NWS NOTES OF
CURRENT WEEK
Resume of World's Important
Events Told in Brief.
The senate has ordered an inquiry
into Wilson's tariff lobby charges.
Many witnesses testified as to
Roosevelt's sobriety during his hunt
ing trip in Africa.
The house is puzzled over the prob
lem of equalizing the duty on cattle,
wheat, oats, and their products.
The Union Pacific board of directors
has offered two new plans for the un
merging of the Western railroads.
A postoffice investigating committee
attacks ex-I'ostmaster General Hitch
cock's administration as one of false
economy.
Residents of Copperfield, Ore.,
worked all night to subdue a fire which
did $30,000 damage to the business
part of the town.
Judge Gary, chairman of the Steel
corporation, says he believes the cor
poration has set a good example for
the business world.
Heavy rains have caused floods
about Duluth and Superior, which
have done much damage to railroads
and other property.
The city park board of Portland let
the contract for meat for the animals
at the park at a rate about two cents
a pound higher than ever before paid.
Rector's hotel and restaurant, one
of the largest and most famed in New
York, has failed owing about $590,
000, with assets of about one-tenth of
that sum.
High cost of living has forced sev
eral prominent clubs of San Francisco
to raise the price of initiation and
membership from one to four times
the original.
Two girls aged IS and 20 are walk
ing from Detriot, Mich,, to San Fran
cisco, "for the fun it of it." One
man has bet $.r00 they will be married
before they get back.
Stricken with heart failure and
thinking he was about to die, a Mon
tana man confessed to the murder of
General Meagher, of Montana, in
1807, and two murders in Oregon in
1 S74 and lHK.'l, but upon recovering he
denied all three crimes.
Three persons wero badly injured by
lightning near Walla Walla, Wash.
Indications are that the high price
of wheat will raise the export prices
of flour.
Latest census reports show that the
Indian population of tho United States
is increasing.
The jury reform bill advocated by
Wilson has been passed by the New
Jersey legislature.
Associate Editor Mable, of the Out
look, says Japan wants no war with
the United States.
President Wilson denounces the "in
siduous and industrious" lobby which
is opposing the tariff bill in Washing
ton. The Supreme court has decided that
a patent does not give (he patentee
the right to fix tho retail price of an
article.
PORTLAND MARKETS
Wheat Track prices: Club, '.) le
per bushel; hluestem, $ldil.02; forty
fold, !(f)(K .M!c ; red Russian, 92c; val
ley, 94c.
Oats No. 1 white, $112 per ton;
stained and off grade, loss.
Corn Whole, $28.50; cracked,
$29.50 per ton.
Millstutfs Iiran, $21.50(1(25 per
ton; shorts, $2t!.50(ii 27 ; middlings,
$31.
Harley Feed, $2(1.50 per ton; brew
ing, nominal; rolled, $2S.50w29.
Hay Eastern Oregon timothy,
choice, $1S(((19; alfalfa, $13w 14.
Onions Oregon, $1.25 per sack.
Vegetables - - Artichokes, 75c per
dozen; asparagus, Oregon, 75e(n $1.25
per dozen; beans, 10w 12c per pound;
cabbage, 2$m3c pound; cauliflower,
$2 per crate; head lettuce, $2.50 per
crate; peas, 7c per und; peppers,
85w40e; radishes, 10o(12e dozen;
rhubarb, 1(k2c pound; spinach, 75c
per box; garlic, 7w Sc per pound.
Potatoes Burbanks, 40oi 50c per
hundred; new, 2n; 2c pound.
Green Fruit Apples, nominal;
strawberries, Oregon, $3.50(((4; Flor
in, $1.75 per crate; cherries, $1.50
per box; bulk, 12Je per pound; goose
berries, 5c.
Poultry Hens, 15c; broilers, 25c;
tuikeys, live, 19i.(20c; dressed,
choice, 25c; ducks, old, lt?ji ISc;
young. 24ui25c; geese, young, 14tltc.
Fgirs Oregon ranch, case count,
lSJci 19c per dozen ; candle!, 20i21e.
Putter- City creamery cubes, 2Sc
per pound; prints. 29i29Jc.
Pork Fancy, 11m lljc per pound.
Veal Fancy, 13i,( 14c per pound.
Hops 1912 crop, 1 2 ji( 14c pound;
1913 contracts, 12jl3e.
Wool F.astern Oregon. 10(,il6c per
pound: valley, 14wltc. ; mohair, 1913
clip. 30oi33e per pound.
Cattle Choice steers, $S.50i.i9;
good, $7.75(i 8.25 ; medium. $7.25i(
7.75; choice cows, $7w7.75; good,
$6.50(.i7: med ium, $t;,i ii.fiO ; choice
calves, $(9; good heavy calves,
$6.50(.i7.50; bulls. $t.25fM'..50.
Hogs Light,
$S.25iS.50;
$6.50a7.40.
Sheep Wethers,
3.85(;5.
$5ui6;
SOUTH FAVORS PROTECTION
Increase of Manufacturing Inter-1
ests Changing Sentiment. j
Washington, D. C - Not a little j
consternation prevails in the Demo-
cratic carnp at Washington because of
the fact that Southern manufacturers
and producers, dissatisfied with the
terms of the Underwood bill, are ap
pealing to Republican senators for re
lief. This is something that has been
done before, but never in the past has
tho appeal from the South been as
strong as now, due to the fact that the
South is becoming more and more a
manufacturing section.
Aside from the two senators from
Louisiana, none of the Southern Dem
ocrats in the senate expect to break
with their party when it comes to vot
ing on the tariff bill, yet it is true
that many Southern senators are pro
tectionists at heart, though they do
not so style themselves. They speak
of advocating "tariff for revenue,"
but their preference is always for a
tariff on the products of their particu
lar states, and they are not much con
cerned about getting revenue from the
products of other states or sections.
While no one expects the South to
replace any of its sitting Democratic
senators with Republicans, there is a
general fear among senators from that
section, and especially among those
whose terms expire in two years, that
they may be replaced by other Demo
crats who will be less inclined to vote
against local interests.
IDAHO BRIDGES THREATENED
False Piers Carried Away at Lewis
ton and Trains Halted.
Lewiston, Idaho All the false piers
of the Northern Pacific Clearwater
bridge at Spalding have been swept
away by the high water and its bridge
at Kamiah is also out of line. The
Holbrook Island bridge at Lewiston
over a branch of the Clearwater is
also expected to go out at any minute.
Hundreds of cords of drift are piled
against the Spalding bridge and dyna
mite is being used to loosen the jam.
No trains are passing over the
bridge and Superintendent Burt, with
two piledrivers and a work train is on
the scene directing the work. Both
the Snake and Clearwater are rising
rapidly and untold damage may follow
if present weather conditions continue.
KINDLY LETTERS SELL BEST
Martha Washington's Brings $300;
Mrs. Lincoln's Complaint $50.
New York The bitter letters which
Mrs. Lincoln, widow of Abraham Lin
coln, wrote more than 40 years ago,
when in despair of getting congress to
pass an appropriation for her assist
ance, were sold at auction Thursday.
Most of the letters went to dealers for
less than $50. A letter in which Mrs.
Lincoln offered to sell a black lace
dress which cost over $2500, brought
$1)0. The most acrimonius letter of
all, one in which Mrs. Lincoln wrote
that General Grant and his wife treat
ed her with "uttor heartlessness,"
brought $50, the best price of the lot.
A letter of Martha Washington, a
simple, kindly letter to an old friend,
with love and kisses and remem
brances, Bold for $300.
Mrs. Wilson After Slums.
Washington, D. C Washington's
slums will be cleaned out, if the in
fluence and active work of the White
House family count for anything.
Mrs. Wilson made several quiet
triiis of inspection through the cap
ital's unsightly alleys this week, and
joined other prominent women, includ
ing the wives of several senators and
representatives, in attending a meet
ing of the women's department of the
National Civic Federation. There a
letter was read from the President
approving the movement for wiping
out disreputable alleys and providing
sanitary homes at lower rentals for
the poor.
H. M. Flagler's Will Filed.
St. Augustine, Fla. Henry M. Flag
ler's will was filed Thursday and under
it J. R. Parrot t is to retain the head
of the Florida Fast Coast railroad so
King as he may desire. The estate is
estimated to be worth between $00,
000,000 and $70,000,000, and most of
it goes to the widow. The son, Harry,
will receive 5000 shares of Standard
Oil company of New Jersey stock. J.
U. Parrot t, W. H. lioardsloy and
William Keenan, a brother of Mrs.
Flagler, are named trustees under
the will.
Suffrage Bill Is Vetoed.
Madison, Wis. Governor McGovern
on Thursday vetoed the bill ordering a
referendum in 1914 on the question of
extending the ballot to women in Wis
consin. The governor objects to the
bill on the ground that, suffrage hav
ing been defeated by a majority of
92.000 in Wisconsin last November,
another referedum on the subject so
soon would be unwise and would re
sult only in a more emphatic rejec
tion. Commoner Editor Is Choice.
Washington, D. C Richard L.
Metcalf, editor of the Commoner, at
Lincoln, Neb., has been recommended
bv Secretary Bryan to be a member of
the Philippine commission. It is be
lieved that the appointment soon will
be made.
JBomb in Public Library.
j Sheffield, England An ingeniously
heavy, constructed bomb, bearing the inscrip
tion, "Votes for women, " was found
ewe, . in the public library here Thursday,
j The bomb was plunged into water.
OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
General News of the Industrial and Educational Development
and Progress of Rural Communities, Public Institutions, Etc
LONG CREEK ROAD USABLE
Expense of Construction of 30 Miles
Estimated at $50,000.
Prairie City The preliminary sur
vey made by William Narkus and E.
C. Jones, under direction of the citi
zens of this place, for a new road ex
tending through the mountains in a
northwesterly direction to Long
Creek, a distance of 30-odd miles, was
completed Saturday. lhe viewers
pronounce the project of building this
road entirely feasible at a reasonable
cost.
The object in building this new road
is to open up to Prairie City trade the
entire Northwest section of Grant
county, a trade that has hitherto gone
out by way of Austin by means of a
much longer haul. Work on the road
will begin at once and be rapidly
pushed to completion.
The expense of construction, about
$50,000, will be borne in large part by
the county. It is reported that the
Sumpter Valley Railway people will
aid the enterprise in every possible
way.
CUTW ORMS BECOME EPIDEMIC
Condon Merchant Looks for Little
Effect From Austrian Beef.
Portland The late spring has caus
ed an epidemic of cutworms in the
wheat fields of Eastern Oregon, ac
cording to Lester Wade, a young mer
chant of Condon, who was in Portland
for several days on a business trip.
The same reason is responsible for a
shortness of range grass and the feed
ing of cattle, he says, is progressing
slowly. In spite of these drawbacks
however, Mr. Wade is optimistic that
the summer will be successful from an
agricultural standpoint.
Mr. Wade, who conducts a retail
store in Condon, is also an extensive
feeder of cattle at his ranch. He
looks for little material effect from
the importation of Australian and
Mexican cattle for beef, declaring the
native animals far superior for the
fancy trade at least.
ORENCO SCHOOL IDEA NOVEL
Children Have Elaborate Flower
Gardens on Vacant Blocks.
Orenco Most cities and towns are
satisfied when they have prepared
school gardens for their children, but
not so with Orenco. In addition to
having school gardens of early and
late vegetables at their homes the
children have started an elaborate
flower garden on a vacant block.
Plans for this garden were prepared
free of charge by Charles P. Mac
Dougall, a landscape architect of
Portland. Winding walks are laid off
between the beds of flowers with bor
ders of tall growing flowers around the
outer edges. Although the entire
school has only about 100 pupils of all
grades, about 75 are engaged in th's
flower garden work.
Along the front of the block in let
ters 10 feet in height, and extending
250 feet parallel with the Oregon
Electric line are laid out in flowers
"Orenco School Gardens."
Cherry Fair Dates Set.
Salem A movement was inaugurat
ed at a big mass meeting under the
auspices of the Board of Trade and 111
ihee Club, to have the most elaborate
cherry fair this year ever held in Sa
lem. The fair will be July 4 and 5,
and a Fourth of July celebration will
be held in connection with it. The
management of the Chautauqua,
which starts June 3, also will co-operate
with the fair management.
Fred S. Bynon was named presi
dent; Joseph Baumgartner, secretary,
and Harley White, treasurer, of the
fair organization.
Rate Fight Is Planned.
Astoria Dr. Alfred Kinney, presi
dent of the committee of direction of
the Port of Astoria, has announced the
appointment of the executive board of
21 members, which will have direct
charge of the energetic campaign for
equitable rail freight between this
port and interior points. The com
mittee will also direct the efforts for
the immediate dredging ' of a 40-foot
channel to the sea, and the erection of
modern port-owned docks, for the con
struction of which $800,000 in bonds
are to be issued.
Pure Seed and Disease Laws.
Oregon Agricultural College, Cor
vallis The new laws on pure seed and
on contagious diseases in Oregon are
the subjects of important articles in
the new issue of the Oregon Country
man, just off the Oregon Agricultural
College press. Dr. James Withycombe
designates the new livestock sanitary
law as one of the best efforts for con
structive legislation enacted in this
state for some years. Prof. H. D.
Scudder urges every farmer to read
the provisions of the new seed law.
Price of Wool Descends.
Pendleton Smythe Bros, have dis
posed of their Arlington wool clip to
J. P. Dufour, receiving 15J cents for
coarse wool and 128 cents for fine
wool. The total clip was 260,000
pounds. This is one of the largest in
dividual clips in Eastern Oregon. For
a similar clip last year Smythe Bros,
received IS cents for coarse and 13J
for tine wool. Tariff agitation is said
to be the cause of general depression in
the wool market
FARMERS' FREE SOCIAL GIVEN
Brownsville Warehouse Company
Is Host to Public.
Brownsville The second annual
"Farmers' Social" was successfully
given here last Saturday night under
the auspices of the Brownsville Ware
house company, of which Charles
Sterling is manager, and while ar
ranged for agriculturists, many citi
zens of this place were present in ad
dition to 400 farmers and their fami
lies. The program was given in the large
hay warehouse of the company, which
was transformed into an opera house,
and consisted of music, songs, ad
dresses and finally the rendition of a
drama by high school students. Mr.
Lyons, of the warehouse company,
described the methods pursued by the
company in the past few years in
building up a large market for the
products of this section. During the
past year the company had paid out
over $50,000 in cash to the farmers
alone.
The unique method of entertaining
the farmers was inaugurated last year
by the company, at the close of a suc
cessful shipping season, and proved no
less a success than the one given last
week.
WILL GROW BETTER PRUNES
Association Thinks Results Might
Easily Be Improved.
Salem That the prune growers of
the Northwest are determined to ob
tain better results in future is illus
trated by the proceedings of a meeting
of the Northwest Packers' association
held recently in Portland, H. S. Gile,
secretary, making public the proceed
ings here. The principal subject for
discussion was the possibility of over
coming the mistakes of 1911, and, if
possible, arriving at a basis by which
the prune could be standardized. It is
one of the great industries of the
Northwest, and yields to Oregon
growers alone about $1,000,000 an
nually. The 1911 crop, for some un
known reason, did not keep well, and
as a result has greatly injured the
business. Representatives of various
agricultural colleges attended the
meetings in Portland and gave their
views, which the growers say will be
of great benefit to them. There will
be concerted action in an effort to
place the crop on a higher scale and
obtain the best results.
Fine Fair Garden Planted.
Salem That the floral decorations
and landscape work will be the most
elaborate at the state fair this year
ever attempted in Oregon is the de
claration of Hugh Bryan, Btate land
scape artist. Three Portland firms
will each exhibit 300 new varieties of
dahlias, many of which have never
been seen in this part of the state.
Mr. Bryan has planned a bed to con
tain 1000 begonias, 600 of the tuber
ous variety and 400 Vernons. Mass
planting of begonias on such a scale
as is contemplated, except in interna
tional exhibits, has never been at
tempted in this country, and the bed
will be one of the greatest attractions
at the fair. The usual planting of
asters, cannas, roses, geraniums, glad
iolas, etc., on the principal court of
the grounds, is being done.
Wool In Demand at Echo.
Echo The second wool sale of the
season in Eastern Oregon was held at
Echo Saturday. Regardless of the
fact that the duty on raw wool seems
doomed to go, the bidding was as high
as that of last year, in fact, a higher
price was paid for the same grade of
wool than was received for the 1912
clip. The sales totaled 318,000
pounds, at prices ranging from 12
cents to 14J cents a pound, as follows:
Antone Vey, 100,000 pounds to
Crimmins & Pierce, at 14 cents; Wil
liam Pedro, 48,000 pounds to Hallo
well, Jones & McDonald, at 14 J cents;
John Kilkenny, 100,000 pounds to Du
four, at 11J cents; B. Doherty, 70,000
pounds to Green, at 12 cents. Joseph
Cunha, who has 80,000 pounds, and
William Slusher, who has 112,000
pounds, were offered 14 cents and 12 J
cents, respectively, but refused the
offers.
Bandon Wharfage Improved.
Bandon Many changes are being
made along the waterfront here this
summer. The warehouses are increas
ing their facilities for the handling of
freight. The passenger traffic in and
out of port and up-river is taxing the
capacity of the steamers. The Co-
quille River Transportation company
has just added a new, modern steamer
with a capacity of 120 passengers.
The old wharves of the A. F. Easter
brook company are being torn down.
that their entire waterfront may be
equipped with new docks.
Buena Vista Crops Good.
Buena Vista Polk County's show
ing for crops of grain, clover and fruit
are excellent and in all districts farm
ers are optimistic concerning the sea
son's prospects. In the hills of the
county where the red soil is used for
prunes and other fruits a heavy yield
is expected. The yield of wool in the
county this year was light and farmers
do not approve of the present actions
of the President concerning the re
ductions on wool. j
FAVORS FEDERAL RAILROAD
Wilson Makes Known His Attitude
on Alaskan Question.
Washington, D. C President Wil
son told Senators Chamberlain and
Jones Wednesday that he felt kindly
toward the proposal for government
construction of railroads in Alaska.
The two senators sought the Presi
dent's views on securing Alaskan leg
islation during the present session.
Wilson expressed his hope that a bill
might be passed, but made it clear
that, in view of the urgency for tariff
reform, he would be unable as yet to
recommend action, intimating that if
the Alaskan question could be dis
posed of without interfering with
those subjects, he would lend his sup
port to a bill within the near future.
Senator Jones said, on leaving the
executive offices, that he was confi
dent a bill would be reported to the
territories committee and probably
acted on before the tariff was taken up.
Governor Ainmons, of Colorado, and
Senators Thomas and Shafroth called
on the President to urge that the gov
ernment pursue a more liberal policy
toward opening agricultural lands in
the West. They told the President
that tho withdrawal of lands from
public entry had discouraged settlers,
and that every effort of the govern
ment should be toward development of
these regions.
GRASSHOPPER PEST APPEARS
Ninety Square Miles of Insects
Devastate New Mexico.
Amarillo, Tex. Traveling north
eastward a column of grasshoppers
five miles wide and 18 miles long is
reported in Northeastern New Mexico.
Reports that the millions of grasshop
pers seem to spread as they travel and
also the appearance of small bodies of
grasshoppers in sections of West
Texas have caused fear of a general
grasshopper pest in the Southwest, es
pecially in Texas, Western Oklahoma
and New Mexico.
The New Mexico column is reported
between Elida and Texline.
It is reported they are entirely de
nuding the land of grass, as well as
destroying all kinds of foliage. Stock,
especially sheep, have been left in
starving condition by lack of pastur
age after the grasshoppers passed.
Government, state and railroad ex
perts have combined to fight the grass
hoppers. Health Board Has Puzzle.
Sacramento The State board of
health is confronted by one of its
most difficult problems in recent years
in naving piaceu ueiore n lor ueciuion
the question of when do human bones
cease to become a part of the human
body. This question must be decided'
before the board can give its permis
sion to Chinese at Auburn for a ship
ment of the bones of dead Oriental's
by freight and parcel post to San
Francisco for exportation to China.
Arrangements are being made by
Chinese throughout the different sec
tions of California to send to China a
large consignment of skeletons of
Chinese who have died in this state.
The law prohibits shipment of human
bodies unless hermetically sealed in a
metal casket.
In order to grant the request of the
Placer County Chinese the board of
health must rule that a skeleton in the
form of dried bones is not a human
body, or a part of a hmuan body.
The object of the law is to safe
guard health.
Settlers Forced to Pay.
Washington, D. C. More than 10,
000 farmers on reclamation projects
of the West will be affected by the
Supreme court's decision that they
must pay to the govenment the cost of
maintaining and operating the various
reclamation projects, pending their
completion.
The decision was in the suit by D.
P. Baker and other farmers on the
Sunnyside unit of the Yakima, Wash.,
project to have the reclamation serv
ice enjoined from cutting off the wa
ter supply to enforce collection of such
charges.
Election Change Mooted.
Washington, D. C. The new plan
for national election and the assem
bling of congress was proposed by
Senator Works in two bills. He
would change election day from No
vember to August and provide for an
nual sessions of congress from the
first Monday of October to the first
Monday in June. Congressmen would
assume office in October, immediately
after the election, and the President
and Vice President would take office
in November. The plan is not looked
upon with favor to any extent.
Teacher-Murderer Convicted.
Salt Lake City Caleb A. Inlow,
former school principal and juvenile
probation officer at Bingham, Utah,
was found guilty in the Utah District
court here of second degree murder.
Inlow and his wife were charged with
having killed Thomas E. White, a
taxicab chauffeur, last October, to pre
vent the latter telling of alleged ore
thefts committed by Inlow. It is ex
pected Mrs. Inlow will be released
without trial.
Bulgaria Fully Expects War.
Vienna Bulgaria regards war as
inevitable, according to dispatches
from Sofia. Servia's demand for a
revision of the alliance treaty is re
garded as an ultimatum, and it is ex
pected that the Bulgarian cabinet will
flatly refuse the demand and insist up
on compliance with the treaty.
Eighty thousand troops are massed
near Sofia, and other troops are being
hurried forward in Macedonia.
37 DIE WHEN
BIG PIER FAUS
Queen's Birthday Celebrants at
Long Beach Victims.
Fifty Others Badly Injured Part
of Auditorium Crashes Down
and Adds to Horror.
Long Beach, Cal. Too frail to up
hold the burden of nearly 10,000 hu
man beings assembled for the festivi
ties of the British Empire day celebra
tion, the land end of the big double
decked pier in front of the city audi
torium collapsed Saturday, Hundreds
of persons on the top deck were
dropped down on the heads of other
hundreds crowded on the deck below.
The lower deck then gave way and all
were dropped down a chute of shat
tered woodwork to the tidewashed
sands 25 feet below.
Thirty-three persons mostly women
were killed by the shivered timbers
or crushed to death by the falling bod
ies. Fifty more were seriously in
jured, while hysteria and paralyzing
fright disabled scores.
A section of the auditorium also
went down in the crash and the debris
from it was added to the wreckage
that fell on top of the dead and in
jured. The victims were mostly subjects
and former subjects of Great Britain
resident in Southern California. The
dead were taken to the National Guard
armory, while the injured were hur
ried to various hospitals in this city
and Los Angeles.
All the doctors in the city, rein
forced by surgeons and nurses from
Los Angeles, were called to care for
the injured.
The Empire day parade, Jthe princi
pal feature of the celebration in honor
of the late Queen Victoria's birth an
niversary, had just ended and the par
ticipants, with thousands of visitors,
were crowding up the steps of the pier
and surging toward the auditorium
when the pier floor sagged.
An instant later the supports gave
way and the sound of breaking tim
bers mingled with the shrieks and
cries of the victims as all went down
into a mass of broken wood and writh
ing human forms on the sand.
J, Long Beach, Cal. Later. Prospec
tive damage suits Jaggregating proba
bly $1,000,000 or more, and a grand
jury investigation are engaging the
attention of the city officials as a
probable outcome of the disaster Sat
urday in which 37 persons lost their
lives in a collapse of the municipal
pier, just after the close of the British
Empire Day pageant.
The weakness of the pier, which
was built eight years ago and never
repaired in that particular portion, is
believed to have been due to decay
caused by the action of salt air on
wood and its iron fasteners and sup
ports. However, it was declared that
a much stronger structure might have
been wrecked under the same circum
stances, as the participants of the big
parade marched on the pier in step.
Military men pointed out that the
rythmic vibration created by the
measured tread of thousands of feet
caused a tremendous strain on the
supports, which already had been
heavily burdened by the crowd which
thronged in front of the doors await
ing admittance, and they recalled that
military columns comprising large
numbers of men always break step
when crossing even iron bridges, in
order to avoid causing collapse or seri
ous damage.
Chinese General Killed.
Shanghai General Hsu Pao San
was killed by a bomb while opening a
box which was supposed to contain
porcelain. He had set for a piece of
porcelain, and tyhen the box arrived
he attempted to pry off the cover. A
terrific exposion resulted, and he was
hurled with great force to the opposite
end of the room. A servant also was
instantly killed. The general, who
was known as "Tiger Hsu," was a
strong supporter of President Yuan
Shi Kai, and the objected of bitter
hatred to the Southern extremists.
Allies Approach Peace.
London The allies informed Osman
Pazim Pasha at a joint meeting of the
Balkan and Ottoman peace delegates
that they had no intention of asking
for further modification of the peace
terms already put forward. This an
nouncement is regarded as an import
ant step in the direction of peace, as
the Turks announced that if any modi
fications were suggested it would
leave the door open for further de
mands on the allies.
Morgan Gift to Be Tax-Free.
Albany, N. Y. The valuable collec
tion of works of art, pictures, books
and antiques of the late J. Pierpont
Morgan will be exempt from the state
inheritance tax, provided the collec
tion is turned over "to a municipal
corporation of the state for educa
tional purposes by the heirs within two
years." The Omrod bill, which so
provides, was signed by Governor Sul
zer Saturday.
Mines Tie Up Shipping.
Smyrna Shipping is completely
paralyzed in these water on account of
recent accidents due to mines. The
companies have warned incoming
steamers to remain awav and outward-
bound vessels are afraid to leave port.