I
t J
FERRY BOAT 18 LOST
Illy Sloamor and Crow o( 32 Is
Hvo Days Overdue,
WENT DOWN IN LAKE ERIE STORM
k Ship Was Valued nt S30O.OOO unci
Cargo of Loaded freight Oar
Nt About S40.000.
Del mil, M Ifh., Dm, II. All hope
l Ml tho ear ferry .lnriiict V llessemcr
.No. i outlived tli wintry fulo Hint has
made l.ukn Krlii it watery graveyard In
I In1 )nt 70 hour luu I too n practlci'.ly
iiluinduiied u( Dm lionil oiilcoi of 'ho
.Mnrquctle k llonoinor Dock A: Navl
gallon conijiHiiy, owner of tlm veaael.
II la believed ilmt Captain II. II. Me
l.i'uil of I'liiincnilt, nml lili crew of .11
wen, have guno il.iwn with tlm ilvntncr.
The Mnrquelto k llessemer No. 2 left
timneaut, Ohio, nt lOi'lM o'clock Tuea
ly morning for 1'urt Stanley, Out.,
witti no loaded car and, under ordinary
eninuiion, 111011111 liavo reached her
do.tliiutlim nt 3 o'cluok that after
noon,
Hho l.. not been .luhtcd bv'
liter boa
. - '
" rw K'"-" 7wi""irAiriy. The only thing that tan defeat
nml tome wreckage wn aecn by tho tho awllehmen In thla struggle la the
jlennmr W. II. Davlrk, near Long '"'ehery of kindred organlzatlona. All
.Mint, Out V.w.b,,. of the No. 2r:,ir!nhe,,r,,0h,0n,?.,,?;t,.,.t,'en
"'" l"lel green. lto 01lr own ,ff,r,. jt .,, ,,fft eharged
The Marqucltn k Hesaeiner No. 1 left by I'realdent Lee, of the Ilrotherbond
. ,Hnout at 0 o'clock Tueaday for Port of Hallroad Trainmen, through hla press
xtanley and II wn 0 hour before he,1n,'."'l.mm'M,r' of our organization
r jrv ,",".', ,m7'r rrl " vte;::1-:1:'?:
Ihe lake toward l'olnl I'elrn, but baa'ahow that a member of the wltehmen'a
roHHd nothing of hor alaler ahlp. Tuga
Iiho aeoured the lake and reiort no
Irnee of the No. 2.
Tkr Marque! In I llo.oinor No. 2 waa
nlHf.l nt A0,(KK) ami tho carg.) At
more than HO.fMrt). Him waa built ii
4 let Hand In IU09. The boat la operated
! tho I'ero Mnnpietln and tho lleao
inr k Lako Krle road.
ANOItU'B HALLOON I'OUND.
i'aity Met Death In right With Eiklmo
Trlte of North.
SmniHg, Manitoba, Dee,
Uib.p I'awnl, who ha charge of the
hio f 1'rlnco Albert, which em! throne, after having been eieludei!
I,rare the aub Arctic country to the trnm ,h" ountry' aervlce.
nurth of that city, bring, back wlthL;'1' f?j!?ln T'' I" .'i'" f,"1
,. . , .. , ,, . .' everl Court to dUauade the klni
I' 1 hi a atory of the finding of trace of
UlliMin In which H. A. Andre, Hwed
lib ctplorer, attempted to drift acrota
in the North I'ole,
One of lllahop DaaCal' inlailonarlea
rejiorled tu him that, whllo working
miing tho Kaklmoa of the Arctic re
gion, he met a trlbo which had aomo
if the plunder of the party with them,
"lhee natlvea hid In their poaieaalon
x quantity of rope of a quality which
they could not get In n barter from
hipi which enter the A rede Hea,
When questioned the Kaklmoa told
thnt many yonra before they had come
arroMi two white men who eatne down
out of tho aky in a "white homo."
These men had afterward alarved to
slealb, and the native had veiled upon
the balloon. Iho cordairo of which they .
soiiverted to their uaea.
lliahup I'aaenl Inatrucled tho mlaalon-
rv to return nnd get further detalla.
A Hudson'a liny fnelor haa tho aamo
rei
lid
report In n somewhat dificrenl form.
a atnry la connrmcu irom me 1,011
-sits it uflleo of the company, where It
villi sent In ortlclnl dltatehea. Accord
ing tn Iho factor, an Indlau arrived
nt ht poat on tho Upper Churchill in
ItMNi from nn extended trnpplng nnd
Iriiiliug trip along tho borders of tho
Aretie in northern Cauada,
The Indian told of having met a
ixirly of Kaklmo who had been hunt
ing 011 one of the lalnnda of the Arctic
sii'cnii, and ono day they beheld a pe
culiar nppnritlon In the aky, When
i llimlly landed, threo men stepped
nut. They started to Approach the nn
live, who wero In a stale of terror
nnd nmile hostile demonstrations. Ono
of the white men tired a gun and a
fight followed In which tho natives
were victorious, killing all three of the
"wnnderer.
Eagle Carrie Trap rr.
Sacramento. Cnl.. Dee, 11. Last week
mi englo wna killed at Klllson ranch.
near Kdgewood. In tho tipper part of
Vltklyou county, and on ono of Its foet
wo attached a No. 3 steel trail, It
bn Juat been learned that on Novem-
ilior S3 nu euglo got into a No. 3 stcol
trnp belonging to N.' (lreontlnto of
I'lymoutii, Amador county, uud carried
the trim uwny with it. It I bullovud
tho englo killed nt Kdgewood, which
im liml .iliMtii firm .iIah .rt,H in,,., .ii.tl.
,,. ,., uw wv flt-H 4JIIIII A JTIIIUIIIII,
In nn nlr lino, la tho snmo that carried
oil Mr. (lreenaliito's trnp about ton ihya
bo fore.
Strike Closes Hour Mill,
l'arlbiiult. Minn., Doc. 11. Tho Bliof-nold-Kliig
Hour mill, employing 100
men, luu been forced to cloao liocnuso
tho compnuy ciinnot got wheat.
UNIONH WILL AID flTMKERB.
Chicago Federation of Labor Pledge
Iti Support,
Chicago, Dee. 7. Indoralng (lie stand
tnlii'ii by (i switchmen In tlia north
witat, unions nfflllntiid with tlm Chicago
Federation of Labor Imvo plodgod tho
strikers moral And financial support.
Hitter Attack worn inn do on tho rail
rond brotherhood! who Imvo refused to
nld tio (wltehmou,
Thnt tho men In Chicago eipect to
bo drawn Into tho atruggln wa made
pinm uy .inmo 11. rnnnor, vice proal
dnt of tho iwltchmon's union, who
declared that If n atrlka la ordered hero
Hie union 111011 belonging to the llrother
hood of Hnllrond Trainmen will go out
with tho awltchmeii nnd "refuse to bo
led by n wolf In aheap' clothing."
Prealdenl Hnwley, of tho iwitehmeu'a
.l.ltM Im Ul
IIMIUM III 111. Will,
I'aiil, Aunotineed tonight
Ilmt tho men at all eastern nolnta waro
.prepared to strike on a uminont'a no
! tiro, but that tho alluntlon nt thli time
doea not warrant ordering them out, at
tho Ho up In tho northweat U practically
complete.
Agnlnat tho optimistic vlewa of l'rcl
leut Hnwley, dispatches from Ilia cities
alToclfld itated that the movement of
train wa beliiK hindered more by the
heavy fall of anow than by any lack of
men to throw the awltche. Nearly 100
ear of wheat were moved Into Minne
apolis today by the Oreat Northern, and
freight waa handled at the Minnesota
transfer for the Drat time alnce the
i strike began
We have evervthtnir llrd tin frnm
Duluth to Seattle," tab! Mr. Connor,
' "? '..wo ".?. D, fP " "' P
i"niii inn rauroana are reaay 10 treat 11a
union ever 'acabbed' In hla life."
aconoK or onEEOK to quit.
rrefer Abdication Now to Dlnc
Which Seem Certain.
Ilsrlln, Dee. 7 King Denrge of
Oreeee aaya tho "Wiener Allgemelne
Zeltnng," which I Iniplred by the
Auatrlan foreign office, ha resumed the
Idea of abdicating for hlmaelf and hla
dynaaty.
The klni? cannot ovrrronm tlm f.i
I that hi aona have been forced to quit
the army and the navy, a fact which
ill 1tltt an.taa f ft ( II. I. --
f .-" I'tllVUI HtHICM li. lIDf'UOHIllin J or
llm nown nrlnr. .., in .1
the
frnm taking thla tep.
Hla maleaty laat Auiruat itrlormlnr.l
to relgn, and made all preparation!,
only giving tip the Idea on receipt of
a frtlnfrrftm fmm Iftnr t-.tM.l -L
waa then at Marlenbad, Imploring him
. .... mm mt .rit-iiiiau, imploring mm
J not to reilgn in order to avoid great
political complication".
King flcorge, however, la now great
ly denreMed by recent eVenta, and la
afraid of being deposed unlet he ab
dicate. The chance of maintaining
Iho dynaaty appear to him very small.
CANADA OPENS WAR ON U. S.
Drain Men See right If Erie Channel
Is Not Improved.
Ottawa, Canada, Dec. 7. Tho prime
minister haa practically assured a dep
ntatlon of shipping Interests that the
Government has iieclded to reconatruct
Welland canal
Now plane will reduce the number of
'k from twenty-five- to seven, and
' ' regarded by ahlpplng men aa the
" lep In n long war between tho
i,u """" '"eresi or mo uniieii
niaie anil i.nnaiia. Mince the Welland
lock wero deepened lo 14 feet, the Kris
bargo canal, from nuffalo to New York,
baa been doing practically no butlncaa.
It I pointed out thnt an approprla
Hon from tho Htnte of New York of
over 100.000.000 wn made a hort
time ngo, and tho Trie canal will b
deepened to 13 feet.
Tho Krlo when six feet deep could
earry grain through to New York
cheaper than Itould bo carried via the
Welland canal, when thnt canal wa
only eight feet deep. With the Krle
13 feet deep, It I argued that the
United States would get all the bual
neas. Tears Tolt for Steamer.
Hnllfnx, N. R, Dec. 7. Tt la feared
hero tonight that the Ited Cross llnor
Itosallng, commanded by Captain 8mltb,
and bound from New York for St.
Johns, N. P., was n victim of n furious
gale which swept the seat of outtiwest
ern Newfoundland last week. She bad
a large passonger list. The steamer,
whleh inlled from hero for St, Johns
on Tuosday, was last heard from by
wireless Wodneaday morning, when sho
reported n torrlfla galo and a hard pas
sage. Tho steamor at midnight was 100
hours overdue,
Tong War Still Rages,
San FrnncUeo, Deo. 7, Deapllo tho
efforts of the Chlneso Six companies and
tho peaeo ofllolal of this ontlro state
to bring an ond to the long war which
hss been raging for over a month be
tweon tho Yeo family nnd tho On Ylck
tong, two moro lives wero snuffed out
today, making eight murdors slnco the
war was declared.
i PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS IN BRIEF I
I
rrtday, December 10.
Wrtahlngtoii, Dee, 10. A n promliio
of nellvlty In tlm lutereat of leglaln
Hon, Ki'imtor todny Introduced inure
limn flr,0 bill nml renolutioha cover
lug 11 gniit vnriety of aubjoeta. Muny
fulled of pimiiige In tho but emigre,
nnd DO per ei-ul will rerolve acnut con
nldonitlon tin niwalon, Mnny nro for
iieualona not gnuitiHl under tho general
law.
Htiiudiiig out a 11 iitrlklng prupoib
Hon wik 11 ri'nolutlon by Hoiiiitur Itny
ncr todny uiithorllng the prealdent of
Hut CiiIIihI HtatfR In come 1'riidib-nt
.olnyii to lio iipiiri'liended n iiiminon
eriniiiifll, eluirged with tin- nnitlir of
two American engaged In revolution
n ry nrtlvlly In Nlriragun, contrary to
the code of wnr of nil civilized nation,
The houMi wn In aeaalon on hour
nnd 11 luilf nnd n largo number of men
lire were luirodueed, Tho mot trlk
lug fenturo of tho proceeding wa a
pet'tli by Ilepreaontutlve Kueatcrinun,
of WUeonalii, denying that bl Intorcat
In (iermnii vliipplng wn no great a to
eaimo him to nutngoiilzo a bill for the
rrlief uf the American inerchniit nm
rlntt.
A no reiiorla have been made by
rouiliiltti-ea, both liouaea nro wlthsu:
eubjoeta iiimiu which to legialate. TIkj
eiiate, therefore, ndjuuriieit until Mod-
Iny nnd the bouao until Tuoaday,
Thursday, December 0.
Wnahlngton, Dec, !. Henutor Aid
rich and Hpeaker Cannon, tho moat
powerful inon In congrraa, are oiipoied
to any mid nil leglalatlon looking to
tho lending of financial aid to com
plete government Irrigation project a
now- In rourao of eonatructlon. They
ftie oppOMd to a bond laauo; they uro
o,prd to h direct appropriation, and
ore opHvd to all other plana thua
far auggrated.
Weatern aenatora and representa
tive! moat directly Intereated in thla
leglalatlon are aadly divided among
tlieiuarhea a to how money ahould lie
ralaod fur thla purpoae. Homo aup
port the IkiiuI Imiioj othera favor a
dlreet appropriation; 1011m want the
government to iaaue Intvreat-bearing
warrant or eertlficatea. There la
woeful lack of unanimity.
Washington, Dec. (. Aaauranea that
atepa of an important character toward
the development of a ayatem of wa
terwny Improvement in tho heart of
the r.iiintry would be taken by the
iireneut rongreaa were given by lro
ideiit Taft to delegation which he
rrrloi in the rant room of tho White
IIoiim- today.
To 3(MI romnilttccmcn, rejiretentlng
the Ohio Valley Improvement aaaoela
tlou, tint prraldent promlard to bring
what Influence ho could in favor of
the Improvement of the Ohio; and
iirr 10 inn roiuiniiieo 01 nw irom
tho New Orleans "Lakes to the Oulf
Deep Nuterwaja" convention, be aaid
that the Interest of those In congress
who heretofore have turned n cold
ahoulder lo the entlro subject of
waturway Improvement had been
aroused.
Washington, Dec. 0. A 1,000,000
cut in tne appropriations for the coal
supply for the navy wa reeommended
today to tho bouse naval affair com
mlHee by Hoar-Admiral Cowlea, chief
of the bureau of equipment of the
navy.
Thla mean a corresponding curtail
inent of the activities of the vessels
In pursuance of the general policy of
reducing all government expenditures.
Wednesday, December 8.
Wnahlngton, Dec. H. The senate com
mltlei' on public expenditure., created
lea than n venr nini, held It flrt for
nml meeting today, and evolved a plan
for tho eo operation of congress nnd the
executive deportment In an effort to
hold in check tendency townrd large
appropriation by every congress. A
ol ut conrrctslonnl commission, on which
tho executive branch of tho government
wus to bo represented, wn uggeted.
It I planned thnt such a commission
have the power to Inveatlgato all mat
ters calling for appropriation and all
projects that might in the future In
vulva n large expenditure. Several
subcommittee!! were npjmtntod to deal
with the standing committees of the
senate that handle tho great supply
bills.
Washington, Dec. ft. Thoma V.
Cleave and James C. Courta, clerks
respectively of tho senate nml houae
committee on appropriations, have la
aued their annual comparison of estl
mate of appropriations.
Tho figure aliow a total estimate for
tho next fiscal year, beginning July 1,
of tl78,lL,fl,7tM). a compared with a
total appropriation In the laat session
of $1,023,832,001, and total oatlmiite
01 tual session for 1,0.1S,3S708,
Tho ostlmato is more than $80,000,000
lea than that of tho nrovlou cIon.
and ulmoat $13,000,000 les than tho
actual appropriations of that scsalon.
Washington, Doe. 8. Tho house com
nilttoo 011 iigrlculturo today decided to
inno up 1110 agricultural appropriation
bill next Monday, Tho eatlmnte upon
which hearing will bo given npproxl
muto $13,000,000. Tho Scott bill to nro
hlblt dealing In futures in cotton, grain
nnd other farm product will bo pressed
Inter.
Tuesday, December 7,
Washington, Doc. 7. President Taft
today sent to the icuato a Hat of about
1,300 nominations to federal offlces.
1'racticnlly all are rccca appointment
announced from Hmo to timo a made
and tho greater part of tho Hit I made
up or pomimiter in itio imuiicr eitic
mid ceuau auoorvlaor.
One of tho Important new announce
nionta la thnt of tho reappointment of
rrankllii K. Lano na a member of tho
Interalate commerce cotnmlaaion. Han
ford II, Dolo. ex-governor of tho Ha
watln lalauda, la named a United
Htnte judge for tho territory of
Hawaii,
Wnahlngton, Dec. 7. Tho nrealdent
today ont to tho aonato tho following
nominatlona, among them aeveral reccaa
appointment!
('enaua aunervlaora:
Oregon--llobert J. Hendricks, first
dlatrlct; Heuceu C. Death, aecond dis
trict. Wnahlngton llobert W. Hill, first
dlatrlct; (Jay 8. Kelly, aecond diatriet;
Arthur M. Slcrcb. third diatriet.
Idaho Joaoph i'errault, Jr.
Land ofllcera Charles II. Merrick,
regiater, rornanu; n. 1: Jones, rcgu
ter, Iloaeburi;.
Wnahlngton, Dee. 7. Senator Jones
today Introduced a bill tranaferrlng to
Whitman college the entire military
reaervallon at Walla Walla, Waah., ft
being the dealre of tho war department
to dlapenae with that army poat. There
are 100 acre In tho reservation, for
which the government will have no fur.
tber uae after tho poat la abandoned,
nod repreaeutative of the college are
anxloua to secure It for their institu
tion. Monday, December 0.
Washington, Dee. 0. When the en
ate wa called to order 81 members
responded, I'rsetlcally no bualncs wa
transacted by either home, and as a
mark of respect to tho lata Senator
Martin Johnson, of North Dakota, the
upper house adjourned after being In
aeaalon only 13 minutes.
Ilrlcf as was the senate's 13 minute
aeaalon, It waa enlivened by an unsuc
cessful attempt on the part of Mr.
Halley to defeat the passage of the
uaual resolution that the daily sessions
begin at noon, suggesting that the
senate ahould convene Inatead at 3
o'clock, Mr. Halley said he would
llko to see the senate hold nicht scs-
aiona that senators might devote the
day to individual business.
The bouse session continued 40 min
ute, In which W. W. McCredie, new
representative from the Second Waah
ington district, wbo auceeed the late
trnncia . Cuabman. waa aworn in
Although only 341 members responded
10 meir name, almost a luu member
ship appeared on tho houae floor.
The following bill were introduced!
Garner, I'a., to inveatlgato entire cus
toms service, particularly In regard o
the augar rrauda; Jiitcoeock, Xcbraa-
ka. for the estitlillihmfint of nnatsl
I savings banks; tann, Illinois, xor led
eral regulation of the "white slave
Hade," another by Mr. Mann for free
admission of wood pulp; Hamilton,
Michigan, to grant statehood to New
Mexico and Arizona.
Resolutions of respect for the mem
ory of Senator Johnson, of North Da
kota, and of Representatives De Ar
mond and Lasslter, who died In the
recess, were adopted, and as a further
mark of respect the two houses ad
journed until noon tomorrow.
Conservation Expects Opposition.
Wnahlngton. Dee. 7. The friend of
the policy of conaervation of natural re
source reallie today that their fight
in the eongrcn which convened Monday
will be centered in the houao commit
tee on lands. It la aaid that the con
servation measure are apt to slumber
In tho committee pigeon hole, unless the
HUgernld amendment to the house
rules can be operated to forco tbo meas
ures out- Speaker Cannon and Repre
sentative Mondell, of Wyoming, who is
chairman of the lands committee, are
said to havo an understanding. Mondell
own n crest amount of land In Wyo
ming. It will bo asserted that Secre
tary Halllnger's recommendations for
conservation leglalatlon aro for the moat
part unconstitutional.
Foreat rires on Decrease.
Wnahlngton, Dee, 10. While the mer
chantable timber destroyed in the years
of IPOS and 1001) compare favorably,
the moat favorablo comparison comes
in the total amount destroyed during
Iho two year. In 1P0S timber mid
young tree valued at $430,340 were
destroyed by fire, while during the year
just passed tho total wn reduced to
$100,473.33. Thla I but 33 per cent of
the amount destroyed the year lieforo.
Of thli total $73,931 wn In merchant
able timber, damage to the reproduc
tion of timber $30,083.50, and to forage
$1,808.00.
Marine Corps Out of Date.
Washington, Dec. 10, Obsolete bar
rack, deteriorated rltlen nnd n scarcity
of enlisted men nnd odlcor arc the bail
of somo of tho complaints made by
Mnjor-Heneral Klllott, commandant of
tho marine corps, in tits nnniiul report,
made public today. Ho laid particular
stress upon tho fact that 10.000 now
rule nro needed by tho marine corps,
Taft Cuts Out Automobiles.
Wnshlugtou, Dee, 11. Economy In
expense account I being Impressed
upon otllcluls in tho government serv
ice. A notable caso Is that of Internal
revenue agents and inspectors, who aro
Instructed thnt cap', taxlcabs and au
tomobiles nro to bo uaod only In cases
of absolute necessity.
THU BUSINESS HIDE CT TARMINO
Professor Bexell Give Some Valuable
and Interesting Pointer.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
lis, Dec. 0. Tho Oregon Agricultural
college has just issued bulletin for
tteo distribution emphasising better
bualnoas motbods on the farm.
1'rofoasor llexell, the author of the
bulletin, says In bis Introduction!
"It Is a truism to ssy that the fluau
clal aide of farming Is of tho utmost
Importance, liut the act remains that
this side of the world's greatest indus
try Is almost entirely neglected by both
the farmer and the schools, I'rofesaor
Halley says on this subject: 'In visit
ing practically tvtry farm in one of
the counties of tbo state (New York)
we did not And one man who knew
how much It cost blm to produeo milk
or to raise any of hi crop.'
"The secretary of agriculture, in re
cent year books, points out the remark
able prosperity of the furmet; that the
export of farm products Is vastly In
exceaa of all other exports combined;
that a million agricultural debtors
have been transformed daring the last
ten years Into the same number of sur
plus depositors; that 'contrary to his
repuianon, me rarmer is a great or
ganizer, and he has achieved remarka
ble and enormons successes In many
lines of economic co operation In which
t'ue people of other occupations have
either made no beginning at all or have
nearly if not completely fa'Jcd.' lie
points out that most fanners live bet
ter than the average merchant or me
chanic. "Tho business of farming assumes
two dlatinet phases: the productive
phaae and the exchange phase. The
one alms to extraet the treasures front
tii soil; the other to place them in
the bands of the consumer. It Is Im
portant not only to raise abundant
crops, but also to sell the products to
advantage.
"The Importance of the exchange
phaae Is often lost sight of. A farm
may be forced to yield to It maximum
capacity, labor may be managed prop
erly and waste reduced to a minimum;
and yet the net result may be a loss
at the end of the year. As a general
economic proposition, It might be said
that large crops often result In serious
loss to society a a whole. If the net
value to the consumer is les than the
labor and capital expended on the eroo.
society 11 me loser uy me uiiierence.
Hence the Importance of a thorough
understanding by the farmer as well
as by the merchant and manufacturer
of the laws and method of exchange
or commerce.
"That farming Is a science has been
emphasized so much that the fact that
it Is also a business is often lost sight
of. It is a real business, and ono which
pav the United State close to eight
billion dollar annually. It has been
demonstrated repeatedly that no legit
imate business pays better than farm
ing. It may be a little more up-blll
work at the start, since most farmers
begin business with small capital, but
it is incomparably safer in the long
run, and will insure a compoVnee for
old age with greater certainty than- any
other occupation. But let it ever be
borne In mind that the condition for
success Is that farming mult be eon
ducted on business principle.
"Not many generations ago it was
considered sufficient for the average
manufacturer merely to record bis cash
receipts and expenditures and to keep
a tolerably accurate check on the cash
balance. In many instances the left
trouser pocket served as the dsblt side
and the right as the credit side of the
'ledger.' Modern business methods and
sharp competition have changed these
notions until today it Is necessary to
know the cost of production in ad
vance to tbo smallest detail. Anelent
bui'nesi methods prevail yet, very gen
erally, on the farm. Tbo wonderful
progress of the American farmer is due
to marvelous natural resources. labor-
saving inventions, and natural inge
nuity, raiuer man to wile and prudent
management.
"In cortaln respects a farmer must
combine tho method of the manufac
turer and the merchant. lie muat learn
not only how to increaae production,
our. aiao now 10 laciutaie tne prontauie
exchange of his products. He must re
dueo the cost of production to the min
imum by Increasing the quality and
the quantity of his products, and by
getting full value out of labor. He
must manage 10 that his working force,
farm hands, children, horses, all are
constantly employed. This requires
most skillful management in the rota
tion of crops, in the division of lnoor,
in selecting seeds, fertilizers and stock,
and, above all, it require general pru
dence in purchasing equipment and
supplies, and in marketing products.
This class of farmers require a variety
of records to assist In the proper man
agement of their business. A first
class set of books is juat as Indla
pensible to them as to the banker or
t the manufacturer."
The bulletin Is illustrated with 20
full-page engravings. It will he sent
free en request. Address Profeasor J,
A. llexell, Corvallls, Ore.
Strikers Fire on Quarda.
Bridgeport, O., Dec. 0. Martial Jaw
tonight holds away here, where 8,000
striking employes of tho Aetna-Standard
plant of the Sheet and Tin Plate
company, subsidiary of the United
States Steel corporation, have been
rioting since midnight Friday. A reg
iment of infantry, ono squadron of cav
alry and over ISO deputy sheriff and
police from the city guarded the mills.
Five men have been shot and more or
less seriously wounded within 34 hours.
A reaerai court injunction nas been
naked to rostraln strikers from injur
ing the plant.
CONGRESS IS OPENED
t
Usual First Day Cen ramies Mi
la Beth Houses.
MANY CONTESTS ARE EXPECTEI
Sixty-First Congress I Likely to Clo
Down In History aa Law Session
Will Investigate Nicaragua.
Washington, Dec 0-The keynote
of the Taft administration will bo
ounded at the first regular soiaion of
the sixty-first congress, whleh opened
today with the usual ceremonies and
benedictions by the chaplains of the
two houses.
That important action and quick ac
tion will be taken on the Nlearagnaa
dispute over the execution of the two
Americans, Oroce and Cannon, is a
foregone conclusion, as the president
and Secretary Knox aro much wrought
np over the move of President ZeUya
of the Central American republic. It
is probable that action oa this dispute
will develop Into a controversy be
tween the supporter of the adminis
tration and the advocates of poace la
the two fcouses.
The president's message of 16.00O'
words will be read tomorrow asking
for radical action in the alteration of
the laws regarding Interstate com
merce and the big corporations of the
country, public lands and the conser
vation of natnrai resources.
On all these subjects a struggle ia
apt to develop between iho president
and the conservative element in his
own party, headed by Senator Kelson
W. Aldrich in the senate, and Speaker
Joseph Cannon In the bouse on tie
one aiand, and the president and tho
insurgent of both houses, who aeek
more radical action than the president,
on the other hand.
The insurgents will make themselves
heard in an effort to amend the pres
ent bouso rules to limit the power of
the speaker, and in the senate they
will endeavor to force sane action on
a tariff commission. Representative
Fowler will lead in the house in an
effort to force a monetary reform
along the lines of asset currency.
President Taft's belief In the issu
ance of bonds for the completion of
irrigation projects now under way as
well as the development of navigable
rivers and harbors will meet with,
some opposition among the eastern
states, but the west to a man will un
doubtedly be with bias on the irriga
tion proposition.
An effort to have congress make a
rigid investigation of the sugar-weigh-ing
frauds, opposed br the ilinn.,.
general as hampering the prosecution,
and also of the controversy between
Secretary Richard A. IUlllnger, of tbo
interior department, and Chief For
ester Clifford Pinehot, will undoubt
ed come up at tbia session.
locks sxLr m itkrt furnaok
Moving-Picture Operator Take Des
perate Chance to Avoid Panic
Los Angeles, Cal., Dee. 7. Joseph
Pierce, the machine operator at the
Hermann inovinc-pleturo show. 4 BO
South Spring street, made himself a
hero last night, when be closed tho
steel and nibesios door of his den upon
himself and remained in a furnace of
exploding and burning films, while the
manageV, K. h. Kennedy, calmed and
sent away the audience without panic.
Pierce, when ho emerged from his
fiery ordeal, his hair nnd cbthing
scorched and painful burns upon his
hands, said he was at work when
something went wrong with the wires.
In an instant the fire had communi
cated from the crossed wires to the
highly Inflammable films and the en
tire room was a mass of flames. The
rooms in which the moving pictures
are operated are surrounded with
walls, floors and ceiling of steel and
fixed with handy devices for closing
all openings. When the trouble with
the wires started, the fire extinguished
all the lights in the theater and the
red lights over the several exits wero
turned on.
Prince Miguel la Sued.
Duda Teat, Dec. T. According to
the newspapers, a syndicate of credi
tors has sued Prince Miguel of Brag
ants, who married Miss Anita Stew
art of New York last September, for
$1,000,000. Some years ago, a paper
says. Prince Miguel was In financial
atralts and the syndicate advanced
him a large sum. payable when ha
should make a rich marriage. Tho
claim is so great that following nego
tiations that resulted in his marriage
to Miss Anita Stewart, the princo
promised to recoup the sypdtcate with
one-fifth of tho dowry.
Pilot Takes All Majae.
Philadelphia, Dee. 7.F. M". Luk
bor, pilot in charge of the United
states transport Prairie, which ground
ed Thursday near Delaware City, said
today that he alone was responsible
for the accident nd that Captain.
Kellogg, coBiamndcr of the Prairie, la
in no way to be blamed.