PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE TÎ^CKroriiclesof ^ddi rotori Peace Tariff Reform Only Is Subject of Communication. Protection Principles of Twenty Years Ago Are Entirely Out of Date—Would Place Busi­ ness On Its Merits and Stop Abnor­ mal Protection of Monopoly. To the S enate and H ouse of R e p re -| sen tatlv es: I h a v e called th e C o n g ress to g e th e r in e x t r a o r d i n a r y s e s si o n b e c a u s e a d u ty w a s la id u p o n t h e p a r t y n o w in p o w e r a t th e re c e n t elections w h ich it o u g h t to p e r f o r m p r o m p t ly , in o r d e r t h a t the b u r a e n c a r r i e d b y t h e p e o p l e u n d e r ex i s t l n g l a w m a y b e l i g h t e n e d a s so« n a? p o s s i b le a n d in o r d e r , also, t h u t t h e business in te re sts of th e co u n try m ay n o t be k e p t to o l o n g in s u s p e n s e a s to w h a t t h e f is c a l c h a n g e s a r e to be to w h ic h th e y w ill be r e q u i r e d to a d j - s t th e m selve s. I t is c l e a r t o t h e w h o l e c o u n t r y t h a t t h e t a r i f f d u t i e s m u s t he a ltered . T h e y m u s t be c h a n g e d to m eet t h e r a d i c a l a l t e r a t i o n in t h e c o n d l t i o i s of o u r e c o n o m ic life w h ic h th e c o u n tr y has w itnessed w ithin the last g e n e ra ­ tion. W h ile th e w h o le face an d n ie taod o f o u r i n d u s t r i a l a n d c o m m e r c i a l life w ere being changed beyond recogni­ tion th e ta r if f schedules have rem ain ed w h a t th e y w ere b efo re th e c h a n g e be­ g a n , o r h a v e m o v e d in t h e d ir e c ti o n th e y w ere giv e n w h en no la rg e c ircu m stan c e of o ur in d u stria l dev e lo p m en t w as w h at i t i s t o d a y . O u r t a s k is t o s q u a r e t h e m w ith th e a c tu a l facts. T h e so o n er th a t is d o n e th e s o o n e r w e s h a ll es c a p e fro m su ffe rin g from th e fa c ts a n d th e sooner o u r m e n o f b u s i n e s s w i l l b e f r e e to th riv e by th e law of n a tu re (th e n a tu re o f f r e e b u s i n e s s ) I n s te a d of b y t h e law of le g islatio n and a rtific ia l a r r a n g e ­ m ent. W e h av e seen ta r if f le g islatio n w a n ­ d e r v e r y f a r a f i e l d in o u r d a y — v e r y f a r In d e e d f r o m t h e fie ld in w h ic h o u r pro sp erity m ig h t h ave had a norm al g ro w th a n d stim u latio n . No one w ho lo o k s t h e f a c t s s q u a r e l y in th e fa c e o r k n o w s a n y t h in g t h a t lies b e n e a th the s u rfa c e of ac tio n can fail to perceive th e p rinciples upon w h ich re c e n t ta r if f le g is la tio n has been based. W e lo n g a g o p a s s e d b e y o n d th e m o d e s t n o tio n of “p r o te c ti n g ” th e in d u s trie s of t h e c o u n ­ t r y a n d m oved boldly f o r w a r d to th e id e a t h a t th e y w e re e n title d to th e d i­ re c t p a t r o n a g e of th e G o v e rn m e n t. F o r a l o n g t i m e — a t i m e so l o n g t h a t t h e m e n n o w a c t i v e in p u b l i c p o l i o y h a r d l y re m e m b e r th e conditions th a t preceded It— w e h a v e s o u g h t in o u r t a r i f f s c h e d ­ ules to g iv e each g r o u p of m a n u f a c t u r ­ e rs or p roducers w h a t th e y them selves t h o u g h t t h a t t h e y n e e d e d in o r d e r to m a in ta in a p ra c tic a lly exclusive m a r ­ k e t a s a g a i n s t th e r e s t of th e w orld, co n scio u sly or unconsciously, w e have b u ilt u p a s e t of priv ileg e s and ex e m p ­ t i o n s f r o m c o m p e t i t i o n b e h i n d w h i c h it w a s easy by any. even th e crudest, fo rm s of c o m b in atio n to o rg a n iz e m o ­ n o p o l y ; u n t i l a t l a s t n o t h i n g is n o r m a l , n o t h i n g is o b lig e d to s t a n d t h e t e s t s of e f f i c ie n c y a n d ec o n o m y , in o u r w o r l d of b ig business, b u t e v e r y t h i n g th r i v e s by co n c e rte d a r r a n g e m e n t . O nly n ew p r i n ­ ciples of a c t i n g will s a v e u s f r o m a final h a rd cry sta llizatio n of m onopoly a n d a co m plete loss of th e in flu e n c e s th a t q u icken e n te rp rise a n d kee p in d e ­ p e n d e n t e n e r g y alive. I t 1s p l a i n w h a t t h o s e p r i n c i p l e s m u s t be . W e m u s t a b o l i s h e v e r y t h i n g t h a t b e a rs even the sem blan ce of p rivilege o r of a n y k in d of a r t if ic i a l a d v a n ta g e , and p u t o ur business m en and producers u n d e r th e s tim u la tio n of a c o n s ta n t n e ­ c e s s i t y to be e f f i c ie n t , e c o n o m ic a l a n d en te rp risin g , m a ste rs of com p etitiv e suprem acy, better w o rk ers and m e r­ c h a n t s t h a n a n y in t h e w o rld . A side fro m th e d u tie s laid u p o n a r t ic l e s w h ich w e d o n o t, a n d p r o b a b l y c a n n o t , p r o ­ duce, th e r e f o r e , a n d th e d u tie s laid u p ­ on lu x u r i e s a n d m e r e ly f o r t h e s a k e of t h e r e v e n u e s t h e y y i e l d , t h e o b j e c t of th e ta r if f d u tie s h e n c e fo rth la id m u s t be effective com petition, the w h e ttin g o f A m erican w its by c o n te s t w ith the w its of th e r e s t o f th e w orld. It w o u ld be u n w is e to m ove to w a rd th is en d h eadlong, w ith re c k le s s haste, o r w ith s tro k e s th a t c u t a t th e very ro o ts of w h a t h a s g r o w n u p a m o n g s t us by long process an d a t o u r ow n in v i­ tation. I t d o e s n o t a l t e r a t h i n g to u p s e t it a n d b r e a k it a n d d e p r i v e it of a c h a n c e t o c h a n g e . I t d e s t r o y s it. W e m u s t m a k e c h a n g e s in o u r f i s c a l l a w s , i n o u r f i s c a l s y s t e m , w h o s e o b j e c t Is developm ent, a m o re fre e and w h o le ­ som e d ev elopm ent, n o t rev o lu tio n or u p s e t o r c o n fu sio n . W e m u s t build up tra d e, especially fo reign trade. We n eed th e o u tl e t a n d th e e n l a r g e d field o f e n e r g y m o re t h a n w e e v e r did b e ­ fore. W e m u s t build up In d u s try as w e l l , a n d m u s t a d o p t f r e e d o m in t h e p l a c e o f a r t i f i c i a l s t i m u l a t i o n o n l y so f a r a s it will build, n o t p ull dow n. In d e a lin g w ith the ta r if f the m ethod by w h ich th is m a y be d o n e w ill be a m a t t e r o f J u d g m e n t , e x e r c is e d it e m by Item . T o s o m e n o t a c c u s to m e d to th e ex citem en ts and responsibilities of Sixteen-Mile Tunnel Planned. W innipeg, Man.—The Canadian Pa­ cific railw ay will soon begin construc­ tion of the longest tunnel in America. The tunnel will be built through Kick­ ing Horse pass, in the Rocky Moun­ tains, and will be 16 m iles long, cost­ ing $14,000,000. It will take seven years, it is estim ated, to build it. The g re at hole through the m ountain will be four miles longer than the famous Simplon tunnel through the Alps. Railroad officials a sse rt th a t the con­ struction of this tunnel will elim inate many m iles of dangerous snowsheds. Zanesville Loss $17,000,000. g r e a t e r f r e e d o m o u r m e t h o d s m a y in som e resp ects an d a t som e po in ts seem h e r o i c a n d y e t b e r e m e d i e s . I t Is o u r b u sin ess to m a k e su re t h a t the y are g e n u i n e r e m e d ie s . O u r o b j e c t is c lear. I f o u r m o t i v e is a b o v e J u s t c h a l l e n g e and only an occasional error of J u d g m e n t Is c h a r g e a b l e a g a i n s t u s , w e s h a ll be f o r t u n a t e . W e a r e called u pon to r e n d e r the c o u n t r y a g r e a t s e r v i c e In m o r e m a t ­ te r s th a n one. O u r r e s p o n s ib ility sh o u ld b e ’ m e t a n d o u r m e t h o d s s h o u ld be th o ro u g h , a s th o ro u g h a s m o d e r a te and w ell considered, b ased u pon th e facts a s t h e y a r e . a n d n o t w o r k e d o u t a s if w e w e r e b e g i n n e r s . W e a r e to deal w ith th e fa c ts of o u r ow n day. w ith th e facts of no other, a n d to m a k e la w s w hich sq u a re w ith th o se facts. I t Is b e s t , i n d e e d i t is n e c e s s a r y , t o b e g i n w ith th e tariff. I will u r g e n o th i n g u p o n y o u n o w a t th e o p e n i n g of y o u r session w hich can o bscure th a t first o b je ct or d iv e rt o u r en e rg ies from th a t clearly defined d uty. At a la te r tim e I m a y ta k e th e lib e rty of c a llin g your a t te n t io n to re fo rm s w h ich sho u ld press close upon the heels of th e ta riff c h a n g e s , i f n o t a c c o m p a n y t h e m , of w h i c h t h e c h i e f is t h e r e f o r m o f o u r b a n k i n g a n d cu rre n c y la w s ; b u t Just n o w I re fra in . F o r the p resen t, I pu t th e s e m a t t e r s on one side a n d th in k o n l y o f o n e t h i n g — o f t h e c h a n g e s in o u r fiscal s y s te m w hich m a y b e s t serve to open once m o re th e fre e ch a n n e ls of p ro s p e rity to a g r e a t peo p le w hom w e w o u ld se rv e to th e u tm o s t and t h r o u g h o u t b o t h r a n k a n d file. W O O D R O W W ILSON. T h e W h i t e H o u s e . A p r i l 8, 1913. GERMAN AIRSHIP IN FRANCE Lost Dirigible Captured By Mili­ tary Authorities. Luneville, F rance—The Germ an m il­ ita ry dirig ib le airship Zeppelin IV made a landing in the m ilita ry parade grounds here and was seized by the French authorities. The incident has caused trem endous excitem ent. The Germ an officers aboard the a ir­ ship explained th a t they had been lost in the clouds and did not know they had crossed the French frontier. The in h ab itan ts of the eastern fron­ tie r regions o f France have been much ag itated the last few weeks over re­ ports th a t Germ an dirigibles had been observed or heard nightly hovering over the forts. The stories, like those o f the phantom airsh ip of England, never w ere properly substantiated. The chief officers o f the engineer corps a t L uneville removed the m ag­ netos from the engines in order th a t the airship could not g e t under way, and the cabin was searched fo r pho­ tographic apparatus, sketches or sim- ia r evidence of spying operations, but nothing of th a t n atu re was found. YOUNG EDISON UNDAUNTED Glass Bottle Bomb Blown Up but He Will Try Again. W est Orange, N. J . —Theodore Ed­ ison’s “ bully in v en tio n ,” a glass bot­ tle bomb, designed to sink the ships of “ the enem y,” sm ashed its e lf to pieces w hile the 14-year-old son of Thomas A. Edson was experim en tin g in his f a th e r ’s laboratory. B its of glass w ere imbedded in young E dison’s rig h t hand. No injury resulted th a t will be perm anent. The boy’s idea was a floating bomb constructed to explode upon coming in contact w ith another object. “ Some o f your first inventions blew up, d idn’t they, d ad?” young Edison asked a fte r the accident. “ They d id ,” replied his fath er, “ but I w ent back a t th e m .” To which Teodore replied: “ So w ill I . ” Darrow Plans to Retire. Los A ngeles—Clarence S. D arrow , form er chief counsel for the McNa­ m aras, who has been trie d tw ice for alleged ju ry -b rib in g in connection w ith the fam ous dynam ite tria l, left S aturday for Chicago, whence he came two years ago to defend the tw o bro th ­ ers now in the sta te prison a t San Q uentin. If he is not called on to face another tria l, Mr. D arrow said, he will never practice law again, b u t will re tire to a ranch he has in N orthern C alifornia and devote him ­ se lf to lite ra tu re . Women Take Men’s Places. Tacoma, W ash.—W ith the discharge o f all the men elevator operators and jan ito rs and the em ploym ent o f girls and women for th is work, the N ational R ealty building has inaugurated a new system and opened another vocation to the women which heretofore has been held to be exclusively male. Four women, all m arried, operated the ele­ vators W ednesday. All the men ja n ­ itors were m issing, and in th e ir stead women and g irls w ere to be found w orking around the corridors o f the 16-story building. Zanesville, O .—T his city, consider­ ing its size, is one of the g reatest losers financially by the recent flood. The m onetary loss here stands be­ tween $17,000,000 and $20,000,000, according to estim ates by business m en's organizations. R elief stations have been feeding Suffragette May Enter. 16,000 {>eople for the last week. Many , B oston- Miss Forence W ard, a m il­ o f these people are homeless, as 800 ita n t R ritish suffragette, will not be to 1000 homes e ith e r were sw ept away , barred from this country because she or are ready to collapse. Monetary smashed a few windows in I-ondon. assistance from the outside is im­ S ecretary W ilson so ruled and Miss perative. W ard was set free. She had been de­ tained since last Friday, follow ing ac­ All Save Two in Army Desert. tion by a board of inquiry which had Guaym as, Sonora — Commandant ordered her deported because of her Sanchez, of El Cobre, was le ft with m ilita n t a ctivities, for which Miss an arm y composed of his aide and W ard adm itted she had served three first serg ea n t Saturday when sta te m onths in jail. troops demanded the surrender of the 1 Cordage Strike Serious. town. All the federal soldiers of the* El Cobre garrison prom ptly deserted, Auburn, N. Y .—The cordage strik e only to m arch in w ith the victorious situation, involving more than 1700 in su rg en t sta te troops. Sanchez and operatives a t the International H a r­ his tw o loyal follow ers were taken vester company and Columbian Rope prisoners. El Cobre is near the < company shops, has become acute. sm eltin g cen ter of Fundicion. Eleven persons were h u rt in riots. % y S y b F l ETOI^ ßoßlhSOM Co-rfuS/tû/ tn'/A /l. Cofktnûoy/e e / 77¡e flvujxS MR. TAUBERY'S DIAMOND (Continued.) Quite half au hour bad dragged by when the cab door was swung opei and the detective sprang In. At tbe sam e tim e I noticed a covered cart with a black pony In tbe shafts pass tbe other window a t a leisurely pace. Our driver m ust have had his orders, for he turned his horse and followed In the sam e direction. Peace rem ained silent, so 1 left him alone and contented myself with sta r­ ing out of the window. We were going northw ard tow ards Ham pstead. The lines of houses broke up Into sep­ a rate villas. Lilac and laburnum bushes peeped over the garden walls. The throng of traffic grew thinner, the pavem ent less crowded. It was past five when we drew up a t a little pub­ lic house. Peace toddled out, and 1 followed a t his heels. “He Is unloading his cart In Ashlay MRS. EMMALINE PANKHURST. street, yonder," said the driver, lean­ English Suffragette Sentenced to Three Years in P rison on Charge of Incit­ ing from the box, as he pointed with ing Criminal Acts of Followers. his whip to a side road. "Do you want me to wait, sir?" The Inspector nodded and disap­ TAFT CORDIALLY WELCOMED peared through the Inn door, leaving me on the pavem ent. As he had given 3000 Students, With [Band, Receive me no orders 1 strolled back to the corner and peeped down the road, Back Former Fellow. which ran a t right angles to the one New Haven, Conn.—U ndergraduate In which I was. Yale welcomed ex-President T a ft back About forty yards away stood the to his alm a m ater in a m anner no little covered cart with the gray less hearty and enthusiastic than was haired dealer of th e auction room talking to a lad beside It. Presently the godspeed given W ilson by the the lad crawled under the canvas Princeton students when he le ft a hood and handed down the Identical m onth ago to tak e up the duties a t long-tailed horse th a t bad brought Stranded for Two Months Off Ne- W ashington th a t Mr. T a ft was about about the public discomfiture of the to lay down. gallant Colonel Qunton. The dealer halem, Ship Is Towed to Deep P ractically the entire student body, pushed It across the stone pavem ent Water and Lost. 3000 strong, reinforced by a band, Into a little fu rniture shop, and the was a t the sta tio n when Mr. T a ft and boy, whipping up the black pony, his party arrived. An equally large drove quickly away. W heeler, Or. — A fte r hanging to a crowd of citizens also was present. I turned back to find the detective steel b a r w aist deep in w ater for 29 As the T a ft p arty stepped from the a t my elbow. train , C aptain Spalding, of last y e a r’s "P eace," I said, "w hat Is your Inter­ hours, p a rt of which w ere in pitch football team , stepped forw ard and darkness, C harles S. F isher, of P o rt­ presented Mrs. T a ft wih a g re a t bo- est In th a t bicycle horseT" "It happens to play the comedy part land, and C aptain J . W estphal, of quet of violets. A m oment la te r In our little m ystery." Germ any, and two Germ an sailor boys Y ale’s fam ous “ frog chorus” cheer, "W hat do you m ean?” were rescued by lifesavers from the w ith nine " T a f ts ” on the end, roared "Only th a t It has a hole In the sad­ from 3000 throats. dle for a pommel should a little girl German bark Mimi, which capsized Both Mr. and Mrs. T a ft were deeply ride In it, and the hole leads down to early Sunday, a fte r being pulled off moved by the reception. Mr. T a f t’s a hollow Inside. Do you guess w hat the sands of Nehalem sand spit, w here famous smile was lacking for a mo­ It was th a t dropped Into the hollow m ent and he wore a serious look. As she was stranded early in February. inside?” the dem onstration grew , however, he Sixteen other persons w ere drowned. sm iled broadly and doffed his h a t in "N ot Mr. T aubery’s diam ond?" So fa r only two bodies have been re ­ acknowledgement. "Exactly. Yet we have still to covered, one being th a t o f a Germ an Headed by the “ Y ” men of the a th ­ find out the m an who put It th ere.” boy and the o th er th a t of W. C. Koen, letic team s and a bulldog standing a t “But, In the m eantim e the old dealer 1181 K irby stre et, Portland. its leash, the procession proceeded to may—’’ The four were the only ones saved the campus. “T ut, tut, Mr. Phillips. The old from the crew and the list of workm en Mr. and Mrs. T a ft w ith a delegation dealer has nothing to do with I t He on the vessel, all others e ith e r having of the faculty, followed in an autom o­ Is only obeying an order to buy the been sw ept from the deck when the bile. All along the line the ex-presi­ toy w hatever It cost, and to keep It accident first occurred or having been dent and Mrs. T aft received a contin­ until called for. We may have to washed into the sea from the boat dur­ uous ovation. A rriv in g on the cam ­ w aste some tim e, so I have ordered a ing the hours the terrific sea dashed pus, Mr. T aft was escorted to a bal­ steak and fried potatoes In an upper over her steel hull, which barely pro­ cony in Memorial hall. A s h e sta rte d room th a t conveniently overlooks the truded above the w ater. to speak he received another g re a t door of his shop. Let me show you One sailor plunged into the sea and the way." ovation. _________________ was lost alm ost instantly. Two others We passed through a long bar a t were lashed to the deck during low COLD STORAGE IS DEFENDED which a dingy assem blage lounged tide and late r died from the cold and and smoked, and so upstairs Into a exposure. T heir bodies w ere cut private room, the windows of which Pennsylvania Granger, However, down by the G aribaldi lifesaving crew. commanded Ashley street. We ate our Defends Immediate Use. The bodies of the others are thought m eal In relays—one watching a t the to be lost forever, the only hope for Philadelphia—Cold storage w are­ window, while the other disposed of th eir recovery being the possibility of houses were defended here [in speeches his section of stringy steak and th e ir w ashing ashore. a t the annual m eeting of the A m eri­ heavy beer. The daylight boftly faded, The Mimi now lies 800 fe e t out in can Academy of Political and Social th e gas Jets sprang out along the the ocean, w ith the waves dashing Science which was called to discuss street, the tram p of home-coming madly over her. She has been con­ the cost of living. fath ers dropped Into silence—but there signed to her w atery grave forever, A t the close o f the afternoon ses­ was still no caller a t the furniture possibly w ith a num ber of bodies in sion, F. G. U m e r and F rank A. Porne, shop. The sh u tters had been put up her hold. both of New York, although not on the for the night. It seemed plain to me Opinion is divided as to the possi­ program , were called to the platform th a t nothing would happen for th at bility o f there being more bodies on and in vigorous ta lk s defended the evening a t least, though Peace did not the ship. C aptain W estphal says he practice of sto rin g com m odities in seem to despond. is practically sure there are others in cold storage warehouses. Nine o’clock—ten o’clock—ten- They de­ the hold. He could give no names. clared th at the practice was a benefit thirty, and the custom er arrived. He says he heard someone yelling in to the public, insofar th a t i t protected I had watched his cab come rattlin g the cookroom a fte r the accident and the people from a shortage of food and down the stre e t with a casnal Interest, believes it was the sh ip ’s cook. O th­ from excessive prices. As an exam ­ for m any had come and gone since we ers may be w ithin the hold, pinioned ple, both said th a t through the sto r­ first m ounted guard. It had passed under the w reckage o f the upper deck. age of b u tte r and eggs the people of the little shop and was alm ost be­ It would be im possible to secure the the country had been supplied through­ neath us. when a head was th ru st out bodies. out the last w in ter w ith these food­ of the window and a voice cried Irri­ stuffs a t reasonable prices. tably to the cabman. A stre et lamp Tabernacle to Be Solid. W illim T. Creasy, m aste r of the ■■ showed him to me clearly—a white- Zion C ity, 111. — A cem ent ta b e r­ Pennsylvania S ta te G range, aroused faced youth with a straggly, brown nacle, in which the Zion crusaders enthusiasm when in beginning his ad­ m ustache and an Indecisive chin. Tbe cab turned about, and pulled up may pray and inveigh a g ain st users of dress on the cost of living he s a id : tobacco and profane sw earers, alleged “ We on the farm s are in favor of kill­ opposite the shop door. The Inspector ing chickens and e atin g them w ithin touched my arm , and we walked down to form a m ajo rity o f the operatives the stairs, picked up our driver, who of an outside factory here, will be 24 hours.” Mr. Creasy said th a t one of the high was sm oking In the bar, and so bun­ built a t once opposite the offending costs th a t entered into production of dled Into our own vehicle. A few electrical works, it was announced by Z ionist p artisans W ednesday. The foodstuffs was th e scarcity o f farm whispered Instructions, and we drove help. He said th a t farm laborers left old wooden tabernacle, in which daily services ag ain st the factory were held, the country for the cities, w here they was destroyed a fte r a recent scuffie obtained b e tte r pay. betw een the Z ionists and the factory Bullets Hit Across Line. employes. Naco, A riz.—General Pedro Ojeda, w ith his 300 fighting federals, late Patriotic Wave Sudden. San F rancisco—The Federal build­ Saturday attacked the line o f 600 For ORIGIN OF BARREL UNKNOWN ing was sw irling and dizzy Saturday sta te troops surrounding Naco. from a rush of patriotism to the a few m inutes ju s t before sunset a hot courts. Two hundred and fifty or fight progressed th ree m iles E ast of This Receptacle for AM M anner of more Italian , Corsican and Greek fish­ Naco. Bullets struck store buildings Thlnge H a t Boon Uood Slneo Ojeda failed to cut erm en clam orously declared th e ir de­ in Naco, A riz. Tlmo Immemorial. sire to become citizens. The clerks through, but held his position. De­ w ere puzzled until they learned th a t term ining to prevent the federal» com­ Nobody knows who Invented the news from A laska had ju st reached posing the only rem aining garrison in barrel. It has been used since time the fishing colony th a t the T erritorial N orthern Sonora from escaping into Immemorial. legislature has passed an a r t th a t $100 Chihuahua, the insurgent sta te troops B arrels are used for all m anner of annual tax shall be collected from ev­ w ere rushed in from all sides. articles, solid and liquid. T here are ery foreign-born fisher in A laskan w a­ b arrels for holding sugar, salt, applet, ters who is not naturalized. Rolph Starts City Hall. potatoes, and so on; for all aorta of San Francisco—W ith a silver spade, oils, from the heaviest lubricants to Hostage Stamps Soaked. presented by the board of supervisors. the m ost volatile products of p e tro St. Louis— N ine pouches of re g is­ Mayor Rolph last S aturday turned the leum : for beers, wines, and all aorta tered mail containing $100,000 w orth first shovelful of e arth for the founda­ of beverages It la contended th at of postage stam ps and new currency tion of w hat will be San Francisco's the barrel la the strongest stru ctu re Bonds to of Its size th a t can be made from aa of the face value o f approxim ately new $3,500,000 city hall. $100,000, all w ater-soaked by the cover the cost w ere voted a little more equal am ount of wood Its contents floods, Yeached the postoffice here S a t­ than a year ago. The city hall will a re frequently the strongest th a t can urday. The stam ps are a total loss, form p art of the civic center, a collec­ be m ade from liquids. but the money m ay be saved by being tion of m unicipal buildings to cost $8,- The barrel has trem endous power shipped back to W ashington to be 000.000, not including the m unicipal of resistance to pressure from within "laundered and ironed.” The stam ps opera house, which will be paid for by and from without. A barrel eet on were destined to postoffices in all the subscriptions of m usic-loving c iti­ end will. It Is claimed, support half zens. parts of the Southwest. German Bark Capsizes After Being Pulled From Beach. She ¿XiikervU/a, { t slowly round the corner Into Ashley street. The custom er bad been expected. As we passed the shop at a walking pace I could see th at the dealer and his assistan t were hoisting the bicycle horse to the roof of the w aiting cab. Fifty yards m ore and we drew up Dy the pavem ent. Peace kept the windows closed, so th at I could not look back along the road: but through the glass In front 1 could see th a t our driver was quietly taking note of affairs. It was not the first tim e th a t the Inspector had em­ ployed him, as I learnt afterw ards, and the man knew his business. Suddenly our cab whisked round and set off at a rapid pace. The stra n ­ ger had selected a fast horse, th a t was evident. We swung through a maze of narrow streets, tugged up a long hill, skirted a stretch of open common—a part of H am pstead Heath, 1 believe—and finally stopped In the shade of some tall trees. As I got out I saw the lights of the chaise statio n ­ ary a t some distance up the road. “T here may be trouble, Mr. Phil­ lips,” w hispered the little detective. “I'm not certain I ought to bring you along. If anything—’’ "N onsense!" I Interrupted, glancing down at him with some am usem ent. "W ell, tak e this, anyway. I had It from a German burglar.” He th ru st a strip of hardened rub­ ber Into my hand, about eighteen Inches In length by two In thickness. “It will stun a man w ithout leaving a m ark," he said gently. The four-wheeler th a t we had fol­ lowed was w aiting before a green door set In a high brick wall. W ithout any attem pt a t concealm ent, Peace walked the m oaning w retch who squirm ed on tbe gravel at his feet. “Now, Jack Steadm an, th at Is quite enough," said the inspector, pushing his way through the laurels. "And who may you be?” cried the other, with a furious oath. "My nam e Is Addington Peace of tbe crim inal Investigation departm ent of Scotland Yard, and I a rre st you both for being concerned In the robbery of a valuable diamond, tbe property of Mr Julius Taubery.” "Stolen a diam ond!" he bellowed. "Do you call th at a diam ond?” He flung down a stone th a t sparkled In the lights behind him, and stam ped It Into the gravel with his heel. "1 am aw are th at It la the Im ita­ tion," said the Inspector. "But It was not your fault th at you missed the real thing. I have a cab waiting. You bad b e tte r come with me quietly. And I warn you, Steadm an, th a t anything you say will be used In evidence against you." It was after two In the m orning be­ fore th e Inspector tapped at the door of my rooms. I had m ade the fourth of th a t odd cab load to the n earest police station; for, though Mr. Jack Steadm an had blustered, and the Hon. George C arstalrs had groveled and whined thither, they bad consented to go a t last. And th e re I had left the detective and his prisoners, driving to my room s to aw ait bis return. “T he case was not quite so difficult as you suppose, Mr. Phillips," he said, In answ er to ray question. "You rem em ber th at I believed the diamond to be still In the house?" "C ertainly.” "It would be hard to Imagine a more useful bait. It was certain th a t the thieves would have another bite a t It; It was also certain th a t I ought to be able to hook them when they did. Yet I very nearly lost the diamond, a fte r all. Taubery, Gunton and the servants had all declared that, since the robbery, nothing had been moved from the dining room, passage or li­ brary. T here they m ade a m istake. "T aubery's little grandson. George, happened to leave his toy horse In the passage from the dining room, and Into the hole made for the pommel th a t poor creature. C arstalrs, had dropped the diamond with a last de­ spairing effort to get rid of It before NOW, JACK STEADMAN, THAT 13 OUITE ENOUGH ’’ to the door and tried the handle. It was not locked, and we passed Into a fair-sized garden, set about w ith flow­ er beds and clum ps of laurel. In the middle I could see the outline of a square gray house. Two of the ground floor rooms glowed behind th e ir cur­ tains; the re st was darkness. We crossed a corner of th e lawn, and stopped behind a patch of bushes directly In front of the entrance porch. The night was very still and silent. W hat desperate m en were gathered In th a t quiet place? How could we hope to a rre st them flushed with tbe trium ph of so Bplendld a prize? To be truthful, I began to feel a certain anxiety for our position; though upon Peace's face, showing white In the gloom, was a look of per­ fect serenity—a look th at I could not understand. "Mercy, oh, m ercy!” It was a trem bling wall or terro r, a wall th a t was suddenly blotted out by a roar like the challenge of a bull. From within the house came the crush of overturned chairs and the Jingle of breaking glass. And all the tim e the shrieks and hoarse ravings drew near­ e r and louder, until, with a loud bang, the hall door was flung open and a man tumbled down the steps as If throw n from a catapult. His assail­ ant, In black silhouette again st the hall lights, hesitated for a moment, stick In hand. T hen, with a shout of rage, he sprang forward and struck at the weight of a railway car while the truck Is taken from beneath for re­ pairs Yet the prim itive barrel Is put together w ithout nails, screw s, bolts, or pins—It Is entirely self-fastened. The barrel Is sm aller a t Its ends than it Is In Ita middle, so th a t the wooden hoops, self-locking, may be driven on. tightening the staves and pressing the heads Into the chines Although not calked, barrels a re wa­ ter-tight. A sm all barrel Is a keg, a big barrel Is a cask, and a still bigger barrel la a hogshead. W illing to Be Frightened. They were seated In the dim light of a conservatory. Hhe waa playing w ith her fan, and he was m urm uring soft speeches In her ear. Suddenly he leaned forward and Im pressed a kiss on her soft cheek. "Oh, Charlie," she cried, "how you frightened me!* Then a fte r a few m inutes she said: “Frighten m s again, C h arlie" Colonel Gunton searched him. Ten m inutes afterw ards the little boy w ent out for a walk with his nurse, taking the horse with him. When he retu rn ed It was left, as usual, In th e serv an ts' quarters at the back. I never set eyes on It until a day later. Even then I should not have suspect ed w hat tt contained had not th e nurse complained toqpe of a man who follow ed. her when she took George for his dally airing In the park. T hat was the sign for which I had been looking. I accompanied the pair on the following m ornlqg. I saw th e man, but did not recognize him. "N either the nurse nor the boy could well be carrying the diam ond about with them. T here rem ained the horse. T hat night I extracted the real diam ond, and not w ishing to spoil my bait for the shy fish, I dropped the Im­ itation stone Into Its place. "T he toy was w atched by night and day. It was through a bint from me th a t It was Included In the sale. Pool Colonel Gunton! I adm it th a t his e o centric bidding sta rtle d me for a mo­ ment. "You can understand 9teadm an'a fury when, after alt his plots and risks and expenditure, his silly dupe brought him back the Identical Im itation stone th a t had been m ade to deceive old Taubery. I don’t believe th a t the T ro­ jan s could h a re been m ore astonished when th e Greeks em erged from th e wooden horse than was Steadm an when he took out the diamond from the toy and found It to be tbe Im ita­ tion ! ” "And who was Steadm an?" "A very dangerous fellow, Mr. Phil­ lips. I recognised him the m oment be appeared at tbe door. For years, be was a bookm aker In Paris, but left when the place got too hot for him. As a card player he Is well known and avoided. He has been In low w ater lately. So has his dupe. C arstalrs, as I now discover. I-ord W lntone. th e young m an’s brother, set him up as a coffee planter tn Ceylon, hut he spent all the money given him and re ­ turned six m onths ago C arstalrs was a d istan t connection of Mrs. T aubery’s and both she and her husband had been very kind to him. He was al­ ways loafing about the house, getting free m eals and now and then borrow­ ing a fiver He m ust have heard of the new diamond and m entioned It to Steadm an; for Steadm an hatched th e plot—th ere Is no doubt about that. C arstalrs was m erely a dupe and a foolish, vicious dupe a t th a t—he never had the ability to rise higher In crim e. How the two became acquainted I do not know; but they have been seen together several tim es lately. You may take my word for It. th a t th e public will be well rid of them for a year o r two." (CHRONICLES TO BE CONTINUED.)