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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 10, 1913)
i i t ! i F i i M - 1-1 v 4 t- T 1 :i 1 II PASSING OF UNIQUE ft1;,1- m.ml.-w- - -r f beeu forty year since he first took hi seat In that body, and during that time he waa a candidate twenty time and elected nineteen time. Me entered the house when Jame O. Illnln wa pakr. HI only defeat until advert political fortun overtook blin tbl fall wa In 18'JO. Hut t'ncle Joe has established a record In another rpct. H served lonuer consmullvely aa speaker of tb house than any other man. 1h Klin-nut of Henry Clay broken term aa presiding officer of th lower branch of congress exceeded Mr. Cannon' period of offlc. but only by a year. L'nclu Jo will be seventy snten year old next May. II ha no Inten tion of ever attain seeking of!!'. He probably wouldn't accept another nomi nation. He didn't want the laat nomination. SPRING-RICE NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR It I ald Hlr Cecil Hprlng tile, th new Ilrltlsh ambassador at Wash Ington, like hi predncessor, Mr. Hryee, bvllevea th ranatna canal problem I soluble, and that be I Imbued with pronounced American sympathies. Moreover, h wa th principal lieutenant of hla chief, th late Ixrd Pauneefote, In the negotiation of th Hay-Paunrefot treaty, on tb sub ject of tb Panama canal, th In terpretation of which constitute tb bast of th difference which have lately arisen. Indeed, he Is generally understood to have drafted th greater part. If not tb whole, of that Instrument tit appointment, therefore, Is particularly appropriate, and It I certain that th same diplomat wbo helped to negotiate tb Hay Taunc fot treaty In the plac of th objec tionable Clayton-llulwer agreement, with tb object of promoting friend ship between Great Iliitaln and tb Culled States, will now know bow to construe In th happiest manner for both countries th queatlon which bar arlaen In connection with what la, after all. In a sense, bis own offspring. Plr Cecil, a man of most conciliatory disposition and agreeable manner, waa last In this country In February, 1905, at th moment when tb great power were beginning to take tep to bring the war between Japan and Itussla to a close. He waa than councilor of th Urtttah embassy at llerlla. QUEEN DONS APRON; LABORS FOR POOR V w ) men unpacked them In the north gallery of the Instltut. and wa aa buy and enthusiastic about ber work aa any of bar little band of helper. Iloxe and rratea of all sixes wsre lying about la heap on all aides, and aa thy wer dismantled under tb ye of th queen tb artlclee they con tained wer placed on long row of tables, which occupied th whol length of th north gallery. Her majesty herself, after greeting th ladle with mil and a handshake, aoon after her arrival took off ber hat and fur and put on a pair of working glove. Then, further equipping herself with a buslness-llk apron ovr tb front of her walking skirt an1 a pair of email but serviceable scissor. h set to work and directed th operations. BRAKEMAN ELECTED From helper In a round house lo county treasurer Is a part of th life story of Samuel J. Iiryan. Democratic treasurer sleet of El Paso county, Colorado. Crippled In a railroad wreck six year ago and ao seriously Injured that aurgeona declared b could not survlv. handicapped by lack of du catlon, Bryan's ateady climb up th ladder I referred to by bis friand a an example of what pluck and perseverance will do. Bryan' friends gav him a plurality of nearly 1.000. Whan h wa working aa a brak maa about all year ago, Bryaa waa knocked under th car In a wrwok. Both leg wer cut off and other In juria war such that death wa only a matter of hour, th surgeons de clared. But Bryan had a strong deslr to llv. H passed two year on a hos pital cot, during which tlm b un derwent eight operation. Then be decided to quit tb dnngerou work of railroading, but feared his lack of edu cation would prove a big handicap. Wis wife urged him to devot his tlm to study, and between them thsy decided upon a cours In bookkeeping and aooounttng. Iiryan made rapid prngres In his studies. Invested his saving la cork limbs, and started out after leaving th hospital to find a Job. Ilia friends of tb road elected him secretary and treasurer of th Order of Trainmen, and hi work In that capacity was performed so satisfactorily that other lodge elected him to similar offloss. Bryan wasn't satisfied to b a lodg clerk long, howsvsr. Two years ago friends urged htm to run for th offlo cf Justice of th peac. II demurred, because h knew nothing about law, and ven Justices, h thought, should know something of Juris tradeno. .. Again Bryan ' hi wlf dlsousted matter, and b decided to study iraotle. After completing th cours h ran for bl maJorltV UNCLE JOE CANNON Th defeat of Unci Jo Cannon for reelection will rimovi from Con imi on of th most picturesque character In th laat half century of American politic. Whatever storm mtjf hare arlaen over Mr. Cannon' official act and political opinion, and tbey have bean many In recent year, nobody vr attempted to die put the fact that Unci Jo bai stood alone, a uulqu figure In the life of the national capital. Able, forceful, a born fighter and on of th boinellt aud most lov abl of men, th passing of Unci Jo Camion and hi Inseparable cl Kar will leu a Told. for rolka ho thouKht they could sea In lilin the typical roiiuh and ready Amerlrun politician of earlier day. When th former speaker close hi publlo career on Murcli 4, 1113. he will have rvd loiiKr a a mem ber of the boua of representatives n.n mi other man. It will have Th busiest of a small gathering of worker who were occupied tb other day at th Imperial Instltut In unpacking, sorting and repacking many thousands of useful winter garment for th poor was Queen Mary. It waa shortly after noon when her majesty arrived, and It was not until nearly 4 o'clock that th royal carriage arrived to take her back to Kucklngham palac. Throughout th whole of this time, with only a short Interval for a little lunch at 1:30 o'clock, th queen, assisted by her ladle In watt ing. Lady nertha Dawkln and I,ady Katharine Coke, and a fw privi leged gentlewoman, together with several old and trusted royal serv ants, wa supervising tbl labor of love for th poor. la eettlng tbl xampl to th woman of England her majesty was no mar figurehead. Sb Inspected vary crate, bale and package as tb COUNTY TREASURER KB m I A ' eAjiy said . OuoTh f'lily little Potly I'll loit see To buy a bv-ni new Ool'y TRAPPER MUST BE SKILLED Farmsr Boy, to B Successful, Must Acquire Knowledg of Habit of Different Animal. Wild animal dpend largely on their scent to escape pitfalls and traps Consequently, any effort In trapping must first of all eliminate odor. Therefore, to bo most suc cessful In capturing fur animals is oulres knowledse of the habit of each. The setting of traps requlrea skill, not only In placing them In the right spot, but In covering up odors and the evidence of the presence of human beings. The tlm of tb year and th character of the weather hav much to do In finding prizes on mak Ing th round In the morning. Ant mals are governed largely by weather conditions and when a sever snow storm or cold snap approacbea, re main close In tbelr dens or boles. At such times the trapper will not havo much luck. Dry, cold, frosty nlgbta In winter are also not fruitful of good results. But when th nights are dark, rainy and cloudy the chances for good catchss are very favorable. Most gam I usually found In wild, rough, billy or swampy coun trie. Foxes and wolvea are some times seen on tb open prairie. In looking for signs of gam observe carefully th rock and brush along creeka, ponds and lakes. Th paths of beaver, muskrat, coon and mink are evidence that fur bearing gam travel In that vicinity. These are sure sign and are splendid placea to trap. For mink, which Is on of th most valuable fur animal, tb trap should be set near th den. Trap ping for mink may begin In Novem bar and continue until April, between which datea the fur la prima. If a plain trail lead Into and alons th edge of th water, the trap may be aet In th water at tb extreme edge, sb that It will not be conspicu ous. Th chain abould be fastened with a stake deep under th water. In open drifts and hollow logs th trap la set at the entrance and cov ered with leavea and th bait place In th bole a few Inchea from the en trance. Traps ahould be handled with gloves. LITTLE DISSECTION PUZZLE Trick Is to Cut Piece of Cardboard Into Four Placea of Precisely 6am Shape and Six. Cut out a piece of paper or card board of tb shape shown In th Illus tration. It will b seen at one that tb proportion are almply thos of a quar attached to half another aim! Dlaaectlon Puxxle. lar square, divided diagonally. The putxl I to cut It Into four piece all of precisely the same six and shape Tb solution to this puxxl Is shown In tb second Illustration. Dl- Solution of Puxxl. vtd th flgur up Into twelve equal triangle, and It I asy to discover th direction of th cuts aa Indicated by th dark Unas, Qrtlng. It la common In Arabia to put cheek to cheek. Th Hlndo falls In th dust before his superior. Tb Chinaman dismount whan a great man goe by. A Japanese remove hi sandala. crosses bis bands, and crlaa out "Spar me I" The Burmese pretend to smell of a person's face, pronounce It sweet, and then ask for a "smell." The Australian natives practice th singular custom when meeting ol sticking out their tongues at each other. A striking salutation of the South Baa Islanders Is to Ring a Jar of wster over tb head of a friend. Th Arab hug and kiss each other Th Slngr. H sen a son eaon morning In biles V never hJi t ln , A ,)- BssnnBBswsas" asnaaasnn(r jelmpljT eae Imply evn eiinT aw FOR SPECIAL ARBITRATION Taft Ik-lleves Canal Tolls Issue Not Hsffue Matter. Washington, I. C Although Presi dent Taft is willing to submit to srbi- tration the issues between (Jrest Iirit- i and the United States over the Panama canal tolls, he does not favor such procedure by The Hague tribunal. Although he has not given the subject of a tribunal much thought, the presi dent probably would prefer a special board of arbitration composed of an equal number of citizens of the United States and Great Britain. The president has expresned to friends the view that all The Hague tribunal would be against this nation, and that the moral pressure on the court would be enormous, because Lurope is interested in Panama. In a court in which only Oreat Britain and the United States were represented, it s argued, there would be a much greater chance of a fair decision. Several Democratic senators have voiced the opinion that a special tri bunal should be created to arbitrate this dixpute. OIL OUTPUT SHOWS WW. LOSS Increased Demand Has Buoyant Kffect on Petroleum Price. Washington, D. C. With the world's consumption of oil aggregating 1,000,000 barrels a day, of which the United States supplied almost two thirdD, production of petroleum in this country in 1912 wa 220,200,000 42 gallon barrels, or about 250,000 bar rels less than 1911. While the pro duction was less, the rising price of oil increased the total value of the product markedly. Lant year the out out was valued at $150,000,000, an in crease of about 16,000,ooo over 1911. According to David T. Day, of the United States Geological Survey, the Kanlern oil fields, as a rule declined production because it was impossible to keep up with the great output of 1911 without large additional discov eries of pools in the older fields. The Eastern decline, however, was offset by the increase in California. FOUR VESSELS TO OPERATE Trade From New York to Pacific Coast to Be By Way of Horn. San Francisco Details of the found ing of the Atlantic & Pacific Steam ship company were made public here Monday. Bonds to the value of $750, 000 were sold in San Francisco by W. R. Grace & Co., agents for the company here, and the 7500-ton steam er Santa Cruz, one of four vessels to operate between New York and Pacific Coast ports, via Magellan, will begin loading cargo at Philadelphia Febru ary 1. Three other liner will go into com mission immediately afterward. They are the Santa Clara, Santa Catalina and Santa Cecilia. Each is of 10,000 tons, but for the present it is not in tended to fit them for carrying passen gers. The Santa Cruz will carry about 75 passengers. BATH TUB TRIAL IS RE-SET Government Guided By New Decis ions in Suit Against Trusts. Washington, D. C. The re-trial of the criminal anti-trust suit against the so-called bath tub trout will begin at Detroit on February 3, before United States District Judge Sessions, of Grand Rapids. At the first trial the jury disagreed. The government delayed the re-trial until the Supreme court decided the important issues involved in the civil case against the alleged trust. That decision, recently given, compels the dissolution of the combination of 16 corporations and 64 individuals, manu facturers of enameled ironware in var ious parts of the country. I. W. W. Clubbed in Riot. Los Angele Several hundred I. W. W. and sympathizers, marching be hind a red flag, carried by two Mexi can Amazons, precipitated a riot in which clubs and revolver figured, at Third and Los Angeles streets Sunday. Several of the rioters were injured by police clubs and four arrests were made. The men, all foreigners, will be arraigned on charges of inciting a riot. The crowd was marching through the downtown streets prepara tory to a demonstration at First and Los Angeles streets. Taft Auto Stuck in Mud. Washington, D. C President Taft took his brother, Henry W. Taft, for a ride in one of the White House auto mobiles and the story of the sightsee ing trip became noised around the city. The president chose a new Virginia road, but before much ground had been covered mud made the way im passable. The president and his brother decided to walk back to the White House, but before they had gone far the machine overtook them, having been pulled out of the mud by a farmer's team. Idaho Mines Pay Owners. Spokane The lead-Bilver mines of the Coeur d'Alene district during 1912 paid an average of $8000 a day in div idends. The total for the year passes the $3,000,000 mark by a good margin. The Bunker Hill & Sullivan takes first place by paying dividends during the year of $850,200, which brings its grand total up to $13,977,150. The Federal company, with its three mines. Standard, Morning and Last Chance, passed $800,000 in dividends. Assassin Gets Eight Years. Yekatorinodar, Russia The work man, SedolnikofT, who assassinated H. H. Rmcrich, the American superin tendent of the Kyshtym Coper com pany on October 20, 1911, has been condemned to eight years' imprison ment at hard labor by the Circuit court. Emerich waa killed by a shot fired through th window of hi resi dence at Kyshtym. The aaaaealn wm arrwetad last Juljr, and eoof crime. WOULD REVIVE ARMY CANTEEN General Wood Also Recommends New Merit System. Would Weed Out Unfit Officers. Recognizing Fitness and Ability in Promotion. Washington, D. C. The restoration of the army canteen and enactment of legislation for the elimination from the United States army of unfit offi cers are among the principal recom mendations of Major General Leonard Wood, chief of staff, in his annual re port made public Saturday. General Wood recommends the con centration of the army on strategic lines and in areas where it can be maintained more economically. He would transfer all the personnel of the staff corps excepting engineers, medical officers and chaplains to the line, increasing the number of the general officers and line officers in the different grades. The transfer of the personnel of staff corps to the line, in General Wood's opinion, will terminate the constant struggle between line and staff, a struggle which is as old as the army and one which promises to con tinue. There would be no interfer ence with promotion, nor would the members of the present stair corps lose any of their present advantages. Discussing means for the elimina tion of unfit officers the chief of staff says : "The full efficiency of an organiza tion of men cannot be secured without a system by which the merits of the individuals shall have some effect upon their advancement. "The army long has suffered from the lack of such a system. Up to the grade of colonel promotion is by sen iority in each branch, and there is no way under the law by which an officer, no matter what his merit, can be ad vanced a single number except by making him a general officer." CASTRO MAY REMAIN IN U. S. Legal Steps Taken to Establish Status of Venezuelan. New York The Federal courts have been invoked in behalf of Cip riano Castnj, and a writ of habeas cor pus was granted to bring him before a judicial tribunal which may determine the cause of his detention at this port. It was alleged in the application that the ex-president of Venezuela was il legally held at the immigration sta tion on Ellis island, where he has been detained since his arrival. The court will be asked to sustain the writ and thus set him at liberty. Castro, immediately upon finding his right to land was questioned, had decided to return voluntarily to Eu rope, and had passage on the steamer Amerika for Hamburg. As soon as he learned the writ had been granted he cancelled his passage. BODY OF AMBASSADOR REID REACHES NATIVE SHORES New York Great Britain delivered Saturday to his countrymen the body of Whitelaw Reid, editor, statesman and American ambassador, who died in London. The British cruiser Natal brought the body home and placed it under the Stars and Stripes in the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. President Taft, dignitaries from the army and navy and representatives of foreign powers will attend the funeral services. The Natal was met off Nantucket by two United States battleships and four destroyers and the funeral fleet lay oft Sandy Hook Friday night. A thick fog blanketed the bay and it was 11 o'clock before the procession got under way. A gale that swept up the river made landing the coffin a diffi cult task. Girls Eat No Chicken. Colorado Springs, Colo. By going without chicken at their Sunday din ners, by washing hair at 25 cents a head, cleaning rooms and other menial tasks, the 200 girls of the four dorm itories of Colorado college have raised $9300 toward a $50,000 endowment fund to obtain $100,000 offered for a gymnasium by Mrs. A. D. JuIIiard, of New York City. As E. P. Shove, a retired business man here, has offered to give a dollar for each one they raise. the girls now have secured $18,600 and declare they will raise he rest. Hope for West Not Lost. Washington, D. C. Senator Cham berlain says he has not given up hope of securing the appointment of a Western man as secretary of the in terior, and in a short time will again take up this question with President Elect Wilson, probably by correspon dence. Senator Chamberlain is insis tent, as are other W estern senators. that the West, in view of its vote in November, is entitled to at least one member of the cabinet, and he hopes that the co-operation of Western sen ators may bring Wilson to this view. Com per ' Appeal Is Filed. Washington, D. C. Samuel Gom pers, John Mitchell and Frank Mor rison, of the American Federation of Labor, convicted of contempt of court and sentenced to jail in connection with the Buck Stove & Range case, filed their anneal in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. It al i leges the men were convicted not of contempt of court, but of want of re spect for judicial authority. Seven teen alleged errors are charged. Laborer Finds Fortune. Nowata, Okla. George Hardsook, i laborer, unenrthed $37,500 in gold while digging a trench near the vil lage of Oglesby. Hardsook's posses sion of the wealth, however, probably will be of short duration, a atat law requiring that such funds bm eurren oWvri So the nrnw of th lend. Tb mm; kors erU we of kmvlrnM htmm I burled a aBiwber rwn. PARCELS POST IS POPULAR Department Stores and Wholesale Houses Largest Patrons. Portland Millinery in boxes ss larg a the law allows promises to rap the list of popular eligibles under the new parcel post law, but Milady had better warn Mr. Milliner to be sure that the receptacles for the aigretted headgear are sufficiently strong. Otherwise, with all the care and caution that Uncle Sam's mail clerks may take the chapeaux are like ly to issue from their parcel post jour neys bedraggled or smashed. This is the warning that postal offi cials in Portland are sending out after the second day' wrestle with the in novation, when the local office almost became swamped with the rush of bus iness. The fact i that the Portland post office on the second day of parcel post traffic found itself extending its quar ters almost into the streets in order to take care of the business, which, it is conjectured, is only a hint at the busi ness to follow. The dozen sacks of parcels received from out of town points and the 25 sacks which were mailed in Portland fairly flooded the section set apart in the tocal office and a big overflow encroached on other de partments. The indication is that an additional near-by building will be needed to handle the business inside of a few weeks when the traffic is reg ular and established. Somewhat to stem the rush the authorities have asked that special de livery stamps not be placed on the parcels for a time, or until the service is thoroughly organized to deliver hur riedly. All special stamps on parcel mail will be ignored for the present. One thing is plainly certain: The; big department stores, the mail-order houses and the wholesale houses are going to take liberal advantage of the service. Ons department store mailed more than 150 packages. Another sent about 100 and a third mailed more than 50. Most of them were sent to nearby towns. As the government restricts only such articles as always have been un- mailable from passing through the parcel post office, almost every legiti mate article of commerce already has been sent. The favorite commodity is millinery and the department stores are the senders. The postoffice attaches fear that the millinery vendors use too fragile a ma terial in packing. All packages are placed in pouches and sealed the same as regular mail. They are loaded onto wagons, sacks upon one another and package in the sacks underneath, un less they are securely packedare apt to become broken. Such things as millinery and eggs should be well protected, therefore, advise postal clerks. It is a common thing to mail eggs, now that the parcel post has been established. Eggs are not considered freak shipments. In fact, a regular traffic in eggs is expected. Enter prising fanners near Portland are striving already to build up a regular trade with customers in the city, send ing eggs and other farm products through the mail. A new field has been opened to inventors. They are trying now to devise a light, strong box of aluminum or other material, especially for mailing eggs. Ordinary perishable goods such as fruit, vegetables, fish and meat can be sent by parcel post within the zone of origin, or a radius of about 50 miles. A man in Eastern Oregon had five pounds of beefsteak sent from the butcher shop in a nearby village to his home by parcel post. Give Assurance of Peace. Washington, D. C Senor Pedro Lascurain, Mexican minister of fore ign affairs and personal representative of President Madero, came to Wash ington Friday to tell again to Presi dent Taft and Secretary Knox the story of his government's struggle with rebellions, to reassure them of its ability to protect American lives and property everywhere in that re public, and, incidentally, it was whis pered, to find if there were any truth in recent reports that intervention by the United States waa not merely a threat but an alarming possibility. Seven-Story Building Bvms. Cincinnati The Carlisle building, a seven-story stone structure st the southwest comer of Fourth avenue and Walnut streets, was almost destroyed by fire, entailing a loss estimated at $250,000. The building is the center of Cincinnati's commercial district. within several hundred feet of the Gibson House, which was burned sev eral weeks ago. For a while the Sin ter hotel, on the west side of the building, was threstened, but escaped damage when the fire was confined to the Carlisle building. Law for Blind Is Wanted. Vancouver. Wash. With a desire as to assist the blind. C. W. Master- son, blind representative-elect from Walla Walla county, visited the State school for the deaf here. He was once a teacher in this institution. During his visit here Mr. Masterson conferred with George W. Mullin, superintend ent of the State school for the blind. and several teachers, getting ideas and needs of the institution. He said that he is going to introduce bills in the legislature which will materially benefit the blind, if passed. Food Stores Discussed. Philadelphia As a means of reduc ing the cost of living, a system of co operative stores for the sale of pro visions was discussed by the House keepers League here. Mrs. William B. Derr, who conducted the crusade for cheap eggs, presided. She said she had countless offers from produc ers in a'l parts of the East to supply provisions at rates that would mean a considerable lessening of prices, "if the business is properly managed." Tacoma's Balance Less. Tacoma, Wash. The City of Ta- coma has on hand to start 1913 more than ft OOrt nnft ! than it nnMPMptl i at th 'opening of 1912, according to th report of ControJJer Mdm iM I larare unounte pmid wi m lh new U"M aed Ww r't mo4 tW faJJfaf or la Sue - f -ut 6 per. sr- -rJ -jmm.f. SHIPPING TRUST OCEAN Territory Divided and Profits Are Put In PooL German and British Interests Don. inate - "Fighting Boats" Sent to Kill Competitors. Washington, D. C. Testimony about "a shipping combination that controlled the commerce of the seas with a stronger grasp than any com bination which ever existed in the trade between the states," was pre sented to the house merchant marine committee. Shippers told of being at the mercy of the combination. The former aK''nt of one so-called "conference" or combination line related the methods of keeping independent lines out of the trade, of pooling profits and of dividing territory. W. H. Douglas, of the New York exporting firm of Arkoll & Douglass, declared that a combination of Ger man and British lines existed control ling the ocean, and that the steamship managers in London were able to di rect the course of trade at their will. Allerton D. Hitch, secretary and treas urer of Hagenmeyer Trading company, of New York, trading in Brazil, de clared that the only independent line to South America was the Lloyd Bra zileirio line, and that while his firm used it to an extent, its steamers were slow and that its officers, government al'appointees, were not trained. John C. Seager, former representa tive of a conference line, testified that for several years he was agent at New York for the Prince line. He said his lines, the present Hamburg-South Amerika and the Lamport & Holt lines, were in a combination. "When did the combination start?" inquire! Representative Alexander, chairman of the committee. "About 1895 or 1896," was the reply. The witness explained that the com bination had a system of deferred re bates and pooled the freight and com missions. "You mean it pooled the profits?" inquired Representative Humphreys. "Yes, sir, Mr. beager replied. We frequently got instruction to put on a righting boat, air. beaeer fur ther testified. "That is, to put in the berth a boat with rates so low as to drive a compe titor out of business. The loss was di vided pro rata among the lines." Mr. Seager also said there was a "gentleman's agreement" by which the Booth line took the trade in terri tory between Pernambuco and the Am azon, and the conference lines the ter ritory south of Pernambuco. "The policy was, 'you must not play in my yard and I won't in yours, but if you do I will bring down my family and break up your yard,' " he said. William Lowery, South American agent for the Pan-American Mail, which it is said was driven out of bus iness by the "trust," testified how large shippers declined to use the new line for fear of losing their rebates from the European lines. He sug gested a statute excluding from Amer ican ports European ships giving such rebates. "We have built the Panama canal for the benefit of British shipowners unless this government aids an Amer ican marine," said he. "The idea that the ocean is free is about as big a fallacy as exists in America," testified William H. Doug las, a lagre New York exporter to South America and Europe. "The steamship lines, German and British, are in combination, having the ocean under stricter control than any combination ever had any trade between the states. The men who sit in London controlling these lines can throw contracts for goods to any coun try they please simply by raising or lowering rates." Seals Multiply Rapidly. Washington, D. C President Taft, in a special message to congress Thursday, recommended the repeal of the act of congress which prohibited for five years the killing of fur seals on the Pribyloff islands, passed more than a year ago. Investigation, the president said, Bhowed a remarkable increase in the size of the herd in one season, and proved conclusively that only the female seals and the bull male seals needed protection, and that thousands of "bachelor" seals can be killed yearly without reducing the here?. Three States Facing Floods. Pittsburg Portions of Western Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia are facing a serious flood situation, owing to a steady and rapid rise of rivers Bnd small streams. A wide area of low lands is under water. Hundreds of persons have been driven from their homes, many buildings are flooded, transportation companies are crippled and several thousand men em ployed in the flood sone are out of work. A stage of 32 feet, ten feet above the danger mark here, is ex pected. Epidemic Isolates Town. Cairo, 111. Gale, III., 30 miles north of here, is almost cut off from the sur rounding country and shortage of pro visions is adding to the horror of the cerebro-spinal meningitis epidemic, from which one or two are dying daily,, according to reports received here. Trouble in burying the dead is report ed. A member of the State board of health went to Gale upon request to take charge Jof the meningitis situa tion. Dinners Sent By Mail. Roswell, N. M. Four bachelor ranchmen, living on adjoining farms eight miles from Lake Arthur, near here, are eating a community dinner I every day, with Unci Sam officiating wmiwr. 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