EVENTS OF THE DAY
Newsy Item s Gathered from All
Parts ot the World.
PREPARED FOR THE BUSY READER
L ess Im p o rtan t b u t N ot L ess In ter
esting H appenings fro m P oints
O utside th e S ta te .
B urglars shot a patrolm an a t Pueblo
when about to be caught.
French strik e rs in sist on the dism iss
al of Sim yan, and may win th e ir point.
C astro has le ft G erm any fo r Bor
deaux, w here he w ill em bark for Vene
zuela.
Boston is to have a crusade a g a in st
ra ts sim ilar to th e one conducted a t
San Francisco.
A plot to kill th e am eer of A fg h an i
stan was unearthed and 1,200 a rre sts
have been made.
A m illionaire iron m an, a banker
and four o thers are to be indicted a t
P itts b u rg fo r bribery.
F ran cis J . H eney has protested
a g a in s t the appo in tm en t of Fulton as
F ederal judge in Oregon.
G overnor G eorge C urry, of New
Mexico, has resigned.
H e w as ap
pointed by R oosevelt in 1907.
The P ennsylvania sen ate has passed
a resolution offering a rew ard of $1.000
for the caputre of th e kid n ap ers o f the
W hitla boy.
A bill has also been in
troduced m aking kidnaping punishable
by death.
NEAR SO U T H
PO LE.
B ritis h E x p e d itio n R e a c h e s P o in t I I I
M ile s F r o m O bject.
London, M arch 24.—L ie u te n a n t E. H
Shackleton, o f the B ritish navy, a com
m ander o f th e A n ta rtic expedition
which retu rn ed on the b ark en tin e N im
rod to In v ercarg ill, N. Z., today, suc
ceeded in g e ttin g w ith in 111 m iles of
th e south pole.
*
L ieu ten an t Shackleton le ft his perm
an en t q u a rte rs la st autum n for a dash
to the south pole and has succeeded
a fte r an arduous sledge journey o f 1,-
708 miles, which occupied 126 days, in
reach in g 354 m iles n earer the pole than
the point atta in e d by the D iscovery ex
pedition, of which he w as an officer.
As th e expedition to th e south w as
undertaken ra th e r fo r th e purpose of
geographical survey than w ith the idea
of reaching the pole itself, it may be
said to have succeeded beyond th e m ost
sanguine ex pectations.
Shackleton made some d ep artu res
from the usual p rep aratio n s for a jo u rn
ey across th e snow and ice.
He took
w ith him a m otor car, w hich could be
converted into a sledge and su b stitu te d
ponies fo r dogs and lig h t woolen cloth
ing for heavy clothes.
Sum m arized, th e re su lts of th e expe
dition are th a t a point w as reached
w ith in 111 m iles o f th e south pole;
th a t th e m agnetic pole also w as reach
ed ; e ig h t m ountain chains w ere discov
ered, and 100 m ountains.
M ount E reebus, 13,120 fe e t high,
w as ascended by the p a rty ; a new coast
and high m ountains w ere located ru n
n in g w est from V ictorialand, and coal
fields w ere discovered in th e A n ta rc tic
continent.
The theory o f th e existence of an
a re a o f atm ospheric calm around the
south pole w as disproved
VENGEANCE
FEARED.
The em press of R ussia is a nervous W o m a n S u s p e c t U tt e r s T h re a t U p o n
w reck.
A r r e s t fo r K id n a p in g .
Cuban recip ro city may cause a tariff
Cleveland, M arch 24.—“ I am th e one
w ar w ith o th e r nations.
who planned the whole th in g ; th ere
Ex-V ice P re sid e n t F a irb an k s has re w ill be trouble fo r me and hell in
tired from politics com pletely.
Sharon to m o rro w ."
D istric t A tto rn ey Jero m e, o f New
T hese words, spoken to C aptain of
Y ork, is again raid in g gam bling houses. Police S h attu ck yesterday by a woman
T he g re a t increase in G erm any’s he had arre ste d in company w ith a man
navy has caused a panic in G re a t B rit on suspicion o f being im plicated in th e
kidnaping of W illie W hitla, of Sharon.
ain.
A S t. Louis physician has le f t an es 0 ., have stirre d th e police to new
ta te o f over $1,000,000 to a 3-m onths efforts to run down th e band who stole
th e lad aw ay from his school. W hile
old g irl.
the police w ere a t first inclined to
The G erm an ste a m e r E lla was held think th a t th e ir prisoners, who carried
up by N icarag u a and searched fo r spies th e sum of $9,989 w ith them , w ere the
and arm s.
e n tire k idnaping gang, the w om an’s
T he g overnm ent w ill seek no more words are regarded as a th re a t and the
land fraud ind ictm en ts unless th e ev i police now thin k th a t possibly one or
tw o o th er m em bers o f th e g an g are
dence is strong.
still a t large and th a t revenge fo r th e
T he C alifo rn ia sen ate se n t for a sick cap tu re of th e rin g lead ers w ill be
m em ber to break th e deadlock on the taken on the boy.
d ire c t p rim ary question.
E x tra precautions to guard the
T he U n ited S ta te s S teel corporation W hitla lad a t his home w ill be taken
w ill close some o f iis large plants to m ake the c a rry in g o u t of any such
th re a t an im possibility and anyone
A p ril 1 unless business im proves.
found lu rk in g around th e prem ises will
The F rench g o vernm ent may relieve be in stan tly arrested .
M inister Sim yan, who has charge of
posts and teleg rap h , in order to ap
O F F T O A F R IC A .
pease the strik e rs.
R ussia is ready to interv en e in P e r
R o o se ve lt P a rty L e a v e s N e w Y o r k fo r
sia if necessary.
W ild s ot J u n gle .
A W ashington physician says over
New Y ork, M arch 24.— W aving a
e a tin g causes a desire for sm oking and
p a rtin g farew ell w ith his black slouch
drink in g .
h a t as he stood on the c a p ta in ’s bridge
A Brockton, M ass., man has come to of the steam sh ip H am burg, ex-P resi-
his rig h t senses a t Los A ngeles a fte r d e n t Theodore R oosevelt sailed aw ay
w andering th re e years.
y esterd ay for his long planned A frican
The u niversal suffrage m easure has hunt. He le ft am id cheers o f thous
advanced to second reading in the ands of persons th a t sw arm ed th e Ham-
burg-A m erican line pier, am id the
B ritish house of commons.
w h istles of countless riv e r c ra f t and
The condition of Mme. H elena Mod- thunderous rev erb eratio n s of the ex-
jeska, the fam ous actreBS, is such th a t p resid e n t’s salu te o f 13 guns front
her death may occur a t any tim e.
F o rts H am ilton and W adsw orth.
Beside Mr. R oosevelt stood a young
The k in g of C h ristm as island, in the
Pacific ocean n ear Singapore, has ab lad, seem ingly dejected, as he w istfu lly
dicated because his w ife ob jects to gazed a t the cheerin g m u ltitu d e on th e
p ier below. I t w as K e rm it Roosevelt,
b eing queen.
An absconding O klahom a bank cash son of Mr. Roosevelt, who accom panied
ie r has sen t back n early all the money his fa th e r as official p hotographer of
the expedition. F a th e r and son, both
tak en and prom ises to re tu rn th e bal
clad in b rillia n t buff hued arm y coats,
ance soon.
rem ained on th e bridge on th e trip
T he B ritish p arlia m e n t may au th o r down the bay and acknow ledged w ith
ize e ig h t instead of four b attle sh ip s of sw eeps o f th e ir hats th e salu tes of the
th e D readnaught ty p e on account of vessels. The dem onstration w as un
a c tiv itie s on the p a rt of G erm an y in official, but many high in the affairs of
in creasin g h er navy.
the nation were present.
A fte r a search in g in v estig atio n a
M o r e L a n d to B e O p e n e d .
board of inquiry has recommended the
suspension o f th e pilo t who had charge
M issoula, M ont., M arch 24.— U nited
of th e tra n sp o rt Logan when it w ent S ta te s S enator Joseph M. Dixon, of
aground a t th e en tran ce to Honolulu M ontana, in an in terv iew today, de
harbor.
clared positively th a t th e F lath ead res
T he Chinese boycott a g a in st Ja p a n ervation would be opened for se ttle
m ent th e la tte r p a rt of Ju ly or the
ese goods has been revived
first o f A ugust, th is year. Most of the
S erv ia may yield to the term s of a im p o rtan t work prelim in ary to the
jo in t note from the powers.
opening has been com pleted.
T h at
The Cuban rev o lu tio n ists have su r portion o f the reservation to be made
av ailab le for se ttle m e n t com prises ap
rendered to g overnm ent troops.
p roxim ately 350,000 acres and includes
The c risis betw een China and R ussia some o f the best a g ricu ltu ral, g razin g
over M anchurian te rrito ry is said to be and tim b e r land in the sta te .
over.
N ews a g en ts on tra in s in Mexico
have been forbidden to sell liquor in
fu tu re.
The N icaraguan p resid en t defies the
U nited S ta te s to in terv en e in C entral
Amei i -a and th re a te n s to fight m arines
to a finish.
The Horne Telephone com panies of
the Pacific N orthw est, including the
long distance connections, have been
sold to a syndicate of P o rtlan d and Se
a ttle cap ita lists.
R obbers d ynauited tw o bank build
ings a t Bald Knob, A rk ., and p u t to
flight a band o f citizen s who had been
a ttra c te d by the explosions. A sh e riff's
posse is in p u rsu it.
C rim in a l C a r e e r Alleged.
Reno, N ev., March 2 4 .—C harging
th a t under the guise of conducting a
hotel in Reno, G eorge and Frederick
E lkins, w ealthy hotelm en, have been
for m onths a c tin g as the in term ed iaries
for th iev es and robbers, the police a r
rested George E lkins to n ig h t on a ranch
n ear tow n, which it has been found has
been th e hiding place for a v ast quan
tity o f m erchand se, said to have been
stolen from box cars and w arehouses
in th is city .
The a rre s t followed an
investig atio n re su ltin g from the acci
d ental discovery o f th e m erchandise.
B o y S o u g h t O il H o n o r s .
New York, March 24.— In his quest
T he fight on th e ta riff bill in con for occasions for d istin g u ish in g him self
g ress w ill be a free-fo r-all, both p a r and thereby o b tain in g prom otion which
in tim e would lead to h 'S being made a
tie s sp littin g .
d irecto r of the S tandard Oil company,
R oosevelt says he d o e sn 't intend to W illiam Reddy, 18 y ears old, employed
die of fev er in th e w ilds o f A frica.
in the filling d ep a rtm e n t of th e com
E ig h t men have now been secured pany, to n ig h t confessed th a t o . everal
occasions he had set fire to the p lan t of
fo r th e Calhoun ju ry .
th e S tandard in Brooklyn. H is object
A runaw ay tra in killed and injured w as to im press his superiors by his
30 people and w recked th e M ontreal alertn ess in discovering th e blaze.
depot.
A s k s f o r E x c lu s io n L a w .
S c ie n tists have a theory th a t many
S acram ento, March 24.—The assem
m ine explosions a re caused by e a rth
bly adopted today th e s u b s titu te reso
quakes.
lution offered by the sen ate com m ittee
Many pro m in en t South A m ericans on Federal relatio n s, a sk in g congress
have appealed to th e U n ited S ta te s for to en act a general A siatic exclusion
law , including Jap an ese.
in terv e n tio n .
PROVISIONS OF BILL
New Tariff M easure Goes Before
House of R epresentatives.
PROVIDES FOR INHERITANCE TAX
Stee l and L u m b e r R a te s A r e C u t O n e
H a lf — C o a l is P la c e d on
F r e e L ist.
W ashington, M arch 18.— Downward
revision, m axim um and m inim um pro
visions w hich impose an averag e m axi
mum duty 20 p er cen t in excess of the
p resen t ta riff and num erous provisions
by w hich it is estim a ted th a t the reve
nue to the g o vernm ent w ill be increas
ed from $40.000,000 to $50,000,000,
are th e s a lie n t fe a tu re s of the new
ta riff bill which w as introduced in the
house y esterd ay by R ep resen tativ e Se-
reno E. Payne, chairm an of the w ays
and m eans com m ittee.
The recom m endations m a d e h y P resi
d en t T a ft th a t an inheritance tax be
provided and th a t a lim ited am ount of
tobacco and su g ar be adm itted free
from th e P h ilippines a re included in
the bill.
The m easuie also provides
for the issuance of P anam a canal bonds
to the am ount o f $40,000,000 to reim
burse th e tre a su ry for the original pur
chase of th e canal and re-enacts the
provisions for th e issue of treasu ry cer
tificates, th e am ount being increased
from $100,000,000 to $250,000,000.
W hile th e re is no d u ty imposed upon
coffee, te a is taxed 8 cents when im
ported from th e country w here it is
produced and 9 cents when from other
than the producing country. The in
tern al revenue ta x on c ig a re tte s is m a
te ria lly increased, w hile the tax on
b eer and w hisky is undisturbed. A
c u t o f 50 p er cen t is made in the steel
and lum ber schedules and iron ore,
hides, tailow , cottonseed oil and w orks
of a r t more than 20 y ears old are
placed on the free list.
The ta riff on boots and shoes is re
duced 40 per cent, and on o th er leather
m an u factu res in proportion. The pot
tery schedule rem ain s about the sam e,
b u t th e d u ties on window and p late
glass o f the sm aller sizes are increas
ed, w hile th e d u ties on the larg er sizes
are reduced. The ta riff on wool of the
first and second class, used in clothing
p rincipally, is no t d isturbed, b u t on
wool of th e th ird class, known as car
p e t wool, it is reduced on the cheaper
grades. A 5-cent reduction is made
in th e d u tie s on shoddy, and w aste
w h ite wool tops are assessed 6 cents a
pound more th an th e duty on scoured
wool, w hich is unchanged.
The re
com m endations fo r placing wood pulp
on th e free lis t and reducing the duties
on p rin t paper, w ith certain re s tric
tions made by th e Mann com m ittee of
th e house are incorporated in the bill.
The duty on refined su g a r is reduced
.04 of a cen t a pound, and on d ex trin
% c e n t a pound.
A reduction o f %
cent a pound is also made in the duty
on starch , w ith the exception of potato
starch . Zinc ore is assessed 1 cent
per pound for th e zinc contained. The
tariff on pig iron is reduced from $4 to
$2 p er ton.
The principal increases a re made on
lemons, cocoa and su b stitu te s for
coffee, coal ta r dyes, gloves and coated
papers and lith o g rap h p rin ts.
A s w as expected, th e new ta riff b : 11
is made on a m axim um and minim um
basis, w ith th e provision th a t th e m ax
imum ra te s a re no t to go into effect
un til 60 days a fte r th e passage of the
bill. The recip ro city provisions are
contained in th e p a rag rap h s assessing
d u ties on bitum inous coal and coke and
ag ric u ltu ra l
im plem ents, by w hich
these a rtic le s a re given en try free of
duty when im ported from countries
which p erm it th e free im portation of
these a rtic le s from A m erica.
The inheritan ce tax provision of the
bill is sim ila r to th e New York sta te
law. I t provides a tax o f 5 per cent
on all in h eritan ces over $500 th a t are
collateral inheritances, or in which
stra n g e rs a re the legatees. In cases
o f d ire c t inheritan ce the tax es pre
scribed a re :
On $10,000 to $100,000, 1 per ce n t;
on $100,000 to $500,000. 2 per cent,
and on those over $500,000, 3 per cent.
I t is estim ated th a t $20,000,000 annu
ally w ill be derived from th is tax.
The m axim um and m inim um provis
ions of th e bill do aw ay w ith the ne
cessity o f continuing the foreign trade
agreem ents. The abrogation of these
is provided for in a section which au
thorizes the presid en t to issue notices
of the term in atio n of t iese agreem ents
w ith in 10 days a fte r the bill goes into
effect. The French ag reem ent would
th erefo re te rm in a te im m ediately, while
the G erm ar ag reem ent would rem ain
in force fo r six m onths.
C ALL FO R CO N G RESS.
T ra n s - M is s is s ip p i C o m m e rc ia l B o d y
to M e e t in D e n ve r.
D enver, M arch 23.—S ecretary A r
th u r F . F ran cis, of the T rans-M issis
sippi Com m ercial congress, today is
sued th e official call fo r the 20th an
nual session of th a t association, to be
held in D enver A ugust 16 to 21 in
clusive, of th is y ear. Added in te re st
a ttach es to th is m eeting from the fact
th a t P resid en t T a lt w ill be p resen t and
tak e p a rt in the proceedings.
A large
attendance o f rep resen tativ es of the
L atin-A m erican countries is also ex
pected, in the in te re s t of closer in te r
national relatio n s betw een th is country
and the republics of South and C entral
A m erica and Mexico.
One th in g w ill be barred, according
to tn e executive com m ittee, and th is is
a discussion o f questions of a political
nature.
B esides these questions of closer re
lations w ith th e southern republics,
w ith especial reference to th e early
com pletion o f th e P anam a canal and
the consequent stim u la tin g com m er
cial developm ent in the trans-M issis
sippi sta te s, the follow ing questions
will come under discussion:
N ational defense, w ith special re fe r
ence to the needs of the Pacific coast
and H a w a ii; an adequate m erchant
m arine and th e need of governm ent
aid in its upbuilding and m aintenance;
conservation of n atu ral resources.
T his prom ises to be one of the leading
questions to come before the congress.
Irrig a tio n and the reclam ation o f sem i-
arid lands w ill also be taken up, as will
w aterw ay im provem ents, d rain ag e of
subm erged lands, scientific dry farm
ing, A laska, se p a ra te statehonod for
New Mexico and A rizona, parcels post,
postal savings banks, insurance, trad e
relatio n s w ith Mexico, C entral and
South A m erica, G ulf ports and the ra il
roads, P anam a canal, H aw aii, im m i
g ratio n , good roads, su g ar b eet and
cane industry, B a ra ta ria a n d Lafourche,
national finance, consular service.
S T R IK E
IS O V E R .
P a r is P o sta l E m p lo y e s S u e t o r P e a ce
and A r e M e t H a lf W a y.
P aris, M arch 23.— The g re a t strik e
of the em ployes o f the postoffice d e p a rt
m ent, which v irtu a lly has isolated
P aris and cut off F rance from commu
nication w ith the outside w orld for the
p a st w eek, collapsed today. The strik e
com m ittee decided to call off th e em
ployes and made the first move to effect
a settlem en t, v irtu ally suing fo r peace.
The governm ent w ill m eet the com m it
tee h a lf w ay.
R ep resen tativ es of the linem en called
today upon M. B arthou, m in ister of
public w orks, ostensibly fo r th e purpose
of p ro testin g a g a in s t the charges th a t
they had c u t th e w ires, b u t d u rin g the
course of the interview they com m uni
cated to the m in iste r th e term s on
w hich the allied associations collec
tively would resum e work.
These w e r e : F irs t, the resignation
of M. Sim yan, under secretary of posts
and te le g ra p h s; second, th a t no em
ployes should be dism issed on account
of th e strik e . They desired also the
assurance th a t th e d eleg ates of the
association h e re a fte r should be per
m itted to lay th e ir grievances directly
before th e m in iste r o f public w orks.
M. B arthou received th e deputation
in a conciliatory s p irit,. H e said the
governm ent could not discuss the re sig
nation of an official except w ith p a rlia
m ent, b u t he gave the delegation the
satisfactio n it dem anded on other
points.
P rem ier C lem enceau m et the deputa
tion la te r and confirmed M. B arth o u ’s
sta te m e n t w ith reg ard to the a ttitu d e
o fth e governm ent.
A t the conclusion of these p riv ate
interview s w ith the m in isters, the
strik e com m ittee m et and decided upon
the resum ntion of w drk tom orrow .
T his decision w as announced a t a mass
m eeting a t w hich 5,000 s trik e rs w ere
present.
Peace Pact A ssu re d .
C ity of M exico, M arch 23.— I t is
now believed a c e rta in ty th a t a confer
ence of the five presidents o f C entral
A m erican republics w ill be held soon.
Word has reached here th a t P residents
C abrera, of G u atem ala; D avilla, of
H onduras, and Zelaya, o f N icaragua,
have agreed to the proposed m eeting.
I t is thought th a t P resid en t Figueroa,
of Salvador, and the p resid en t of Costa
R ica w ill consent to the invitation
sen t out by M. E cheverria, president
o f the C entral A m erican branch of the
bureau o f A m erican republics.
S u ite H a s to B e R e m o d e le d .
New Y ork, M arch 23.— Im m ediately
upon the a rriv a l of the steam er H am
burg carp en ters and decorators w ere
se t to work rem odeling the stateroom s
w hich Mr. Roosevelt is to occupy. The
original im perial su ite consisted of
only th ree room s. The alte ra tio n s w ill
m ake the su ite of seven rooms. The
first room w ill be a draw ing room, im
m ediately off w hich w ill open Mr.
R oosevelt’s bedroom. C onnecting w ith
R e vo lt U n d e r C o n t ro l.
th is w ill be a dressing room, a fte r
H avana, March 18. The indications w hich w ill come K erm it R oosevelt’s,
to n ig h t are th a t the governm ent is in a and la s t of all the bath.
fa ir w ay to crush prom ptly the incipi
e n t revolution th a t broke out in the
B a lk a n T r o u b le E n d s .
province o f S an ta C lara Monday n ig h t.
Belgrade, M arch 23.— Peace is re
P alace officials announced th a t the garded as assured.
I t w as semi-offici
fa th e r o f tw o m em bers o f the band of al ly sta te d to n ig h t th a t th e powers
in su rg en ts had v isited G eneral Monte- would invite S erv ia tom orrow to de
aguado, ch ief of the guard a t Cama- clare the question of the annexation of
ju an i, and told him th a t the insurgents Bosnia and H erzegovina settled and to
im plored th e clem ency o f the govern disarm and discharge its reserv ists.
m ent and w ere anxious to surrender, F urtherm ore, it w as said, th e Servian
on the prom ise th a t th e ir lives would governm ent would accede to th is re
be spared.
quest, th u s opening the way fo r d irect
negotiations betw een A u stria and S er
E xte n t o f S t r ik e H id d en.
via for a com m ercial agreem ent.
Ixjndon, March 18.- The dem oraliza
tion o f the P aris postal an 1 telegraphic
G o v e r n o r C o s g r o v e Im p ro v e s.
service is becom ing a serious m a tte r
Paso Robles H ot Springs, Cal.,
for th e re s t o f th e w orld. The French M arch 23. T h at Governor Cosgrove is
au th o ritie s, it is believed here, are tr y im proving so rapidly he w ill be able
ing to conceal the e x te n t of the strik e, to leave for W ashington by May 1 to
w hich seem s to be ex tending gradually a sumo the reins of governm ent in th a t
to the large provincial tow ns, although s ta te , is the opinion of Dr. F. W.
many dispatches from places outside Saw yer, m anaging director, who says
P aris are received in Ixmdon w ith sm all the rep o rts he has to give out are
delay. P a ris itse lf w as en tirely cut highly encouraging.
off telegraphically.
M is s o u r i A fte r N e g ro e s .
Jefferson C ity, Mo.. M arch 18.—The
sen ate passed a bill today to provide
an educational qualification for voters.
Most of th e R epublicans voted no. The
theory of the D em ocrats w as th a t the
bill would disfran ch ise more negroes
than it would ign o ran t w h ite foreigners.
FRENCH TARIFF UP
R A IL W A Y
U n ite d
States
E x p o rts
H ard
H it by
P r o p o s e d N e w S c h e d u le s and
B u s in e s s M e n A n x io u s.
W ashington, M arch 23.— The a tte n
tion of A m erican m anu factu rers w ill
not fo r the n ex t few m onths be e n tire
ly focused upon the proposed ta riff re
vision in th is country. F rance proposes
to revise its tariff, and in the changes
to be made the U nited S ta te s is vitaliy
in terested . I f the proposed French
ta riff bill should be enacted into law
in its p resen t shape, A m erican trade
would be injuriously affected.
Some of in te re stin g facts in regard
to th e new m easure are prepared by
N . I. Stone, ta riff e x p e rt of th e de
p a rtm e n t of comm erce and labor.
I t is proposed to advance the general
ra te on canned m eats of 20 francs per
100 kilos to 30 francs, an increase of
50 per cent, leaving the m inim um ra te
o f 15 francs unchanged.
U nder the e x is tin g agreem ent fresh
apples and pears are adm itted a t the
ra te of 2 francs per 100 kilos. I t is
proposed to advance the m inim um rate
to 5 francs, an increase of 150 per
cent, and to increase the general ra te
from 5 to 8 francs.
I t is proposed to
increase the m inim um ra te on hops
from 30 to 40 francs, and the general
from 45 to 60 fran cs per 100 kilos.
F a r more num erous are the ta riff
changes on articles w hich are not a f
fected by the com m ercial ag reem en t
betw een France and th is country.
Among the more im portant of these
changes the follow ing may be men
tioned, th e ra te being given in francs
per 100 k ilo s :
M eat e x tra c ts, general rate increased
from 40 to 45 fra n c s; cotton seed, now
adm itted free, to be su b ject to a duty
of 1.50 fran cs; peanuts, now adm itted
free, to be su b ject to a duty o f 2.50
francs, and preserved vegetal des, duty
increased from 20 to 24 francs.
A S S I G N M E N T S A R E G IV E N .
N o r th w e s t S e n a t o r s G et P la c e s
V a r io u s C o m m itte e s.
on
W ashington, M arch 23.— D uring the
61st congress N orthw estern senators
w ill have com m ittee assig n m en ts as
follow s :
B ourne— F isheries, chairm an ; com
m erce, public expenditures, p rin tin g ,
coast defenses,
postoffices, public
health, railroads.
C ham berlain— A griculture and fo r
estry , public lands, irrig a tio n , P h ilip
pines, p rin tin g , Pacific railroads, ex
penditures in In te rio r departm ent.
P ile s—C oast survey, ch airm an ; com
merce, judiciary, revision of law s, P a
cific islands, pensions, te rrito rie s.
Jo n es—In d u strial expositions, c h a ir
m an ; public lands, irrig atio n , C ana
dian relations, coast defenses, conser
vation of national resources, corpora
tions organized in the D istric t o f Co
lum bia.
H eyburn— M anufactures, ch airm an ;
jo in t, com m ittee on revision of the
law s of the U nited S tates, chairm an ;
conservation of n atu ral resources, im
m igration, m ines and m ining, P h ilip
pines, p rivileges and elections, public
buildings and grounds, public lands.
B orah— E ducation and labor, ch air
m an; expenditures in the N avy de
p artm en t, in tiro cean ic canals, irrig a
tion judiciary, standards, w eights and
m easures.
Islan d Is C a u s e o f T ro u b le .
Tokio, M arch 23. — Special dis
patches received by Jap an ese papers
from Hongkong and P ekin indicate
th a t the effort which is being made a t
Canton to again inflame the Chinese
a g a in st the Japanese and brin g about
a renew al of th e boycott on Japanese
goods, because of the alleged occupa
tion of P ra ta s island by Japanese
guano dealers, is apparently a move
m ent on the p a rt of some unknown
propagandists to keep ill feelin g be
tw een Jap an and China stirred up in
the hope of eventually causing a breach
N o A p p e al fo r O fficials.
S a lt Lake C ity, M arch 23.—The
traffic officials and railroads convicted
la st Jan u a ry in the U nited S ta te s D is
tr ic t court of conspiracy in connection
w ith th e refusal to deliver coal to an
independent coal dealer, w ere denied a
new tria l today and will be sentenced
on Monday.
The defendants a re J.
H. Moore, sales agent of th e Union
Pacific Coal com pany; E v e re tt Buck
ingham , form er general superintendent
o f t h e Oregon S h o rt L ine; the Union
Pacific railroad, the Union Pacific Coal
company and the Oregon S hort Line.
K id n a p e d B o y Re tu rn ed .
Cleveland, March 23.— L ittle W illie
W hitla, who has caused the police of
the en tire country endless w orry since
he w as kidnaped from school in Sharon,
Pa., last T hursday, was retu rn ed to his
fa th e r a t the Hollenden hotel here a t
8 :30 o'clock la st evening. In com pli
ance w ith an agreem ent entered into
betw een the boy’s fa th e r and an agent
of the kidnapers here today, • the boy
w as placed on a stre e tc a r on the out
sk irts of the city a fte r 8 o’clock.
S eattle, M arch 22.—A ctual demon
stra tio n s o f every railw ay sa fe ty de
vice, approved and unexploited, w ill be
made daily in the tra n sp o rtatio n build
ing and yards of the A laska-Y ukon-Pa-
cific exposition, w hich w ill open on
Ju n e 1 in S eattle.
The tran sp o rtatio n building is now
being hurried to com pletion and tracks,
spurs, sw itches and " Y s ” are already
laid fo r the m ost com plete exem plifica
tion o f general and special railw ay
traffic ev er attem p ted on the grounds
of an exposition.
So desirous w ere E astern locomotive
builders of tak in g advantage of reach
ing the O riental field through the me
dium o f the S e a ttle fa ir, th a t they pro
vided th e m ajor portion of the $75,000
w hich th e construction of the tran sp o r
tation building has cost, in order th a t
the stru c tu re should be o f am ple size
for th e ir m ost com plicated illsutrations.
Locom otives of all m akes and all
periods w ill be ex h ib ited . E verything,
from the old " h a y b u rn ers” of the cot
ton belt, to the b ig tran sco n tin en tal
mogul w ill be shown under full steam .
A modern passenger tra in , equipped
w ith th e last work in Pullm an service,
lights, brakes and w ireless alarm s w ill
be a daily show.
The elec tric end o f tra n sp o rta tio n
w ill be given as com plete exhibition as
its riv al.
A fully equipped modern
trolley as well as a new underground
trolley, w hich it is claim ed, does aw ay
w ith all previous objections to the un
derground system , w ill be displayed in
operation.
E very known farm vehicle, reapers,
stack ers, harvesters, plow s and all else,
even to the harness fo r the horses, w ill
be shown and the big tra c tio n h a rv e s t
ers found w orking throughout th e
W est, w ill have a place, w ith all of
th e ir la te s t im provem ents.
FO O D SU PPLY AFFECTED.
Fren ch
T e le g ra p h S t r ik e C o n t in u e s
and F a m in e T h re a te n s.
P aris, M arch 22.—The governm ent
issued a reassu rin g sta te m e n t to n ig h t
concerning the strik e , in w hich the s it
uation w as said to be notably im prov
ed, many of the s trik e rs, especially the
telephone girls, h av in g retu rn ed to
w ork. The strik e leaderB, on th e o th
e r hand, w ere loudly proclaim ing w ar
to the h ilt, and th ere a re disq u ietin g
rum ors of railroad and o th er co-opera
tiv e strik es.
D isclosures in connection w ith the
strik e indicate th a t th e abuses and fa
v o ritism charged have been largely due
to the fa c t th a t p olitics have had much
to do w ith the ad m in istratio n o f the
post and telegraph service.
The lack of food in the cap ital, an
outcom e of the im possibility o f fo r
w arding paym ents, is m aking itse lf
fe lt today, and provision dealers de
clare th a t if there is no im provem ent
the city in a few days probably w ill be
confronted w ith fam in e conditions.
The loss to business in P a ris alone is
variously estim ated a t from $600,000
to $1,200,000. Only a few w ires today
connect E urope P a ris w ith and the out
side world.
The governm ent has form ally notifi
ed the s trik e rs th a t 48 hours o f grace
will be allowed them to re tu rn to work,
a fte r w hich th e ir dism issal w ill be ir
revocable.
W in te r H o n e on C o a st.
13 W a r s h ip s R e ad y in 1912.
B erlin, M arch 23.— In view of the
assertions made in th e B ritish house of
commons th a t G erm any, in the spring
of 1912, would have 17 w arships, all
of them of the big-gun type, the Navy
d ep artm en t authorizes the statem en t
th a t in the autum n of 1912 Germany
w ill have 13 such vessels.
Finds T w o New P lanets.
P aris, March 23.—The astronom er
G aillot announced before the Academy
of Sciences to n ig h t th a t he had discov
ered tw o new planets situ ated beyond
N eptune, which is the outerm ost known
p lan et of the aolar system .
South and West Want Duty on
Lumber to Remain.
WEST ALSO AGAINST FREE HIDES
D e m o c ra t s
D e m a n d S m a lle r C uty on
L e a th e r G o o d s — L o u is ia n a W a n ts
D u ty on Ph ilip p in e Rice.
W ashington, M arch 20.— M em bers
on both 3ides of the house are lining up
and p re p arin g to subm it am endm ents
to the Payne ta riff bill, in w hich th e ir
constituents are in terested. The m ain
contention w ill be over the cut in the
lum ber duty. I t is understood th a t the
Southern rep resen tativ es are alm ost
unanim ous fo r re ta in in g the present
duty of $2 per thousand feet. They
will have the support of many m em
bers from th e N orthw est and the P a
cific C oast stales.
H ides and leather m anufactures also
w ill be the su b ject of considerable de
bate. The D em ocrats w ill fight to
have shoes and o th er product of leath er
reduced 5 or 10 per cent more and have
hides retain ed on the fre e list.
On boots and shoes, according to the
new tariff, w ill be levied a duty of 15
per cen t ad valorem . W hile th is is a
reduction of 10 per cen t ad valorem , it
is contended by those who favor fu r
th e r reductions th a t the shoemen have
adm itted th a t they could stand a re
duction to f 5 to 10 p er cen t more if
hides w ere ad m itted free.
W estern
rep resen tativ es w ill m ake an e a rn est
effort to have a duty of 15 p er cen t
again placed on hides.
The L ouisiana delegation m et today
to consider the effect th a t the free
trad e provision fo r the P hilpippiines
would have on the rice industry. They
will endeavor to have th e m inority re
p o rt fav o r a sm a'l duty on rice im port
ed from th e P h ilippine islands, or the
q u an tity e n titled to free duty re s tric t
ed, as ha3 been done w ith su g ar and
tobacco.
CLEM ENCEAU
S U S T A IN E D .
F r e n c h C h a m b e r S t a n d s B / F ra m ie r
on S t r ik e S i t u a t 'd .
P aris, March 20.— P re m ie r Clem en
ceau and his colleagues who faced the
strik e in terp ellatio n s in the cham ber
o f dep u ties today, determ ined to se
cure indorsem ent of the govern m en t’s
position in th e prem ises or re tire frofti
office. T hey won, fo r the cham ber re
jected by a vote of 354 to 188 a resolu
tion providing fo r a comm ission to in
v e stig a te the causes of the strik e.
The num ber of s trik e rs has been
largely increased.
T he governm ent,
w ith th e aid of m ilitary telegraphers
and soldiers a ctin g as le tte r carriers,
has been successful in securing a sem
blance of resum ption in all branches
of the service.
In the provinces the
strik e is constantly securing new ad
herents, and in many larg er centers it
is com plete. The strik e leaders claim
th a t victory is w ithin th e ir grasp. The
governm ent has prepared a bill to ex
tend the tim e on financial paper until
the s ta te services are ag ain norm al.
N E W J A P C R I S I S IN S O U T H .
S T E A M E R L IN E T O P A N A M A .
C ounty Officials in C alifornia T ry to
C ollect Poll T ax; S trik e S nag.
O xnard, C al., M arch 22.— Serious
labor trouble is th reaten ed in the beet
fields here over the situ atio n created
by the a tte m p t to collect a county poll
ta x from the 450 Jap an ese living in
O xnard and employed in the beet fields.
T his a tte m p t, a fte r they had paid the
city ta x in th is city, caused g re a t re
sentm ent. The sh eriff and deputy as
sessors in many instances seized horses
and goods owned by th e Jap an ese and
la te r forced them to pay under th re a ts
of selling th e ir property.
Some o f the Jap an ese have already
le f t fo r o th er p a rts o f the s ta te w here
Jap an ese labor is in dem and, leaving
the beetgrow ers in serious s tra its fo r
laborers.
T onight the sheriff and assessor say
it is probable the county w ill recede
from its position and re tu rn the m one”
collected.
C o a s t C o n fe re n c e A s k s G o v e rn m e n t
to A id o r C re a t e O ne.
San Francisco, M arch 20.— A resolu
tion calling upon the U nited S ta te s
governm ent to encourage th e estab lish
m ent of a priv ately owned steam ship
line on the Pacific and A tlan tic oceans,
operated by way of the P anam a ra il
road, or, fa ilin g th a t, to supplem ent
the governm ent-ow ned A ltan tic line by
a sim ilar line in th e Pacific, w as
adopted here today by re p resen tativ es
of various com m ercial irg an izatio n s of
the Pacific coast.
The rep resen tativ es m et fo r the p u r
pose of discussing th e effect of the In
te r s ta te Comm erce com m ission’s d ecis
ion in th e Spokane case on Pacific
coast job b in g in terests.
Com m ercial
bodies from Porland, S e a ttle , Tacoma,
Sacram ento, Los A ngeles and th is city
w ere represented.
M in e S e lls fo r $ 2 , 0 0 0 , 0 0 0 .
Bill C uts D rinking T im e.
S a lt L ake C ity, M arch 22.— B oth
branches of the s ta te leg islatu re today
passed a bill reg u la tin g the sale of
liquor. The bill g iv es to all counties
local option and to c itie s of 12,000 pop
ulation or more a se p a ra te vote.
S a
loons are to be open only from 7 a. m.
until 7 p. m ., except on S aturday, when
the hours shall be from 7 a. m. to 6 p.
m. Special elections on the question
of local option are to be held on p e ti
tion.
I t is believed th a t the bill w ill
receive the sig n a tu re of
G overnor
Spry.
Gold S trik e s in A rizona.
Phoenix, A riz., M arch 22.—Two gold
strik es, reported to be the b ig g est ever
made in A rizona, one a t Salom e and
the o th er a t Bouse, have caused ex cite
m ent throughout th e te rrito ry , and all
of the w estern p a rt from Phoenix to
the riv er is filling w ith prospectors.
M ining men of expreience who have
visited the scenes o f th e strik e s say
th a t the ore is of su rpassing richness,
and th a tt here are evidences of perm a
nence in the ledges.
The strik e s are
in d istric ts w here m ineral has been
found heretofore in paying q u an tities.
H a lf Billion in S u b w a y s.
S an ta B arbara, Cal., March 23.— E.
H. H arrim an has wired J . H. H a rrin g
ton, of the Texas Pacific Im provem ent
company here, th a t he w ill be in S anta
B arbara tom orrow and w ill select a
site on the com pany’s Hope ranch for
a w in ter residence. Mr. H arrim an and
all his Southern Pacific lieu ten an ts will
hold a w eek’« conference a t a local
hotel and it is au th o ritativ ely stated
th a t he will not go to San Francisco.
FIGHT ON TARIFF BILL
E v e ry S a fe ty D e v ic e K n o w n W ill Re
ce iva T e a t at /‘ .-Y .-P . E x p o a itio n .
European Nation Plans Many In
creases In Duties.
AMERICAN TRADE IS AFFECTED
D E M O N S T R A T IO N S .
New York, March 22.—The rem ark
able scope of G reater New Y o rk 's plans
forp roviding adequate tran sp o rtatio n
fa c ilitie s is indicated in a sta te m e n t
issued here today, w hich shows th a t
the expenditure o f nearly $500,000,000
is contem plated. O f th is am ount n e a r
ly $400,000,000 is included in projects
for tunnels and subw ays.
W ork in
volving a fourth of th is to tal w ill prob
ably begin before the end o f the pres
ent year.
J s p S h i p s P la n V o y a g e .
Tokio, M arch 22.— Two ships of the
Jap an ese tra in in g squadron, leaving
Yokosuke on M arch 14, w ill v is it vari-
ousp ointa on the Pacific coast d u ring
the sp rin g and sum m er.
The vessels
are the cruisers A so and Soya.
Phoenix, A riz., M arch ?0 .— P ap ers
w ere recorded in Florence today con
sum m ating the deal made th ree m onths
ago w hereby Lewissohn B rothers, o f
New York, acquire tllC property of the
K elvin C alum et Mine company, in the
Ray K elvin d is tric t, P inal county, fo r
$2,000,000. The term s are th a t $300,-
000 is to be sp en t in developm ent in
the n e x t year, the balance of the price
then to be paid if the p roperty devel
ops a9 specified.
T his is the ground
on w hich the Ray C entral company
w as organizd by the Lewissohns.
K idnap B o y fo r R a n so m .
Sharon, P a., M arch 20.— Ten thou
sand dollars ransom is dem anded for
the re tu rn of W illie W hitla, A ttorney
Jam es P. W h itla’s 8-year-old son, who
w as sp irited aw ay from school thia
m orning by a stran g e man. Accom
panying the demand fo r ransom is a
covert th re a t th a t th e boy w ill be
killed unless the money is produced,
Mr. and Mrs. W hitla are am ong the
leading residents of th e tow n. The
form er is a brother-in-law of F ran k
H. Buhl, the m ulti-m illionaire steel
man.
W iz a r d to L e a v e P a sa d e n a .
Pasadena, C al., M arch 20.—T here
w ill be no more conferences betw een
railw ay officials of the H arrim an sys
tem a t Pasadena, and E. H. H arrim an
w ill leave tom orrow fo r San Diego,
and from th ere will proceed to New
O rleans. T here he w ill em bark on his
p riv ate yacht, S u ltan a, and go fo r a
cruise to P anam a to inspect progress
on th e canal. Mr. H arrim an w ill re
m ain in San D iego u n til he has word
th a t his y a c h t is on its w ay.
C atsu p P o u red Into Bay
Providence, R. I., M arch 20.—The
w aters of N a rra g a n se tt bay w ere well
seasoned w ith tom ato catsup today
when 650 esses, containing 15,600 bot
tles, w ere dumped into the sea because
they did not m eet the requirem ents of
the Federal pure food law .