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flBTBOF THE DAY Newsy Hems Gathered from All Parts o! Ilio Worlil, PREPARED FOR THE BUSY HEADER Lou Important but Not Loss Inter eillK HoiiImk,s from Point Outildo Ilia ainlo. S,tr Wk Malum offisInU have been mi rf I fur under weighing fig V taboos) ntlaekwl mnl iionrly killed hit kii'ir In mi niilmal ahuw In Port latiJ 1 1 Irtnl Inquiry lulu Hi burning of ,h, irrtinrr Ht. Croix full, to dlaeover tlio iaue 'I'ln' Philadelphia Nnlliiiinl League .nr.ttll rluli ha I if' M aold tn a ayndl (i. for 1350,000, New Yorker wrote IROrt word In IS mi Met on n lypewruar irom copy ue In I never teen before 1 1 Je will neeepi the arbitration of Iviuu h-lwnr t.l In I in A triii r aim .1 .1. wiHi llii- t'nltrd Hlntet, ....... ' I I. tanli nn tlio Hell wood ferry reactied two )wiiii from wrecked liouitlioat (! f r i n tf down the Willamette. 1 r t ook li uffrrliitf from nervous proration, after preparing bit rearda I r inspection of Copenhagen utilvrr !v K'rjnirr Argn wn bhiwn on the landi lh wit ran to THInunmk bit, and Ikiir pernios were wit ami several etta rn injured Tin government unable tit yrt an h i I tfi'm IU MlnUtrr at MhaKa, Sraratfua, hd It U Iwllrypd l'ntldtnt y,i it intrrciiptlMU dljmtlif, I irt itornn are wrini; the (lrt I.kn. Hritator Hnrah will aik mrk'm t inri'i,iiiii Hlllnaf r riMrwt fimil, liir brk mit aarw In tk Ht l'aul Ninr and rrMuo work la uirodil, Iht KirrbrHrHt it iriHirliiK ' ) ilmr. to Nlfaratfu an ikort intle. Ifiad rf Alor Mill ratlMr to 'r- h for tkr wlnlai; yarkt Nwrmahal iMilitli Liberal lllve that a fight M a flank on KkIII lerila ha buuu. h'andard Oil umijHiny will Hmlfrtako Ike rrpcal of tlio Hbormau antl truit law V ( hinrto letter writer haa warned Ike mayor of I'nrtland that a lung war it likel to begin at an time. The ku eminent hat onlereil a rigid lateitlgatlon Into tha Ht. Crulx dlraitrr. Man ilamage lulta ma follow. Tafl will iroecuto tho ougar trutt to a flank in plte of the ttatuto of llml tatiuua, under whkh the claim Immu ir Ij. k of American beef In (lennan Mar rauo a oainpalgn for the readmit ion of American canned meat under a vrr low tariff. iceip ralna have rwliifrl tleod n litiont IhrougliOHt the Willamette ah 1 Columbia taltei, and muck dam IE baa rraultcil. (olonel Aitor'a yacht Kourmahal It rrportcd aafo at Han Juan harbor. Henator Ilorah aa tha forcatr bu reau uaurpa tho function of coogTota. Football hat, to far thlt year, claimed'"""' " .'"' '"..,' .... v Menu anil iu injumu, uivit m Utter being maimed for life. Another day'a aearch In tho Ht. Paul da', search In tho Bt. Paul tied 47 dead bodies, but no "J'.J more ilVlne of any more living. an ne reveale indication Pour hundred and fifty lord ill fltiemblo to vote on tho Anal accept aoce or rejection of tho Hrltlsh budget. ltccent court ilcclalon against Stand ard oil Is said to bo only a theoretical fct, and will result In no practical lota, Isthmian canal commission reports the big ditch half flnlabod. and call mate tha cost will be doublo tho original estimate. No live woro lost In tho burning of h steamer Ht. Croix, but man wero Injured and great suffering provalled. 'Tli ship I a total loss. An Ohio banker and party of four lave completed a 1,300 mllo trip In row boat down tbo Colorado tlvor. Tho obtained many photograph of prehis toric Indian hieroglyphics. A Kansas hen laid an egg bearing the lettering "Drouth 1011." It It reported that thoro aro 200,000 unemployed lu New York city. Bt. Louis women took forclblo pos session of tho streetcars of that city and cleaned them up. Samuel Oompors has been unanimous ly re elected nrwldont it tho Amorlcan Federation of Labor, A submerged wreck on the Atlantlo coast Is thought to bo tho missing yacht of Colonel Astor. A tight to n finish for traffic Is about to begin botwoon tho Pennsylvania railroad nnd tho Now York Central line. Attorney denoral Wlckonham de clare tho govornraont will punish all guilty in tho sugar trust caso. STANDAUD OIL KNOCKED OUT Dissolution Ordorod by Perioral Court. Evasion Prohibited. HI 1'niil, Minn., Nov. a;i,In nn (iiliiliiii written 1) .Iwlgo Waller II. KhhIwni of HI. I til, nml concurred In by Judgot Vnndovciiler, Hook mid Adam, vvKli a special concurring uilnl(Mi by J,ugo Hook, the United rrZylSTZ mMm. clreult court for tho witUm dla mi opinion declaring thu Hlniidurd Oil company of Nuw Jersey mi Illegal com bination operating restraint of trado mid ordered lla dlMolutluii, Tlio opinion wa mud simultaneously in Ml. Lout mid In Ht. Paul. In Hilt division thu government of the United MtntM gains n sweeping lstury. According to Trunk II, Kol lgg IIbI prosecutor, tlio govern tiioiit hat vrou ever jiolnt for which it eoiitended. Thu dceroo filed by Judge Sanborn li eomprahciiilvo mid enjoins tha Hutidmd company, lu directors, ofll M, agents, torvaiilt an J employes from toting mi Mock In any of tlio subsidiary coinpaiilut, mid from exor- Cltllll? or Ullllllltihtli- tn nnpiltii mv control over tlio acts of these subsidiary eoiiipaiilet. Tim aubuldlary cotnpsnlei nro en- " V. .'. "I?""? u.r ,,8',n,f nnr. i'""" iu mo omnuaru couipauy ami rrillll ItcrfrillllHf. flin .Ha Mm.i.tnnw If from iicrmlttlnir tho latter company to oto mi atock In, or direct tho policy ot the aubaldlar enmpanlea, Hut tho defondanta aro not prohib ited from distributing ratcabl to tha ahareLoldnr of tho principal company tho abaro to which tho ura equitably entitled In tho alocka or tho dufoudaut corporation! that aro partlct to tho combination. The dofoiidanta nro enjoined from continuing or carrying Into further ef fect the combination adjudged to bo Il legal and from eulcrlng Into any Ilka combination, tho effect of which I to iMtralu commerce In petroleum or to prolong the unlawful monopoly. The earn will bo appoaled direct to the luprcmo court of tho United Htatca, the Judgea who algned tho decree aro In clTeot tho Judge of tho United Htatea circuit court uf appeal, although tnoy were anting lor tho purpoio or trying thlt eato a tho circuit court for tho Milcrn dtctriet of Mlaaourl, The decree become ceffctlvo In 30 day, when no doubt a atav will bo granted for the purjioio of an appeal. When I no iieereo take eirect. unlet a atay I cranicii, nn injunction will iho retraining the Htandard Oil com pany from a further continuance of It bualne under It preaeut forma tion. It appear from tho concurring opln inn written ny Jiiugo hook mai mo - r. . . ... ... -.. i ciiiiHiny canuoi no uutineta unuer n other form ith tho object of atilling competition. lie eara on tbla iubjKtnf that It It thought that with the end of the combination the monopoly will naturally dltapnear. but abould It not do to and the member of the comblna tlon retire from It, except one who , court. In the trial tho point wa made that the Htandard Oil company wa a ben eflclent corporation In that it, by res ton of economy In operation, reduced tbo price of It product. Thlt, Judge Hook holdt, can have no weight. UHOED TO USE BIO STICK. London Wanta Taft to Keep Peace In Central America. niKu i'vir.iu.i.' mi U..VI-V- "j "".infecting tho pen, tilling tlio reod t aggregation of the phyaleal propertlci ,".,, ,'(0Ultry rm,r;e. tilling and inttrumeniaiiiiea, tt wouiu eonju- , tlf)-lr,cuUtor, and In gen tuto a violation of the decree of tho ,,' . , . of .he wotk lbllt oe, London, Nov. 23. Nothing could bo.mtixnien went over the altuation. Tho . .--i.i- ... it. ........ ... tm m r,tiill it iIia itAlllieratlnitt w not -..-..- ... ithan iucU a turn of event on tho Me- nrnguan coast as would g o nur .ton good ground for drastic- action. "It Is to bo hoped," say tho London ,,, t.,h(ll ,Mr 'tocoelt did not nrnguan coatt a would give jawing. ; "l- A. Il.l.. .!.,, .Ill, Mm In Afrie. I i "" - ," nml that I realdcnt ratt Know wuero IU IHT III UHIIUI UH tii'tinrn may be two opinions as to tho expediency of wielding It In Inter nal concerns, such ns corporation ag jtreatlvencM, like tho Standard oil, and corporation Iniquity, llko the Amorlcan sugar. That Is for tho Washington administration to aay. "Hut If tho United Statea la to en foreo the Monroo docti.ne and main tain the hegemony of tho western world, tho plainest of plain dutle to the rest of tho unlverae requires that the brawling Latin statea near the Isthmus be Hogged Into somo sense of discipline.'' Drought In 1011 Predicted. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 23. Tho helpful hen, famed In Kansas song and story, I responsible for a "phenomenon" that Is stirring tho stato from tbo Mia tourl river to tho Colorado border. It Is all about nn egg that waa laid out In Hepubllo county, Juno 11 of this voar. Karly In tho forenoon of that 5y Mrs. flalph lillcn responded to tho dally cacklo of Hlddy, and wont out to tho ohloken house to gathor oggs. Imbedded In tho shell of one woro ominous character which apoliod out "Drought, 1!' Taft Begin Triutoo Duties. Hampton, Vn.. Nov. ".-Presldont Taft today took up Ms duties n a member of tbo board of trustee, of Hampton Normal and Agricultural In itltute. The president In an address pralsod tho work of Industrial .chool. ilko Hampton and Tukegoo. NEWS FROM THE AUTILLEUY HIIOOTH WELL. Target Moving Eight Knots la lilt Three Out of Four by Company. Wellington, Nov. 23, Koport of ex cellent ahoutlng nt long rungo by conat nrtillery cuiiipmiloa contlnuu to roach tho wnr department. A remarkable rec ord wni niiiilo by tho lHitli company nt I'ort lloaecrnu, Cnl., on October "0. I'uiir hol woro II rod from n battar nf tuu IU lurli jun nt a target 'M foot high by (10 feet long, which wn mov ing nt the mto of eight mllea nn hour nt n dlatmieii of about flvo tulle from tho bntlury firing. All four Mint woro fired lu nn Interval of ouo niiunlo and 2d lecuiid ami paiucd through u roc tnngln ulna foot high by 42 foot wide. Only tli roe hit were acorod ou tho tar get, n ouo of tho ahota pnatod four yurd to the loft of It. Tho ftlid company, at Fort llobman, Mnai., on October "0, fired lour ahota from an night Inch bftttory at a 30x00 foot material target, which wa moving nt tho mto of Ave mile an hour at a dUtanea of ubout four mile from tbo firing buttery. All four ahot were lulu and tlm flrat ahot cut tho raft of tho iiinterlnl target In two. TAVORH PRIVATE CAPITAL. Senate Committee Would Nullify Irri gation Law, Wnahlngton, N'ov, 27, In advance of the report of tho annate rouimittva ou il ligation emne tho atatement that tint luujiirlty will fnvor emaaculation of the national Irrigation law. to a to glvo to private capital tho privilege of dove! npliig all potnible reclamation project, A minority of tho committed, among them Henalor Clinuibnrlnln, la expected to npMin nny audi plan, Private buil neat Intcreata ore told to be back of thit iiinvemeiit, which Ilulllngvr in dnrted Ih h apeech before tho National lirigatimi emigre at Hpokano lu AuKUtt. Trie plan linolvet Indortemeut of tho prupoaed 30,000,000 bond line, to com pletn projila now under way, with the gradual withdrawal of tho government from nil loenlMIe where private prirtio iletlro to execute reelamation project. Iiitimnllnn already recelveJ point to a bitter warfare over tuch a propoaal. It I belieel moil people in tho Irri gable region dealre that the govern ini-Ht akoiibl carry on tho reclamation work. Moving Plcturei to Teach rnnlng. Wnahiiiuton, Nov. 33. Tho federal iirimi.iiii. - iii kjii department of agriculturo hat tent an , , m,M t0 KOt K tcrlet of mo .,tUl,t 0f ,he poultry farm eon ,,.., 'i 1W .i,,, v-w vnrv .i.t. eolleire ai.rellit,lrp. The picture wero made for cilueatlonal purpose t, and next winter farming audience In many ilnte will tee the Cornell bent atrut ting about tho poultry yard, atudent UK,K ,lraw xi tl,0 lien houaca, dla iop tbo on in u well managed, aclentiflc poultry yard. Marine Awaiting Order. Waahlngton, Nov. 24. That the crit ical altuatton between thl country and Nicaragua ha reached tho acuto atago wa evidenced tonight when Secretary of State Knox tent for bl colleague In the ttato department and for the aetliiLT tecrctarv of tho navy and hi I aide to meet in conference at hit limn. For nearly thfco hour tho m,do mibllc. but It waa not denied that more warships aro to bo ordered aoutli at ouce. Dedicate Tablet to Qrldley. Amiapolla. ' Mil., Nov. 27. Many ...A...t .-.. tdllf.ltHlnlUM it til A ITltllsil """"""" '!'"' ..."'." -"" 'iMtntea niivy ennm lo Aiinnpoii louay j0 ,ftko Jinr , c,r,lnnn,H nttenillng the lUxllentlon of a tnblet in Uanoroft Imll of the United Htatea Naval aendemv in memory of Captain Charles V. tlrliiley, who commanded Admiral Dewey' llagthip nt tho battle of Ma iiila Hay and to whom the admiral gave tho famous order: "When you are ready, Qrldley, flro." Tim tnblot Is of golden bronxo, 3lx 2d feet. Now Oratlfles Washington. Washington, Nov. 23. Whllo tha of flclnls of tho stato department have not been ofllclnlly advised of tho reported willingness of tho Chilean government to submit tha Alsop claim to arbitration at Tho Hague, they nro gratified at tho now. to that effect contained In the As sociated Press dispatches. Sonor Crux, tho Chilean minister, refined today to discuss tho matter. Reparation Not Expected. Managua. Nicaragua, Nov, 23. Not having notification on tho subject, tho NIcarngunn government oxprcssod doubt that domand for reparation would bo mado by tbo United States on nccount of tho oxooutlon of tho two Americans, Qraco and Cannou, for tho ronton, it is pointed out, that tho ac tion uf Nicnraguu was according to law, Oablo for Assistant Secretary, Washington, Nov. 27. Ilcnjamln S. Cable, n Chicago attorney, will succcod Ormsby Mcllarg n. nssistunt secretary of commorou nnd labor, according to n statement mnda today by Senator Cul lorn of Illinois. NATIONAL CAPITAL WILEY PUKBUEU MILLERS. Portland Company la Mado Subject of Circular. Wnahlngton, Nov. 23 T)r. Wiley, the government puro food export, la pursu ing nnothcr Portland manufacturing concern, the Acmo Mill company, which wa nccuicd, tried and convicted of put ting on tho market n foodatuff bearing n mlaloading label, "Iowa Itotled Oat .Mixture." Not content with having boated thi concern In tho court, Dr. Wiley la miriuliig bl regular policy of widely nilvertUIng It, and tho manner in which it heretofore lint liven doing bulnot. In n circular Juat printed for clrculut on by tho department of agri culturo tlio hit orv of tho cqte mid re vlow of the court' decision tire given. Thl hiitory and review rolalu that nn Inapector of tho department found In tho poaaettlon of n Ioa Angnlea firm COO tuck of tho product, labeled at atated, and that upon analal It proved to conaitt of SO per cont oat and SO per cent wheat, and mltbranded In tho retpect that it wa called "rolled oat," bolug "adulterated" with wheat. Tbo thlpmenl wn condemned duly. The deoreo of condemnation relate that tbo corporation admitted tbo truth of tho allegation made In the condem nation ault and rocovered the goodt upon payment of the coata, $47.30. BIO BOND ISSUE TAVORED. 930,000,000 for Irrigation In Weit Urged by Borah. Waahlngton, Nov. 24. Senator Borah today lubmltted to Secretary IJalllnger tho outline of a bill be bat prepared, autuoritlng tho laiuanco or bond to facilitate tbo construction of govern meat irrigation project. liorab and IJalllnger are agreed that ueb legiitatlon should authorize bond aggregating 130.000,000 to bo Issued by tbo treasury department a needed. Theso bonds to bo paid out of the rec lamation fund and aro not to bo a obniro uiKin the federal treasury. A toon a General Lawler, of the Interior department, return to Wain Ington, bo, Ilalllnger and iiorab will work out tlio details or tula bill, wnien will then be presented to congress. Jlotli senator Ho rah and Secretary Hal linger ore hopeful that congress will authorize tho uond Issue. , Wood Backs Up Dr. Osier. Wnthlngton, Nov. 20. Oalerlzatlon nf army nttleen to a radical degree waa recommended to the Wnr Department today by (leneral .ennaril Wood, in command of tho Department of the Knt. lie want an elimination law en acted mi that officer above the grade nf captain will ntlnin given grades on an nverage of at leatt ten years jounger than at present. "Our present system," said General Wood, "results generally in the beat year of a man' life being spent in a subordinate petition." He recommend ed the re establishment of the army canteen, Deschutes Power Held. Wnthlngton, Nov. 20. Secretary Ilal llnger today withdrew from entry 3202 nrrei of land along the upper Des ehutet Itlver for protection of power site. The withdrawal it ordered providing Congrett enact legialalion for (he con trol or illpoal of the lands. The land withdrawn It the waterway In connection with which charge li.n been mnilt) that in granting rights of way to the Hill and llarrlman rnilroada through the Detehutes Canyon, Ilallin ger bad rendered construction of a poncr plant In the canyon impossible. Leader Oet More Time, Washington, Nov. 23 Th dittrlet court of apponl today decided to ex tend the time of tho isaunnce of the mandate for Prcaldent Oompers, Vice President Mitchell and Secretary Morrl ton lu the contempt caso to November 20 in order to glvo tho defendants time to present to tho federal supremo court application for a wrlto of certiorari. Chief .lutttco Shepard announced that atill further timo would bo granted if needed, pending tho proceedings In tho auprcino court. MacVeagh Olvea Out Now. Washington, Nov. 24. The elimina tion from tho customs service of Act ing Deputy Surveyor James Vail, tho abolition of that office in tbo New York customs house, the dismissal of 104 men nnd demotion of 123 other men at Now York from March 4 up to last night, together with about a score of other changes included in Collector Loeb's stntoment today from Now York, woro announced by Secretary MacVeagh tonight. Taft Snub Suffragette. Washington, Nov. 20. Mr. Philip Snow-don, wife of n Liberal member of Pnrilamont nnd noted ns tho most beau tlful suffragette, tried to sco President '1. . 1 ..!.,.. Ul. ,. .I...1 M. Q .,,... 4l, IVMIIJ ,JU IMltvUi ...,p .Mini,- don left tho Whlto House nnuounciug that she vould endeavor iigaui tomor row to run tho gauntlet that had shut her off, Work on Gunboat Hurried. Portsmouth, N. H.. Nov. 23. Naval rush ordera woro received hero todny in connection with tho outfitting of tho gunboats Padueah and Dubuque, both of whleu havo boon preparing to roturn to tbolr station sn tuo uarnucan sea. die or BurrooATiow. Doatb In Most Agonizing 1'onng Indi cated at Cherry, lib Cherry, III,, Nov. 22. Androw Duckies and Louis Qlbbs aro amon tho Identified dead recovered today, Tho recotory of bodies I neceasaril slow on account of tho flro (till burning slightly in soma part, of tho mine. Hodie. of the victims, piled In great heaps, havo boon scon b firemen In both the east and west tunnols of tha second level. It Is estimated tat 73 of tho dead aro huddled togethor In tho west tunnol. Tho bodies of two mon, bollevcd to bo Androw Donovan and bis son, woro found clasped In each other' arm in tho oast tunnel. The havo not been brought up yot. Tho bodies of the vletims aro all burned black, but it I sold that In most cases tho feature are intact. When tbo res cuors descended this morning into tho main shaft they brought eight badly eharrod bodied to tbo surfaeo, making a total of nine recovered. Ono was recovered yesterday. Tho flro, nftor raging furiously since last Saturday, bat practically burned itself out, and it is believed the work of recovering the dead will henceforth be comparatively eaay. JlUifinheitjcjjuna4' Coal Companies Did Not Violate finer man Antl-Tnurt Law. St. l'aul, Nov. 22. Judge Walter H. Hanborn in the United States circuit court of appeals today banded down an opinion setting aside the verdict and ordering a new trial In the caso of tbo United Bute aaginst the Union Pa cific Coal company, the Union Pacific Hallway company, the Oregon Short Line, James M. Moore, and Everett Buckingham, in which they are charged with violating the Sherman anti-trust law by lorming an unlawful combina tion. While the suit wa brought In the name of the United States, proceed ing were started by a Salt Lake City coal dealer named Sharp, who charged the coal company and tho defendant railway with refusing to sell and haul coal for him. Sharp charged that tbo Union Pacific Coal company refui',. to toll him coal, and that the railways refused to haul tbo commodity because he advertised and sold coal at a lower figure than bis competitor. Judge Sanborn, in hi opinion, hold that there wa no substantial evidence of any combination between any two of the defendants, eltber to refute to sell coal to 8harp or to refuse to trans port it for him. Tho lower court found Ihn defendinti nilllr of vlolsllnir lh Sherman anti-trust law and imposed a Attm fit 1 (Vn n,r .a.I. tm Vaa and 13,000 and cost on the other defend-! ant. ' CHILE WILL CONTXB. Santiago Begard Note From Waahlng ton as Ultimatum, Santlaco. Chile, Nov. 22. The Chil ean government today opened negotia tions with Washington with a view to submitting the Alsop claim of tho United States against Chile to a spe cially constituted court of arbitration at The Hague. The notification to Chile which is looked upon here as an ultimatum, has been seized upon by tho sensational prets as cause for agitation. Great anxiety was felt here because of tbo notification, through Chilean Minister Crux, at Washington that the United States would close its legation at Santiago within a few days unless the Chilean government consented to nn adjustment of tho Alsop claims or agreed to refer tho dispute to The Hague. Tho members of the American colony here declarod the mannor in which tha United States was proceeding was arbi trary and detrimental to American in terests in Chile. Thoy have communi cated with a prominent attorney at Washington and asked him to use his Influence lu the matter. Merchants here fear the agitation will affect American imports adversely. Taft for righting Navy. Norfolk, Va., Nov. 22. "The navy should not only be worth securing, but should bo able to flcht." President Taft aroused enthusiasm today by mak ing tula atatement in an aauross do fore tho Atlantio Deeper-Watorway association convention. Tho president declared Hampton Roads and Chesa peake Bay should bo protected by an Island fort erected midway between the Viekinla capes. Mr. Taft regarded the Norfolk navy yard as probably the most Important baso tn the country and Hampton Roads as tho greatest point of naval rendezvous. Enforce Safety Applianco Law. 8an Francisco, Nor. 3. Tho Chicago & Northwestern railroad was fined by Judge Do Havon on 11 soparate counts yesterday for violations of the law re garding safety appliances. The total amount of tho fines is $41,100. The violations consisted of failure to prbi vide proper signal devices. II. S. NAVYSECOND Tonnage of War Vessels Exceed ed Only by England. GERMANY SOON TAKE OUR PLACE Kaiser Has Mora Battleships Under Construction Will Do Second Power on High 8eas. Washington, Nov. 27. Moasured by actual naval tonnage In aervleo, tho United States rank second among tho nations of tho world; Great Britain alone surpasses thi country. But if to the tonnago In service I added to tonnage of warships authorized and In courso of construction, the United State is compelled to yield second olaea ho Germany. In other words, Germany pi in course oi construction more largo battleships than has tho United State. The relative order of warship tonnago tof tho great nations today is a fol low: Great Britain . 1,759,330 692,78.1 C09.700 United States Qormany ..... r ranee Japan 002,920 300,309 259,203 210,033 Kuaaia Italy ., ' A'nttria 114,897 It will be noted that Japan I far Inferior to the United States in it. naval strength, standing fifth on the list. It will also be noted from tbo following table, showing the total naval tonnage of the great nations, a would be the case were vessels building now completed, that Japan retains ber rela tive position on the list, with even less tonnage than tho United State. As suming vessels nnder construction wero all completed, the navies of the world would show tho following tonnage: Great Britain 2,005,87.1 Germany BZOfiw. United States 735,037 Prance ......, 700,900 489,701 412,250 257,918 167,297 Japan ... Jiussia Italy ...... ........ Austria .......... These figures are interesting in sev eral respects. Germany, for instance, which long stood fourth on tho list of naval power', has rapidly passed both the United States and Prance. Japan, on the other hand, suppoed to have been making great strides in tho devel opment of her navy, is not building as fart as the United States. During the past year she increased ber naval ton nago less than 50,000, and it Is seen from the statistics above that her In crease, according to her present pro gramme, will not bo equal to that of the United States. The tonnage of tho American navy today exceeds that of Japan by about 286,000; with tbo pres ent programme or noin niinn .