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Rival Explorers Scoff at Each
Other's Plans to Reach Pole
Peary Calls Wellman \u25a0 "Hot Air Voyager" and Journalist
Declares Norwegiarr Will vNeyer'^m.Wrth-Dogs : "'-
WALTER WEELMAN and" Commander Peary, who will leave about the same time" in
search of the north pole, are at daggers' points, owing to rivalry " for public approval.
Peary has relieved his feelings by calling Wellman a "hot air voyager." -
jv WASHINGTON. -May 4.— The firj
. north is likely to witness a keen strug
. gle this summer between two alert
Americans whose search for the pole
Ts enlivened by personal antagonism.
[ Commander Peary, on land— or, rather.
jj j C «? — and Walter^ Wellman. in the afr,
. will start about the same time from the
- Arctic ocean^ coast and will race for j
\u25a0 the pole. It may be the irony- of fata,
which operates in a mysterious way in
•those high latitudes, to place Peary at
I the mercy of Wcllman. or Wellman at
, the mercy of Peary.- ' •
•;•: Commander Peary regards Wellman
£& & mere interloper in the "science
•of Arctic exploration. He talked a
'. •\u25a0little along that line in his club while
• here a few weeks ago. Wellrnan be
'•• longs to the gatfie club and mutual
friends lost no time in fanning the
. '-flasies of rivalry and jealousy. When
' -Wfellman heard that Peary regarded
' isim as a "charlatan" and a "hot air
Voyager" he indicated that his faith la
",Vlog teams on floating ice was mighty
\u25a0'•iittle and that the man who would keep
'•': hammering away with dogs was little
\u25a0•• more intelligent than an Eskimo.
... According to Peary's ide Vs. the man
'. irho tries to scoot through a north
" pole blizzard of Ice needles In a not
:. »Jr kilkskin balloon is akin to a mad
\u25a0man. Peary half expects to run across
fhe starving remnants of Wellman s
party somewhere along the trail and
"he doesn't like the prospect a bit.
•'\u25a0\u25a0Humanity would require him to stop
>c.nd save the human beings, even if
\u25a0'they were only poor, deluded airship
••"r.kvi gators, and the stop might mean
:" faH-ure to reach the pole. Nothing that
. : Wellman. is doing meets the approval
of Peary. He thinks Wellman is not
•": really trying to reach the pole, anyway,
- b'Jt is merely advertising; or. if he Is,
.-U will be a mere fluke if he gets there.
welimax scourvFrr.
* WeH man ha*J a .fine \u25a0assortment «f
R~o-n for Peary's methods, he pointed
•-."out'-while here that Peary had encoun
tered open lanes and drift ice all
•Rlong bis final dash for the pole and
• that the party had drifted 200 miles
&2SS to the eastward. Wellman thinks
.ipcarx will meet the same conditions
?S often a? he goes to S6 degrees or
\u25a0J«ndT It will be simply a repetition of
; "- : th» dog pat dog experience, in his
••opfnion There is no possible metno.l.
-lie. says, to get across ice and open
"\u25a0.water" with dog sleds without boats,
h* belter** Peary ' is simply
/.'•wasting time in trying to sledge to
:•'•• But tlie airship method! Ah. that is
'•rhe only way. according to" Wellman.
It 16 true that no airship has ever sailed
:-€f>o: -€f>0 miles at a single stretch, or any
where near it. but that makes no dlf
\u25a0".'\u25a0f-erence. -Airships have been tried for
r«*ed, but not for distance, says opti
:.^i^ti<: Waiter. Now he turns the prop
osition around and builds an airship
;; L -not for speed, but for endurance. He
•V-figur^s on traveling only/about la miles
•••an hour, but he expects to stay up as
" "-long as he likes.
. - . Wellman's airship will carry between
'-Mneand ten tons, about a third of It
fVel for the engines. Twenty-five dogs
• will be carried, together with sledges
that are constructed to serve as floats
••o.r boats. The bottom of the arrship Is
' has*, shaped and will float. If the ma
'••rhlne breaks down it will be used as a
•bost If it is caught in the ice the
• r-artv will take to the sleds, and when
Vhe pinch mjnes they will eat the dogs.
...£o they have figured on air. water and
.**ice upon which to maneuver.
. * . • HOPE STITTED WITH FOOD
One of Wellman's new wrinkles is the
••euy rope, which is his own invention.
.' -Jt "is hollow and will be stuffed full of
'•Jfood. It will hang down continually to
' Eteady the phlp. There will be no an
'•chor on this guy rope, but another rope
-nill be on hand with an anfchor on the
"'.Vnd. Wellman is scouring- the world
for the latPEt inventions in condensed
'foods. He will have dessicated vegeta
'• Mes and meats in the mart compact
•form, and in addition wiil have arms
". &nd ammunition for quelling the pen-
end the ptarmigan. >,
*•' The air navigator has made a study
of air currents in Spltzbergen and off
the coast of the Arctic. He thinks the
"Vinds there are pretty regular and that
the cSn launch his craft on a favorable
V)re<;?«* and g^t half way to the pole be
fore,-the elements get next to his game.
He laughs at the' idea that the needle
' *:ke See "will prnetrat" his balloon. The
.''.l.-.g is ma.de of o»od silk., with a oover-
V*ng of <otton prepared with oil and
perfectly weatherproof.
"' \u25a0- Commander Peary has given the pub~
•lie <n understand that lie is up against
it' for money. It is" reported that he
; r;peds $60,000. and may have to give up
\u25a0 tnc trip unless he gets it. Informa-
S tif>r; obtained here is a little different.
• Peery has A place \u25a0where he can reach
. It? and get. any sum he needs, but the
-understanding is that tlio public shall
have a chance to payif it wants to. If
the public is slow the bag will be ready
' cnyway. So there is no doubt that.
Prary will Ftart out in the good ship
Roos'evolt one of these days.-
It will be a merry' contest between
T?&r*y end Wellman nowhere more. in- 1
teresting. than «n Washington, where
both explorers live and are so • well
known. As to the personal qualities
of the two men, there is nothing ln
<. TUdious. in comparing them. ! Peary Is
a. quiet, tenaclousi matter of fact fel
•low. physically wiry and. tough, like a
•whlpstock, with no more imagination
' than the law allows. Wellman is about
Peary's age, physically sound and cap
able of great hardship, reserved of
• speech, resourceful, imaginative and as
daring as man is made. Both men are
*too old to be ideal Arctic travelers, but
they, have spent their years well in
learning a lot of things that may come
hendy in the north., They are not
ep old as to have lost the fire of youth
and zest for high adventure.
GAY TIMES AT POIVT CO3TFORT i,
Army -and navy officers and- their
wive*, and sweethearts know a good
thing when they" see it. so they are
<J el i ghted wi tb ; th c Jamestown c x pos i -
tion. Not that the- exposition Itself
amounts to anything — the world's fair
Industry is a little threadbare— but be-
GXCB* Ik. is the means of getting army
«md navy people together at old Point
Comfort. Ask' any of the service peo
ple what they .think of old Point and
then watch them smile. That smile Is
cub sweet as a cat's alter it has licked
ep all the cream. " .
Old Point is a paradise now for.war
rior* and lovers. -Fortress Monroe 1s
handsome in its new spring foliage, the
hotel Is crowded with society people and
urmy and navy people, Hampton Roads
Ss full of American and' foreign war-,
ships . and there 1« no end to the fes
tivities..- It Is blow,, bugle, blow, all
flay long.'aßm
Launches of all colors and sixes . are
bu*T puffing about, | carrying officers
tn.<3 guests to and from the ships. Bear
tAdrniral Bob Evans .is tip to ; his ears
la social str&tcffy tad tactics, whU« tbe
Ira E. Bennett
foreign admfrals, commanders and les
ser officials are- surrounded with
American beauties, who struggle with
French, German, Spanish; and Italian:,*
It is a little tough on * the young
army officers who make up the mem
bership of the Fort Monroe club. They
have to pay for all the entertaining.of
foreign army and navy officers out.of
their own mess funds. Congress ap
propriated 5175.000 for the expense of
entertaining official visitors at the ex
position, but gave it all to the navy.
The army officers are out In the cold,
while the brunt of the shore entertain
ing falls on them. Their clubrooms, in
the walls of old ' Fort Monroe, are
unique In themselves and filled with
valuable mementoes, such as one of the
triplicate originals of the Grant-Lee
surrender stipulations at Appomattox,
foreign weapons, etc.
On the day after the exposition was
opened all the foreign army attaches
visited Fort Monroe. and were shown
around by a Jolly roundfaced American
artillery captain. He told me of the
incident the next day at the Chamber
lin. "I did not hesitate to show them
one of the big guns," he said. "They
have drawings of this fort as well as
all the others, of course, and we kno*
a good deal about their defenses. I
had the boys go through the gun drill
for the benefit of the attaches. The
boys knew who the visitor* were and
realized that for all practical, purposes
the eyes of the principal armies of the
world were upon them. You ought to
have seen them get down to business!
Such pretty team work I never saw be
fore. They not only broke their own
record, but ,broke the.worlds record
for loading, training, raising, firing and
lowering such guns. They did It in 22
seconds. I'll bet no crew in any foreign
army has ever done it in less than
45 seconds. I thought it was Just as
well to let our affable visitors know
that we could get in two shots to their
one if we had. to.
"The attaches were so interested that
it was difficult for me to tell them all
the particulars they asked about. In
fact, my forgettery began to assert
itself. They asked all about the range
finders and I discovered: that I* was
rusty on essential points.N Two of them
were so anxious to find out that they
came - back again this morning. But
they became so interested in other feat
ures of the fort that they- forgot to
get all the details they were after.
Anyway, they didn't get 'em. But they
are all cracking good fellows and it
would not do to tell them that they
couldn't have all our inside workings."
SPOIITS OF THE JACIC TARS
One of the pleasant features of th«
•warship 'roundup is the mixing of the
bluejackets. The boys discovered early
in the game that Old Point was too rich
for their blood, but they soon found
that Norfolk contained all the attrac
tions of a good home port, including
lots of beer. The German, English.
Austrian and American bluejackets fra
ternize easily, while the South Ameri
cans manage to join" occasionally In a
jolly party without a scrap at the end
Of it ' .. -\u25a0 \u25a0 ... \u25a0 : . . • \u25a0.'\u25a0-./: ".
Is popular among the lads,
and they have had several' sharp games
inside the moat at Fort Monroe.
The Jamestown exposition grounds
are across Hampton roads from Old
Point Comfort. 25 minutes away by
ferry. The, grounds are admirably lo
cated for, a beautiful exposition— on the
water, away from city confusion, with
plenty of elbow room. Many of the
principal buildings are ready. By the
Ist of June the exposition .should be
worth seeing for Its own sake. In some
respects it will be unique, and to the
far westerner it should be peculiarly
interesting.
Draw a' circle around the" exposition
50 miles in- diameter, and Inside of ' It
you will find more history to the square
inch than anywhere else in the United
States. There Powhatan reigned and
Pocahontas risked her life for John
Smith. There the Virginia" adventurers
founded the colony. There was the
ancient .capital, . Williamsshiirg, where
George Washington attended dances
when a youth. Northward is Torktown,
the secne- of two" big military move
ments..
The history of the first, is tersely told
in an engraving on several beautifully
cast British guns at Fortress Monroe:
"Surrendered at the capitulation of
York Town, October 19,1781."
Again, In and about 1862, there was
something doing at Torktown and at
other places within 50 miles of. the ex
position - x grounds. For instance, the
American fleet is now anchored on the
spot where the Monitor and the Merri
MISSIONARIES HOLDING
SESSIONS AT SHANGHAI
Discuss Medical Work and
Restriction of Use of
Opium .
SHANGHAI. May 4.— The missionary
conference at yesterday's session dis
cussed medical and religious ..work/ in
hospitals, medical training for Chinese
doctors, nursing as a ' profession for
Chinese women and other 'matters. An
elaborate paper was presented by- the
committee on. medical work. It was
written by Dr. Dugald Christie of; the
United Free church of .. Scotland and
showed that In round numbers there
were COO. . fully. . qualified . missionary
physicians in China, 5,000 Chinese as
sistants, 250 hospitals and dispensaries
and that: at least 2,000,000 patients are
treated every year. , *
\u25a0 It was resolved \to urge the:" various
missionary } societies to unite ' in : estab
lishing thoroughly -equipped " medical
schools in as many.' as possible ; of ' the
large mission j centers*to urge i on*mls
sionaries . throughout^Chlnar.thaf they
should seek more energetically to com
bat the. great evil; of; "opium inyevery_
possible way and to appeal .to; the* home
churches to send* forth; more'- men* and
women fully qualified and;fully/conse
crated to carry on and : extend T this
work. - HHB^*;'' ".
Mount Hermon Excursion
Up to and including the "excursion
leaving San Franclßco on ; May ; ; 10. the
Southern Pacific Company yrill, have in
effect special Friday: to Monday exour-^
slon rates to. Mount Hermon- Park, in
the Santa Cruz mountains. -"**>""
These : rates : cover, round" trip , tickets
and three \u25a0 days' ? board . and - lodging <at
the hotel. \u25a0'" • \u25a0 \u25a0;.-.
Your • opportunity to enjoy a delight
fnl_weelc en<s holiday, •
>\u25a0" jsk any atent. -- - ---\u25a0\u25a0 •'\u25a0\u25a0 '.:-j~':: "-'\u25a0:. m:\u25a0
THE^ SAN.: FRANCISCO CA3X,,, SUNDAY,.
mac got together. One of. the agreeable
incidents of my visit was to : meet^a
grizzled little old" fellow, ' on , ; the ; ferry
who . saw.the J Monitor-Merrimac J scrap
and ' who j took ' pleasure \u25a0 in , showing i " on
the . spot's just,; how, it happened. \u25a0-.\u25a0••' lt
seemed mighty. real. n \u25a0', . : /-^/ -^ .*./ :;\u25a0"''':{
It does not hurt anybody, particularly
a ~ Calif ornian. to come "back : here and
make sure - that '\u25a0\u25a0' the :-_ legends ;he .has
heard 'are , really \ true. \ltfis *a | good
thing .to I return to 5 the -beginrilng 'and
get a mental moving picture l of , the' hls£
tory of hla country— a glorious,; history
all ' along, the' line, from , the time -?of;
John Smith to that, of Bob Evans. •
SAN RAFAEL SEEKS
MANUFACTURING PLANTS
Business Men Will^ Promote
Industrial Welfare of- \
- the City^
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL.
SAN RAFAEL. May, 4. — Energetic cf T
jforts are being, made 'by business men
here to Induce, manufacturers \u25a0: to locate
in San Rafael. Busines men have com
plained bitterly ; over '.the factVthat op^,
portunities . to -promote \u25a0\u25a0; the Industrial
and financial of * the city -jwere
allowed, to slip by and^taken advantage
of by % other;cities. , - .>';].;
" A petition has been' circulated among
the business houses- during. f the. j past
few /days' with a view »to .securing * the
permanent location of the Carson; glove
company, which was burned, out' in ;tho
San Francisco fire last April; vPractl-.
cally every .'., business firm -in^ the ; city
has subscribed to the guarantee asked
for by the company, the amounts,sub
scribed' ranging from '$100 -upward.
More ; than J6.000 has , been guaranteed
toward *the $7,soo : required. .The '\u25a0\u25a0 Marin
county bank, the E.-.K.; 'Woodc- lumber
company, ~ Jensen -& j. Schl osser ncom
pany, the Marin furniture company and
individual members { of $the ' board | of
trade | are j among | the more prominent
subscribers. ./, • •-' ;:\u25a0 \u25a0\u25a0\u25a0"• '- . r
The company, which- Is .occupying
temporary .quarters here,' employs ;at
the present time more than TOO opera
tors, and. will increase the force to 250
as rapidly as additional" room : can, be
secured. The 'payroll" .will amount- to
$10,000 a month.
The great activity exhibited by Oak
land and other cities in the. upbuilding
of their interests has resulted tin- a
strong sentiment -for eimilar.Haction
here. Other firms, if possible,' will be
Induced to locate hero by -the board
of traded and negotiations are being en
tered . with the result, it is hoped; in
bringing at least four" .well 7 known
firms to San, Rafael. , S . :
REMARKABLE SHOWING ;>:; >:
OF' SAN DIEGO ; S GROWTH
Some Interesting Statistics Gathered
by Census Marshal Harry
•: - . \u25a0 :[ ,: .Vincent - -..*.." : .
, SAX DIEGO, May 4.— The school'cen
sus Just, completed, shows Vthat the
claims made by the chamber of "com
merce and other public bodies -have
been correct and that thercity has" en-
Joyed a remarkable growth 'during'' the
present and' past years.-.- Census > Mar
shal 'Harry Vincent, has- Just -finished 4
his work, finding 7.085 childreh^under
17 years of age.ias against 5,666; a year
ago. Every ward in the cityfshows"an
increase, the largest <in the first ward/
320— over 33 per, cent. : The eighth : ward
shows 287 increase,' and the £ nlnth'2l7. v
Population ( figures count five | residents
toi one child under 17," so Ithatfon that
basis the population -\u25a0 is : 35,425.- : Some
cities of ;the middle west figure one' to
Bix.^but that is too high ; for >San',Dl£go.
though the floating population is large
here, all the time. ; •. '
GIVES L.WTD FOR VALLEY SCHOOL
. HOMESTEAD .VALLET,. May v : '4^-
Resldents_ In:; this vicinity :are, pleased
with the ar.tion of Lovell.^W'hite.fpresl;
dent of the Tamalpais land and water
company, who has donated to the im
provement . club a beautiful site - for
school -purposes. -The -club; will deed
the lot to tue school ; trustees; of . the
Mill Valley district; ; and ; a? building is
to be erected in -the; Immediate future
at an estimated cost of $3,000. ;
"I " IT—l— -« ' \u25a0.. —'....,»' M | \u0084, \u25a0„,, mi mi „. ... MU \u25a0\u25a0 .11 .. "m '.'\u25a0»\u25a0'.*):'•
|,P-N-*.^ •
Period Furniture {
Our window display I
of: Louis XV, Louis |l
! j , ' XVl,\QueenvvAririe, , I | --\u25a0\u25a0•
- - h Elizabethan, Georgian - ' = ; ' "
m^ ; pc- 1 >
Iriodsv represents the ; I i
ch o i ice s t : f u r n i t u r e ' :,~ --. 1 \u25a0:
makers^of lEiirope and
theonited Statesj and
sKioiuld^^r-jsee^^by/ \u25a0\u25a0.:'\u25a0- -^ i%
ev^ls;pne^inter ; esied/ :: '' r^^ I |*3
inartistic furriishihgsi :
; This collection con-^ '
sists of our own latest
imp^taUbhs as^ iwell ' . §1
\u25a0'a;"svpre'ces-^fC^'he :/ \ \\
McCann, Alien & Co. /: A | gj
stock recently -oiir- '
v s^.;: chased* by^; us^ r - ::-l)Www^s
j VAN ; NESS^SACRAJviE^TS?^i^f
.• - : \u25a0-\u25a0• ; \u25a0 \u25a0 ' »- " -* __" ' •'..," .\u25a0.',.''\u25a0\u25a0-'"\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 ' ' \u25a0- - - \u25a0 j *•-\u25a0,-""; ..-I-.- "- j-_ ._ - _ , \u25a0 . .*\u25a0 y^_ -
MARIN COUNTY DAIRIES
PUZZLE THE ASSESSOR
Official Wonders if t Pigs
Are Furnishing IMilkv
-Supply- v i
V- \u25a0WrECIAI/DISPATCHM'O'THE "'CALL.
'* : SA^' RAFAEL. May i 2.— Deputy': As,
scssorV-Thomas.; R. " : Maguire : -has {made
the.-remarkable..discovery..that' cows are
not -"'necessarllyj-:' adjuncts to a'? dairy
tsLTtn. ' i.6' y ''; :';:-• \u25a0",'.\u25a0: ':. " : - ; V, : -.: .-••'. >-;"-' i f;".
:".- Just; how" it \u25a0Is possible * for : dairymen
to'i maintain "'\u25a0 extensive' plants
thY ; lier r etofore supposedly necessary cat
tle" to:BUpply.;mSlk is a* question; which
Maguire is ; endeavoring to^solve. v.' ; -
He; has about reached \ the;' conclusion
that pigs employed -by.'the
men 'in -lieu of j cows^ There^ls^every
evidence V.to; support : his theory! in ', the
sworn \u25a0 statements of the leading dalry
man:ln\the~ Point;Rey*»s ~distrlct;lwhi<;h
is 'famed throughout the '\u25a0\u25a0 state" 1 , for' Its
milk,- and ' ;. ; .'\u25a0•.— .'\u25a0; j. •'\u0084w\u0084 w "_:CI j.
h'.'- In '4th e >: statements " appearing- on the
Marin county, assessment rolls 16 i of the
most • prominent ;' : dairymen •', of ,:the% dis
trict swear '.to owning 5 more than >\u25a0: 100
head iqt \u25a0 hogs . and j $360\worth j of j dairy
fixtures'; each. **?• XTo s mention ?is | made ' of*
cows, . consequently^ Maguire | draws ' the
inference that, pigs are; the; agents • em
ployed-to j furnish: the milk supply."
".'": "As " ari r \u25a0 illustration. 7 ? Joseph a'Adama/ 1
roads district^,- Point Reyes ; school Vdls-j.
trict, r lists shls personal; property, as: fo'f
lowsrV '.Wagon, $50ft farming
$50;i.'10 ; horses, v $275; 100 .hogs,: $225;
dairy fixtures," s3so. .} - ' - ::-'-'S'-:
:'\u25a0 ;An '% equally- peculiar condition "of;af
fairs '{. exists; 1 in ' the :*^Bolinas .{district,
where , returns .are made on « large"' herds
of ;mllchcows,sbut where -no \u25a0mention; is
madesof dairy appliances.^ Ai?"V.:L.auff
of this sdictrict- lists: 7} 20"ico w s;U$340.
but '„ apparently.;, he ii owns. s no f dairy* fix
tures. "Only'in a few instances. is even
a ' small " valuation placed oni'. fixtures.
The Western "creameries,! one r of- the
largest and most important concerns in
the Tomales district, has- 'only $700
worth of machinery. and dairy fixtures,
according to the returns: -„; - : .
ROGERS CONFESSES THE V '*s&
I .OLNEY| FARM' MURDERS
New York Fugi&ve -Who -Was '•. Cap-
tured in Los Angeles Admits He
V : "Slew Three Persons > Z-
\u25a0 MIDBLETOWN7 N. T.. May. 4.— •
Charles :H.' Rogers,' "who Is charged
with> the>. murder :of \- ther" two I Olney
brothers, "[• aged \u25a0.'farmers... -her e,^ and jj of
-Alice Ingerick, who, lived ;upbn* the"6l
ney- farm, -was ; brought ;hereVyesterday.
He was captured •in L.os Angeles after a
chase; which rcontlnuedi'more^ than a
year.": \u25a0• The detectives .who brought him
from the .west declare that Rogers had"
made •' a"*] complete \ confession, \u25a0, v *aying
that he had committee*, the .triple' mur
der'J and | that -. he j no. accomplice.
He secured $16 from his victims. / *
-Why buy your lumber. millwork
doors,- sash - and mouldings from "Tom.
Dick and Harry." iwheniyou. save your
self. trouble - and expense -buying all
from R. B. ; Moore Mill and , Lumber Co..
Folsom and i Fifth \u25a0 ' •
THE MYSTERIOUS MR. RAFFLES' I
WlliL/ BE 1
I B e -t w 'e ",e -n . J^ ; gji^d, 5. .;. p.. m. Sunday I
Jc^TGht HIM ANDWIN $3OO|
I See Oakland Herald for Particulars |
I 306 San Pablo Ay., QaMand 1
1 v HOW TO REACH SUNSET TERRACE— From San Francisco take either I
§ S.;P.'f€^^^erkele7 local to'^ and San |
|; Paj3lo;ltjien
I Miere you can buy; one of \u25a0: 1
GREWSOME RECORD OF
THE DRUMHEAD COURTS
Russian Statistics \u25a0 Show
:;;."\u25a0 Large Activity, or Surri
\u25a0s v i; mary Tribunals . . /
; ST. PETERSBURG, : ' May : 4.—Xews
paper statements published - yesterday
give the number , of sentences' imposed
under? the drumhead court martial law,
which expires today. •..- From these fig
ures it, appears that 1,444 persons;were
.executed. '. 79 /were v sent to the mine*
for; life,. 7lo were condemned to minor
terms 'of imprisonment and 71 were ac
quitted.:: -.; : ; \ ; , :, :; ' ; ; •
• In_r spite .of ; Premier iStolypin's order
suspending. the activity of the law after
the convocation of parliament except. in
the ' gravest cases.*; 39 persons ' have been
executed^since: Marcht 5.' The highest
monthly: number* of sentences" was. 26l,
in ' November ; last. . ;'
Three: hundred c arid twenty-four per
sons 'were; executed In , the Baltic ; pro-
GUATEMALA APOLOGIZES
TO DIAZ GOVERNMENT
Begs Pardon for Saying
Mexican Legation Har
bored Assassins /
CITT OF- MEXICO. May Aj—Guate
mala, has apologized to the -Mexican
government ; for • insinuating that the
Mexican . legation >at Guatemala - City
was harboring the men who are sus
pected ;of attempting to assassinate
President Cabrera of Guatemala last
Monday morning. .
Th« .lncident is . now closed .to the
satisfaction of the Mexican govern
ment. / - .
The traestlon. of extradition of Jo?e
Lima, charged* with compll«ity tn the
assassination 'Of former President Man
uel Barrillas of .Guatemala while the
latter was under, the protection of the
Mexican flag, is still pending.
Tlnces,; 212 In Poland. 195 in, th« Cau
casus and 103 In other provinces.