Los Angeles herald., 1909-01-30
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS

SITUATION GRAvE-The Balkan situa-
ton is again causing some anxiety at the
European capitals, according to dispatches from
London.
BARRIERS STRIKE-Unon BARRIERS at
Seattle are about to strike, the bosses having
notified them that guaranteed wages will be
cut from $1S to SIS per week.
DEADLOCK UNBROKEN-Isaac steph-
enson again failed for election to the United
States senate at Madison. Wis, yesterday He
received GO of the 131 votes cast.
PLAN BLOCKED-The plan to make Lin
coins centennial on February II a special holt
day was blocked by a committee Of the SEN
ate and house at Washington yesterday.
LONDON FOGGY-Yesterday was the
fourth day London has been hidden in a pail of
yellow fog which caused complete dsorganiza-
ton of traffic and business of all kinds.
GETS CONTINUANCE-After entering an
appearance before a referee of the federal
court and also before state court yesterday
OF the Fidelity Funding company, was excused
until Monday.
SHOCKS AT MESsINA-A number of
severe earthquake shocks Thursday, month
since the great earthquake overwhelmed the
city, caused great alarm. Terrific transforms
have caused much distress among the people
and suspended all work.
SEAMAN PRAISED-Secretary Of the
Navy Newberry has written letter to F. c.
A. J. Jennings, seaman on the u. S. S. Are
tEusa, commencing him for jumping overheard
and saving life during the fire at Mare is
land navy yard last September
PRAISES HARRIMAN-E. II. Hartman
is the strongest and abIest railroad man in
the world, said Senator Depew in discussing
Harriman's election as New York Central
director. Harriman's name. he said, was pro-
posed for director by Vanderbilt
ADOPT SUFFRAGE BIII-By a vote of
20 to IS, the house of representatives at Olym-
pia, Wash, today passed the equal suffrage
bill providing for the submission of con-
stitutional amendment at the next general cleo
ton The fate Of the bill in the senate is
MEASURE VETOED-The president has
vetoed the act of congress providing that Off
GERS of the army, navy and marine corps and
OF the revenue cutter service on the retired list
whose ranks are advanced in accordance with
the law, shall receive commissions with such
advanced rank.
TO FIGHT FRAUDS-Secretary Garfield
has appeared before the house appropriations
committee to urge the appropriation of $1,000,
900 for the fight on land frauds. The secre-
tary said many cases of alleged fraud had
been brought to light and the sum was neces-
sary to conduct prosecutions.
FROZEN TO DEATH-w. r. Mcclure
aged s. years, a pioneer prospector and miner
of the Mount Princeton district, six miles west
of Buena Vista, Colo, was found frozen to
death in his cabin the top of Mount
Princeton yesterday. Practically every trail
leading to his camp had been obliterated.
CREW Is SAVED-Captain Goulding and
twenty-five of the crew of the burned steamer
Venture have been returned to Victoria B. c.,
on the Skeena river by the steamer Princess
Beatrice. They report the disaster due to the
ursetting Of torch in the engine room. The
steamer burned to the waters edge
GOMPERS DEFIANT-@As good men have
been in Jail as any of the three of us. If they
want their pound of flesh they may have it,
bur they'll find no yellow streaks in it, said
President Samuel Gompers of the American
Federation of Labor to the Ethical Social
league Of New York at a meeting yesterday.
TO HONOR MEMORY-With the two
fold purpose of honoring the memory of Dwight
Griswold, Yale 1908, who died recently in San
Francisco, and of stimulating interest in the
new university boat house. the Yale junior
promenade committee has proposed that the
surplus this year be turned into the fund of
the new boat house
DENIES OLD RUMOR-T. f. Dunaway,
vice president and manager Of the Nevada,
California & Oregon railway, when shown the
report from Carson relative to the purchase of
the narrow gauge by the Western Pacific,
stated in emphatic terms at Reno yesterday
that there truth in the report and that
it was another recuTrent rumOr of long stand
ing
DUTCH DENfANDs-A special from The
Hague to Amsterdam says the Dutch demands
on Venezuela include consular convention
assuring the appointment of Venezuelan con-
suls in the Dutch West Indies freedom of
entry at Venezuelan ports for all Dutch YES
sells, the abolition of the three per cent extra
shipping dues and fishing right for Dutch YES
sells in Venezuelan waters.
CHANGE ITINERARY-On account of
the stormy weather which would make coal
ing difficult in Teutuan bay, that rendezvous
for the American fleet has been abandoned.
The first division viii go to Gibraltar harbor
and the remainder meet in Gibraltar bay where
they viii coal from golfers. The Hankton re-
ports by wireless tonight that Seaman White
of st. Louis was washed overheard and lost.
FEARS FOUL PLAY. L. Alnutt, aged
IS, father of a local restauranteur at Marys-
vile, Call mysteriously disappeared from here
last Friday and has not since been heard from.
His son believes he has met with foul play. At
the time of his disappearance trains were not
running account of the high water. He had
something like $500 and expected to. start
roeming house He came from Meadvlle, Mo-,
two war tbe md bac wife iNin