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VOL. IXXVII. PWTPR* Aft _PITIVT'Q BY carrier
number 188. X IllUHl. <_IU <UJ2_il\ J. O i> K month
GHOULS ADD TO
TERROR CAUSED
BY FLOOD'S FURY
Soldiers Given Orders to
Shoot Down Looters
at Sight
SEINE DROPS SLOWLY
Ravages of Water in Paris
Seem to Increase —Pit-
iable Sights Seen
[Associated Press]
PARIS, Jan. While the most im
vmlnent peril is past the Seine
river Since yesterday has meas
ured only 6% Inches in decline.
At this rate It would require a fort
night for the river to reach its normal
level.
Fortunately tidings from flooded sec
tions above Paris give hope of more
of a subsidence by tomorrow.
In the meantime the situation in
Paris and in many places throughout
the country shows little improvement.
Indeed, the ravages of the flood in the
city seemed to increase. The water
was higher in some streets, while the
situation in the towns between Paris
and St. Germain was distinctly more
serious. A stream of water twelve
feet deep was rushing through Genne
vllleres and Colombes, making the
work of rescue and succor more dif
ficult even than yesterday.
Several houses collapsed and many
persons were taken off the root's of
their homes, where they had been
clinging for days.
Hundreds are reported without food
or shelter, and all day an army of
troops and civilians worked relentless
ly in the flooded territory, bringing aid
to the distressed and distributing pro
visions from boats to the marooned
Victims who refused to quit their
homes.
Lanterns Replace Electrits
Within the city itself are great
throngs of sightseers. The Champs
Elyseeß, ordinarily a pathway of
thrilling scenes and light,, tonight had
lanterns strung along the"curbs." The
usually gay boulevards were wrapped
in silence and darkness. Restaurants
and cafes were reduced to Venetian
lamps.
Most of the theaters were closed, but
the Comedie Francalse, with its elec
tricity and Its heat gone, was open,
Jules Claretle, the manager, explaining
to the meager audience before the cur
tain rose that he considered the na
tional theater of France should not
close its doors.
"We will give a performance," he
said, "With candles, as in the (-lays of
Moliere, and show the world that
Paris can be as heroic as in the time
of the revolution."
Although there is no intention on the
part of the government to declare mar
tial law, the completely submerged dis
tricts, such as Javel, are in the hands
of the military to prevent pillaging.
The soldiers have orders to give short
shrift to criminals caught in the act of
looting. Thus fur there have been no
such cases in the city, but the danger
is great, as the French keep their
money and valuables in their homes.
Thieves Shot at Sight
Outside of Paris, however, many" de
plorable instances of looting have been
reported. A band of thieves has been
at work near Charenton, but soldiers
have been shooting them at sight. Tho
Zouaves last night killed two pillagers
at Ivry, and two at Brie. These ghouls
have transferred their operations to the
devastated region below Paris, many
attempts to pillage the deserted villas
and homes being reported.
Papers recount many deeds of hero
ism on the part of priests at Alfort
vijle, who continued the work of res
cue between midnight and daylight,
when the soldiers, jackies and firemen,
after several days without rest, had be
come exhausted. Sisters of Charity
wire rowed to houses, giving assist
ance in several cases of starvation. .'■
Besides the aid distributed directly
by the government and the municipali
ty, more than $250,000 from the fund
raised by the newspapers has .been
handed over to the various relief so
cieties and to the local authorities of
towns and villages near Paris.
The' press refers to the spontaneous
help coming from abroad most grate
fully and recognizes the Illustrations of
the sympathy of the United States'.
Rag Pickers' Colony Loses Ail
A pitiable feature of the Mood on the
Oennevillieres Is the plight of the col
ony of 6000 rag pickers, a fourth of
Whom are children. They are the poor
est of all the Paris poor, and early
each morning they cross the Seine to
sort tho refuse barrels .of the great
city.
Their village was a center of miser
al/e hovels of plaster and earth, flanked
with heaps of bones, rags, iron and
odds and ends. •
On the bursting of the dam, the tor
rents of the Seine swept away every
thing. Those rag pickers who had re
mained in the village snatched up their
children and I! 'd, most of them scant
ily clad. They suffered bitterly from
the cold, but after a few hours the
authorities were able to find shelter
for them in public buildings of sur
rounding towns. But, to the entire col
ony, the flood means Irretrievable ruin.
At a meeting of the municipal coun
" cil today one ot the members protest
ed against exaggerations being spread
i In various countries, representing that
Paris would become a vast necropolis
after the water subsided, because of the
germ-infected houses. It Is pointed
out however, that the government has
taken the most elaborate precautions
and that there is absolutely nothing to
fear if the public will follow instruc
tions issued by the health board.
Late tonight the fall of the Seine
had a noticeable effect in several
streets, which are no longer navigable,
The riling of the water, on the other
hand, continued. . • ■.*■
There is a large quantity of water
now 'In the molding chamber of the
Louvre museum. - _ _ : *
In the ninth arrondlssement a series
of powerful pumps was installed to re
move water from several banks, but
'residents who feared that this would
make conditions in their own cellars
, r-» ir.,.»tinn»d on i'airr Tw«) . -
LOS ANGELES HERALD
INDEX OF
HERALD'S NEWS
TODAY
FORECAST
For Los Angeles and vicinity: Fair
Monday; light southwest wind. Max.
Imum temperature yesterday 70 de.
grees; minimum temperature 43 de.
grees.
LOS ANGELES
Motorman has vision of holdup and the
police are rushed to railroad cut near
Mary street viaduct. PAGE 3
Spokane merchant dies In station; Puss
Hotchkiss stricken with heart dis-
ease. PAGE 3
Civic workers to see political play. >
9 PAGE 3
Shakeup of police begun *by acting
Chief of Police Dixon in removal of
two patrolmen from the Chinatown
squad and changing about districts
of two sergeants. PAGE 5
Dick Ferris plans to make aviation
tour of cities of United States and
Mexico with troupe of expert aerial
pilots. - PAGE 1
Air cleared by Gov. Gillett*s action;
politicians interested in news from
Sacramento. 'AGE 3
Detective finds lost woman .in beach
cottage: was close to death from
starvation. ■ PAGE i
A. Montgomery, "farmer-painter," says
art is religion that knows no stand
ards. PAGE 12
New St. Michael's church dedicated by
Bishop Conaty. PAGE 13
Fellowship minister says Lee deserves
niche in nation's pantheon at Wash
ington. PAGE 12
Unitarian minister sees hope for fu
ture in ideals; says merciless energy
of trust heads is perverted Idealism.
PAGE 12
Christ Endeavor rally held in First
United Presbyterian church. page 12
Los Angeles bellboy buys 40-acre or-
anpe grove near Riverside. TAGS 2
Editorial and Raskin's letter PAOH i
Theaters and dramatic criticisms. PAGE 5
Classified advertising. PAGES 10 and 11
nines and oil fields. PAGE 9
Sports. PAGES 6 and 7
Automobiles. PAGE 8
City brevities, -^ PAGE 5
Churches. PAGE 12
SOUTH CALIFORNIA
Brilliant and odd barn dance given, at the
Beale place in Santa Barbara. PAGE 10
Mother of "Montana Kid," the prize
lighter, killed while trying to save pet
dog. • PAGE 1
Pasadena school board to consider mat
ter of high school bond election. PAGE 10
Dr. T. B. Hughes, father of Pasadena
pastor, preaches in son's pulpit. PAGE 10
Crowded conditions of Pomona schools to
be relieved by new buildings. PAGE 10
Hollywood trustees (dosing up business
preparatory to turning affairs over to
Los Angeles city council. PAGE 10
COAST
Revival of tong war in Chinatown, Kan
Francisco, is likely. PAGE 2
I'aul ban unable to attain great height
at Salt T^ake because of atmospheric
conditions. PAGE 2
Steamer Manchuria arrives in San
Francisco With 409 Asiatics who will
work on California, railroads. PAGE 2
Hamilton flies in airship over Kern
county oil fields. PAGE 2
Phoenix preparing for big aviation meet.
.PAGE 2
EASTERN
Mine at Cherry, II!.. .wlwo many work
men were killed by gases, will be un
sealed today. " PAGE 2
Gigantic battle between operators and
mine employes Is- expected In east
ern coal districts. PAGE 1
Food, prices may soon be probed by a '
congressional committee. I'A*GE 1
Republicans In congress fall to redeem
pledges made to people before'elec
tion. " - , ' ■ PAGE 1
Railroad president urges men employed
by his company to co-operate with
him, * * PAGE 1
Mcl^achlan in effort to free himself of
certain suspicions will subject Gin vis
to grueling examination. PAGE 3
Horse meat sold for human consump
tion in Illinois. PAGE 7
FOREIGN
Liberal party opposes plans for coalition
as victors object to dictation by oppo
nents. House of lords will be reformed, j
'ACM 2
Troops are intrenched north of Greytown,
Nicaragua. ' PAGE 2
Japanese poachers kill many birds for
plumage. PAGE 2
Cuban negroes to organize political party
as a result of agitation. PAGE 2
Ghouls add to horrors wrought by fury
of waters in recent floods in Paris and
other portions of France. PAGE 1
Gov. Frear of Hawaii says he will not
resign. - . ----- PAGE 3
Former President Zelaya on his way
from Mexico to Brussels. PAGE 2
French cruiser goes ashore off the
Moroccan coast and is believed to be
doomed. / • ■ PAGE 7
MINING AND OIL . ,
Monterey pipe line runs 14,000 barrels since ..
repaired. PAGE 3
Goldfleld Annex shaft is still being sunk
on rich ore. ' • " PAGE] 9
Portervllle may be oil bearing region.
PAGE 9
Mint mine in Copper Basin, Arizona, will
install reduction plant. s■; . PAGE 0
Standard Midway gasser may supply Kern
river field. / , -j PAGE 9
New company will work two Tramp Con
solidated claims on lease. PAGE 9
Canadians buy oil land In Coalinga field.
PAGE 9
SPORTING
Great crowds attend Sunday afternoon
workout by Jim Flynn at Southside club.
■ '«_- ■ PAGE 6
Freddie". Welsh leaves London February 9
for bo« Angeles to force Battling Nel- ...
son Into match. " PAGE 8
Battling Nelson, lightweight champion of
world, arrives In Los Angeles this morn
ing for brief stay. PAGE *>
Monte Attell shows cold feet in negotia
tions for flght ' with ' "Webster and hag
gles over hour ; for making weight. '
PAGE 6
jockeys Schilling and Page disciplined for' -
rough riding, at Juarez races, former _^
drawing week's suspension. PAGE' 6
John D. Marsh arrives and spins off ten
miles In wprkout at Agricultural park.,
while St. Yves rests for day. PACK 7
Angels beat "colored Trilbys '4 to 3 before
good crowd at Chutes Pork. Br is waiter ■
twirls no-lilt .. innings and retires. PAGE 7
Rifle and revolver clubs are shooting tel
egraphio matches in National Rifle asso-j ,
\ elation contests throughout the country.
• „■ i i . PAGE C
Dorando beats Baytt In 1 Marathon race
at San Francisco after latter has led for
twenty-six miles. PAGE 7
jockeys of prominence are being grabbed *
up and reserved _by contract by prom- r"
in- nt horse owners, who ■ pay princely KA
salaries a» retainers. PA* I
_"~ _ .: .._..._. _.- y. .■
MONDAY MORNING, JANUARY 31, 1910.
AERIAL ENTHUSIAST
WHO HAS BIG PROJECT
\' L
DICK FERRIS
FERRIS PLANS
AVIATION TOUR
PROMOTER WILL TRY TO SE
CURE RECORD BREAKERS
Los Angeles Theatrical Man on Way
to New Orleans to Get Paulhan
to Consent to Join Aerial '
Troupe .
Not discouraged because the Southern
Pacific train which departs from the
Arcade station at 9:45 a. m. pulled out
without them yesterday morning, Mr.
and Mrs. Dick Ferris left at 3 o'clock
yesterday afternoon for New Orleans,
where the man who made Los Angeles
aviation week a success will endehvor
to arrange an aviation tour that will
include every large city in the United
States, .
Charles K. Hamilton and C, F. Wil
lard, with Curtlss biplanes, and Roy
Knabonshue and Lincoln Beachy with
their dirigibles, already have consented
to accompany Ferris in case the Los
Angeles promoter closes with Cleary,
who is manager for Paulhan, the
French aviator. ,
"This will be the greatest tour of its
kind ever made." said Ferris yester
day, as he waited for the train .♦= "fit
under way. "I do not expect- to-en
counter much difficulty in closing the
deal with Cleary. ■ If I am successful in
this, we shall give the world such an
exhibition as never before nas been
witnessed."
Louis Paulhan, the French aviator,
and his manager, Edward Cleary, will
reach New Orleans about the first of
next week and an immediate consulta
tion .with Ferris will be held.
Ferris to Direct Affairs
"All that I shall do." concluded Fer
ris as the engine whistled, "will be to
arrange the meets at the various cities,
to see that our troupe is properly ad
vertised and to share in the profits."
' While it is not by any means as
sured that Cleary and Paulhan will
consent to accompany Ferris, it is
probable a quartet of aviators con
sisting of Willard, ' Hamilton, Beachy
and Knabenshue will do so, should
Ferris be unable to satisfy the demands
of ('leary. .
Many of the southern cities probably
will be visited this winter in addition
to several in Mexico. There also Is a
possibility that Ferris will take his
aviators into South America, although
no definite plan of campaingn has been
outlined. . ■ ,
The tour will continue into next fall
bo that every city of the United States
will have an opportunity to view ma
chines and aviators whose records
have- startled the world. Although
both Mr. and Mrs. Ferris will accom
pany the aviators for the flrst few
weeks it is likely that Ferris will be
able to manage the entire trip from
Los Angeles. i '• ■
Should negotiations fail, Mr. and
Mrs. Ferris probably will take an ex
tended trip, touring Jamaica, Cuba and
the Atlantic coast.
AMERICAN RAILROADERS IN
MEXICO EXPECTED TO STRIKE
Conductors and Engineers • Confer
with Management and Poll Is
to Be Taken
LAREDO, Texas, Jan. '30.—Accord
ing to a telegram from Mexico City,
the committee of American railroad
conductors and engineers that has been
in conference with the nfanagement of
the National Railways of Mexico left
tonight for their several headquarters.
Immediately upon their arrival a
poll will be taken of employes to de
termine their action. Railroad men
here are convinced the men will De
practically a unit for resignation, and
It is believed that a general walkout
will occur soon. ' .'"
It is said locally that the engineers
are acting In full accord with the con
ductors and that such dissension as
may have at flrst existed has been
settled. "'..''.''" *
APPREHENSION FELT FOR
: '' SAFETY OF MILLIONAIRE
ALTON, 111- Jan. SO.—Friends in this
city are worried for the safety of C. F.
Sparks, a millionaire mining 'man, and
his family. In the belief that the, yacht
Willena, wrecked off the Florida coast,
may be the boat In which the family
has been cruising in the Guf of Mexico.
Sparks, with his wife, Hon and daugh
ter, left November 15 In a new ocean
going yacht which had not been
christened. The last heard or the party
was two weeks ago when it .was re
ported at Hobo .sound, Florida coast..
GIGANTIC BATTLE
OF CAPITAL AND
LABOR IMMINENT
Great Struggle Is Probable
Between Operators and
the Coal Miners
HIGHER PAY IS ASKED
Employers Will Not Yield
to Demands and Clash
Seems Inevitable
[Associated Press]
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. SO.— of tne
greatest industrial battles In the
history of the United ! States im
pends, in the belief of the leaders of
the United Mine Workers of America.
The convention of the organization,
which has been in session for two
weeks, will adjourn tomorrow night,
and it Is probable a majority of the
100 delegates will go to Toledo for the
joint conference with the bituminous
operators of western Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana, which will open
Tuesday. ' * '
This conference will negotiate a
wage contract for these districts to go
Into effect April 1; but, as the tri-state
contract is to be the basis of uniform
contracts in all other districts of the
United States and Canada, it may be
determined tomorrow that most or all
soft coal miners assembled here should
take part in the Toledo conference.
Operators Refuse to Yield
Mine operators, according to reports,
will not yield to demands for an in
crease in wages, and some take the
stand that conditions warrant a de
crease. \
Sentiment in the Miners' union is
unanimously for a general strike, if
the operators refuse a wage increase
of at least 10 per cent.
Western Pennsylvania miners stand
for a 20 per cent increase, on the ground
the settlement of their recent strike
jigainst the Pittsburg Coal company re
suited in a decrease of 10 per cent from
the wage contract signed by the last
joint tri-state conference.
The wage scale committee of the
Miners' union will report tomorrow. It
is expected the day will be passed by
the convention in formulating the con
tract to be presented to the operators
Tuesday,
FINDS LOST WOMAN
IN A BEACH HOUSE
Detective Remembers Description.
Stranger Had Lived Six Days
on Few Apples in the
Cottage
Subsisting for six days on apples,
Mrs. Florence Wallace, wife of Dr. W.
S. Wallace, 924 West Eighteenth street,
and has been missing since January
24, was found yesterday morning at
Redondo Beach, in a cottage owned by
William M. Ingram, a detective of the
Los Angeles police department.
The discovery of Mrs. Wallace was
a surprise to the detective, hut he im
mediately recognized the woman as one
who had been reported missing fror
her home in Los Angeles since Janu
ary 24. .■; _ _ ■
When found Mrs. Wallace was in a
famished and exhausted condition and
could not tell her name or place of
residence. After ' receiving proper
nourishment and rest she told her
name and address and . Detective In
gram notified her husband, who went
to Redondo Beach yesterday afternoon
and brought his wife to his Los An
geles home.
Late last night it was stated at the
Wallace home that Mrs. Wallace was
resting -omfortably, although her con
dition is regarded as serious as the re
sult of not partaking of substantial food
for several days, .
It is believed that Mrs. Wallace is
suffering from mental aberration, as
several months ago, she created a
scene by attempting to commit suicide
by jumping off the pier at Santa Mon
ica. She was rescued with difficulty
and for weeks was kept- under surveil
lance.
It was thought that she had recovered
entirely, but on the morning of Janu
ary 24 she left her home to go to a
nearby grocery store, wheeling her 11
--month-old 1 by. She entered the store
at Sixteenth and Georgia streets by the
front door and disappeared v out of a
rear door. When she. did not return,
the police were notified and the baby,
who had been left in his carriage, was
taken to the home of Dr. Wallace.
The only report I received, by the
police was that a woman answering
the description of -the missing Mrs.
Wallace was seen to board a Redondo
Beach car. ___:_. .
Yesterday '■-,■ morning Detective In
gram, accompanied by his wife, went
to Redondo Beach to pass the day at
his cottage and ,on entering it was
surprised to find a woman, weak and
evidently suffering from lack- of nour
ishment, in one of the beds in the
cottage. The woman could not give
ati account of her whereabouts. Re
membering the description of the wo
man as published in the police bulle
tin, Detective Ingram recognized Mrs.
Wallace. ■'.
A window in the rear of the cot
tage, which is at 508 Beach row, was
found open, showing the method which
Mrs. Wallace used In gaining entrance.
Although there was ' plenty of fire
wood In the house, no eatables except
apples had been left since Ingram
vacated the cottage last October.
Neighbors in the vicinity of the cot
tage stated that they had not Men
Mrs. Wallace about or did not see her
enter the cottage. Her condition was
such that it is believe-, that only the
casual visit of Detective , Ingram
saved her life.
Dr. Wallace was overcome a I the
discovery, but pleased that bis wile
Is alive, and stated that every at
tention will be paid to her In the
future, In order to restore her shat
tered nervous system.
FEDERAL JUDGE AND PROSECUTOR
IN THE BEEF TRUST INVESTIGATION
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FOOD PRICES MAY
SOON BE PROBED
CONGRESS EXPECTED TO RE
SPOND TO DEMAND
Representative Martin Believes His
Sweeping Resolution Will Carry
if President Manifests No
OoDOsition
'[Special to he Herald.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30—It is freely
predicted in congressional circles that
within a short time congress will re
spond to the demands from all parts
of the country and institute a rigid in
vestigation into the high cost of liv
ing. • .'•
Representative Martin of South
Dakota, who is a frequenter of the
White House, already has presented
a joint resolution"' for this purpose,
which is as sweeping in Its provisions
as that under which the Ballinger-
Pinchot investigation is being con
ducted.
_Ti_r_. _.».u. viu - V*mim'i'm,t*n m :... »»vjvhk a ,t „. ..
resolution was approved by President
Taft. He said: -'I haven't talked
with the president about It recently,
but I rather think if the two houses
of congress should pass it he; would
not refuse to sign it."
The Martin resolution provides for
a joint committee of six members of
the senate and six of the house, the
vice president to appoint those from
the senate and the house to elect
those from the house. In the latter
provision he has recognized the prin
ciple established a short time ago
when a combination of the Democrats
and "insurgent" Republicans prevent
ed Speaker Cannon from appointing
the house members of the Ballinger-
Pinchot committee.
Absolute Powers
Under this measure the committee
would have practically absolute powers
to summon witnesses, and nothing
could stop It getting at the facts.
In all parts of the country the people
continue to clamor against the in
creased cost of living", and the protests
hurled at the big industries said to be
responsible for the existing conditions
have become general.
Substantial reductions In the prices
of meat and other necessaries of life
have been announced In many cities
where the boycott against meat has
been put Into effect. In Chicago eggs,
butter and potatoes have dropped, and
in Cleveland a reduction of ten cents
a hundred in all live stock has been
reported. From Pittsburg, Cincinnati
and Omaha have come similar an
nouncements. .','•' j
Cardinal Gibbons has given it as his
opinion that the tariff is an important
factor in tlie high cost of the neces
saries of life. :,'_'_■-'_' ':■':.
Place Embargo on Meat
George 11. Pettee of Providence, at
the head of the Worcester and Provi
dence Public markets, one of the larg
est consumers of beef in the east, says:
"With the United States government
trying to corner and even imprison the
packers, With an occasional well mean
ing but wrongly impressed citizen de
claring against any and all men In the
meat business, and with the public of
of the country thoroughly aroused over
the present high cost of foodstuffs,
and particularly beef. I feel that the
man behind the gun on the high prices
seems just now to be escaping the
well deserved wrath of an indignant
public. In justice to the farmer, I do
believe that the packer has a hand in
high prices, for I believe that one of
the most effective ways this govern
ment could get prices on meat slashed,
and slashed very quickly, would be to
put an embargo on the. exportation of
meat, and in this way throw all our
own meat production on the market.
The supply then would be such that
the men in control would have to seek
a market with the public of this coun
try.".
RAILROAD PRESIDENT
URGES CO-OPERATION
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 30.—Mu
tual co-operation and Information as to
the work of the company for employes
were discussed tonight by President
Mellen of the New York, New Ha?
yen & Hartford railroad at the con
vention of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Firemen and Enginemen. „
Mr. Mellen began by calling atten
tion to the existence of a new and un
heralded labor organization in Con
necticut, namely, the Association of
Railroad Presidents, of which he him
self was president, treasurer, secretary
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WOMAN TRIES TO
SAVE DOG; KILLED
SEEKS TO RESCUE HER PET,
IS STRUCK BY TRAIN
Mrs, J. N. McDaniels of Los Angeles
Is Crushed to ■ Death by
Train Near San Ber
nardino
<i [Special -to The Herald.] .
SAN BERNARDINO, .Tan So —to y_
f,ff„,i.., „.ro^ier nine dog from death
beneath the wheels of a Santa Fa pas
senger train Mrs. J. W. Daniels of
Los Angeles, mother of ""jntana
Kid," the prize fighter, was struck and
killed this morning by the locomotive
at Victoria, a suburb of San Bernardi
no. The dog was given to Mrs. Mc-
Daniels as a Christmas gift.
No one witnessed the accident in
which the woman and her dog lost
their lives and the men in the cab of
the locomotive did not know until the
train reached the depot In this city
that they had struck a human being.
While looking his engine . over prep
aratory, to departing for Los Angeles
the fireman found a piece of torn
clothing, splattered with blood, cling
ing to the front end of the locomo
tive. The crew of the next train was
notified to look out for some one. in
jured or dead, alongside the track.
Half an hour after the woman was
killed the engineer of this train found
her body, where she had been thrown
when struck.
The fireman of the train that struck
the woman saw he little dog, bewil
dered by the rushing locomotive bear
ing down vpon it. hestiating a ■ mo
ment too long and then go to • its
death beneath the wheels. Neither the
engineer, on whose side the body was.
found, nor the fireman saw the woman,
who evidently was in the act of reach
ing out for her pet I when struck and
killed by the pilot of the engine.
; Mrs, MfDaniels, with her husband
and son, were camping nearby. The
others did not know she met her death
until after the undertaker reached the
scene. The husband fought to get into
the dead wagon and wanted to kill
himself.. . - .
The accident occurred at 10:30 and
on a straight piece of track, at the
crossing of the railroad and Tippeca
noe street.
The woman, with her.husband and
son, had been making and peddling
willow baskets in this vicinity. They
have been here only a week, and travel
from place to place.
GOV. FREAR OF HAWAII
WttL REMAIN IN OFFICE
Chief Executive of Insular Province
Says He Does Not Intend
to Resign
: HONOLULU, • Jan. 24.—Governor
Frear has made a statement to the ef
fect that he will not resign as execu
tive.
Following the news of;. President
Taft's nominations for vacancies in the
local judiciary, there were reports that
the governor intended to offer his res
ignation to President Taft.
Governor Frear's final statement Was
to the effect that he had considered
possibly It was his duty as a matter of
propriety towards the president to offer
his resignation, having been appointed
governor by Roosevelt. Frear . stated
that on that point the matter had been
cleared up somewhat, and he did not
intend to resign.
PETITION IS DENIED
PEKING, J...... 30.—An imperial edict
issued today denies the petition re
cently submitted by the representatives
of the provincial assemblies, who are
now •In Peking, asking for the early
establishment of a parliament. Th ■
throne adheres to the original plan ef
an imperial assembly now and tlft>
establishment 1 of a parliament at tho
end of nine years, according to the
i constitutional scheme. .
CENTS J
G. O. P. FAILS TO
REDEEM PLEDGES
MADE TO PEOPLE
Legislation Demanded by
President Given But
Slight Attention
LEADERS TO CONFER
Investigations Going on in
Congress Block Plans 1
to Amend Laws
[Associated Tress]
WASHINGTON, Jan. Little:
headway has been made in the
two months that congress has
been In session toward the enactment
of Important legislation demanded by
President Taft, yet on every side are;
predictions of an early adjournment.
Thoughtful members are asking each
other what kind of a reception they,
will.get if they go to the White
House April IB or May 1, with plans
to quit work for the summer, if the
administration program is unfilled, i
The question is one that congression
al leaders admit is giving them deep
concern. The absence of unanimity of
thought on almost every 0116 of th*
president's measures is such as to
make exceedingly difficult the work
mapped out for those who have the'
bills in charge.* '
Bills to create a court of commerce
and amend the railroad rate laws, to
establish postal savings banks., to vali
date withdrawals Of public lands want
ed for conservation purposes and '•' to
legalize national charters for corpora
tions for doing interstate business have
met determined opposition.
From a political point of view, Re
publican waters seemingly are becom
ing muddled by the several investiga
tions in progress, and the minority
members appear not unwilling to let
this procedure continue indefinitely.
Harassed by Investigations :
Inquiries such as that being made
into the affairs of the interior depart
ment and the forest service naturally
are having some effect on plans to
amend land laws and enact legislation
Tor Alaska, and even bear to some ex
tent on the Arizona and New Mexico
statehood bill.
Other investigations, such as those
relating to second-class mail matter
and . the postoffice deficit, lind \ causes'
Of In leased cost of. living, tend •to
minimize a complete , redemption ■-. of
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being considered and probably will be
held soon after Senator Aldrich re
turns from Florida, as he "Is", expected'
to do this week.. Vigorous means will
be advocated to restore some • sem
blance of order to the chaotic condi
tions. ■, . ; .*.....- „. •--- -. -.--."
The plan most In favor with such
Republican leaders as are now in
Washington is for ,1 rearrangement of
the Tali policies, placing them In or
der of executive preference or, in such
sequence as It Is thought would most
benefit a majority of the party.
Progress Seems Dubious
It has been declared that no progress
will be made so long as some leaders
are pushing Interstate commerce leg
islation, others conservation policies
and others postal savings banks or
federal incorporation laws.
At present the house is . occupied
with appropriation bills; In the senate
two administration measures— pos
tal savings bank bill and the Alaskan
.legislative council bill —are being placed
against each other. Opposition has de
veloped against both, and j Republican
leaders say the present laities affect
the chances of both. •
The statehood bill is ready for con
sideration by the senate and the army
appropriation bill will be reported j to
morrow. .."""'. '•■' -v.
The several propositions before tha
house for the elimination of Speaker
Cannon from the committee on rules
and for the enlargement of, the com
mittee form a basis of informal dis
cussion. . No one is willing to predict
when questions involved In these reso
lutions will come to a "show down."
There are various ways ill which the.
matter could be • brought up on the
floor, and it may be precipitated' sud
denly or be deferred for weeks.
Many members of the house are ab
sent on account of approaching pri
maries in their districts. '..
NEW YORK DISTANCES ALL •
IN USE OF HYDRAULIC POWER
State Water Supply Commission So
Claims in Fifth Annual
Report
ALBANY, N. V., Jan. 30.—New.York
distances all other states in the gross
total of hydraulic power In use, ac
cording to the fifth annual report lof
the state water supply commission. '
The commission estimates that 1,
--500,000 horse-power can'be developed
on interior streams of New York, with
out counting Niagara and St. Law
rence rivers.! • ' ;".-. V .■•
It says this great reserve, of power,'
equal to nearly a third of all the water
power in use in the United States, is
sufficient to displace all power now de
rived from coal and to provide „_ the
state with all the motive power. it will
need for as many years :as > one can
foresee. '"- .. '■■.'■.'■'.".' i'v'-v.V.-'JJ-^
: The commission estimates that wa
ter energy now running waste * lias a.
yearly value of at least $15,000,000. .:>,:
WRECKED YACHT IDENTIFIED
APALACHICOLA, Fla., Jan.".'. SC-f.
The wreck reported on St. ' Andrew's )
bar in Friday's storm has been Identi
fled as the yacht Willeiia of St; Louis,
bound . for Havana,' Cuba. She V' was.
temporarily. disabled and ' in tow of a.
tug. but, parting her cable,, she-,at-j
tempted to . make , St. .Andrews .. and
went ashore. The tug then put. sea
with all aboard and made port saf elyi
in St. Joseph bay. rt Tlle • Wlllena, is ,' a'
total loss, r2SS_BBB__B3(