Rain tonight andtortiorrow and tomorrow 31fJ UA fttnjjitou tLtnt1 a IP IPNUMBER LAST EDITION EDITIONNUMBER
NUMBER 4308 WASHINGTON THURSDAY EVENING EVElaNG Gr MARCH 29 1906 PRICE ONE CENT
HEARST COAL ROAD ROADCASES ROADCASES
CASES HEARD BY BYINTERSTATE BYINTERSTATE
INTERSTATE BODYShearn BODY BODYShearn
Shearn Says Supreme SupremeCourt SupremeCourt SupremeCourt
Court Rules in New NewYorkers NewYorkers NewYorkers
Yorkers FavorBITUMINOUS Favor FavorBITUMINOUS FavorBITUMINOUS
BITUMINOUS DECISION DECISIONBasis DECISIONBasis DECISIONBasis
Basis of Counsels Argument ArgumentAgainst Argun1entAgainst ArgumentAgainst
Against Anthracite AnthraciteCompanies AnthraciteCompanies AnthraciteCompanies
Companies
Before the Interstate Commerce Commission Com Commission Commission ¬
mission the Hearst cases against the theanthracite theanthralte theanthracite
anthracite railroads are being reargued rearguedtoday rearguedtoda rearguedtoday
today toda on the Initiative of f the commis commission commission commission ¬
sion for tho purpose of applying to tothem tothem tothem
them the principles laid down by the theSupreme theSupreme theSupreme
Supreme Court a few days ago in the thetamous thefamous thetamous
tamous and 9sweeping weeping decision In the thecase thecase theease
case of the Chesapeake Chesa ake and Ohio roads roadsrates roadsrates roadsrates
rates on contract coal to New Haven HavenClarence HavenClarence HavenClarence
Clarence J 1 Shearn attorney for forHearst forHeart forHearst
Hearst took the position that the Su Supreme Sureme Sui ¬
i preme reme Court had won the case caSc for Mr MrHearst MrHearst MrHearst
Hearst when It handed down its de decision decrslon decislon ¬
cision in the bituminous case involvingthe Involving Involvingthe Involvingthe
the West Virginia fields fieldsTn fieldsIn fieldsIn
In that case se the court held that the therailroad therailroad therailroad
railroad company could not sell its own owncoal owncoal owncoal
coal and by shading sh dlng its tariff rate on onhaulage onhaulage onnaulage
haulage enable Itself to undersell othet othetand otheland othetand
and competing comp tlng coal producers who had hadno hadno hadno d
no such relations with carriers arid aridmust aridh1USt andmust
must pay the full rate for torcarrlagc carriage The TheSupreme TheSupreme TheSuprema
Supreme Court took the position that thatthis thatthis thatthis
this rule applied whether the railroad railroadcompany railroadompany railroadcompany d
company directly or Indirectly through througha througa h
a coal company which it itctrntrollcd controlled car carried carried carried ¬
ried on the transaction The effect was washe washe wa wahe s
he same and the effect was the thingo tiling tilingro
ro 0 be considered The Supreme Court Courtwent Courwent Courtwent
went so far as to Indicate the opinion opinionthat opinionthat opinionthat
that railroad companies ought not to toengage tongnge t tngage
engage In other business than that ot otcarriage otcarriage o ocarriage
carriageVary carriage carriagery
Vary ry similar points were raised In tho thoHearst thoHearst theHearst
Hearst cases The anthracite roads con contracted contrated contracted ¬
tracted to haul coal to seaboard and andNew andew an andew d
New = ew England points for subsidiary com companies companies cornpanics ¬
panies which they t ey controlled or wer werwere were wereIn wereIn e
In alliance with These Th e contracts were wereattacked wereattacked we weattacked I
attacked attacked ar arot of a character calculated to toprejudice topre t tprejudice o
prejudice pre udlce ihe the Independent miner and andshipper andshipper an anshipper d
shipper The case was started over overthree overthrce overthree
three years ago A record of over 6 6pages 6000 6000pages 6000pa 000
pages pa > > cs of testimony test1mon arguments and andbriefs andbrhfs an anI d
I briefs bas been made It was submitted submittedsome submittedsom submittedsome
s some som months r ago a O and d AO now In view of ofif oCd
if the ds CaW eTBiifc 22faapeakeand Q 4 apeakeand peakc and Ohio Ohiocase ObJocase Ohiocase
case the commission called on the at attorneys attorne attorneys ¬
torneys torne s for or further argument argumentMr argumentMr argumentMr
Mr Shearn appeared for Hearst while whilefor whUeCor whileor
for or the railroads appeared G F FBrownell FBrownell FBrownell
Brownell of the Erie Robert W Deforest De DeForest DeForest
Forest of the Central Railroad of New NewJersey NewJersey
Jersey 1 ersey Joseph D Campbell of the theReading theReading th thgeading e
geading Reading Francis I Go Gowan wan of the Le LeblKh LeI1hh Lehigh
high Valley W S S Jenney ojt t the theLackawanna theLackawannn th thLackawann e
Lackawanna Lackawann and J J B Kerr of tt t 5 On Ontario Onlarlo Onand ¬
taro taroheard and Western Mr Shearn wa first firstheard firntbeard firs t
heard and spoke 8 oke at much length avply avplyvnsr aplyOJ aaplytug
tug OJ the Chesapeake and Ohio decision to tovhe tohe t the o
vhe he case at bar Commissioners Knapp KnappClements KnappJements Knappdements
Clements Jements Prouty Prou and Cockrell sat satIn satIn satIn
In the Chesapeake and Ohio case the therailroad theaUroad th thcatlmad °
railroad urged that it t sustained the loss lossnot lossnot lossnot
not as carrier but b t as merchant Th Thcourt The Thecourt Theourt °
court ourt held that the road had no bust business buslless bustaess ¬
ness occupying the position of both car carter carier carer ¬
ter ier er and merchant and this Mr Shearn Shearnirgucd Shearnlrgued Shearstrgued L
irgucd Is substantially the position of ofr oCthe o othe t
r the anthracite roads In the present hear hearing hearing hearins ¬
ing ingThe
The separate corporate entities of the therailroad theraUroad th thrailrad e
railroad and the coal companies was wasarged wasJrStd w warged ay eay
arged as a reason why the Chesapeake Chesapeakeind Chesapeakand e t
ind Ohio contracts made through throughiomtnally a anominally anominally ea
nominally separate coal corporation corporationwere corporationwere corporationwere
were legal But the Supreme Court Courtcrushed CourttUshed Cour Courcrushed t
crushed all this asldo and Insisted on on6nstdering ononsldering o oonsidering n
6nstdering essentials and considering conslderinhose g f
hose held that the railroad could not notlo no noto t
lo Indirectly what It ltcould could not do d dectly di diectly dlct1y to
< ectly ct1y The same rule applied to tbo tbotnthraclte thotnthraclte th thtnthracite o
tnthraclte cases Mr Shearn said saidwould saidwould Baldwould
would win them for Mr Hearst HearstMr iIearstMr HearstMr
Mr Shearn Sheamwas was followed by represen represenjitivos rcprelenRUVOS represenatlvos
jitivos of the railroad companies It Itnas Ita I t I Iwas
was a not expected this afternoon that th thrrguments the theirguments theI e
I irguments would be concluded today todayGUY todayGIlY todayEfflY
GUY BUST PAY GRADE GRADEA GRADEGROSSING ADE ADEt ADE1RO88IMG
t
GROSSING DAMAGES DAMAGESA AMAE I
1
A bill introduced In the House toda todaty today todayy y y
ty y Representative Represcnt tlv Babcock providing providingor providinor g
or the payment of damages dama es on account accountf accoun accounEr t
If f grade r3de changes due to the elimination eliminationf n 1 i
Ir f grade rade crossings on the line of the thePhiladelphia thelhlladelphia th thhtladelphia e i
Philadelphia Baltimore and Washing Washingon
on Railroad Company stipulates that thatIII tha t
III 11 damages to adjacent property sha shae shall shallm 11 1
m 6 borne by the District of Columb Columbafter Columbia Columbiafter ColumbiatUer la j
after appraisement by a s committee of o
hree hreeIn hreeIn hreeIn
In the appraisement of damages th thommission the theommlsslon theommlsslon °
ommlsslon shall take Into consideration considerattoit n
11 benefits accruing to the property propertyrom propertyrom properttom y ny
tom rom the elimination of the grade cross crossrigs crossugs crossngs
rigs and the construction of the rte new newmion newInion v Vmien
mien stationAny station stationAny stationny
Any ny owner of damaged property shall shallave shallRve sh al II l
i ave the right to petition for damages damagesrlthln damagesIthln damagevlthin als s
rlthln sixty days after the date of the therat therst th thrat e
rat meeting of the commission commissionTHE commIssionTHE commissionTHE
THE WEATHER REPORT REPORTThe
The Th disturbance central over the west westulf westult we weu1Z at t
ulf Wednesday morning has developed developedn develo develon p j d
n energy ener and now overlies the east Gulf Gulfttatcs GulCtates Gu Guhates If C
hates ttatcsRain hatesRain tatesRain
Rain continues in tbe Gulf QuI and Sout Soutttlantlc South SouthAtlantic Southtlantlc 11
Atlantic States and has extended north northvard northard northyard
yard ard into the Ohio valley and south southvestern southvestern sout soutwestern h
vestern Virginia In the Gulf Stat Stataln States Statesaln StnteJaln hes es J
aln ha hal < J now been falling over forty fortylight fortylight
light hours as a result the rivers a anpidly are areThe are1Ipldly re e
1Ipldly approaching dan dancr er sta stages stagesThe es esThe
The Gulf depression will win move nort nortnatward north northlastward northtaStward h hrs
lastward during the next nextthlrtyslxhours nextthlrtyslxhoursnd thirtysix hours hoursnd rs a °
nd cause general eneral rain tonight over overTactically overractlcally eve everactically c
Tactically tho whole of the Washington Washingtonorecast Washingtonorecnst Washingtoorecast n
orecast district and rain Friday in tlt tltower the theower theower e
ower lake l a region and the middle At Atantic Atanllc A Aantic t
antic StatesThe States StatesThe StatesThe
The temperature changes eh nges will be un unrcportant unroportant u umportant n 1
rcportant
TEMPERATUREA TEMPERATURE
1 a 1 am amt m m 99 1 6
2 noon 49
1 p m 434S 43
2 p pm m 48 48THE l S 8THE
THE SUN SUNun SUN1un SUNfun
fun un sets 8etstoday today 6 6tun
Son In rises rls rises s tomorrow 551 551TIDE 5 6TIDE of it 1 1TIDETABI
TIDE TIDETABI TIDE TABLE TABLEoxv TABLEow i iOw
Ow tide today 500 p pm pmlirh pmilJth m I
sigh tide today 1058 pm pmow pmow p pow m
ow tide tl e tomorrow tomorrow 546 am am 623 p p31gh pm pmil pm1ch
il 31gh 1ch h tide tomorrowll35 am am p pm m I
7 1
1
SAYS ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELTIS
IS LIKE NEHEMIAH NEHEMIAHPastor
Pastor Thus Characterizes CharacterizesPresident CharacterizesPresiclent CharacterizesPresident
President at Conference ConferenceFAREWELL ConferenceFAREWELL ConferenceFAREWELL
FAREWELL ADDRESS HEARD HEARDTwo HEARDTwo HEARDTwo
Two Presiding Elders in Baltimore Dis District District District ¬
trict Review Revie Work at it Close Closeof Closeof
of Their Terms
BALTIMORE March 29 29The The 122d l lid ses session ses610n sea sealion ¬
lion of the Baltimore Conference of the theMethodist theMethodist
Methodist Episcopal Church began yes yesterday yestetday yesterday ¬
terday at Madison Avenue Church with withBishop withBishop
Bishop Luther B Wilson presiding and andwill andwIJI andwill
will continue daily for a a week weekThe weekThe weekThe
The most important feature of the theopening theopening theopening
opening session was the reading of the thefarewell thefarewell thefarewell
farewell letters of the Rev Dr C Her Herbert Herbert Herbert ¬
bert Richardson and the Rev Dr H S SPrance SFrance
France the two presiding elders of the theconference theconference theconference
conference whose terms of six years yearshave yearshave earg earghave
have been completed and who will now nowbe nowI
be b assigned to pastorates pastoratesDr
Dr Richardsons addresss was punc punctuated punctuated ¬
tuated with much humor and he out outlined outlined ¬
lined the past six years enrs of his service serviced
ii lit a a t most Interesting and entertainingway entertaining entertainingway entertainlnSway
way Dr France has been the presid presiding presIding presid ¬
ing elder of the First Baltimore Ba1 more districtand district districtand dlstri
and in his farewell address included areport a areport areport
report of what had been accomplished accomplishedduring accomplishedduring accomplishedduring
during his tenure of office Much of ofthis ofthIS ofthis
this data covered the raising of church churchdebts churchdebts churchdebts
debts debtsIn debtsIn
In the afternoon Dr J T 1 McFar McFarland McFnriand McFarland
land corresponding secretary of the theSunday theSunday
Sunday School 8 nool Union and editor of soy several se seeral ¬
eral church papers made an address In Inwhich Inwhl Inwhich
which whl hhe he used the Bible as his text textDuring textDurlns
During his discourse Dr McFarlandlikened McFarland McFarlandlikened McFarlandlikened
likened President Roosevelt to Nehe Nehemiah lOehemlnh Nehe Nehemiah
miah miah sayingWhen saying sayingWhen sn lng lngWhen
When Nehemiah found the nobleswere nobles nobleswere nobleswere
were oppressing and enslaving the tb poor poorpeople poorpeople poorpeople
people he i figuratively figur tively bumped their theirheads theirL theirheads
heads together And so is Roosevelt Rooseveltthe Rooseveltthe Rooseveltthe
the modern Nehemiah bumping the thehigh thehigh
high financiers who are ruining thesmall the thesmall thesmall
small business men and oppressing the theworking theworldng
working people There is an instance instanceof
of the lesson of the Bible as applied to toour toour
our modern conditions conditionsCumberland conditionsCumberland
Cumberland Conference ConferenceAdjourns Conferencef
i Adjourns Until Tomorrow TomorrowCUMBERLAND TomorrowCUMBERLAND
CUMBERLAND Md March 29 29The 29Thebusiness 29Thebusiness The Thebusiness
business session of the Baltimore con conference COI COIference conference ¬
ference of the Methodist Episcopal EpiscopalChurch Episoalt Epis ogal ogalChurch
Church South which convened yeslor yeslorday yesttrday
day adjourned at noon today until to tomorrow tomorrow tomorrow ¬
morrow morning The lectures this af afternoon afternoon afternoon ¬
ternoon and the sermon tonight will be beby beby beby
by Bishop Candler of Atlanta Ga G who
has taken charge owing to the illness illnessof hInEssof iilnessof
of Bishop Wilson Over 300 delegates delegatesare delegatesare
are present The session today was le iIe iIevoted devoted levoted
voted to t routine work workThe workThe
The next conference will probably be
held at Harrlsonburg Va VaGOVERNOR VaGOVERNOR VaGOVERNOR
GOVERNOR PATTISON PATT1SONCONTINUES PATTISONy
CONTINUES TO IMPROVE IMPROVECOLUMBUS
t
COLUMBUS Ohio March farch 29 29Con Con Coni
tinned Improvement is noticed noticed In the thecondition
condition of Governor
Pattison and re reports repor1l reports
ports given out from the executive man mant
sion are more hopeful
This morning it was stated that he
had passed a very quiet night and slept sleptmost sleptmost sleptmost
most cf the timeGERMAN time timeGERMAN timeGERMAN
GERMAN SUICIDE GROWS GROWSCHIEFLY GROWSCHIEFLY
CHIEFLY AMONG WOMEN WOMENBERLIN WOMENv
BERLIN March 29 29Figures Figures just made mndes mad e I
public by the statistical department
show that there has been a steady in increase increase Increase ¬
crease In the number of suicides suicidesthroughout suicidesthroughout suicidethroughout s
throughout Germany in the last few fewyears fewycars Lewyears
years In 1S01 there were 11836 llS36micld llS36micldIn suicides suicidesin
in 1802 this Increased to 12336 and in 190f 190fthere I90rthero 130 130there
there were 12763 suicides The statis statist tatls tatlst
tics show that the Increase has for tile ± u °
most part been among anion women womenAMERICAN womenC
AMERICAN CRIMINALS ARE AREPARDONED AREPARDONED
PARDONED BY ALFONSO ALFONSOMADRID ALFONSOJ ALFONSO1ADRID ALFON S 0
MADRID 1I Spain March 29 9King 91 King lnb A Ae Al Ale l
torso has pardoned the two Americuii Americuiiminers AmerhulmIners Ameriurminers i
miners Arthur Arnoldson and John Johna Joh JohnStoner n
Stoner who were sentenced In 1898 to toserve toserve t tc
serve twenty twent years cars at hard labor i in inat Inthe a
the Cepta pen for killing two Spaniards Spaniardse s I
nt Bilbao in a quarrel over the Span SpanishAmcrican SpanIshAmerican SpanashAmerican
ishAmcrican war warSubscriptions warSubscriptions
Subscriptions are now being taken at atBilbao a a1311bao t
Bilbao to supply 5Uppl the men with money moneyWIFE mone moneWIFE
WIFE MADE HIM SLEEP SLEEPIN
IN BARN WITH CATTLE CATTLES E
OMAHA Neb March 29WUliam 29 William O OGarbcr OGarber 0Garber
Garber of Dewitt Iowa formerly of o f
0 Morrison Ill has sued for divorce o on onit n I
theground that tha his wife 1tE made him sleep sleepwith sleepwith sloe sloewith p
with cattle beat him and d drove him himfrom himfrom himfrom
from home with Vfith a n revolver revolverj rfvolverEpe
j Expert Epe Expert Packers Packers cJc cJcI j jMerchants
Merchants J lferchantsTransfer rtb nt Trans er er Storage St ra e Co CoAd CoAdIt Adv dv dvt > t
It t
TODAY TO DECIDE DECIDESCOPE DECIDESCOPE DECIDESCOPE
SCOPE OF STRIKE STRIKEi STRIKEIf i
If Miners MiI rs Accept RObbinsOffer Robbins Offer for Pen Pensylvan Pennsylvania Penn Pennsylvania ¬
sylvania sylvan La Only Illinois Ohio and Ifidi Ifidiana Indiana Indi Indiana
ana Fields Will Close Monday
tl r
Strike in Nutshell
7000000 tons of coal have been stored by operatorsStockades operators operatorsStockades operatorsStock
Stockades Stock dcs have been erected around collleres colller s In PennsylvaniaMiners Pennsylvania PennsylvaniaMiners PennsylvaniaMIners
Miners strike fund by April 1 will be 6000000Number 6000000 6000000Number 6000000Number
Number of persons depending on miners for bread who wh would be beaffected beaffected beaffected
affected by strike 3000000 3000000Strike 3000000Strike 3000000Strike
Strike will call out 650000 men if it Includes botH hard and softcoal soft softcoal soUcoal
coal districts d districts stricts Of this number 250000 0000 will be besott soft coal cOal miners minersLosses minersLosses minersLosses
Losses In coal strike of 1902 1902Miners 1902Miners g gMiners
Miners in wages 28930000Other 28930000
l v vOther c cOther
Other workers in mines 55457000 55457000Mine 6457000 6457000Mine a i ikM
kM kMMine
Mine operators 52200000Anthracite 52200000 + 4
< t tP te 1 1An 1 1Anthracite
Anthracite An rllcite business region 10280000 10280000Outside 10 280 000 000Outside sfe sfeOutside
Outside business men 9790000 9790000Damages 9 790 000 > l i iDamages J JDamages
Damages to mines and machinery machine 7 7200QfRr 72Q 200 0 Z x xTotal i iTotal
Total 1 loss 149572000 149 572 000Strike 000 i 1f Jjr i j > rf rfV
V fTJV F
Strike lasted twentysix weeks I
INDIANAPOLIS March 29 29The 29TheUnited The TheUnited TheUnited
United Mine lIne Workers In a session ofits of ofUs otits
its own this morning took up the Ques auestion Question question
tion of accepting the proposition of FL F FI FL
I L L Robbins to pay the t e 1903 scale If allowed al allowed allowed
lowed to operate the western Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsylvanla J Janla
vanla anla mines of the Plttsburg Coal Com Company Company Company
pany Robbins is the only big bl operator operatorwho operatorwho operatorwho
who has agreed to this advance advanceTho advanceThe advanceThe
The miners action Is preliminary to tothe tothe
1
the j declaration of a strike a eri wit wiUdetermine wlJ wlJdetermine witdetermine
determine whether the strike Is to beconfined be beconfined beconfined
confined to Ohio Indiana and Illinois Illinoiscoal DUnolscoal Illinoiscoal
coal fields or Include all the bituminous bituminousfields bituminousfields bituminousfields
fields of the countryThe country countryThe countryThe
The finish will come today said J JH JH TH
H Winder chairman of the operatorsthis operators operatorsthis operatorsthis
this morning morningHammond momlniHammond morningHammond
Hammond Likely LoserThis Loser LoserThis LoserThis
This statement Is to be modified by bythe bythe bythe
the slight possibility Indicated by theproposition the theproposition theproposition
proposition of o C C Hammond an Illl Illlnois 1111nols liltnote
note operator that a commission be benamed benamed benamed
named by the miners to examine thecoal the thecoal thecoal
coal situation Hammond and other otherspeakers otherspeakers otherspeakers
speakers laid lale stress on the fact fa t that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the miners had based their demands forhigher for forhigher forhlllher
higher wages on the allegation that theoperators the theoperators theoperators
operators are making big profits The Theanliwaw Thel ThenttwerdafssPresident
anliwaw l nttwerdafssPresident IW9r fMPresIdent Mitchell to Ham Hammond HammondnttncIdnlot4Oti16 Hammond
mondnttncIdnlot4Oti16 mond J attacktnjtth attaclditrt the railroads as own owning own ownIne ownIn
Ine In the coal mines mines Is not taken as a afavorable awornble afavorable
favorable omen th that t the miners will willseriously 1111seriously willseriously
seriously consider the Hammond propo propositlon proposition propositlon
sitlonThere sitlon sitlonThere sition sitionThere
There Is little room to doubt that thatthe thatthe thatthe
the strike will 111 begin on Monday MondayNo llon MonayIto 1Y 1Yo
No o man can prophesy wi L any de degree desree degree
gree of certainty as to how It will willend wtllend willend
end Only one thing Is certain the thewhole thewhole thewhole
whole labor movement of the countrywill country countrywill countrywIll
will back up the miners minersSome minersSomo minersSome
Some believe that the strike will be bea ben bea I
a n supreme test for John Mitchell Theysay They Theysay Theymy
say he h will fall nIl as the leader of the theminers themtners theminers
miners It the strike falls fallsIt fallsIt fallsIt
It Is true that Mitchells position Is Issurrounded Issurrounded J Jsurrounded
surrounded by difficulties and dangersbut dangers dangersbut j jbut
but It does doe not follow that he will willbe willbe I Ibe
be held responsible for all of the 111 111that 111that illthat
that befalls the tb miners no more than thanIt thanit thanIt
It follows that the strike will be afailure a afailure afailure
failure because ecause of the conditions sur stirrounding surrounding surrounding
rounding 1C 1CStanding It ItStanding ItStanding
Standing by b LeadersThis Leaders LeadersThis LeadersThis
This Is no time for union labor to toquestion toquestion toquestion
question the policies of the miners minersleaders mInersleaders minersleaders
leaders While they stick to theirposts their theirposts theirposts
posts fighting organized labor will willstick willstick I Istick
stick by them themMitchells themllItchdls themMitchells
Mitchells speech which was the thefeature thefeatur thefeature
feature of yesterday afternoons ses sesslon sesslon session
slon charged that many roads favor favorcertain favorcertain favorcertain
certain coal shipping companies The TheBRISTOL TheBRISTOL The8RI8T
BRISTOL 8RI8T FINALLY WIS WISAFIEB WI IS ISAFTER S SAFTER
AFTER A LONG FIGHT FIGHTPresident FIGHTPresident FITPresident
President Decides to Send in His Namefor Namefor Name Namefor
for U U U S District Attorney Attorneyof
of Oregon OregonPresident OregonPresident OregonPresident
President Roosevelt announced this thismorning thIsmerni1g thismorning
morning that he would wo ld send to the Sen Senate Senate Senate ¬
ate tho nomination ot W C Bristol to tobe tobe tobe
be United States district attorney for forOregon forOregon forOregon
Oregon OregonThis OregonThis OregonThis
This finally settles settl s the bitter fight flghtwhich fightwhich fightwhich
which has been made against agalnstMr Mr Bris Bristol Bristol Brlstol ¬
tol His nomination was sent to theSenate the thaSenate theSenate
Senate a short while before Christmas Christmasbut Christmasbut Christmasbut
but charges of unprofessional conductwere conduct conductwere conductwere
were filed against him by Senator Ful Fulton ¬
ton on behalf of certain Oregonians and andthe andthe andthe I
the President had the nomination with withdrawn withdrawn withdrawn ¬
drawn drawnThe drawnThe
The Department of Justice was ordered order ordered ordered ¬
ed to make t a < full investigation After Afterexamining Afterexamining Afterexamining
examining the the1ac1l facts in the case the Attorney At Attorney Attorney ¬
torney General General decided that Inasmuch Inasmuchas
as the alleged unprofessional conduct of ofMr otMr ofMr
Mr Bristol occured prior to his nomina nomination nomination nomination ¬
tion that he would let the Oregon Bar BarAssociation BarAssociation BarAssociation
Association pass upon the matter It Itappeared ItaPP Itappeared
appeared aPP ared however that the bar asso association association ¬
ciation had made no request to be per permitted permitted permitted ¬
mitted to investigate the charges and andthat andthat andthat
that body bod returned the papers to the theDepartment theDepartment
Department of Justice JusticeAlter JusticeAfter JusticeAtterthe
Alter Atterthe the Oregon Bar Association re refused refused ¬
fused to handle the case Senator Ful Fulton Fulton ¬
ton and Mr Mr Heney who are not the thebest theI
best of friends by any mean called calleddally calleddnIJy calleddally
dally at the White House and Depart Department Department Departmeat ¬
ment of Justice JusticeThe JusticeThe
The President and the Attorney General Gen General General ¬
eral made a careful investigation of the thecharges thecharges thecharges
charges against Mr Bristol and decided decid decided decided ¬
I ed that they were not well foundedTHREE founded foundedTHREE foundedTHREE
THREE NEW LIFE SAVING SAVINGSTATIONS SAVINGSTATIONS
STATIONS ON PACIFIC PACIFICThe
The Senate Se ate today passed a bill appro appropriating approI ¬
printing JoOOOO OOO for the estimate of three threelife three threelife threelire
life saving stations st tions and the building of ofa ofa ofa
a telephone line from the coast of ofWashington ofWnshlngton ofWashington
Washington between b twe n Grays Harbor Harborand Harborfind Harborand
and Cape Flattery also requiring white whitelights whit whitUghtson whitelightson
lights Ughtson on tows In Innavlgable navigable streams and andon ando andon
on o the Great Lakes Lakesa
a
Winder resolution providing for the thewage thewage thewage
wage scale in effect two years ago agowas agowas agowas
was voted down by b tho Joint confer conference conference conference ¬
ence which adjourned a threeanda
halfhour session sesslonycaterday yesterday to meet meetagain meetagain meetagain
again this afternoon and receive the theanswer theanswer theanswer
answer to the Robbins proposition
The miners In n their separate separntesesslon session
indorsed the action of the Joint scale
committee The miners adjourned to tomeet tomeet tomeet
meet the operators this afternoon The
question of what to do with the Rob
bins proposition was not touched upon uponuntil uponuntil uponuntil
until after the motion to adjourn was wasmade wasmade wasmade
made when a a delegate asked about it
Your indorsement of the action of ofyour ofyour ofyour
your Joint scale committee leaves that thatat thatat thatat
at the committees discretion said
Mitchell In inexplanaUon inexplanaUonPre explanation explanationPresident explanationPresident
President Pre ldent Mitchell announced that
there would be another meeting of the
miners after the joint scale conference
had finally tinall adjourned adjournePresdlent
Presdlent Mitchell has called a a meet
Ing of the anthracite delegates for
tonight to discuss the anthracite scale
and reply of President Baer to the
miners demand demandWashingtons demandWashingtons demandWashingtons
Washingtons Scant Supply
Will Send Up Local PricesWashington Prices PricesWashington PricesVashlngton
Washington fs facing the prospect of ofa oCa ofa
a a coal strike it ijtfc ltt all l the thedIBcomforts thedIBcomfortsand discomforts discomfortsand discomfortsand
and Incoaxjulencea in lnconvsifencesfo i en e6fot of the th treat strike strikeof strikeof
of t 1302 02 and d probably more moreWith moreWIth moreWith
With the exception of t one ne largo dealer dealerwho do dealerwho 1er 1erwho
who said today that the amount of his hissupply his6uppl hissupply
supply was a private matter the local 1 cal
dealers frankly franfdyadmlt admit their present present sup supply supply supply ¬
ply is s low and to their knowledge that thatof thatot thatof
of every other dealer ealer in Washington
Is the same At this tlmo of year coal coalmerchants coalmerchants coalmerchants
merchants allow their supply to run out outbecause Outbecause ut utbecause
because there is little demand for It Jtand itand
and today some of the bins are entirely entlrelvexhausted enUrelvexha entirelyexhausted
exhausted exhaustedWashington exha exhaustedWashington sted stedWashington
Washington dealers declare things thingslook thingslook thingslook
look even mora mor serious than four years yearsago yearsagO yearsago
ago and give no satisfactory solution solutionof 8 solutionof lutJon lutJonot
of the problem of supplying Washing ¬
ton houses with coal They have not notordered notordcr notordered
ordered ordcr l any large shipments of coal coalfrom coalfrom coalfrom
from the North and the time which whichremains whichrema1s whichremains
remains between now and Saturday
Is too to < short for any hope ot having
orders filled The supply that Is now nowon nowon nowon
on hand will have to suffice and Wash ¬
ington may look for a material Increase
in prices pricesA pricesA rlc s sA
A statement has been issued by b the theoperators theoptrator theoperators
operators tha should sh uld the request of
the minerS be granted It would cost
them th m Just ZLl per cent nt more to mine mineccal mineccal minecoal
ccal which will mean that th t Just J1W J1Wmore nGOnwre 100 100mre
more on the ton will be charged the thepublic thepublic thepublic
public publicCOMBE publicCHANGES
CHANGES ANNOUNCED AMOUEDCOMME8GEDEPAIITMENT 1 IN INCOMMERCE
COMMERCE COMME8GEDEPAIITMENT COMME8GEDEPAIITMENTMaryland DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENTMaryland
Maryland Man Appointed as Interpreter Interpreterin
in in Immigration Service ServiceWash ServiceWashington ServiceWashingtonflan Wash Washington ¬
ington ingtonflan Man Resigns ResignsAmong ResignsAmong ResignsAmong
I
Among the changes In the personnel personnelof
of the Department of Commerce and anrtLabor andLabor andLabor
Labor announced today are the follow following folIoTrIng rollof rollofing ¬
ing ingJulius
Julius Linder of Maryland appointed appointedinterpreter appointedInterpreter appointedinterpreter
interpreter immigration service for forduty torduty forduty
duty at Baltimore Md Chelsea C CFraser CFraser CFraser
Fraser of Michigan appointed draughts draughtsman draughtsman draughtsman ¬
man In the Coast and nndGeodeU Geodetic Survey SurveyHarry SurveyHarry SurveyHarry
Harry A Colllngs of o Texas appointed appointedclerk appointedclerk appointedclerk
clerk at Juneau Alaska with the fur furI turther further
ther duties of special disbursing agent agentAdelbert agentAdelbert agentAdelbert
Adelbert M 1IL Dewey of Washington re resigned rcsigned resigned
signed as special agent of the Bureau Bureauof Buteauot
of Labor LaborPURE LaborPURE LaborPURE
PURE FOOD BILL GOES GOESBEFORE GOESBEFORE GOESBEFORE
BEFORE HOUSE APRIL 10 10In 10In 10In
In the House today an agreement agreementwas agreementwas agreementwas
was reached to begin consideration of ofthe otthe ofthe
the pure food bill on Tuesday TuesdnYAprillO TuesdnYAprillOAt April 10 10At 10At
At least two days of general debate are areto ar arto areto
to be had on the measure measureThe measureorhc measureThe
The conference report on the bill re reorganizing reorganIzing reorganizing ¬
organizing the consular service was wasagreed wasagreed wasagreed
agreed to toSENATOR toSENATOR toSENATOR
SENATOR DEPEWS ABSENCE ABSENCECAUSES ABSENCECAUSES ABSENCECAUSES
CAUSES DELAY OF TRIAL TRIALThe TRIALlhe TRIALThe
The trial of Catherine Balsh and Eliza Elizabeth Elizabeth Elizabeth ¬
beth Ray Ra charged with forgery which whichwas whichwas whichwas
was to have begun today in Criminal CriminalCourt CrlminalCourt CriminalCourt
Court No 1 1 was postponed on account accountof
of the absence of Senator Depew the theprosecuting theprosecuting theprosecuting
prosecuting witness The women are areaccused nreaccusedof areaccused
accused accusedof of attempting Ittem ting to raise monty montyon ntOJ1 y yona
on ona a a check 1eck for 50 50 purporting to bear bearthe bearthe bearthe
the signature slbDa urc ot Senator Depew DepewCOOK De DepewCOOK w wCOOK
COOK COUNTY SHERIFF DEAD DEADCHICAGO DEADCHICAGO DEADCHICAGO
CHICAGO Hlr Ill ll March 59 29Thom Thomas s E EBarrett EB E EBarrett
Barrett B rrctt sheriff of oCOok Cook county died to today todayatter today ¬
day dayatter after a lingering lIng ring illness due to tQcan tQcancer can can cancer
cer
i
Clean Sweep of Reform ReformFor ReformRor ReformFar
For District Sehook SehookHouse Seh Schoo1House fl flHouse
House Subcommittee Will Probably Mak MakRadical Make MakeRadical MakeRadical <
Radical Changes in System for Economy Economyto
to Get Money For Teachers re chers Pay
A sweeping 8w plng and thorough reform of ofthe ofthe ofthe
the public school system of the Dis District District Dlstrict ¬
trict of Columbia will be provided for forIn forin forin
In the bill which will be framed by the theschool theschool theschool
school subcommittee of the House Dis District DIstrict District ¬
trict Committee CommitteeThis CommitteeThtB CommitteeThis
This reform will be the result of the thejnrm thefirm thefirm
jnrm firm conviction of the subcommitteethat subcommittee subcommitteethat subcommitteethat
that under any nrl circumstances the ad administration administration administration ¬
ministration of the local 0cn1 school system systemcan systemcan systemcan
can be made more economical and andthat andthat andthat
that without retrenchment In admin administrative admin1strathe adminlstrative ¬
istrative expenses the school teachers teacherawill teacherJwlIl
will not secure higher salaries at the thehands thehands 1 1hands
hands of Congress As it is the great greatdesire greatdesire I Idesire
desire of those interested in the theschools theschools i ischools
schools to give the teachers more pay paythe pa paythe j jthe
the inability I nab llity to grant that without withouteconomy withouteconomy I Ieconomy
economy would alone be sufficient to toinsure 10Insure toinsure
insure changes in the system systemLess systemDess systemLess
Less Supervision SupervisionOne
One phase of school administration administrationwhich adminIstrationwhIch administrationwhich
which will receive careful considera considerstion consideration consideration ¬
tion at the hands of the subcommit subcommittee subcommittee ¬
tee 4s the themLtter matter of supervision s pervlsion and it itseems itseems itseems
seems safe at this time to assume that thatthe thatthe tha thathe t
the bill will carry a provision cutting cuttingdown cuttingdown cuttingdown
down the number of the present su supervision supenislon supervision ¬
pervision corps corpsAnother corpsother corpsAnother
Another other feature which will be bechanged bechalged b bchanged e
changed in the bill is the custom that thatnow thatnow tha thanow t
now prevails of a teacher in the pri primary primary priwary ¬
mary grade teaching her flock fo fothree for forthree forI r
three hours hours and then handing over the theschool theschool th thschoolbuilding e
school schoolbuilding bulldlnff to another anoth r teacher with withanother witha1other wi wianother th
another flock It is thought that one oneteacher on onteacher onteacher e
teacher should teach both classes of ofchildren otchUdren o ochildren fs f
children as It seems to some friends friendsof friendsof friendof s I
of the schoo3 schOo ± that it is unreasonable unreasonableto e
to expect t rtacher tacher to support suppo t hersel herselfon herselon herselon f
on merely tLee ee hours work a day daySuch daySuch daySuch
Such a a change in the bill would reduceby reduce reduceby reduceby
by nearly onehalf the number of ofteachers ofteachrs o oteachers f
teachers In the primary grades This ThisFEDERAl ThisFEDERAIION
FEDERATION FEDERAl ION CLERKS E8 GET GETDATA GETDATA GETDATA
DATA FOR Oil ROOSEVELT ROOSEYELTExpect
Expect to Send President Specific SpecificCases SpecificCase SpecifiCases c
Cases of Violation of EightHour Eight EightHour EightHout
Hour Law Law Soon SoonSeveral SponSeveral SoonSeveral
Several clerks are arebus busy at t the head headquarters lidquarters l eaof d dquarters ¬
quarters of 01 the American A 1 ricnn Federation of ofLabor otLabor o oLabor f
Labor preparing data for President PresidentRoosevelt PresidentRooseveit PresidenRoosevelt t
Roosevelt relative to violations of tL tLeighthour the theeighthour theeIghthour e
eighthour law law 1y J > y the Government G1vnlment De liepartments Departments lJtpartments ¬
partments of which Samuel Gomp Gompecomplained Gompers Gomperscomplained Gompc
complained complainedThese c complainedThese mpla1nedThese
These data had been sent to the Presi Prestdent President President ¬
dent and heads of o dep3r departments h I l its ts from fromtime fromtime fro frotime m L
mf
time to time U ie by SecretaryMorrison Secretary Morrison lforrlsono lforrlsonot of ofthe o othe f
the t e A F L but the President wanted wantedthem wantedthem wantedthem
them compiled in n one document documentIt
It is said that that many of the violations violationsof violationof s
of Ihe pie eighthour law have h1v V ocwursc OC OCcurtethe Ut1C in inthe ipthe
the arsenals where machinists are em employed emploed employed ¬
ployed in the navy yards and in thedepartments the thedepartments thedepartments e
departments here The data h will prob probably probbly probably ¬
ably bly be in nshape shape to forward the Presi President resl resldent res resdent ¬
dent the thefirst first of 1 next tt weekTimes Vi week weekTimes k kTimes
Times W WU1t nt Ads ds Bring Results ResultsS
S
reduction re uction would be b a long step towareconomy toward towardeconomy towardconom d
economy conom in administration administrationSimilar adminIstrationSImtIar administrationSimilar
Similar chances chan s will be made in other otherparts oUlerparts othe otheparts r
parts of the system systemIn hi fact fact In everypart every everypart oeryrut
part where alteration for economy i ipossible is ispossible isosslblt s
possible possibleBut possibleBut osslblt osslbltBut
But the progress of this bill prepara preparation preparation preparation ¬
tion of which will be staintltd sta s lid d bar tfee tfeesubcommittee tjJesubcommJttee tsubcommittee e
subcommittee in tho next fe few 6W days may tII8Qim v
be impeded im Its It friends have reason reasonthey naseth reaseathey
they th y say sa to fens that Mr Babcocc Babcockchairman Babcoccchairman BabcocCchairman
chairman of the full District Commit Committee CommIttee Committee ¬
tee Is opposed to the measure measureFriends measureFriendB measureFriends
Friends of the schools s bools today make maketac maketBe makethe
the claim that even this possible op opposition 0pposition opposition ¬
position of the tbechalrman chairman of the com committee commlttee commttiee ¬
I mittee will not prevent prevent a majority of ofthe o oI othe
I the committee deciding to report favorably fav favorably favornbly
orably the he bill to the House for pass passage passge passage
age ageI ge geI
I How Committee Stands StandsAlthough StandsAlUt StandsE
E
AlUt Although ughno no indisputable poll of the thecommittee thecommittee thecommittee
committee ee can be secured at the pres present present prosent ¬
ent time it Is t5ionght t 01ght this afternoothat afternoon afternoonthat afternoont1aat n
that the tb following members will w u vote voteto voteto voteto
to report to the House the subcommit subcommittees subcommittEeg subcommittees ¬
tees bill b l Morrell Greene Campbell CampbellOlcott CampbellOlcott CampbellOlcott
Olcott Sims Pou Pou McLaIn Kline KlineShackleford KlineShackleford KlineShackleford
Shackleford and Taylor Slemp Is also alsocounted alsocQunted alsocounted
counted as possibly r in this group groupIn groupIn groupIn
In arguing that the bill although althoughthreatened althoughthreatened althoughthreatened t
threatened by a a stormy course will willeventually il1 il1centualli
eventually get through the House its itsfriends Itsfriends it itfriends
friends claim that such a measure is isfavored isfavored 1 1favored
favored by b the President of the United UnitedStates Unit UnltStates UnitStates
States the th Speaker S er of the House and anda anda an d t
a majority of the House These facts factsthey factsthey factsthey
they think thln will outweigh any possible possibleopposition possibleopposition e
opposition from Mr Babcock BabcockBut BabcockBut
But the statement Is continually continuallymade continuallymade continuallymade T
made that without retrenchment In th the thesystem thesystem e
system there will be no higher sal salaries salarlls ¬
aries for the teachers teachersOn teachersOn
On the other hand there is a smalcontingent small smallcontingent smallcontingent 1
contingent ia the House which believes believesthat believ es
that a bill providing only for increases increasesof increas ess e s
of teachers salaries and not touching touchingthe touchlIllthe touch touchthe j
the school system would pass the House HouseOne HouseOne
One Congressman said today that he hewould h hould hwould e 2
would ould introduce such a bill If 1 the sub subcommittee subcommJttee ¬
committee reports a bill changing the theschool thenchool th thschool e
i school system systemKEYS systemKEYS systemKEYS
I
KEYS WITHDRAWS WITH 0 RAWS A8 A8ATTORNEY A8ATTORNEY A8V
V ATTORNEY FOR iETCALF iETCALFBecause
Because of Misunderstanding With WithClient Witht Wi k
t r
Client Case of Indicted Police Policeman Policeman Policeman ¬
man Is Postponed PostponedThe PostponedThe PostponedzThe
zThe The trialof trial of Charles K Metcalf formerIy form formerly formerly ¬
erly a policeman attached to the Tenth Tenthprecinct TenthrecInct Tent h T l
precinct recInct who Is indicted for forgery forgerywas forgerywas
tc was as brought to an abrupt termination n v
in Criminal Court No 1 today by th thwithdrawal thwithdrawal tinwithdrawal
withdrawal of F S Keys from further furtherconnection furtherconnection furtheconnection r r
connection with the case caseAfter caseAfter caseAfter
After a jury had been impaneled impaneledMr ImpaneledMr mp < anele aneleMr d 1
Mr Keys asked permission of th thcourt the thecourt thecourt e a
court to withdraw because of a 3 msun msunderstanding misun misunderstandIng >
derstandin derstanding between him and his client clientAt cUQntAt t
At this stage of thc proceedings Mr MrMetcalf MrIetcalt MrDietcalt
Metcalf addressed addr ed the court stating that thathe thathe tha thahe
he had employed Mr Keys as his coon co coonset counsel un uns ¬
set s l arid promised to pay him for his hisservices his3erv h hservices s
services 3erv ces He however had failed to re receive recehe ¬
ceive money mone which he expected and M Mr MrKeys lr lrKeys
Keys declined d ned to continue as his counselJustice counsel counselJustice counselJustice
Justice Gould after hearing the th state statement statement I
ment of Mr Keys and his client per permitted permitted r rnlttOO ¬
mitted the former to withdraw and postconedthe post postponed postjOnedthe
jOnedthe poned tho trial to a later day The court courtthen courtthen con conthen rt t
then appointed Attorneys EmoryBoglev Emory H H33oglev B139glev
33oglev and Henry I L Quinn to repre reprosent represent represant ¬
sent 33r 1r r Melcalf Met al and stated stat d he woul woulallow would wouldallow d j jallow
allow them reasonable time to toprep prepare preparefor preparefor re refor
for the defense sr e s
V
WHOLE FAMILY IS ISOVERCOME ISOVERCOME
OVERCOME BY GAS GASAND GASAND
AND FATHER m mForeigners mESForeigners DIESForeigners
Foreigners Were Not NotUsed NotUsed
Used to American AmericanWays AmericanvV AmericanWays
Ways WaysTURNED WaysTURNED vV a ys ysTURNHD
TURNED ON WRONG JETDaughter JET JETDaughter JETD
Daughter D ughter Finds UnconsciousForms Unconscious UnconsciousForms UnconsciousForms
Forms of Parents andSisters and andSisters andSisters
Sisters
PHILADELPHIA March SS 38An An An en n ¬
tire family of foreigners consisting of
Shaye Weisbein aged fiftyfour years ean5
the father Sussanna Waisbein aged a d
fortyeight years the mother and three
daughters Cecelia twentythree years
Sarah twentyone years and Annaeighteen Anna Annaeighteen Annaelshteen
eighteen years were ere found overcome
by gas this morning In their
apart apartments apnrtment5 apartments ¬
ments on on n South street above Seventh
Ignorance of the use or gas Is said
to have caused this wholesale as
pnyxMtfon
Had Just Arrived ArrivedWeisbeiE ArrlvtdVeisool Arriv6dWeisbein
WeisbeiE Veisool his wife andkne and one daughter
Anna only arrived i 111 this country on
Tuesday last from Austria having been been
brought to this country by their other otherthree otherthree
three daughters Clara Cecelia and
Sarah who had been here for severa severayears severayears severaryears
years yearsMrs yearsMrs yearsMrs
Mrs Welsbela and her daughter
Anna were given a rear rOOm In which whichwas whichwas whichwas
was a doable gas burner for lighting
and heating purposes purposesIn purposesIn
In their Ignorance of the workings of o
the burners they turned OB the wrong
Jet allowing the gas to t flow into their theirroom thf theirroom r rroom
room Mother and daughter then retired
for the night and as they slept Iept the thedeadly thedeadly thedeadly
deadly vapor soon overcame them They
were discovered by the eldest daughter r
I Clara who had fortunately gone to th the
hoes of a relative to sleep sleepWere sleepWere sleepWere
Were Found by DaughterShe Daughter DaughterShe DaughterShe
She called at the South street str t nous nousto hous housto house houseto
to arouse her parents and and found them themunconscious themunconscious themunconscious
unconscious Becoming hysterical Miss MissWelsbeln MissVefsbeln MissWeisbein
Welsbeln rushed from the house tearing
her hair and shrieking for help Several Severalpolicemen Severalpolicemen Severalpolicemen
policemen rushed into the bouje bqu andlairied and andtrie andlrl
trie lairied lrl thlsiiifOdikcioas hr nY unc i < Hteclous forms Into the teestreet thestreet thestreet
street where they were bundled into one onepatrol onepatrol onepatrol
patrol wagon and hurried tc tothe the hospi hospital hospItal hospital ¬
tal Ariving at the institution It was wasfound w wasfound S Sfound
found that Weisbein was dead and his hisbody hisbody hisbody
body was taken to the morgue The Themother Themother Themother
mother and three daughters are still un unconscious unconscious unconscious ¬
conscious and heroi measures have havebeen haveDeen havebeen
been adopted by the physicians ph S c1ans In an aneffort anefIort aneffort
effort to save their lives livesThere livesThere livesThere
There is little hope of saving s vinb the lives livesof liesor livesof
of Mrs Welsbein and her daughters daughtersCecelia daughtersCecelia daughtersCecelia
Cecelia and Sarah Anna whose condi condition conditien ¬
tion is not so S serious has a a chance for forher torher
her Mfe Ce although she Is still unconscious unconsciousBOTH unconsciousBOTH
BOTH SIDES TO BE HEARD HEARDON HEARDON
ON AUTO SPEED MEASURE MEASUREJfcmes MEASUREnIm MEASUREJanes
Jfcmes nIm Stoddard representing the Au Automobile Automobile Automobile ¬
tomobile Club of Washington and andRepresentatives andRlpresentatlves andRepresentatives
Representatives Sims and Gillett will wiUbe willbe willbe
be given lven a hearing tomorrow mornirrc
before the Senate Committee on the Dis District DI DItrict Dtstract ¬
trict of Columbia on the Sims automobile automo automobile automobile ¬
bile speed regulation bilL bilLJOHN bJILJOHN billJOHN
JOHN G MCROREY BUYS BUYS7TH BUYS7TH BUYS7TH
7TH STREET PROPERTY PROPERTYJohn
John G McCrorey has bought frorj frorjGeorge frofOJGeorge Ire
George E Hamilton and others trus trustees truzotees trustees ¬
tees the property at 414 Seventh street streetnorthwest streetnorthwest streetnorthwest
northwest The deed of conveyance conveyancestates conveyancstates conveyancetea
states tea ifi0008 50000 as the consideration forthe for forthe torthe
the transfer transferIRON trans r rIRON
IRON TRADE HELD HE D IN INCHECK INCHECK INCHECK
CHECK BY COAL STRIKE STRIKENEW
NEW YORK March 29 29The The Iron Age Agesays Aleas Aresays
says as today todayThe todayThe
The uncertainty with regard to the thesoft th thsort
soft coal labor situation in the soft coal coaufields co cofields coalfields
fields has been the principal factor af affecting affecting
fecting the pig Iron markets of the thecountry theco thecountry
country co unto The consumption is on so soenormous
enormous a scale and is crowding the thefull thefull thefull
full make so closely that even a mod moderately moderateb
erately enforced restriction would be b bh
highly h lhe embarrassing embarrassingDeliveries embarrassingDeliveries a
T 8e
Deliveries of o crude and finished iron tronand
and steel are proceeding at a record recordrate recordrate recordrate
rate There is a steady flow of good goodcontracts gOOdcontracts goodcontracts
contracts coming out for the structural structuralmills structurlmUIs
mills The plate trade is very quiet ant antthere and anllthere andthere
there Is tssome some uneveness in the pri pricesof prices pricesI g gor
or sheets The cast iron pipe industry
Is facing an enormous demand demandDROWNING demandDROWNING demandDROWNING
DROWNING MAN DRAGS DRAGSHEROIC DRAGSHEROIC DRAGSHEROIC
HEROIC DOG WITH HIM HIMNEW HIMzEW HIMlrEW
NEW YORK March 29 2911 If Edward EdwardBewy EdwardBewy EdwardBelly
Bewy thirty years enrs old an employe or otthe orthe orthe
the Hudson county almshouse had dis displayed displn displayed ¬
played pln e4 the presence of mind shown by b a aSt aSt
St St Bernard dog which accompanied him himto himto himto
to the Snake Hill reservoir on on the Hackensack Hack Hackensack Hackensnckmendows
ensack ensnckmendows meadows he probably would b balive be bealIve bealive
alive instead of having been drowned drownedHis drownedHis drownedHis
His body was taken from the reservoir reservoirwith reservoirwith reservoirwith
with his arms clutched tightly around aroundthe aroundthe aroundthe
the neck of otthe the dog which hlch had tried to torescue torescue torescue
rescue him and also was drowned
Bewy was as sent to make repairs at the thereservoir thereservoir thereservoir
reservoir and the dog accompanied him hImThoman himThe
The Thoman man slipped and fell fel11nto into the water waterThe
The dog jumped after him and grabbing grabbinghis grabbinghis
his coat collar tried to o swim s back to toshore 10shore o
shore Instead of letting the animal tow towhim
him to safety Bewy lost his head and andgrabbed andgrabbed
grabbed it t about ab ut the neck So tight was washis W WhIs
his hold that the dog was drawn town under underTWO underrWO underTWO
TWO FALSE ALARMS TURNED IN INSomeone INSomeone INSomeone
Someone evidently solicitous of see seeIng seeIng
Ing the Fire Department make a run runturned runturned runturned
turned in a a false f se alarm from box 531 531at 531at 531at
at First and N streets southeast shortly shortI shortIatter shortlyafter
after 11 oclock last night The fire firemen firemen firemen
men men had scarcely returned to their theirquarters theirquarters theirquarters
quarters when a afalse false alarm was as asstruck
struck from box 5 54 at Third and L Lstreets Lstreets
streets southeast southeastPlenty southeastPienty
Plenty Pienty of Laths Lathsiibbey IatbsLIbbey LathsLibbey
LIbbey Co fith and N T Y Ave AveAdv AveAdvt ddv ddvr Adv
t