And Hold Conference to Prevent
Suspension of Work on Expira
C tion of Wage Agreement.
INDIAN APOUS, Ind., March 17.—
A new wage agreement to prevent
any suspension of work on April 1,
upon which date the present contract
between operators and miners in
Ohio, Indiana and Western Pennsyl
vania expires, was the important
matter discussed here today at a con
ference between miners and operators.
The operators reiterated state
ments made previously that if other
Mates follow the example of Ohio in
the passing of laws similar to the
Ohio anti-screen law, it will put them
but of business. By the Ohio law
miners are paid on a run-of-the-mine
basis. The present contract between
the miners and the operators express
ly states that unless there has been
a month of disagreement over the
wage question, Jhe agreemnt cannot
be terminated by a strike or walkout.
Operators today declared that the
conference of today was called in
had faith in order that the disagree
ment will have continued for a month
by April 1. The miners'-hotly denied
the charge.
DOM ARNOLD
NOT BEEN FOUND
Woman In Los Angeles Is a Mrs.
Odell, Who Has Lost Her Mind Be
cause of Arrest of Husband.
LOS ANOKLKS. March 17. The
woman who yesterday claimed that
she was the long lost Dorothy Arnold,
the daughter of a New York million
aire, it turns out today is a Mrs. Odell,
the wife of a local chauffeur, who has
^one crazy and has many notions.
So well did she carry out her part
anti so familiar had she become with
the story of the lost New York girl
that she was able to fool the police
for some time until under close exam
ination she let slip a few details of
her life and upon investigation the
police soon found out her real name.
The woman had lost her mental
balance some time ago when her hus
band was arrested for passing worth
less checks and he is now in jail
awaiting trial.
The family of Dorothy Arnold have
been notified that it was all a mis
take.
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Leaves a Day Late—Has 49 for Val
dez, 60 for Seward and the
Westward Canneries
SEATTLE. Starch 17.- The steam
er Admiral Sampson, of the Admiral
Lino, left here last night for Valrt*/,
Seward and way ports. The boat lina
a cai/H#ity. shipment of freiftbt.
The Valdez passenger list is as i'jI
'ciws: Sidney Drake, T. McDonald.
Mrs Wallers, Knberi Green. K.
Brown, Willi,mi Crandall, F. Wra.i
stedt, O. Rider and wife, HotMfrt G.’ay
Thomas Maettn, Charles Karmlola, A.
Syif^er. W. id Heftier and 35 secon
! dans.
The launch W- *1’- M- loft this morn
iafe for Port Wells with freight and
ivasscmgerst tor the Granite mine
COJL OIL JOHNNY
FINDS 1 ROCK
NEW YORK, March i7.—John D.
Rockefeller, the oil king, has discov
ered an immense boulder or rock on
Long Island and immediately purchas
ed it for his big country jfelace at
Poncatioo, where it will lie taken
and carved into a fountain for the
big lawn in front Of )he nLihsloh
Contractors iminediately startled
the work of taking the rock to the
water, where it will be loaded Oh a
scow. It will require 200 hprses to
haul the immense boulder ahd special
cars will be provided to carry the
rock to the estate of the oil mag
nate.
OPIUM GROWERS
NOW FARMERS
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Potatoes Take Place of Drug Plant j
—Government Destroys the
Poppy Fields.
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AMOY, China.—With the develop- .
iiient of civilization along the West
ern lines, the isolated province ol
Fukien is rapidly undergoing import
ant changes. It may soon be Imag
ined that a chunk has been taken
out of New England or some other
farming region of the United States
and laid down in China, for there
are increasing evidences that fields
once wholly devoted to the poppy
will be turned over to potatoes and
corn.
Progress has put its foot down on |
the opium business. Outside of China
there are probably few persons who
realize how great a blow this action
has dealt at a means of sustenance
to a province whose resources al
ready were overtaxed to maintain its
crowded population. Opium always 1
has bought a good price in local mar
kets and formed an important source
of the farmer’s revenue. It is small
wonder that campaigns against the '
drug have met with armed resistance.
Sporadic, and reckless destruction
of full-grown crops came last year j
with such a suddenness that farmers j
were not conscious that the govern j
ment was in earnest until they saw
their entire season’s work lost. This
year a new method is to be tried. In
stead of waiting until the plants are
grown and then destroying the crop,
the government has served noticethat j
all opium plants will be destroyed as ;
soon as they appear in the field, In '
many instances the summary destruc- ;
tion of the crop last year caused riot I
and bloodshed, but the notices this j
year seem to be convincing farmers !
that the government means business, j
and the destruction of the young j
plants already under way has not '
j caused the strife which resulted last
jyear. The new policy is meeting with
| the approval of the farmers, and once
I they see that they must give up the)
poppy, they are turning to indigo, po
i tatoos and corn.
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Anotner enange a ume less iangi
j hie. but none the less marked, is the
new spirit of freedom. During the
| revolution, Fukienese men and money
j were not lacking to do the province’s
I part in the overthrow of the hated ,
! Manchu government. But, that ac
| complished, trusting that a clean gov
j eminent would be organized by the i
I “patriots’1 who were clamoring for
J control, the people of Fukien settled
down lo business, and the general de
sire has been for peace and quiet.
The fact that Fukien is practically
isolated from its neighboring prov
inces, shut in by high mountain
ranges, and dependent upon coolies
and pack stiimtls fbr transport to the.
Interior, has driven the rukieuse to
tue sea. 'me island of Formosa jy~
{Ing directly opposite the province
j was colonized by FilleneS* seafarers
j long ago. 'the su’cceHS of which en
. terprise hits encouraged the merch -
j ants to extend their zone of operations
: until the southern coast of Asia as far
iaS the Nfelay peninsula, and most of
| the southern islands, are noVt dotted
! with Fukienese colonies.
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TROOPS RELEASE
MOTHER JOKES
Old Woman Who Tried to Aid the
Colorado Striker* is Ordered to
Leave .the State.
DENVER, Colo., March 17.—Mother
Jones, the leader of the Virginia coal
strikers, who later came here to aid
the strikers in the Colorado coal
mines and who was arrested upon
orders of General Chase because af
ter being deported from the strike
zone she had again tried to return to
the district and lead the strikers, was
teleased today upon the order of
General Chase after being deported
from the strike zone she had again
tried to return to the district and lead
the strikers, was released today upon
the order of Gen. Chase, She was
ordered lo immediately leave the
state.
A detail of troops accompanied the
aged woman to the station and saw
that the orders of the commanding
officer of the national guard were
carried out.
The strikers are still determined to
resist the operators and will fight to
the bitter end.
Gen. Chase in making the order
deporting Mother Jones stated that
she was the most dangerous agitator
in the country and was a firebrand of
the worst order, who could arouse
the men to all kinds of crime and
induce them to attack the troops and
destroy the property of the mine
owners.
MAS DISAGREED
Out for 57 Hours But Cannot Reach
a Verdict in the Case of Lickets
Against James.
CORDOVA. March 17. Judge F. M.
Brown discharged the jury this morn
ing in the case of C. H. Lickets versus
W. E. James after they "had been
wrangling for 57 hours and still were
unable to reach an agreement.
It is not known yet if the case
will be retried at this term of court
or put over the term.
Judge Brown has taken the cases
of Nicol and Foster against \V. A.
Johnson, Foster vs. Johnson, and
Lickets vs. Johnson under advise
ment. The attorneys agreed upon a
statement of facts which was present
ed to the court yesterday.
Decision will be reserved for sever
al days and possibly until after all
the Chisnna jury cases are disposed
of.
BUIS ft TBAIN
Destroy Nine Passenger Cars of Eng
lish Railroad—Leave Demand for
Right of Suffrage.
BlflMlNGHAM. Km;., March 17.
The "Arson Squad” of the Punkhurst
militant suffragette party today suc
ceeded in destroying nine passenger
coaches of ftlje Great Kastern rail
road in the local yards here.
The train was on a siding and the
women set Are to all the cars at one
time then suddenly disappeared in
the crowd before they were discover
ed. In ortjer J}iai the* men might know
it was done .by the militants they left
many j^tmards,,.ticked to the cars
deflmhdtosrvotq* tqr Women.
No armetn^f^e made by the po
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MANY JAPS DIE IN
FAMINE DISTRICT
—
Conditions Are Accute—Girls Sold
Into Lives of Slavery and Shame
by Their Parent*.
TOKIO, Japan, March 17.—The re
ports from the famine district in the
northeast portion of Japan show that
the famine is more accute than that
of the winter of 1S05-6, when thou
sands of men, women and children
died from starvation.
The storms of last August sent the
ocean waves high up on the land and
millions of acres of rice land was de
stroyed along the coast.
So accute is the situation and so
gloomy the outlook that several of
the leading newspapers of this city
have opened subscriptions for relief
funds. Baron Shibusawa, Count
Okuma and other lfhding men of
this city and Yokohama have formed
themselves into a committee compos
ing a relief organization and have al
so brought the matter to the at.ten
tion of the national parliament.
Thousands of the young girls of the
famine district have been sold to the
owners of houses of ill-fame, as the
parents need the money to keep the
rest of the family from starving.
Christian missions are doing all in
their power to stop the practice and
in some instances have paid for the
girls and have placed them in the mis
sions to be educated and later after
the famine the girls will be returned
to their homes.
ASQUITH TALKS
TOR ROME RULE
Starts the Fight to Give Ireland an
Independent Government—Ul
ster Opposes.
LONDON, March 16. The sailer
ies of the House of Lords were pack
ed to oevrflowing here today when
Premier Asquith delivered his speech
in favor of the Home Rule bill the
government has decided must be
granted to Ireland.
In spite of fthe threats of armed
resistance from the Protestants of
Ulster county, who have been arm
ing themselves and drilling for many
months and in the face of the oppo
sition from many districts of Eng
land the Asquith ministry Is determ -
ined to secure the enactment of the
Irish Home Rule bill.
All the leaders of the Irish Nation
alist party were in tne gallery and
many high government officers listen
ed to the speech of the prime minister.
The opposition will reply tomorrow.
IOBE TRUST BILL
SAYS CHE
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| Senators Do Not Take Kindiy to Wil
son Plan of Many Bills on
One Subject.
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! ’ WASHINGTON, March 17. -The
!Senate sub-committee today decided
i that they would recommend that the
i four trust bills known as the foursis
I’ter's be dropped and that oiio bill con
Uaiulpg th‘e contents of fall four be
i drawn and passed.
[ The members of the committee do
: not take kindly to: the passage of so
; mtiny separate hills upon one sub
ject "and are determined to incor
Virtue till of thedi in one.
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G. A. Lewis Is in down from the
: VjUrmtetw Drop roajlhoutm
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COUNTY CORK IS
SWEPTBY STORM
QUEENSTOWN, Ireland, March 17.
—A terrible storm swept over (he
southern section of Ireland Iasi night
and scores of people were killed ahd
much property was lost.
The storm was one of the worst
since the days of fthe “big wind" and
left a path of death through the
southern section of the country.
Relief has been sent to the scene
of the worst disaster in years and
the injjred will be cared for.
The worst of the storm was in coun
ty Cork, where the death list was the
greatest and the loss of property the
heaviest. j ' #
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™Kes
Claim That Railroad Rates Are Too
High—Appeal to Interstate Com
merce Commission.
SPRINGFIELD, 111.. March 17.—
Will Illinois’ new public utilities com
mission in deciding grain freight rates
Continue to follow the Interstate Com
merce Commission as it did in its
rulings on the giving of passes and
transportation and the fixing of ex
press rates? This was the question
that) today agitated farmers and
i grain shippers throughout Illinois
: when their representatives came here
! to plead before the state commission
! for the present freight tariffs as
j against a one per cent sliding in
crease.
Within the first month of its or
jganization the commission adopted
to the letter the federal board’s
; classification of persons who may be
i granted passes or transportation by
carrier utilities and accepted the In
lerstate Commission’s schedule of ex
press tariffs for shipments within tin
slate. What the railroads asked to
day was that the Interstate Commis
sion's scale of grain rates be en
forced for shipments within Illinois.
! The railroads began clamoring for
the grain freight increase a year ago.
! From time to time decision was de
ferred by the old railroad and ware -
house commission. When the first
hearing was given by the commission,
a postponement was allowed until to
day with the priviso that whatever
today’s decision the rates , asked
should not go into effect until March
23. The contention of the fanners is
that the cost of carrying grain has
not increased out of ratio to other
freight carrying costs and that the
additional burden proposed to grain
shipments is unjust and discrimina
tory. They claim that while other
states are proposing to increase the
grain freight rates only five per cent
the Illinois carriers ask an increase
of 16 2-3 per cent.
Wanted—A Paleontologist.
WASHINGTON. March 17. -Some
chap who knows all about trimming
down rocks and picking the fossils
therefrom—in other words a paleon
tologist—will get in I'ncle Sam’s
service us the result of a civil service
examination to be given tomorrow
for the position of assistant prepara
tor in paleontologist for the national
museum.
Will It Be the Bpllt Troueer?
WASHINGTON. Marco 17. The
Ptca'dllly coat, the “seentore” Norfolk
jack, and the tight-IUtlBg trouser
discussed here today h.v the Tnterna
tional Custom Cutters’ Association at
tfee opening sessions of a four- day
convention. The association is su
p rente in deciding styles for men. It
they ordered split trousers, split
trousers would be the rage.
kaflle*' Record
In the past for giving tho best Unit
at a dance has «<jt yet heen beaten
Conte to the one Tuesday eve. March
17—St. Patrick"v eve
Wat ok crystals 2$c. il»*t & Co it
CUPID BUS! HI
WHITE HOUSE
Engagement of Mrs. Wilson’s Cousin,
Miss Helen Bones, to Dr. Grey
son, is Reported.
WASHINGTON, March 17.—Miss
Helen Bones, A cousin of Mrs. Wood -
row Wilson, who has been living at
the White House since the inaugura
tion of President Wilson, acting as
the contidential secretary of the wife
of the president, is reported engaged
to Dr. Greyson, the president's phy
sician.
The announcement of the three en
gagements of the two unmarried
daughters of President Wilson and
the cousin of Mrs. Wilson, all resi
dents of the White House, along with
the recent wedding of Mrs. Sayres,
has caused all the young society girls
who would like to be married to hope
that cupid will qui£ working at the
home of the president and spend some
I time in their neighborhoods.
Onother Earthquake in Japan.
j TOKIO, March 17. Official reports
I from the Island of Hondo of the re
j cent earthquake give the total number
j of dead at 80 and many injured, while
1 the property loss is not given.
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Doesn’t Like His Att?cks Upon He ■
1 Husband, Who is Minister o
Finance—He Resigns.
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l’AKIS, March 17. • (Saxton Car
I m«‘!if. tiic editor of Figaro, the i ai.
|ing French newspaper here, was kiih i
j today by the wfe of M. Callaux i:i
j his office because of the attacks mao-*
I upon her husband in the Fiagro and
for which she says tier husband is
unable to secure justice against the
purely political attacks.
Callaux immediately resigned h.s
office when informed that his wit>»
nad killed Calmette. He stated th. (
he had no thought that his wife would
attack Calmette, although he knew
that the terrible and unjustified polit
ical slanders for which the French
law provides no penalty were slow y
undermining her health and that he
had contemplated withdrawing fro.a
public life because of them and ti >
effect on his wife’s health.
it is generally believed heie th it
Mrs. Callaux wil not he convicted, for
the crime.
CHINESE PIRATES
Board Norwegian Steamer Childar and
Secure Shipment of $30,000
in Co'ct.
HONGKONG, China, March 27
Chinese pirates last night boarded
the Norwegian ship Childar, which
was tied to the dock and after gagg ng
the members of ft he crew they rob
bed the ship of <80,000 in gold which
was being shipped by etpreas.
The bandits knew of the shipment
of bullion and made every prt-par «
tion to secure the money. The mri
bers of the crew were overpowered
nnd gagged.
"The Mosaic Caw," is a two *>■<
K. 0. sensational ptettrre 4t the «>r
jiheun) tonight.