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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
MONOPOLY OF RADIUM.
Austrian Government Gets Possession OF
Mines at st. JOachimsthal.

WASHINGTON, March 10. United States
Consul w l.. Lownie at Carlsbad. Austria.
reports that the Austrian Government
has obtained posse ssion Of the worlds
known supply Of radium. In his report
mede public by the Bureau OF Manufac-
lures. he SAYS:
According TO n statement which ap-
peared recently in the Austrian pres,
the Government has bought the only
two radium mines ct ST. JoachimsthGl
that We're owned by private individuals
The price is said to be 1900. 200 crowns
$500 OOO) for the two mines. Sachi sche
Edelleutestollen and Hergottszeche.
During the last four years many ef-
forts have been made by various financial
institutions OF Germ any and France to
purchase these deposits Of pitchblends
Ii is estimated that the two mines will
annually yield about three grams (gram
0035?7 avoirdupois ounce) Of r8dium and
1000 kilos lkilo 2.20a6 pounds) of uranium
(saltsj. the latter vclued At $40. 900. Their
purchase by the Austrian Government
gives it practicall' monopoly on the
radium output Of the world. and il is
clsimed that the annual production will
be five grams valued ~ spO. 900, as soon
as the factory at Joachimsthal is in full
operation, using the ore from the mines
recently acquired in addition to that
taken from the old silver mine which has
been the source of supply
As a fur her aid 10 the development
Of Joachiinsthai a. :. resort FOR the trrai :
menf of disease by radium the Govern
ment has planned in connection with
Saxony for the extension OF the railroad
through the Keilberg 10 Weipert to con-
meet with The Saxon lines. The project
involves the construction OF about forty
kilometers OF railroad and tunnel three
kilometers long under the Keilberg,
the highest mountain Of the Erzgebirge.
THE cost OF the improvement is esti-
mated az $8,oOo.O0O, Al present Joachims-
thel is the terminus Of spur Of the Busch.
tehrader Railroad, running from Setback
enworth, ten miles from Carlsbad"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
MENTAL TEST FOR HELLO GIRLS
Prof. Muensterburg Puts Cambridge Ex-
change to Work Crossing Out "A's."

y.
CAMBRIDGE. Mass. March lO.-The
local telephone company management.
annoyed by the fact that its operators
after learning the rudiments of the
business soon abandoned II for some other
employment, recently called in Prof Hugo
Muensterburg. head of the psychology
cal department of Harvard
The professor brought all the Begin
ners together in the exchange and set
them before tables upon which were
newspapers In given time the class
was required to go down the first col
umn Of page and cross out every "a"
that appeared. Then they did the same
with the second and the third columns
and SO on.
The test showed that some of the girls
had got 80 per cent. OF the letters in
the first column, fewer in the second
and SO on. Others improved as they
went on. Some We're very bad, crossed
out other letters than the IA" and
sometimes skipped the "a's"
Each paper was signed by the girl
who worked upon It and all were given
to Prof. Muensterburg, who is to put
them away for six months. At the ex-
pirntion OF that time they will be taken
out and the percentages compared with
the reports which tile telephone COM
pany has to make of the girls.
The idea is that girls who haven't
find II difficult 10 learn to manipulate
the cord on a switchboard.
; Prof. Muensterburg believes that
psychological tests will play Q great
part In the employment OF help OF ali
sorts In the future,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
FRENCH CHEER THEIR TROOPS.
But the Oycrwisc Detect Imperial Plot
in Millerand's Inn 0yations.
Spseial Cab!e Despa.ch 10 The SLY

Special Gable Despatch 10 TIRE Sux.
PARIt. March l0.-The second innova-
tion of Minister Of War Millerand in the
grand spring military review to-day
met with the same success as his revival
of the military tattoos in which some
regiment of the Paris garrison parades
with its ba~d every Saturday night
The review was held in beautiful weather
on the Vincennes race track Thousands
of people We're present. the attendance
equalling that al the Fourteenth of July
review in the Bois de Boulogne
The greatest enthusiasm was display ed
over the evoutions of two dirigible bal
looms and eight aeroplanes. especially
when the latter passed few yards in
front of the stands, The officer pilot was
plainly visible as he saluted President
Fahieres.
The review and the tattoos have done
much to knock out the remnants OF anti
m'litarism. which has beensteadily losing
around since the Agadir affair; but Paris
would not be Paris II occult motives were
not attributed to NJ. Millerand's innova-
lions. The gossips whisper that they
are part Of a Napoleonic plot to have the
President elected by plebiscite in 1913
They say that NJ, Millerand has been won
over TO the imperial cause as former
Premier BRAND was some time ago, and
that the army is to be made popular for
Use in coup d'e,at. With this end in
view tho Republican Generals are being
replaced by Conservatives,
The recent visit OF the Empress Eugene
to France is said to have had reference
TO the scheme
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
KNOCKOUT FOR LIE BOXE.
ryefect Leplne Of Paris Says PuGiiists
Must Not Hurt Each Other.

Spsoio, Gable Despatch to THE SUN.
FAHis. March 10.-The boxing world
;s in n state OF CONSERVATION tonight
over an order issued by NJ. Lepine. the
l'refect Of Police, prohibiting boxing
matches in future unless absolute guar
antees are given that there will not be
q fatal result. The order Is the direct
result of a fatal fight on Friday night.
when Raphael Belli. a French boxer.
died from the effects Of a blow deliv-
cred by Evernden, an Englishman. with
whom he was giving an exhibition.
The Public Prosecutor has opened an
inquiry into Bellis death and Evernden
Is under arrest on the charge Of having
with violence unintentionally killed his
opponent. The body of Belli has been
taken to the morgue for an autopsy.
Boxing Is only Ave years old in Paris,
but the interest in It and the hold 1t has
taken on the public may he imagined
from Prince Roland naparte's first
remark when THE SuN correspondent
went to ask him what he thought OF
Capt. Amundsens exploit in reaching
the south pole. why speak of that"
queried the Prince, when all Paris is
preoccupied with the death of boxer"
1t il generally hoped that the autopsy
will show that Bell was suffering from
heart disease, as has been rumored
This is the first death that has lmme-
djatcly ensued from fight in France
although Prof Guydo received such a
blow from Jeffries when the latter was
champion that he took to his bed and
died later.
The present police regulations say
that the matches must not have the
character of a combat. but simple
demonstration OF skill. Blows which
are likely to cause injuries are forbid
den
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
HUNGER AND HOPE
GROW IN ENGLAND
Optimists Think Coal Strike May
End This Week. but Strik-
ers Stand Pat.
food SUPPLIES LOOTED
-,.,,,,-t,.
Ramsay Macdonald Blames Asqulth--
25O.OOO Westphalian Miners to
Quit To-day.
food SUPPLIES LOOTED
Special cable Dispatches TO THE SUN.


LONDON. March IO.-A mass meetin <
place in Trafalgar Square this afternoon
was prohibited by the police for fear dis
order might result from II.
The Postmaster General announces that
there will be delay in forwarding domestic
mails owing to the suspension OF services
by many railroads.
The London County Council has made
a move to economize in the use OF coal
during the present strike. 1t has decided
to curtail the municipal street car service
beginning tomorrow. In order to reduce
the Inconvenience caused by this order
would-be Passengers will be allowed TO
stand on corners while waiting for car.
Ordinarily this is not allowed.
Notwithstanding the general opinion
that J. Ramsey Macdonald. the leader of
the Labor party in the House OF Commons, ;,
was cooperating with Premier Asquith in
an effort to bring about a settlement of
the strike, Macdonald roundly abused the
Lancashire. to-day. He said that the
present deadlock was due TO what he
characterized as the foolish bungling o
Mr.. Asquith.
The new week sees the strike no nearer
settlement than its predecessor. OPP
timisos expect much from the conferences
which are on the weeks programme. but
the overwhelming opinion is that the
strike will continue another month at
least in South Wales. The miners OF
Northumberland and Derbyshire also are
still determined 10 give in to nothing
less than the scheduled minimum wage
The industrial upheaval goes from bad
to worse. Trains in the rural districts
OF Northumberland and Cumberland have
ceased running. Railroads from the east
west and northeast are almost stopped.
Half the staf is suspended and the other
half working only three days a week.
In the Mold district families are starv-
ing. Looting has begun and the stealing z
OF tame pigeons and raids on potato pits
are common.
London shopkeepers will increase prices
OF bread. butter and all foodstuffs again
tomorrow.
BERLIN. March lO-Nearly a quarter
OF a million Westphalian miners will 20
on strike tomorrow for higher wages
and shorter hours. This decision was
reached to-day at a meeting of delegat ties
from the socialist miners unions. The
vote was 5O7 TO -.
Numerous meetings were held in the
Ruhr district subsequently and the de-
cision OF the delegates was enthusiastically
ratified. The mine owners say the strike
il in sympathy with that OF the British
miners. The men deny this.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
REVOLT OVER BALKY HORSES.
Corona Volunteers VIII Answer No
Alarms Until They Get New Team.

Ausu huUs WV
A team OF ballSy. horses belonging 10
the New York Fire Department and
assigned for the use of Volunteer
Engine Company No. 8, Smith avenue.
Corona has caused revolt In the COM
pany. and at a special meeting yester-
day afternoon the officers were in
structed to communicate with Fire
Commissioner johnson and inform him
that until a new team Is sent TO the
company they will not attempt to re-
spond to alarms.
The crisis came about | o'clock on
Saturday morning when there was an
alarm for a small fire on Rapelyea ave-
nue.. Corona. The members of the en-
gine company turned out in the cold
and hurried to the fire house. The team
Of bays was harnessed to the steamer
and the fire was set going In the Are
box.
The members OF Hose Company No.
8, who also bunk In the Smith street
house, got out promptly and were on
their way when the steamer was pulled
into the street. Just outside the house
the team balked.
The balky team refused to move until
the members Of Hose got back from
the fire, Fortunately the fire was put
out without the use Of the steamer.
Otherwise the building would have
burned down with the steamer fast at
the firehouse door.
The company's revolt followed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
YUAN SHlH KAl PRESIDENT.
u. 3. Diplomats the Only Foreign Repre-
sentatives at Swearing In at Pekin.

u. =. Diplomats The Only Foreign Repre-
sentatiyes at Swearing In at Pektn.
Special cable Dispatches TO TIE srs.
PEKIN, March 1O.--Yuan Shih kai was
sworn in as President OF the provisional
Republic of China at the Wal WI Pu, or
Chinese Foreign Office. this afternoon.
The delegates from the Nankin assembly
number Of provincial representatives
and other prominent persons as well as
the Secretaries and Military Attache
Of the American legation were present
at the ceremony. The other foreign
legations were not represented.
Yuan made an avowal Of loyalty to the
republic which was supplemented by an
oath that he would retire when perma =
nent President was chosen
Extreme simplicity was the keynote
Of luans Inauguration. His declaration
was very brief and may he translated:
"since a republic has been founded there
IL much work to be done. I will try
faithfully.to develop the republic. remove
the disabilities of absolutsm. observe the
constitutional laws, develop the country 8
welfare, and bind the five races of the
nation strongly together. When the
National Assembly appoints permanent
President will retire.
II swear this before the Chinese re-
public
II was noticeable that the Nankin dele
gates who were foremost in the large
assembly wore European dress. This
contrasted strangely with the native
costumes OF the old dignitaries whose
manner was most solemn.
After Yuan had taken the oath Tsi
Yuan Pei. a leading Nankin delegate.
made brief address to the new President
who read his reply.
Then two Grand Lamas in yellow robes
presented President Yuan with two
golden Buddhas covered with the cere-
monial cloth called the hata. The pre-
sentation was equivalent to offering hom-
age to the supreme earthly chief.
Yuan removed the hata and placed il
around the necks of the Grand Lamas.
thereby signifying the sovereignty OF
China over Tibet. The Chinese news
papers were numerously represented at
the ceremony for the first time in history.
LONDON. March 1o.-A Tein-tsin de-
spatch to the Daily Mail says the Innis-
killing Fusiliers will march out at day
break on Monday with orders to arrest
all Chinese soldiers found in the foreign
concessions and to shoot down any Of
these who may offer resistance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
GOV. ODDIE NOT NOW ENGAGED.
Admits Rupture Of Romance with Rich
California Widow.

RENO. March IO,-The marriage enga xe-
ment that existed for sevegal months be
tween Mrs. Dale Hartley Baker OF Cali
fornia and Gov. Tasker l.. Oddie Is broken
OF. -.
Mrs Baker Is the widow OF Reeves Baker.
the late wealthy lumberman OF Oregon.
sister-in-law OF Attorney General Cleve-
land Baker OF Nevada. who married a
daughter Of Senator Perkins Of California
and OF Ray Baker. warden of the Nevada
penltentiary; DurinG, visits Of the widow
TO CLEVELAND Bakers home in Csrson. City
the wedding was to have been in the early
1T Il all Of, There was something 10
oddis admitted ia:t tight. SSscA'n nov. GOV
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
CHURCHES UNITE WORK
TO ATTRACT PEOPLE
Protestant and Catholic Clergymen
Count Attendance al Vari-
Gus Services.
INTEREST IN THE CAMPAIGN
Signs on Billboards Ask New Rochelle
Larchmont and Pelhsms to Find
Church Homes.


" 'oo"e''e' 'arcihoh, ana the rel
as na'e d churcngo'he campaign
cs.''I,," az 'we"'y Iro'es'aH' ana '"o
a.o'o o"urcnes counts were maze OF
a''e""a"oe ana also Oh 'he numbers OF
e'' ieu anu piue signs on oi'iooards
""u "'ose'ops STARE a, one from many
""s'eS anu sc. many 10 taikihg' ouo'y'
yesterday III the churches the preachers,
rs far as heard refrained from mention
ing the campaign in their sermons. The
camnaiun thsv said Ia TO- o,,,.;,,. ono.
:, r. ~ 80 ~
IN the usual form. Here is a sample OF the
signs:
Ho long would you live here n ,b-r. were
no churches here
There are 6,O bows and g.r., In the public
schools There are fewer han 500 in the Bible
S'no''s' arc you !" 'h's number " not Why
Some weeks ago the Rev. W. W. T..
Duncan, pastor of st. Johns Methodist
Church. New Rochelle. went to the Rev.
DIR. Charles +. Canedy rector of Trinity
Episcopai Church. a. the oldest New
Rocbe,I. minister resident and ,sked
nb,t h. ,horgb, -, church ,r,;,u 60,
-. M, ,c-..,. ,
p''sn ioi lent me 1rihity man SAID
ne 'hought well oil u. 30 the cam
paign was formed. Twenty Protestant
churches went in--six Episcopal. three
Methodist. three Baptist. three Lutheran.
ops African and four presbyterian tn.
R,essed Sacrament and s. C.h,;.Ts
p.,,., c..L.,: r,,t
,n' , "."oh' e"u' o"es are no' ior.naiy
Jo'neu. pu. are Known ,o De syHpathetlc.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
BRIQUETTES FOR COAL.
A BeIatcd Expedient of 100? W ~ BE Used
In Case OF strike Now.

A Related Expedient of 100? W III BE Used
In Case OF Strike Now.
The coat dealers OF this as well as other
cities will continue to go lightly in taking
orders pending the result of the confer
ence on W ednesday between the committee
OF the anthracite operators and the COM
mittee Of mine workers. In case a new
proposition is made by the mine workers
and negotiations to avert a strike are
opened the retail market may ease up.
Small steam sizes. which are in demand
all the year round. are not so scarce as
has been said in some quarters. The
president OF one OF the coal carrying roads
said last evening:
There is easily thirty days supply
of steam sizes on hand. one place or
another. at present. and no one knows
what u month may bring forth. This
ordinarily would be considered 4 fairly
good stock.
"As 10 whether or not there will be a
q trike no one could honestly say at the
present. II depends on the mine work
ers"
An expedient which figured near the
close OF the strike of 1902 and relieved
the situation somewhat then will he re-
sorted to more largely in case OF a pro-
longed strike now This In the manufact,We
of briquettes. made Of the refuse OF the
culm heaps after the small steam sizes
of coal have been extracted. treated with
chemicals and used IA substitute for
coal Briquettes are burned as a substi-
tute for steam coal a II the time in number
OF apartment houses
II was said yesterday that the average
tidewater price of anthracite has not
changed, the premium on all sizes being
ascribed to some Of the middlemen, job
bers and independent operators.
In case Of long strike supervision
of the distribution of anthracite on hand
is likely, SO that no one may get an undue
supply to the disadvantage OF others.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
TO BUILD RAILROAD IN SPAIN!
John +. stevens Said TO Have Taken q
500, 1000, 900 Contract.

PORTLAND. Ore. March 1O.--John F..
Stevens. President Roosevelt's appolnte ee
as chief engineer OF the Panama
Canal and later head OF the Hin lines In
Oregon. has just secured 1t is reported
here. contract TO construct 36O,-
100000 railroad In Spain.
Stevens opened Offices Of the Stevens
Engineering Company at IS Wall street,
New York. after he left the Hill lines
here and he took an extended vacation
to Europe, looking over the field for
railroad construction.
IL Is said that Stevens will start con-
struction work In June ana after COM
pletion Ia to turn the road over for
operation TO the Spanish Government,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
PARACHUTE MAN NEAR DEATH.
Berry's Umbrella Falls Faster Than He
Does From AerOplune.

Sr. Loris. March 10.--Aibert Barry
the first man to make a parachute jump
from an aeroplane. narrowly escaped a
fatal fall when he leapod from blplane
piloted by Antony Janus at kinloch
Field this afternoon.
For a second his death seemed GER
tain. for the parachute was nearer the
ground than the Jumper.
Barry had been sitting on the cross
bar of the machine for about Ave min
utes before he jumped. He waited until
the aeroplane was over the centre. OF
the field and up more than 700 feet
before he decided to make the leap.
After the first hazardous position OF the
parachute II swung rapidly into the
proper position for safe drop and
opened fully when about $50 feet from
the aeroplane.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
tanned BY INTERVENTION PERIL.
Cuban Veterans Rant Over Gomez Decree
but Won't DO Any thing Rash.
Special cable Despatch to The sun.

Special cable Despatch to THK sun.
HAVANA, March 10. The veterans held
a great meeting at Camaguey to-day
to discuss their grievances against Presi'
dent Gomez for resembling the order Tor
the dismissal from Office OF all 'gueriilas
and traitors The hotheads advocated
violent measures, but the cooler ones
protested against anything being done
that would be likely to provoke inter
venton by the United States
The .all, of Intervention continues and
one paper to-day repeats the story that
Gen. Clarence Edwards. the chief OF the
Bureau OF lnsular Affairs at Washington.
is plotting to come to Cuba as Governor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
Bomb Into NOn-Union Shop.

bomb was dropped shortly before
midnight last night into the chimney of
bakery in the rear of 35 Adams street,
Newark. conducted by Thomas Mistretta.
Part Of the wall. the chimney and the
oven were wrecked. Some OF the flying
bricks struck Mistretta, badly injurinp
him; He was taken to St. James Hos
ptai h's sixteen-year- ar-old son Vito and
salvatore Macaluso. a helper working
With him, escaped injury. Mistretta con-
ducts a non-unton shop and he thinks that
may have had something TO do with the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
INVITE CONNAUCHT TO YUKON.
Miners Want the Duke to Open Dawson
Show-Early Thaw.

CAMP DAWSON. March 10--The Arctic
Brotherhood has telegraphed to the
Duke OF Connaught inviting himself
and family to visit the Yukon and open
the exposition of Yukon resources on
Discovery day, August II. The Yukon
miners believe the Connaughts will ac-
cept. ..
The thaw In February has smashed
all Yukon weather records at Dawson.
Winter traffic from White Horse n
being rushed before the trails break
up. The snow fall this winter was far
less than usual.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11

\/OU can install the
l Spencer Steam or
Hot w ater Heater in
any building without tear
ing down any walls. Once
it's in you'll find it proves
the biggest heating invest.
ment you ever made. Well
be glad to tell you why.
SPENCER HEATER GO.
ny. Once. kOf 'stR Av.. cor. I3dSt.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
FENELONS REMAINS FOUND.
CONN Of the Author Of ''TclemaqWe" Was
Rified In the Revolution.

Special cable Despatch 10 THE SCS.
PARIS. March 10.-The remains of
Mgr Francis de Seignac de la Mothe
Fenelon. the famous French Catholic
writer and orator. have been found at
Cambray, where he was Archbishop in
l115. During the Revolution the coffin
was riflcd and thrown into a dust heap
by the revolutionaries. He Is best
known to fame as the author OF "Tele-
maque." in which European boys have
learned to read French for 200 years
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
NO ADVANCE AT FALL RIVER.
Southern New England Mills Not to
Grant Higher Wages.

FALL RIVER. Mass. March i0.--Inquiry
among the cotton manufacturers here
and in New Bedford brought the response
that no increase in wages was contem-
plated at the present time.
1t was thought that the raises In New
England north Of Boston affecting 7S,0O0
cotton operatives and IS 900 woollen opera
tives might lead the manufacturers in
southeastern Massachusetts, to follow, but
nothing Of the kind has been thought Of in
this vicinity.
1t was explained that most OF the Fall
River and New Bedford mills manu-
facture fine cotton goods, the market for
which has been very poor the last two
years and on which the margin has been
triiing, il anything at all.
For this reason the mill pc ople say
that while business is better than for
some time they have been operating
unprofitably so long that it is impossible
to pay the operatives higher wages for
some time to come.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
COAL PRICES SOARING.
Run Of Mine Up %5 Cents In Pittsburs
Coke Advances 25 Cents.

PlTTsBCRG. March l0.--Coal dealers
to-day. in view of the strike OF miners
abroad and the demand for wage
increase In this country. predicted rec
ord boosting of prices OF both bitumin-
Gus and anthracite coa..
Last weeks run OF mine coal sold at
$3.50 ton in Pittsburg. a jump OF 45
cents. Furnace coke at the ovens took
leap from $l.75 ton to 81. The
demand for coal IL said to be much
greater that the supply.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
MINERS STRIKE FOR A DAY.
Coal Workers Go Out for Twenty -four
Hours In All the French Pits.
Special Cable 1

speciai Cable Despatch 10 The SrS.
. PARIS. March IA strike of twenty
four hours was inaugurated by all the
miners at French coal basins at day
break this morning.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-03-11
HYDROPLANE IN THE SEINE.
Aviator Dennhaut Flshed Out After Fall
Machine at the Bottom.

Specia! Gable Despatch 10 THR SrS.
PARIS, March Io.-While Aviator Denn-
haut was maneuvring in a hydroplane
to-day the machine fell distance Of sixty
feet into the Seine.
The aviator was fshed out. but the
machine was not recovered.