Tost at A .«Y .-P . Exposition. clusive, o f this year. Cuban reciprocity may causa a tariff war with other nations. Ex-Vice President Fairbanks has re­ tired frota politics completely. D istrict Attorney Jerome, o f New York, is again raiding gambling houses. The great increase in Germany's navy has caused a panic in Great Brit- A S t Louis physician has le ft an es­ tate o f over $1,000,000 to a S-moutfas old girl. 4 The German steamer Ella was held up by Nicaragua and searched fo r spies and arms. Tbe government w ill no land fraud indictments unless the evi- donee is strong. The California senate sent fo r a sick member to break the deadlock on the direct The United States Steel corporation w ill done some o f its large plants A p ril 1 unless business Improves. The French government may relieve Minister Simyan, who has charge o f and telegraph, in order to ap- i the strikers. national relations between this country and the republics o f South and Central America and Mexico. One thing w ill be barred, according to toe executive committee, and this ii a discussion o f questions o f a politics nature. ■;? Besides these questions o f closer lations with the southern republics, with especial reference to the early completion o f tbe Panama canal and the consequent stimulating rial development in the trans-Missis­ sippi states, the follow ing questions w ill come under discussion: National defense, with special refer­ ence to the needs o f the Pacific coast and H aw aii; an adequate merchant marine and the "heed o f government aid in its upbuilding and maintenance conservation o f natural This promises to be one o f the leading questions to come before the < Irrigation and the redamation o f semi- arid lands w ill also be taken up, as w il waterway improvements, drainage o f submerged lands, scientific dry farm­ ing, Alaska, separate statebonod fo r New Mexico and Arison a, parcels poet, postal savings banks, insurance, trade relations with Mexico, Central and South America, Gulf ports and the rail­ roads, Panama canal, Hawaii, immi­ gration, good roads, sugar beet ancl cane industry, Barataria and Lafourche, national finance, consular service. 8 T R IK E 18 O VER. Russia is ready to intervene in Per­ Paris Postal Employes Sue fo r Pasee sia i f and A re Met H alf Way. A Washington physician says over­ Paris, March 23.— The great strike eating causes a desire fo r smoking and o f the employes o f tbe postoffice de port­ drinking. ent, which virtually has isolai A Brockton, Mass., man has come to Paris and cut off France from commu­ his right senses at Los Angeles after nication with the outside world fo r tbe wandering three years. oast week. collaDsed today. The strike The universal suffrage measure has ^ m i t t e . decid edtocall off ths em- to second reading in the The condition o f Mme. Helena Mod- jeska, the famous actress, is such that her death may occur at any time. The king o f Christmas island, in the Pacific ocean near Singapore, has ab­ dicated because his w ife objects to being queen. An absconding Oklahoma bank cash­ ier has sent back nearly all tbe money taken and promises to return tbe bal- The British parliament may author­ ise eight instead o f four battleships o f tbe Dreadnought type on account o f activities on the part o f German y in increasing her navy. A ft e r a searching investigation a board o f inquiry has recommended tbe suspension o f the pilot who had charge o f the transport Logan when it went aground at the entrance to Honolulu harbor. Tbe Chinese boycott against Japan­ ese goods has been revived. Servia may yield to the terms at a jo in t note from the powers. The Cuban revolutionists have tendered to government troops. Roosevelt says he doesn’ t intend to d ie o f fe v e r in the wilds o f A frica. T b e crisis between China and Russia over M»m-Knri.n territory is said to be N ew s agents on trains in Mexico have been fprbidden to sell liquor in future. Tb e Nicaraguan president defies the U nited States to intervene in Central A m erica and threatens to fight marines to a finish. Tbe Home Telephone companies o f the Pacific North west, including the long distance connections, have been a d d to a syndicat# o f Portland and Se­ a ttle capitalista. Robbers dynanited tw o bank build­ ings a t Bald Knob, A rk ., and put ta fligh t a band o f citizens who had been attracted by the explosions. A sheriff’s posse is in pursuit. E ight man have now been secured fo r the Calhoun jury. Tho fight on the tariff bill in con­ gress w ill be a free fo r all, both par­ tías splitting. . * Austria is on the verge o f war with S arria and Montenegro. A runaway train killed and injured $0 people and wrecked tbe Montreal depot. Scientists have a theory that many mina explosiona arc caused by earth- Many prominent South Americans have appealed to tbs United States for Intervention. Hunters just returning from that part o f A fric a to which Roosevelt will g o report good sport awaiting the ex- pros ideot. Railroad men are said to have dis­ covered an unbreakable rail. . i f It the tart many lives w ill be has so* cent in the Eastern O regon G row ers Taka Nearly MIHIon fo r Wheat Crpp. g Added interest The government w ill meet tbe eommit- tee half way. , Representatives o f tbe linemen called today upon M. Barthou, minister o f public works, ostensibly fo r the purpose o f protesting against the charges that they had cut the wires, but during the course o f the interview they communi­ cated to the minister the terms on which the allied associations collec­ tively would resume work. These w ere: First, the resignation o f M. Simyan, under secretary o f posts and telegraphs; second, that no em­ ployes should be dismissed on account o f the strike. They desired also tbe that the delegates o f tbe iation hereafter should be per­ mitted to lay their grievances directly before the minister o f public works. M. Barthou received the deputation in a conciliatory spirit,. He said the government could not discuss the resig­ nation o f an official except with parlia­ ment, but he gave tbe delegation tbe satisfaction it demanded 6n other points. Premier Clemenceao met the tion later and confirmed M. Barthou’■ statement with regard to tbe attitude o f tbe government. A t the conclusion o f these private interviews with tbe ministers, the strike committee met and decided upon the resumotfon o f work tomorrow. This decision wax announced at a mass meeting at which 6,000 strikers were present. __________________ The house tonight adopted a issolu tion fo r adjournment at noon Tuesday Speaker McArthur said i t might be csesary to turn the dock back. Each house continued the ar session this morn resolutions declaring man and Speaker Mc­ Arthur the presiding officers. Three bills have passed both by Repreeestative Bones, appro­ priating $7,800 for expenses o f the special session, one curing a defective emergency clause in tbe act creating a board to eliminate duplications in cur­ ricula o f the Agricultural oollegs and the state university, and one appropri sting funds fo r improvements In state institutitsm. The house voted to submit the nor­ mal issue to a vote o f the people. A bill has also been Introduced appropri sting $40,000 fo r each at the three schools to carry them until a fter the election o f 1910. In tbe senate there is a disposition to ignore the normal question entirely and it is doubtful i f any action is taken furthe than to snbmit the whole Iking to a popular vote. Both houses have refused to take up any o f the bills vetoed by Chamber­ lain. Salem, March 16.— N o appropria­ tions fo r normal schools ware made by tbe Oregon legislature, which ended its special session a t 8 :40 ton igh t The lawmakers quit the capitol, leaving dead in the bouse a senate bill grant ing tbe schools $8,000 each fo r r main­ main- tenance until next June. The > normal its sup­ forces repudiated the bill and its er-thirds porters could not muster the two-th iry to advmnee it to second read­ ing. The vote on suspension o f the rules was 28 syss to 16 nose. Because the gross earnings tax laws enacted by* the initiative in 1906 were killed by implication by a tax act o f the legislature in 1907, the ad valorem tax set o f the regular session o f 1909 was not touched by tbe special session. A n unsuccessful unsuccessful attempt was made ■ An tion act o f the regular session. B ills pained during the special ses­ sion cure defecto in those passed at the regular session and all efforts to introduce new business were voted down. The work o f the special ses­ sion comprises the following: Appropriation fo r improvements in state institutions; appropriation for experiment station at Union ; opening duck season in W illam ette valley O c t » ber 1 instead o f October 15; protect­ ing deer; prohibiting night hunting o f deer; protecting elk ; rope fire eeeapes in hotels not to apply to towns having fire regulations; salaries o f Supreme court bal iff, elerk and stenographers; act creating curricula board; requiring doom o f public buildings to open out­ ward; new code; appropriating $7,600 for special session ; reimbursing George H. Small. Liberty Ball at Festival. Portland— The grand triumphal jour­ ney o f the “ Liberty B ell” to the Paci­ fic coast, a movement which was start­ ed by the Portland Rose festival, is as­ sured almost beyond any doubt. Not only is Portland working to secure tbe historic relic as a special attraction fo r the floral carnival here, but Seattle is bending every energy to secure it for the A .-Y .-P . fair. San Francisco wants it fo r its “ RehslibiliUtion Day’ ’ anniversary, and more than 100 cities on the coast and along the djffere nt transcontinental railroads have passed resolutions memorializing the authori­ ties o f tbs city o f Philadelphia to per­ m it the treasured trophy to make the trip— the first one it has ever taken W est at the Mississippi river. So widespread has the movement become that tbe congressioonal delegates of every stats W est o f the Mississippi with but one or two exceptions have been asked to use their influence to bring tbe sacred tocsin o f American independence to the coast. Peace Pact Assured. C ity o f Mexico, March 28.— I t is now believed a certainty that a confer­ ence o f the five presidents o f Central American republics w il) be held Word has reached here that Presidents Cabrera, o f Guatemala; Davilla, o f Honduras, and Zelaya, o f Nicaragua, have agreed to the proposed meeting. I t is thought that President Figueroa, o f Salvador, and tbe president o f Coats Riea w il) consent to the invitation Marion’ s Finest fo r A .-Y .-P . sent out by M. Echevarria, president o f tbe Central American branch o f the Salem— W . A . Taylor, who has bureau o f American republics. charge o f the Marion county exhibit at the Alaska-Yukon-Paeifle exposition, is Balkan Trouble Ends. working faithfully to prepare an ex­ Belgrade, March 28.— Peace is re­ hibit that w ill be a credit to the state garded as assured. I t was semi-offiei- and the county. Nothing but products ally stated tonight that tbe powers actually grown or mad# in Marion would invite Servia tomorrow to de­ county w ill constitute any part o f the clare the question o f the annexation o f e x h ib it I t w ill surpass the exhibit Bosnia and Hersegovina settled and to made by the county at Portland in disarm and discharge its reservists. 1906 i f Mr. Taj lor’s plans are not in­ One carload has al­ Furthermore, it was said, the Servian terfered with. government would accede to this re­ ready gone north and another w ill be quest, thus opening the way for direct sent later. negotiations between Austria and Ser­ Lane at Seattle Fair. via fo r a commercial agreement. Eugene— The county court o f Lane Governor C osgrove Improves. county refused to make an appropri# Paso Robles Hot Springs, Cal., tion for a county exhibit at the Seattle March 28.— That Governor Cosgrove is exposition and the Eugene Commercial improving so rapidly he w ill be able club w ill install a splendid display o f to leave for Washington by May 1 to the county’ s products in the Oregon assume tbe reins o f government in that building. E. M. Warren has bean en­ state, is tbe opinion o f Dr. F. W . gaged to collect the ex h ib it He had Sawyer, managing director, who says eharge o f tha county exhibit at the tbe reparts ha has to g iv e out are Porthuid exposition in 1906, also the highly encouraging. county exhibit at tha state fa ir at Sal­ em fo r several y ea n past. 18 Warships Ready In 1012. La Grande Retarne Sugar Factory. I Berlin, March 28.— in view o f the Mertione made in the British house o f La Grand*— The Amalgamated Sugar commons that Germany, in tbs spring factory, with a pay noli o f $160,000 o f 1912, woo Id have 17 warships, all yearly, w ill remato in La Grande. at theai at the big-gun type, the Navy This decision o f David Eeeles was an- department authorizes the statement nounced eountermanding a previous ia the autumn o f 1912 Germany that the factory ba moved to rill have 1$ Utah. V _ Pendleton— A s a sequel to the grant­ ing o f e large sack contract oh the part o f the Inland Grain Growers’ associa­ tion last week is the acceptance at like contract by the Fanners’ Educa­ tional Co-eperativs union hare. Tbe firm to secure the contract fo r the sacks to be accepted by the farmers’ union eras the Karr, Gifford & Co. o f Portland, and the contracted price is reported between 6 and 6 & cents,' or a little lower than the p r c i ceptod by the Inland Grain Growers’ iation. The contract with the farmers’ union calls fo r the purchase o f between 803 , 000 and 1 , 200,000 sacks. The effer at Kerr, Gifford A Co. stands for s short time only, since it does not bind inff vidua! members o f tbe u nit», but each member decides on tbe number o f sacks he desires and pays 10 par cent down at tbe time the order is given. The Inland Grain Growers’ associa­ tion gave a contract to Balfour, Guth­ rie A Co., to accept between 200,000 and 600,000 sacks at a price understood to be between 6 and 6Jf cents, f t ia known to be higher than the price paid I by the farmers’ union. C R O P P R O S P E C T 8 GO O D . Spring Plowing and Seeding in P ro­ gress in Oil Ham County. Condon— Spring plowing and seeding have about commenced and another few dry days w ill see tbe work in full swing. In the north part o f the county the farmers have been plowing fo r a week or ten days, while in the M ayville country they have just started. In tbe Ferry canyon country there are some o f the plows going but some have been holding back a little on account o f too much moisture at the present time, but a few windy days w ill dry up the ground and then plowing can go ahead. There is a bigger acreage o f spring grain sown this year than fo r a number o f yean. From different obeervstions there w ill be a vary big crop through­ out Gilliam county this year unless freeze out should occur. Spring W ork at Monroe. Monroe— The sunshine o f the past few days dried np the ground to such an extent that spring work is being rushed in all directions. Roads are dry and in especially good shape for this time o f the season. Gardens are being put in and unless climatic eondi tiona are severe in the next few weeks, garden truck w ill be vi plentiful. Fruit trees are just be­ ginning to show signs o f awaken­ ing. Umatilla Lets Bridge Contract. Pendleton— A contract fo r the erec­ tion o f six new bridges has been let by the County court to the Columbia Bridge company, o f W alla Walla. These structures are to replace wooden ones washed sway during the freshet follow ing the January cold spell and w ill coat the county $12,000. PO RTLAND M ARKETS. Wheat— Bluestem, $1.20(3)1.26; club, $1.10; rad Russian, $1.07@1.08; val­ ley, $1.10. Oats— No. 1 white, $39. Barley— Feed, $30@30.60 per ton. Hay— Timothy, W illam ette valley, $18@16 per ton; Eastern Oregon, $16 18; elover, $12@>1S: alfalfa, $14.60 grain hay, $13(314; cheat, $18.60 @14.60; vetch, $18.60@14.50. , Butter— City creamery, extras, 86c; fancy outside creamery, 32(385c per pound; store, 18@20c. (Butter fa t prices average 1 He per pound under regular butter prices.) * Eggs— Oregon ranch, 20@21c per dozen. Poultry— Hens, 16@ 16Ke: broilers, 20@26c; fryers, 18@20c; roosters, old, ll@ 1 2 c ; young, 14@15c; ducks, $0@22e; geese, 10c; turkeys, 18@20c; squabs, $2.50@8 per dozen. Veal— Extra, par pound; ordinary, 7(38c; heavy,. 6c. P rtk — Fancy, 9 ^ @ 1 0 c per pound; |M«t8@8*c. Appi pples— 75c(3>$2.60 per box. Potatoes— $1.85(3)1.40 par hundred; sw eet potatoes, t)4@ 8e-per pound. Vegetables— Turnips, $1(3)1.26 par sack; carrots, $1.26; parsnips, $1.50; beats, $1.60@1.75; horseradish, 10c par pound; artichokes, 90c@$l per dozen; asparagus, 12 ¿4@20c per pound; beans, 26c: cabbage. S ^ @ 8 j {c per pound; cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen: celery, $4.60 per crate; lettuce, head, 85c per dozen ; onions, 40@50c per doz­ en; parsley, 26@80c per dozen; rad­ ish««, 86c per dozen; rhubarb, $8.26 par box. Onions — Oregon, $ ).76@1.90 per hundred. Hops— 1909 contracts, 10(310 per pound; 1908 crop, 7@8e; 1907 crop, 3 @ 4c; 1906 crop, lX vice, approved and unexploited, w ill made dally in thé transportation build­ ing add yards at tha Alaska- Y ukon Pu­ rifie exposition, which w ill opm June 1 in Seattle. O, The (ranspevtation building; is being hurried to completion and tn spurs, switches and “Y s ’ f are already laid fo r tha moat oonipleta exemplifica­ tion o f general and special railway traffic ever attempted on the grounds o f an exposition. So desirous were Eastern locomotive builders o f taking advantage o f ing tbs Oriental field through the me­ dium o f the Seattle lair, that they pro­ vided the major portion o f tbe $75,000 which the construction o f the transpor­ tation building has cost, in order that the structure should be o f ample size for their moat complicated illsutrations. Locomotives o f all makes and all periods w ill be exhibited. Everything, from the old “ hay burners’ ’ o f tits cot­ ton belt, to the big transcontinental mogul w ill be shown under full steam. A modern passenger train, equipped with the last work in Pullman service, lights, brakes and wireless alarms w ill be s daily show. The electric end o f transportation w ill be given as complete exhibition as its rival. A fully equipped modern trolley as w ell as a new underground trolley, which it is claimed, doss away with all previous objections to tbs un­ derground system, w ill be displayed in operation. Every known farm vehiele, raspers, stackers, harvesters, plows and all else, even to the harness fo r the horses, w ill be shown and the big traction harvest­ ers found working throughout the West, w ill have a place, with all o f their latest improvements. FO O D S U P P L Y A FFE C TE D . French Telegraph Strike Continues and Famine Threatens. wilt it i lo t Duly an to Remain. VERT 4 L » AGAINST FIEE RIDES Democrats Demand Smaller Duty Leather Goods—Louisiana Wants Duty on Philippine Rica. Washington, March 20.— Members on both aide# o f the house are lining up • and preparing to submit amendments to tbs Psyns tariff bill, in which tbeir- conatituents are interested. The main contention w ill be over tbe cut in tha lumber duty. I t is undsratood that tha Southern representatives are almost unanimous for retaining tha present duty o f $2 per thousand fa s t They w ill have the support o f many meow bers from the Northwest and tha Pa­ cific Coart states. Hides and leather manufactures also- w ill be the subject o f considerable de­ bate. Tha Democrats w ill fight to- havs shoes and other product o f leather reduced 6 or 10 per cent more and hav* hides retained on the free lis t On boots and shoes, according to tb * now tariff, w ill be levied a duty o f I S per cent ad valorem. W hile this is a reduction o f 10 per cent sd valorem, i t is contended by those who favor fur­ ther reductions that the shoe men hav* admitted that they could stand a re­ duction o f 6 to 10 per cent more i f hides were admitted free. Western representatives w ill make an earnest effort to have a duty o f 16 par cant again placed on hides. Tbs Louisiana delegation met today- to consider the effect that tha fr a * trade provision fo r the PhUpippiine* would have on the rice industry. T h ey w ill endeavor to have the minority re­ port favor a small duty on riea import­ ed frtao the Philippine islands, or th*- quantity entitled to free duty restrict­ ed, as has been dons with sugar and tobacco. __________________• Paris, March 22.— Tbe government issued s reassuring statement tonight concerning the strike, in which the s it­ uation was said to be notably improv­ ed, many o f tha strikers, especially tbe telephone girls, having returned to work. The strike leaden, on tha < C LE M E N C E A U 8 U 8 T A IN E D . er hand, were loudly proclaiming i to the hilt, and there are disquieting French Chamber Stands By Premier- nuners o f railroad and other eo opera I on Strike Situation. tive strike#. Disclosures in connection with the Paris, March 20.— Premier Clemen- strike indicate that tbe abuses and fa ­ ceau and his colleagues who faced the voritism charged havs been largely due strike interpellations in tbe chamber to the fact that politics have had much o f deputies today, determined to se­ to do with the administration o f the cure indorsement o f tbe government’*, post and telegraph service. position in the premises or retire from The lack o f food ia the capita], an office. They won, for the chamber re­ outcome o f the impossibility o f for­ jected by a vote o f 854 to 188 a resolu­ warding payments, is making itself tion providing for s commission ts in­ fe lt today, and provision dealers de­ vestigate the causes o f tbe strike. clare that i f there is no improvement The number o f strikers has been the city in a few days probably w ill be largely increased. The government, confronted with famine conditions. with the aid o f military telegrapher* The loss to business in Paris alone ia and soldiers acting as letter carriers, variously estimated st from $600,000 has been successful in securing a sem­ to $1,200.000. Only s few wires today blance o f resumption in all branches connect Europe Paris with and tbs out­ o f tha service. In the provinces th * side world. ■ trike is constantly securing new ad­ The government has formally notifi­ herents, and in many larger centers i t ed the strikers that 48 hours o f grace ia complete. Tbe strike leaders claim w ill be allowed them to retorn to work, that victory is within their grasp. Th e after which their dismissal w ill be ir­ government has prepared a bill to ex­ revocable. tend tbe time on financial paper until tfta state services era again normal. NEW J A P C R IS IS IN S O U T H . S T E A M E R LIN E T O PA N A M A . County Officials in C a'ifom la Try to Coaat Conference Asks Government Collect Poll Tax; Strike Snag. to Aid o r Croats One. Oxnard, Cal., March 22.— Serious abor trouble is threatened in the beet fields hero over the situation created by tbe attempt to collect a county poll tax from the 450 Japanese livin g in Oxnard and employ Ad in tbe beet fields. This attempt, after they bad paid the city tax in this eity, caused great sentmenL The sheriff and deputy as­ sessors in many instances seized bbnes and goods owned by tbe Japanese and later forced them to pay under threats o f selling their property. Some o f the Japanese have already e ft fo r other parts o f the state where Japanese labor is in demand, leaving the beetgrowers in serious straits for aborers. Tonight tbe sheriff and assessor say it is probable the county w ill recede from its position and return the money oollected. Bill Cuts Drinking Tims. Salt Lake City, March 22.— Both branches o f ths state legislature today passed a bill regulating the sale o f iquor. Tbe bill gives to all counties local option and to eitiea o f 12,000 pop­ ulation or more a separate vote. Sa­ loons are to be open only from 7 a. m. until 7 p. tn., except on Saturday, when the hoars shell be from 7 a. m. to 6 p. Special elections on the question o f local option are to be held on peti­ tion. I t is believed that the bill w ill receive the signature o f Governor Spry. __________________ H alf Billion in Subways. N ew York, March 22.— Tha remark able scope o f Greater New Y ork ’s plans forp roviding adequate transportation facilities is indicated in a statement issued here today, which shows that the expenditure o f nearly $600,000,000 is contemplated. O f this amount near­ ly $400,000,000 is included in projects for tunnels and subways. > Work in­ volving s fourth o f this total w ill prob­ ably begin beforo tbe end o f tha proa- ant year. Jap Ships Plan Voyage. Tokio, March 22.— Two ships o f the Japanese training squadron, leaving ■Top wethers, $5.75(36; fa ir Yokosuka on March 14, w ill visit vari- !.76@6.26; awes, %c leas ousp oints on tbs Pacific coaat daring The vessels an all gradea; lamba, top, $6.60@6»76 the spring and rammer. fa ir to good, $6@4.50„ are ths cruisers Aso and Soys. San Francisco, March 20.— A resolu­ tion calling upon the United S tate* government to encourage the establish­ ment o f a privately owned steamship line on the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, operated by way o f the Panama rail­ road, or, fa ilin g that, to supplement the government-owned Altantic line by similar line in the Paoiflc, w as adopted here today by representative* o f various commercial organisations o f tbe Pacific coast The representatives met for tbe pur­ pose o f discussing the effect o f the In­ terstate Commerce commission’s decis­ ion in tha Spokane case on Pacifier coast jobbing interests. Commercial bodies from Porland, Seattle, Tacoma, Sacramento, Los Angeles and this c ity wars repreaec ted. 1—¡¡M - ______________________ * Mine Sells fo r 82 ,000,000. Phoenix, Arts., March 70.— Papers were recorded in Florence today con­ summating the deal made three montl ■ ago whereby Lewissohn Brothers, o f N ew York, acquire the property o f the Kelvin Calumet Mine company, in tha Ray Kelvin district, Pinal county, fo r $2,000,000. Tha terms are that $300,- 000 is to be spent in development in the next year, the balance o f the pric* then to be paid i f the property devel­ op# as specified. This is the ground on which the Ray Central company was organizd by ths Lewissohn*. Wizard to Leave Pasadena. Pasadena, Cal., March 20.— Thar* w ill be no more conferences between | railway officials o f the Harriman sys­ tem at Pasadena, and E. H. Harriman [ w ill leave tomorrow for San Diego, and from there w ill proceed to N ew Orleans. There be wiH embark on his private yacht, Sultana, and go for a cruise to Panama to inspect progress on ths canal. Mr. Harriman w ill ra- roaln in San Diego on$il he haa word tta t his yacht is on Its way. Catsup Poured Into May. Providence, R. L , March 20.— The waters o f Narragansett bay ware well seasoned with tomato catsup today when 650 esses, containing 15,600 bot- tlss, w e n dumped into the sea because they did not meet the requirements o f ths Federal para food law.