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Entirely Out of Date—Would Place Busi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.
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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.)