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EVENTS THE DAY Newsy Items finlliorcil from All Parrs o! tliu World, PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER Lets Important hut Not Lets Inter oiling Happenings from Points Outtldo the 8tata, Chnrlea W. Fairbanks I visiting In Houlhcrn California. Tim volcano of Unleo. Salvador, Is showing Increased activity. All MliKllo West rnllroads have do elded to restore the 3-ccnt fare. The Iowa leglslnturo has voted down nn nbsulutu Imnk guraarsnteo bill. Twenty-two Russian political pris oner have been condemned to death. Senator I)ej)w nnyn Rooeovolt loved lila Job a president and regretted hav ing to leave. Tho government la testing n rlllo equipped with an electric light which enable! aim to be taken at night. Canadn proves to build u dread naught or two and turn them over to tho mother country should the neces sity arlio. In the recall election for mayor of 1am Angeles, George Alexander re ceived about SI, 000 votei morn that his nearest competitor. KxQuecn Lllluokallnl, of Hawaii, who has been to Washington In tho In terests of he claim against tho gov ernment, Is hoiwful that her visit has not been In vain. Castro says ho will start a revolu tion on arrlvnl In Venezuela, Physicians havrt abandoned hope of Having tho life of Madame Modjeike. Mrs. Pierre Lorlllard, wife of the tobscco magnate, committed suicide In Washington, Coalition In tho Gorman relchstag Is lirokenond Chancellor von Buolow' jtower Is rkrId tottering. Tho Colorado legislature baa modi fled tho direct primary measure by milling the convention plan. Tho Whltla kldnaors havo been In llcted In Ohio, but will be turned over to Pennsylvania for prosecution. Tho ieakcr of tho Nevada house ac tios tho senate of fraud in connection with tho report on a defunct bank. Porto Hlcan delegates to congress ay tarllT has ruined tho coffee Industry and that self government Is n farce, A Rurslen woman has been arrested who, during tho past 30 years, has rid 300 women of troublesome husbands. Prince George, of Scrvle, has re nounced bis rlghU to tho throne, fol lowing newspaper charges of murder. Carnegla proKMcs an Anglo-American alliance. New York and New Jersey rccelvo reform measures with apathy. One of the severest blizzards of tho year has just swept Oklahoma. Tho Whltla boy has Identified his kidnaper and the house whero ho was kept. Tho governor of Novada has signed n banking bill which Is a compromise on tho guranarairtro plan of Oklahoma. It Is expected that n world's fair ,..111 I v.. ,1,( In 1'nnr.mn In 1012. the year tho canal Is expected to bo oenod. It is reortrd that Ilrewnter, Kan., tins been struck by n tornado, but wires uro down and nothing definite can be learned. Sun Francisco jiollco havo arrested five men, believed to bo tho most des perate gang of sufo crackers that ever uporutcd in that city. Honey expects that tho actual trial of Calhoun will begin In about n month. Six Jurors have now boon uworn and three temporarily passed. Burglars shot u patrolman at Pueblo when about to be caught, French strikers Insist on tho dismiss al of Slmynn, and may win their point, Castro has loft Germany for Bor deaux, where ho will embark for Vono- zuolu. Boston Is to have a crusado against rats similar to tho one conducted at Ban Frunclsco. A plot to kill tho nmeor of Afghani stan was unearthed and 1,200 arrests liavu been inado, A millionaire iron man, a banker and four others nro to bo Indicted at Pittsburg for bribery. The Pennsylvania sennta haa passed a resolution offering nroward of $1,000 for tho caputro of tho kidnapers of tho Whltla boy. A bill haa uiso boon in troduced making kidnaping punlshablo by death, CALL FOH CONGRESS. Trnni-Mlit.lsr.lppl Commercial Body to Meet In Denver. Donvor, March 23. Secretary Ar thur F, Francis, of tho Trnnn-Mlssls-slppl Commercial congress, today Is sued thu oMclol call for the 20th an nual session of that association, to bo hold In Denver August 10 to 21 in clusive, of this year. Added Interest attaches to this mooting from tho fact that President Taft will bo present and take part In tho proceedings, A largo attendance of representatives of the Latin-American countries Is also ex pected, In thu Interest of closer Inter national relations between this country and tho republics of South and Central America and Moxlco. One thing will bo barred, according to the oxccutlvo committco. and this Is n discussion of questions of a 'tolitlcnl nature. llesldes these questions of closer re lations with the southern republics, with especial reference to the early completion of the Panama canal and the consequent stimulating commer cial doveloptnent In Uio truns-MlssIs-slppl states, the following questions will come under discussion: National dofchse, with special refer ence to tho needs of tho Pacific coast and Hawaii; an adequate merchant marine and thu need of government aid in Its upbuilding and maintenance conservation of natural resources. This promises to be ono of the loading questions to rotno before tho congress. Irrigation ard Uio reclamation of semi arid lands will also be taken up, as will waterway Improvements, drainage of submerged lands, scientific dry farm Ing, Alaska, separata slatcbonod (or Now Mexico and Arizona, parcols post, lostal savings banks, Insurance, trade relations with Mexico, Central and South America, Gulf port ami tho rail roads, Panama csnal, Hawaii, Immi gration, good roads, sugar beet and cane Industry, Ilaratarla and Lafourche, national finance, consular service. STRIKE IS OVER. Psrls Postal Employes Suo for Pssce and Are Mat Half Way. Paris. March 23. Tho great strike of the employes of tho postofllco depart ment, which virtually has Isolated Paris and cut off France from commu nication with the outside world for tho nast week, collansed today. The strike committee decided to call off tho em ployes and made Uio first move to efTtct a settlement, virtually suing for cace. Tho government will meet tho commit tee half way. Iteprcsentatlves of the linemen called today upon M. Harthou, minister of public works, ostensibly for the purpose of protesting against the charges that they had cut the wires, but during tho course of tho Interview they communi cated to tho minister tho terms on which tho allied associations collec tively would resumo work. These were: First, tho resignation of M. Slmyan. under secretary of posts and telegraphs; second, that no em ployes should be dismissed on account of tho strike. They desired also the assurance that tho delegates of tho association hereafter should bo per mitted to lay their grievances directly before tho milliliter of public works. M. Harthou received tho deputation In a conciliatory spirit,. Ho said tho government could not discuss tho resig nation of an official except with parlia ment, but ho gavo tho delegation the satisfaction It demanded on other points. Premier Clomenceau met tho deputa tion later and confirmed M. Barthou's statement with regard to the attltudo oftho government. At tho conclusion of these private Interviews with tho ministers, tho strike committco met and doclded upon tho resumption of work tomorrow. This decision was announced at a moss meeting at which r.,000 strikors were present. Peace Pact Assured. City of Mexico, March 23. It is now believed a certainty that n confer onco of the flvo presidents of Central American republics will bo held soon. Word has reached here that Presidents Cabrera, of Guatemala; Davllla, of Honduras, and Kelaya, of Nicaragua, have agreed to tho proposed mooting. It Is thought that President Figuoroa, of Salvador, and tho president of Costa Hlcu will consont to the Invitation sent out by M. Kchovorria, president of tho Central American branch or mo bureau of American republics, Qovernor Oosgrove Improves. Pino Roblcs Hot Springs, Cal,, March 23,- That Governor Cosgrovo is Improving so rapidly ho will be able to leave for Washington by May 1 to nfsumo tho rolns of government in that state, Is tho opinion of Dr. F. W. Sawyer, managing director, who niya the reports he haa to give out nro highly encouraging. 13 Warships Ready In 1012. Uorlln, March 23. In vlow of tho assertions mode In tho British house of mmtnnnH thnt ftnrmnnv. In thn nnrlnfr of 1012, would have 17 warships, oil of them of tho big-gun typo, tho Nuvy department authorizes the statement that In tho autumn of 1012 Gormany will have 13 such vessels. PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF Friday, March 20. Washington, March 20.- Tho mono tony of tho tariff debate In tho house was rellovrd for a tltno todoy by a clash botwocn Fordnoy of Michigan, and Ilyrd of Mississippi, which came near ending In blows. Fordnoy had been discussing the lumber schedule when he was Interrupted by tho Mis slsslpplsn, who Insisted that the lum ber manufacturers, of whom Fordnoy was one, were In n trust. Fordnoy peremptorily denied tho atatement and said that Ilyrd "did not know ajdamncd thing about It." Opposed to Fonlney was Howland of Ohio, who wanted tho product placed on the tte list. Othors who spoke were Pou of North Carollnu, and Ma con of Arkansas, both of whom ar raigned the Payne bill for not accom plishing what It was pretended It would do, while Humphrey of Wash Ington advocated a tariff on shingles and lumber high enough to enable tho lumber and shingle manufacturers of his state to compete with thoso of Urltlsh Columbia employing cheap Ori ental labor. Thursdsy, Msrch 24, Washington, March 25. Almost ev ery shade of opinion on tariff revision was reprencnted today on tho Payno bill. After a genoral assault by Un derwood of Alabama, the bill was de fended by Crumpackcr of Indiana, one of Its framcrs, who Is a pronounced ad vocate of Ueo raw materials and such tariff on finished products an will fos ter home manufactures without breed ing monopolistic trust. Then came Sheppard, of Texas, wltli an attack on the sincerity of tho Republicans in carrying out their rovislcn pledge Kuestermenn of Wisconsin, denounced the countervailing duty on oil as a boon to the Standard, but Smith of Colorado, and Vrceland of Now York, said this duty was not on the Standard, but on the producer of crude oil. Tho bill waa called up by Payne Im mediately after tho body convened, and tho debate waa opened by Underwood of Alabama, who spoke at length in opposition. Wn.litmrtnn. March (. Senator Chamberlain Introduced hla first bills today. They provide for increases In pensions to 510 to survivors oi me In dian war and granting soveral private pension Increases. Senator Bourne in troduced a bill providing for four col lection districts in uregon ai uoos oay, Yaqulna, Astoria and Portland. Wednesdiy, March 24. Washington. March 24. Declaring among other things that a mistake was made in ths Payno bill in not arrang ing tho revision on tho basis of raising revenuo only on every element, Clark of Missouri, Uio minority loader, held the attention of tho house for moro than flvo hours today In discussing the measure. Incidentally he pointed out that much tlmo would have been saved in tho consideration of tho bill had the Democratic mombcrs of the committee been consulted about its provisions. Clark sjtokc In characteristic style and frequently moved tho houso to applause and laughter. At the conclusion of his remarks he received an ovation from tho Democratic members. Washington, March 24. The tariff bill to bo recommended by the senate committeo on finance will be ready to be rcportil on the day the Payne bill panes tho house, according to the present Intentions of tho Republi can mombcrs of tho committco who are holding daily sessions. Consideration of tho schedules on earthenware and lottery was begun and concluded to day. Tuesday, March 23. Washington, March 23. Occupying tho entire session of tho house today Payne, of Now York, chairman of the committee on ways and means, con cluded his speech in explanation of tho tariff bill. He wui on his feet almost all of tho flvo hours and ten minutes that ho had the floor. At tlmos ho gavo evidence of being greatly fa tigued. In his arguments he took tho posi tion that tho bill would not injure the tin plate or stool rail industries of the United States, and frco hldea would not bo a menace to the farmers. Tho inheritance tax, ho said, was preforablo to an Income tax, because it would not glvo rlso to perjury or fraud. Ho held also that an income tax was unconstitutional. Clark, of Missouri, followed and had proceeded but a minutu or two when, at the suggcatlon of Payno, ho suspend ed and tho house adjourned. Payno said that tho men who wanted tho Dlngley duty on lumber retained wero those who wero Interested In an Immense lot of stumpngo and who wero actuated solely by motives of greed. If the duty wore removed entirely on lumbor, he said, it would be of great benefit to tho American people and would onablo tho men ho had referred to still to realize a golden fortune, but not auch a goldon fortune as wero tho duty to bo kopt on. Monday, Msrch 22, Washington, Morch 22. Thcro were Introduced In tho senate today 405 bills and four Joint resolutions. Heyburn reintroduced tho bill providing lor a now executive department to be known as the department of mines. Annuities for ex-prcsldents ana Uio widows of ox-presidents are provided in a bill introduced by Mcuumbcr. Flint Introduced a bill directing tho secretary of war to establish a line of stesmers along the Atlantic coast operated by tho Panama railroad, and appropriating xio,oou,uou uiereior. Ho reintroduced tho bill appropriating $1,003,130 to reimburse the Southern Pacific Railroad company for its expen ditures in controlling the break in tho Colorado river levee in 1000. Washington, March 22. The tariff bill held full away In tho house today. The measure was promptly put before tho body immediately after It convened. Payne of New York, chairman of tho committeo on ways and means, spoke for four hours and ten minutes in ex planation of the bill. Then, somewhat fatigued, he suspended until tomorrow. He was subjected to a cross fire of questions. Payne. In speaking of tho maximum and minimum features of tho bill, pre dicted that Franco, Germany and other European countries would hasten so to cnualize their duties on American pro ducts that they would derive tho bene fit of the minimum rates offered. New Star Field for Flag? Washington, March 20. A new "Old Glory" la proposed In a bill recently Introduced by Representative Ansbcr ry, of Ohio, to amend tho section of the revised statutes which relates to tho design of the American flag. A new formation of the stars is suggest ed. They would be arranged "in flvo area in combination, the centers of the arcs to bo the apices of a regular pent agon, tho radius of tho area to bo equal to ono side of the pentagon." As to the size of tho stars, the bill prescribes that their radius shall be equal to "one fourth tho distance of the stars from center to center." Provision for add ing new stars for new states might bo msdo by extending the arcs. Must Prova Necessity. Washington, March 27. Senator Ilourne, who is making a atrcnuous fight to prevent tho removal of depart ment headquarters from Vancouver says the president will insist that tho War department produce proof posi tive of their assertions that tho mili tary Interests of tho government will bo best subserved before he would sanction the change. Senator Bourno is anxious to receive from the commer cial associations of Portland a com plete showing why the change should not bo made, to strengthen his pro testa filed with the president and sec retary of war. Taft's Chslr Breaks Down. Washington, March 20. President Taft severed another link connecting him with the Roosevelt administration Tuesday when, as ex-President Roose velt was sailing out of Now York har bor for Africa, ho broke the chair for mrrly occupied by his predecessor. Tho chair was borne from the White House and sent to a local shop for re pairs. Kansas Wins Boundary Suit. Washington, March 27. Tho United States Supremo court in an opinion written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes today decided the Missouri Kansas boundary line disputo in favor of Kansas, ending Uio long controversy relative to Gooso Island in tho Mis souri river near Kansas City, Judge and Attorney for Alaska. Washington, March 27. President Taft today nominated Thomas It. Lyons to bo United States district Judge of tho tlrst division or tho dls trict of Alaska, and Cornelius D. Mu rans to be United States attoney for the third division of the distict of Alaska. Speak Gcod Word for Spokane. Washington, March 23. Senators Plica and Jones today called on the postmaster general and urged that Spo kane be designated aa headquarters of tho new mall district recently created In the Northwest. No action has beon taken. i Watson Declines All Balm. Washington, Morch 23. Ex-Repro-sontativo Jamos E. Watson, of Indiana, who lost his fight for tho governorship, has been offered and has declined tho governorship of Porto Rico and the ministry to Cuba, Sanitarium for Tuberculosis. Washington, March 2C An appro priation of $250,000 for tho establish ment of n national tuberculosis sani tarium in tho state of Colorado is pro vided for In a bill Introduced by Ropro scntatlvo Sabath today. RAILWAY DEMONSTRATIONS. Every 8afety Device Known Will Re ceive Test at A.-Y.-P. Exposition. Seattle, March 22. Actual demon strations of every railway safety de vice, approved and unexploltcd, will be mado daily In tho transportation build ing and irards of the Alaska-Yukon-Pa cific exposition, which will open on June 1 In Scattlo. Tho transportation building Is now being hurried to completion and tracks, spurs, switches ond "Ys" are already laid for tho most complete exemplifica tion of general and special railway traffic ever attempted on the grounds of an exposition. So desirous were Eastern locomotive builders of taking advantage of reach ing the Oriental field through the me dium of the Seattlo fair, that they pro vided tho major portion of the (76,000 which the construction of the transpor tation building haa cost. In order that the structure should be of ample size for their most complicated illsutrations. Locomotives of all makes and all periods will be exhibited. Everything, from the old "hay burners" of the cot ton belt, to tho big transcontinental mocul will be shown under full steam. A modern passenger train, equipped with the last work in Pullman service, lights, brakes and wireless alsrms will bo a dally show. The electric end of transportation will be given as complete exhibition as Its rival. A fully equipped modern trolley aa well s a new underground trolley, which it Is claimed, does away with all provlous objections t tho un derground system, will be displayed In otieration. Every known farm vehicle, reapers, stackers, harvesters, plows and all else, even to tho harness for tho horses, will bo shown and the big traction harvest ers found working throughout the West, will have a place, with all of their latest improvements. FOOD SUPPLY AFFECTED. French Telegraph Strike Continues and Famine Threatens. Paris, March 22. The government issued a reassuring statement tonight concerning the strike, in which tho sit uation waa said to be notably Improv ed, many of the strikers, especially the telephone girls, having returned to work. The atrike leaders, on the oth er hand, were loudly proclaiming war to the hilt, and there are disquieting rumors of railroad and other co-operative strikes. Disclosures In connection with tho strike Indicate that Uio abuses and fa voritism charged havo been largely due to Uio fact that politics have had much to do with Uio administration of the post and telegraph service. Tho lack of food ia Uio capital, an outcome of the impossibility of for warding payments, is making itself felt today, and provision dealers de clare that if there is no improvement the city in a few days probably will be confronted with famine conditions. The loss to business in Paris alone is variously estimated at from $600,000 to Sl.200.000. Only a few wires today connect Europe Paris with and the out side world. The government haa formally notifi ed tho strikers that 48 hours of grace will be allowed them to return to work, after which their dismissal will be Ir revocable. NEW JAP CRISIS IN SOUTH. County Officials in California Try to Collect Poll Tax; Strike Snag. Oxnard, Cal., March 22. Serious labor troublo ia threatened in tho beet fields here over the situation created by the attempt to collect a county poll tax from tho 450 Japanese living in Oxnard and employed in tho beet fields. This attempt, after thoy had paid Uio city tax in this city, caused great re sentment. The sheriff and deputy as sessors in many instances soiled horses and goods owned by the Jspanese and later forced them to pay under threats of soiling their property. Somo of the Japanese have already left for other parts of Uio state where Japanese labor la in demand, leaving Uio beetgruwers in serious straits for laborers. Tonight the sheriff and assessor say It Is probable Uio county will recede from Ita position and return the money collected. BUI Cuts Drinking Time. Salt Lako City, March 22. Both branches of tho state legislature today passed a bill regulating tho sale of liquor. Tbe bill gives to all counties local option and to cities of 12,000 pop ulation or more a separate vote, ba loons are to be open only from 7 a. m. until 7 p. m., except on Saturday, when the hours shall bo. from 7 a. ni. to 6 p. m. Special elections on the question of local option are to be held on peti tion. It Is bollevod that the bill will receive the signature of Governor Spry. Jap Ships Plan Voyago. Toklo, March 22. Two ships of the Japanese training squadron, leaving Yokoauke o- March 14, will visit varl ousp olnts on Uio Pacific coast during Uie spring and summer. The vessel are the cruisers Aso and Soya. FRENCH TARIFF UP European Nation Flans Many In creases in Dalles. AMERICAN TRADE IS AffEGTEB Unifed States Exports Hard Hit by Proposed New Schedules and Business Men Anxious. Washington, March 23. The atten tion of American manufacturers will not for the next few months be entire ly focused upon the proposed tariff re vision in this country. France propose to revise Its tariff, and In the changes to bo made the United States is vitally Interested. If tho proposed French tariff bill should be enacted Into law in its present shape, American trade would be injuriously affected. Somo of interesting facta in regard to the new measure ore prepared by N. I. Stone, tariff expert of Uio de partment of commerce and labor. It Is proposed to advance the general rate on canned meats of 20 francs per 100 kilos to 30 francs, an increase of 60 per cent, leavlrfg tho minimum rate of 16 francs unchanged. Under the existing agreement fresh apples and pears are admitted at the rate of 2 francs per 100 kilos. It i proposed to advance the minimum rata to 6 francs, an increase of 160 per cent, and to Increase the general rate from 6 to 8 francs. It is proposed to increase Uio minimum rate on hope from 30 to 40 francs, and the general from 45 to CO franca per 100 kilos. Far more numerous are the una changes on articles which are not af fected by the commercial agreement between France and this country. Among the more important of the changes Uio following may be men tioned, the rate being given in franc per 100 kilos: Meat extracts, general rate tncreasea from 40 to 45 francs; cotton seed, now admitted free, to be subject to a duty of 1.60 francs; peanuts, now admitted free, to be subject to a duty of 2.6ft francs, and preserved vegetable, daty increased from 20 to 24 francs, t ASSIGNMENTS ARE GIVEN. Northwest Senators Get Places en Various Committees. Washington, March 23. Daring Uio 61st congress Northwestern senator will have committee assignment a follows: Bourno Fisheries, chairman; com merce, public expenditure, printing, coast defenses, poatoffices, public health, railroads. Chamberlain Agriculture and for- ' estry, public lands, irrigation, Philip pines, printing. Pacific railroads, ex penditures in Interior department. Piles Coast survey, chairman; com merce, judiciary, revision of laws. Pa cific islands, pensions, territories. Jones Industrial expositions, chair man; public lands, irrigation, Cana dian relations, coast defenses, conser vation of national resources, corpora tions organized In the District of Co lumbia. Heyburn Manufactures, chairman; joint committeo on revision of the laws of the United States, chairman; conservation of natural resource, im migration, mines and mining, Philip pines, privileges and elections, public buildings and grounds, public land. Borah Education and labor, chair man; expenditures in the Navy de partment, Interoceanlc canals, irriga tion judiciary, standards, weights and measures. Island Is Cause of Trouble. Toklo, March 23. Special dis patches received by Japanese papers from Hongkong and Pekin Indicate that the effort which is being made at Canton to again inflame the Chinese against the Japanese and bring about a renewal of the boycott on Japanese goods, because of the alleged occupa tion of Pratas island by Japan, guano dealers, is apparently a move ment on the part of some unknown propagandists to keep III feeling be tween Japan and China stirred up in the.bope.of eventually causing a breach Winter Home on Coast. Santa Barbara, Cal., March 23. E. II. Harriman haa wired J. II. Harring ton, of the Texas Pacific Improvement company here, that ho will be In Santa Barbara tomorrow and will select a site on the company's Hope ranch for a winter residence. Mr. Harriman and all his Southern Pacific lieutenant will hold a week's conference at a local hotel and it is authoritatively stated that bo will not go to ban FtancMeo. Finds Two New Planet. Paris, March 23. -The aatroeonier Gaillot announced before the Academy of Sciences tonight that he had discov ered two now ptasttt SHtwmtesI beyond. Neptune, which 1 Mm wtoriMst known, planet of she selar svsteas. a.' A V 1 M "4 I ' 1 Si 'ili vk 7J5T" .k-t