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
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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.