sol diers Rushed to Black Hills to Aid Rangers. Deadwood, S. D. — One thousand men are fighting fo rest fires in the Black H ills south of here. Fanned by a stiff wind the fires have destroyed m illions o f fe e t o f th e best tim b e r in the hills, located about 60 m ilks south o f this c ity , and much m ore will be burned before the flames can be checked. Supervisor Im es, in charge of 250 fire fighters, reported th a t th e fire is w orking its way w est and is w ithin tw o m iles o f P ringle, a village in Cus te r county and th ree m iles south of Mayo in th e sam e county. The fire in the northern hills is practically under control and a train load of fire fighting tools and a large num ber o f experienced rangers are to be sent to th e southern p a rt of the dis tric t. T he fire is e atin g its way through fo rests in which th ere was b u t little snow last w in ter and the ground and tim b er are extrem ely dry. A d etachm ent of soldiers from F o rt Meade a re expected to a rriv e in the fire zone in tim e to aid in checking the flames. G rand Rapids, M inn.—E very able- bodied m an in the town has been sum moned to the tim b e r e ast o f here, w here a fo rest fire is sw eeping toward the homes on the La P ra irie road. B efore th e fire d ep artm en t reached the zone George M oore's home and outbuildings w ere destroyed. A b ig p ap er m ill here has been closed down and 600 men and boys, employed in the m ill, despatched to the scene to help keep the fire from the tow n. The high school also has been closed so th a t the older boys m ig h t jo in in the b a ttle . OUTLAW MURDERS TWO MORE John Tornow, of Wynootchee Co., Again Kills Pursuers. Shelton, W ash.—John Tornow, the outlaw o f th e W ynootchee country for whom posses have searched the forests for neary tw o years, brought the num bers of deaths held a g ain st h im 'to six w hen he shot and killed Louis B lair and C harles L athrop, tw o trap p ers of Shel ton, who had joined D eputy Sheriff J. Quingley, of Chehalis county, in h unt ing the outlaw . Quingley fired seven tim es a t Tornow and then fled w ithout learn in g w hether th e outlaw was wounded. The deputy believes, how ever, th a t he wounded the outlaw . L athrop and B lair, both o f whom w ere 35 years old and experienced hunters and trappers, w ere p e rsisten t hu n ters o f Tornow, who is w anted a t Montesano for the m urder o f his tw in nephews, John and Wall Bauer, 19 years old, and for the k illing o f Dep uty Sheriffs Colin McKenzie and A. V. LeM ore, who lost th e ir lives a y ear ago in p u rsu it o f th e outlaw . Caucus Cuts Off One Luxury and Aims at Another. 350,000 MEN ARE ON STRIKE % W ashington, D. C.— Senators who have been accustomed to splash luxur iously in the fine b ath s in the senate office building will splash th ere no m ore. The big baths, by ord er of the D em ocratic caucus o f the senate, have been locked up and th e bath a tte n d an ts have had th e ir official heads cut off. All th is in the way o f economy, it was said. The next move is to be a g ain st the senate b arber shop, w here senators are allowed to have th e ir w hiskers trim m ed and th e ir h a ir c u t free of charge. The b a rb er shop m ay be con tinued, but each senator will have to pay for his own shave o r h aircu t. Senator Kenyon, R epublican, of Iowa, is one o f those who believe th a t the free h aircuts should be dispensed w ith and la st session unsuccessfully a tte m p ted to g e t a bill o f th a t kind passed. Says Madero Was Assaasinated. New O rleans— M artias Oviedo, for m er p riv ate se c re tary to P re sid e n t Madero, o f Mexico, arrived here w itli a sensational n a rra tiv e o f th e m anner in which Madero and his vice p re si dent, Pino Suarez, m et th e ir death. A fte r Oviedo escaped from Mexico C ity he joined th e C arran c ista s in Coahuila. Señor Oviedo re ite ra te d a re p o rt th a t the investig atio n of the killin g o f Madero and Suarez has re vealed th a t both, w hile prisoners in the palace, had received narcotics in th e ir food and had then been shot to death. Memorial for Major Butt. W ashington, D. C .— A m onum ent to M ajor A rchibald W. B utt, m ilita ry aide to P residents Roosevelt and T a ft, and who was lost w hen the T itan ic sank, alm ost a y e ar ago, will be dedi cated May 30 in A rlington N ational cem etery upon a spot M ajor B u tt se lected in 1903 for his burial place when he was depot q u a rte rm a ste r here and In d irec t charge o f the cem etery. The m onum ent will be a 12-foot g ra n ite L atin cross. Tuberculosis is Decreasing. P aris— L ecturing before th e Lyceum club o f France, a t a recent m eeting. Professor M etchnikoff declared th a t tuberculosis was decreasing, and had been doing so steadily for th e la st 40 | years. Premier of Belgium Makes Offhand Estimate of Trouble. B russels— “ A t a tim e when 350,000 men a re out on s tr ik e ,” was a phraBe which occurred in the p re m ier’s speech before th e cham ber of deputies T hurs day afternoon. He was replying to an a tta ck on the governm ent by H err V andervelde, the Socialist leader, who declared th a t 870,000 men w ere now involved in the general strik e in Bel gium fo r manhood suffrage. The p re m ier’s rem arks seemed to be m ade off-hand, and his e stim a te cannot be regarded as official. The C entral Industrial commission o f B russels, a non-political organiza tion, e stim a te s th a t 217,500 workmen, engaged in five industries, have laid down th e ir tools. Thief Feels Idol’s Power. Los A n g eles—The g re a t God Buddha dem onstrated its pow er over a guilty conscience and incidentally furnished a robbery clew T hursday when a valu able jad e ornam ent taken from a m in iature sta tu e of Buddha by burglars who looted a C hinese sto re was re turned. The jad e was a portion of stolen goods valued a t $2000. The s ta tu e tte from which it was taken bore an inscription to the effect th a t a th ie f o f holy th in g s would suffer the pangs o f a guilty co n scien ce until the stolen a rticle s w ere returned. Stage Censors Abolished. London — T he house o f commons unanim ously passed a m otion in favor o f th e'a b o lish m e n t o f the censorship on stag e plays. I t is doubtful w heth e r any legislation will result, because, although the authors oppose the cen sorship, th e th e a te r m anagers general ly favor it and the public seem s apa th etic. The governm ent deprecates any changes in the e x istin g system , but has announced th a t it would leave the m a tte r to parliam ent. Morgan, Jr., Succeeds Father. A lbany, N. Y .—J . P ierpont Morgan, J r ., w as elected a d irector o f the New York C entral Railroad company to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his fa th e r a t the annual m eeting of th e stockholders here. The o th er direc tors w ere re-elected.