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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
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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
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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
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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
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