NEWS FROM OUR
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Sherwood Pension Bill Is De
feated In the Senate By a
Decisive Vote.
Washington. The donate, by a vote
I 21 to 4S. rejected the Sherwood dol-l.ir-a
day pension bill, which had pass
ed the house, and then adopted, 5 to
16, the Stooot general age and service
pension measure.
The bill requires beneficiaries to
have served 90 days and provides pen
lions ranging from $13 to $30 a mouth
instead of a 60 days' minimum, and
$1S to $20 pension, as in the house
measure. The bill now goes to confer
ence. The shadow of a possible pres
idential veto hangs over the measure.
The senate added provisions that
would prohibit att orney'a fees, and
that would grant $30 a month to for
Bier soldiers disabled by service,
wounds or diseases, the latter being
estimated to add $2,500,000 to the an
nual outlay under the bill.
The entire negative vote on the final i
passage of the bill was cast by demo- j
eratlc senators from the south. The
northern democrats voted with the re
publicans tor the bill.
Bill to Appraise Railroads.
Physical valuation of all the rail
Toads of the United States is author
lted in a bill reported unanimously to
the bouse by the interstate and for
eign commerce committee. The meas
ure enlarges the power of the inter
state commerce commission and em
powers it to make the valuation and
to fix and adjust rates.
Republicans and democrats alike
Toted for the measure. It would pro
Tide for a comparative investigation
Into the actual value of the property
of every common carrier, and would
authorize the commission to inquire
Into the stock and bond issues of all
railroads, the connection of banking
corporations and capitalists or com
binations of capitalists or financial
institutions with the various roads, as
well as their connection with the re
organization of any common carrier
In recent years.
Arms For Americans in Mexico.
The state department announced
that 1000 rifles and supply revolvers,
and a quantity of ammunition was
(hipped from New York to Vera Cruz.
The munitions are consigned to Uni
ted States Ambassador Henry L. Wil
ton, at Mexico City. Wilson plans to
distribute the arms and ammunition
among the Americans in the Mexican
capital so that they may properly de
tend themselves in case of trouble.
Anti-foreign sentiment is growing to
dangerously aggressive proportions in
the Mexican capital, and violence is
being' prevented there only by the
presence of the government troops.
If these soldiers leave with President
Madero, anarchy is certain to follow,
. It is declared.
Appropriation Deadlock.
It looks as if the bouse and senate
will find it much easier to agree on
the tariff bills than on. appropriation
bills, judging from the radical manner
in which .the senate has revised the
bills already considered. In several
Instances the house will meet strong
opposition, particularly in the army
bill, as the senators have no intention
of having many military posts aban
doned or the army reorganized, as
proposed by the Hay amendment to
the appropriation bill.
National Capital Brevities.
A conference committee on the Borah-Jones
three-year homestead bill,
which will adjust the differences bet
ween the senate and house bills, has
.been appointed. Senator Chamberlain
is a member of the committee.
By a vote of 5 to 3 on all vital points
the Lorimer investigating committee
completely exonerated the Illinois sen
ator of any knowledge of legislative
corruption. Edward Hines, the mil
lionaire lumberman, also got a vindi
cation by the committee.
Replying to a resolution of the sen
ate, the secretary of the interior de
clares that it will take 10 years or
more to complete the classification of
public lands that have been with
drawn for coal, oil, phosphate or pow
er. There are 80,000,000 acres of land
withdrawn in the west and unclassi
fied. Four senators from the two new
states of Arizona and New Mexico this
week enlarged the membership of the
upper branch of congress to 94. The
new men, all lawyers, are Marcus Aur
ellus Smith, of Tucson; Henry F. Ash
urst, of Prescott, Ariz., democrats,
nd Thomas Catron of Santa Fe,. and
Albert Bacon Fall, of Three Rivers, N.
republicans.
Colonel Goethals told the senate
committee on canals that the first
ship will pass through the Panama
canal in August or September, 1913.
He opposes the exemption of coast
wise vessels from tolls and favors
driving the inhabitants from the Pana
ma canal zone arid letting it grow up
a jungle without clearings sufficient
to permit an enemy to congregate or
a foe of this government to exist,
FATHER CHIDWICK.
Chaplain H Mama, Whe
Calibrated Man For Victim.
EFFORT TO END STRIKE
4 Strike Leaders Arreeted, Othert Flat
To Aberdeen.
Hoqulam, Wash. Backed by the clt
lzens of Hoqulam, Chief of Police T.
Ouinn made a determined effort to
break the backbone of the strike, and
arrested four leaders. Other man
have escaped to Aberdeen. Indica
tion! point to a decided change in the
tentiment here, and with this change
the strike may be broken early next
week.
The cttizent tsked Governor Hay
to Investigate conditions. The state
ment made by the mill men that they
would employ none but American lv
bor and would assist in driving out
the Greeks and other Slavic races has
spurred business men to assist.
Aberdeen, Wash. That the strikers
who attempted to break into company
G armory here Intended to carry awry
rifles by the wholesale was indicated
by the testimony furnished by those
living close to the armory building.
Llnet Tinhten Around Two Aliens.
Hillsvllle, Va. The lines of pursuit
are tightening about the two court
house assassins who remain at large
It Is believed Sidna Allen and Wesley
Edwards will be taken soon.
Of the eight outlaws who shot up
Carroll courthouse and murdered five
persons, they are the only ones not
now in jail awaiting trial.
MISSISSIPPI RIYER
CITIES MENACED
Chicago Rapidly melting snow
made a raging torrent of every river
and stream in the upper half of the
Mississippi Valley, wrecking houses.
inundating lands and endangering
lives.
Mississippi river cities are said to
be in the gravest danger. At St.
Louis the river is at the danger mark
and rising rapidly. In the north the
Platte river and the Des Moines fver
are causing much damage. The Platte
is filled with ice gorges which have
ripped away several bridges. The Des
Moines river Is below flood stage, but
is rising.
High water drove families from
their homes in Rock Island, I1L; Wat
eerloo, Neb., and Waterloo, Iowa;
Yankton, S. D.; Norfolk, Neb., and
Schneider, Ind. Near Schneider a
gorge In the Kankakee river broke,
releasing 15 feet of water. Boats a(re
being used in the principal streets Vf
Norfolk, Neb. Many other cities are
threatened by floods within a few
hours.
Canadian Road Strike On.
Vancouver, B. C. Four thousand of
the 5000 men employed In railway con
struction camps along the Canadian
Northern railway between Hope and
Kamloops Btruck for higher pay and
shorter hours.
THE MARKETS.
Portland.
Wheat Track prices: Club, 91c;
bluestem, 94c; red Russian, 90c.
Barley Feed, $39 per ton.
Oats No. 1 white, $34 per ton.
Hay Timothy, valley, $14; alfalfa,
$Ki.
Butter Creamery, 33c.
Eggs Ranch, 21c.
Hops 1911 crop, 39c; contracts,
iic.
Wool PJaBtern .Oregon, lfic; Wil
lunette Valley, 17c.
Mohair 32c.
Seattle.
Wheat Bluestem, 94c; Club, 91o!
red Russian, 90c.
'Barley $40 per ton.
Oats $30 per ton.
Butter Creamery, 37c.
EggB 21c.
Hay Timothy, $14 per ton.
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UNION MINES ALL
SUSPEND WORK
"Vacation" Declared While Is
sue of Wage Contract Is
Being Settled.
Indianapolis. No anthracite or bit
Ominous coal will be taken from the
the mine by union miners as a result
of the suspension which treat Into ef
fect due to wage troubles.
More than 100,000 miner-, about
150.000 of whom are la the anthracite
Held, will take a vacation, which prob
ably will Inst only a tew weeks.
The bituminous miners will be out
only long enough for the wage agree
ment, reached In Cleveland, subject to
ratification by the miners by a refer
endum vote, which will require about
two weeks, and It la believed the
agreement will be sanctioned by a
targe majority of the men.
The suspension In the anthracite
mines wtll last longer, at no agree
ment has yet been reached. Negotia
tions will be resumed April 10.
Suspension does not affect all the
mines In the south, as the union It
not to strong there as It la la the
north. Tbe mtnet of Wyoming, Wash
ington, Colorado and Montana also
will not be affected, because the union
sontractt In those districts do not ex
pire April 1.
It It said the miners wtll lose $1,-
J00.000 every day they remain out
and the suspension would cause a lost
In coal production to the country of
aearly 42,000,000 tous a month.
English Wage Bill It Now Law.
London. The government's mini
mum wage bill became a law when it
received the royal assent. Simultan
eously the coal miners throughout the
British Isles voted to decide whether
the strikers should return to work
pending a decision by the district
boards, provided for in the bill, fixing
wages In the various coal mine dis
tricts.
STEAMSHIP POOL CHARGED
Government Brings Action For Al
leged Violation of Sherman Law,
New York. Suit for the dissolution
jf certain steamship companies) en
gaged In traffic between New York
nd the Far Cast by way of the Sues
Canal was filed by the United States
government in the federal court here.
The companies are charged with pool
ing freight rates and rebating to con
lerns who ship exclusively by their
lines.
The suit Is regnrded as one of the
most important moves yet made by
the government against the Bo-called
shipping trust which congress is about
'.o investigate.
It is alleged that by agreements,
ools, periodical conferences and re
bates, the defendant steamship com
panies have acquired a complete mon
spoly of the trade between the United
States and the Philippines, Japan,
China and other Asiatic countries.
300 Children Returned.
Lawrence, Mass. Coming from
iomes in New York, Philadelphia and
jther cities. 300 children of textile op
sratlves who participated in the recent
itrlke returned to Lawrence. Their
irrlval was made the occasion of a
jreat demonstration in celebration of
what the mill workers considered a
notable Industrial victory.
JURORS IN SUGAR
TRIAL DISAGREE
New York. The Jury in the case of
lohn E. Parsons, Washington B. Thorn
is, George H. Frailer and Arthur Don
ler, charged with violating the crlm
nal clause of the Sherman anti-trust
aw while directors of the American
3ugar Refining company, reported a
liBagreement In the United States DIs
rict court.
The defendant were charged with
lonsplracy In restraint of trade in
ilosing the Pennsylvania Sugar Re
ining company's plant.
Only one question It reported to
Have caused tbe Jurors to hesitate
tbout returning a verdict of guilty.
That is the statute of limitation,
ivhlch Judge Hand reminded the Jur
jrs would bar conviction for anything
:hat happened prior to July 1, 1906.
The Indictments, found in July, 1909
Vlege violation of the criminal clause
it the anti-trust law In an alleged con
ipiracy to cloBe the newly built plant
f the Pennsylvania Sugar Refining
sompany at Philadelphia In 1903.
ieott Continues His Quest of Pole,
Wellington, N. Z. Captain Robert
F, Scott's vessel Terra Nova, which
jarried the British expedition to the
Antarctic, has arrived at Akaros, a
larbor in Bank's peninsula, N, 'A. The
rommander of the Terra Nova brought
;he following brief message from
Bcott: "I am in the Antarctic for an-
ther winter to continue and complete
ny work."
THE LARGEST MAGNET.
Meat Powerful In the World Owned by
Unola Sam,
In the accompanying Illustration la
shown one of the most interesting
feats performed by a remarkable elec
tromagnetthe most powerful In the
world recently constructed especially
for the United Stales government and
Installed for experimental work and
tests at the tuii.nu of standards at
Washington. In tu picture there Is
even suspended from the Hle pieces
of the magnet In Inverted position t
heavy glass bowl or dish of slight
ly larger size than the ordinary flu
gr bowl, and this glii retci
la held In this position by meant of
the attraction evert ml ly the magnet
(through the gtnssi in a sum II piece
of Iron placed Inside the dish.
The new magnet, which wnt made In
Switzerland from tbe peflnVntlout of
he fulled State government at a
cost of f I.Stkt, la" capable of continuum
Wl)St,I' LaHOKKT BtAOKKT.
ae with an electric current of 125 am.
perea. This It accomplished by the
substitution of copper tape for the or
dinary Insulated wtrea. Title copper
tti It turrounded by Insulating olL
Through the oil there are run colls of
copper tubing about half an inch In
diameter, through which cold water Is
circulated to carry off the enoriuout
beat developed. The wludlngt and
cooling apparatut are Inclosed In large
braae case two feet In diameter. la
order to obtain magnetic fields of any
desired Intensity the current lo tbe
cells l controlled by meant of a mas
sive specially designed resistance, or
rheostat, whk-h permltt "ucb control
ranging from one-half to 123 ampere.
The distance between the pole pieces
of the magnet can be varied accurately
and readily by the turning of a hand
wheel on the end of the uiaguet Pop
ular Mechanic.
Vitality of Microbes.
There Is a popular Impression that
microbes and germs of all kinds are
killed by intense cold. Experiment in
the laboratory of Dewnr. the man who
solidified hydrogen, show, however,
that thla Impression It erroneous.
Many forms of bacteria were tubject
eil to the tremendous cold of liquid
air for an entire week without inter
ruption, yet afterwnrd they developed
at vigorously at they would have done
If they' had not undergone to frosty
an experience.
Macfadyen and Rowland reported to '
tho Royal society that bacteria tub
Jeeted to the temperature of liquid
hydrogen for ten hours showed no al
teration ns regnrd vitality. The
temperature of liquid hydrogen, they
say, Is about one-quarter that of liquid
nir. Just ns the temperature of liquid
air It about one-quarter of the mean
temperature of the atmosphere. Till
result Is obtained by considering that
liquid hydrogen 1 nbout 20 degrees C
above absolute tero. liquid nir about
SO degrees above, and ordinary air, on
the overage, about 300 degree above.
Protecting Water Pipes,
It is we'd known that underground
pipe are injured, not when strny cur
rents enter them, but when they leave
them. Such being the case, the city of
Karlsruhe, In Germany, bat used
lystem which will prevent a stray cur
rent from leaving the pipe. A let of
plntet and pipes are bnrlcd close to the
water pipe at the point wncro electro
lysis Is liable to occur nnd these are
connected to the positive pole of a
storage battery or generator, while the
water pipe Is connected to the negative
polo. As the voltage of the stray cur
rents that produce electrolysis is usu
ally quite low, tbe expenditure of
power required to maintain the requi
site current In tho water pipe la not
costly. So fur this system hat proved
very efficient
Dust Extractor For Coal Mines.
A new coal dust extractor, consist
ing of n combination of pressure air
Jets worked by electricity directed
upon the surface to be cleaned In or
der to raise the dust and simultaneous
withdrawal of the dust by suction, has
been given a successful demonstration
by a Scottish electrical engineer, fol
lowing a Berles of experiments con
ducted during the past winter. The
nppnrntus is designed to be operated
either by electric motor or ny com
pressed air. It Is said It will Boon be
Introduced In somo or tne com mines
l f the Dunfermline district. Consular
leport.
New Waterproofing Material,
Seeking a waterproofing suitable "for
military clonks ns well as tents, French
irmy official have decided thnt ace
tate of aluminium is better than rub
ber, boiled linseed oil, insoluble gela
tin, shellac or any other of the rnnny
materials to be find. M. Holland adds
forty parts of wnter to one part of
commercial acetate of aluminium solu
tion, nnd fabrics arc soaked In the
mixture for twenty-four hours, then
Iried In nir. It is claimed thnt the
lotti Is not only made wnterproof, but
Is left supple and sufficiently porouK
tor nir to pass through It
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