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Newspaper Page TextTHE JlOUM.Vi OKEUOJUA.T. TUESDAY, FEBKCJAKT 31. IDlt. IGHT OVER UV y E PUTS Senator Bacon sought to obtain consid DISTINGUISHED HUNGARIAN WHOM POLICE GUAED IN CHICAGO. eration of a bill to make the assignment of the Judges to the court permanent. "I opposed the establishment of the e court." Mr. Heyburn said, "and I want HOUSE Ofl FILIBUSTERERS to see whether It is Justifying its crea tion." The bill was not passed. SENATE HEARS PENSION BILL HOUS AVANA REGIUS uilding of New Warships Is to Cause Main Engagement Today. GANNON AND CLARK PAIR etlrlng and Incoming Speaker Are Bound by Compact Mirpard, of Tea, Rejoices Orer Divisions Amoo( Opponent. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The naval .oropriatlun hill was considered In House at both afternoon and night ssmns lodir and practically all or le provisions were agreed to with the I x -'(' Hon of the new bullumg pro ramnie. which will come up tomor- ml la expected to precipitate ht. The bill provides for two battleship I tf;e super-dreadnoucht type, carrjr- ii 11 H-tnch icuns: two fleet colliers iht torpedoboat destroyers, and four dtmarlnes. An attempt will be made to decrease il programme, but the committee be- eves I: has enough votes to carry It .irnueh. A proposed repeal of the uue In last year's bill that all ships I out by contract should be under tho isrlu-hour law will be fouaht from u ilj-s of the chamber. There also 111 be a Bfc-bt to have one of the new Hps constructed at a navy-yard. Navt-Yard Work Costly. Chairman Ko. of the naval mm- .itiee. sal1 that, of two sister snips umtrr construction, the one at tin ew York Navy yard Is costlnsr I. o.n and ta one by private contract !.. i'0. Kit Jtgerald of New Tork asserted th as due larsrclv to the practice 01 larsluK "overhead costs at navy- ar.J to the ship under construction, nl he succeeded In striking from the ill. on a point of order, the rovilon l..t both direct and Indirect charges 'n'iiUl bo Included In the cost of i I hln. The llotiae adopted an amendment of -red by Hobson of Alabama, requiring Navy Iepartmeut to continue ex rrlmrnts with the night explosive re used bgalnst the monitor Puritan n.l the rsm Katahdln. One of the most Interesting "pairs' e-orded In the House for many years -as arranged to cover the absence from ntichla session of the House of Spak- I r Cannon and Champ Clark, the Speak- r-to-be. They signed an agreement to ffset eat-ti other on any rollcall on ny question that might come up. Texan Makes Campaign Knrcch. In the general debate on the naval 'Impropriation bill Morris Shepherd iad an old-time Democratic speech 'ml held the House In an uproar. Shep- rd suld the Hepublican party was ever so arrogant, so insolent as at the lose of the campaltm of 10S. "Today." he continued, "a little more ian two year later, the Republican arty Is a mass of Incoherent wreck 's e. It has divided Into two warring .roups. Insurgents and standpatters. "T.. an Insurgent a standpatter Is a ritable prince of darkness, a votary f oppression, a tyrant with heart of .int. w'tb hand of Iron and lip of brass; mile the most complimentary thing a -tandpatter can say of aa Insurgent Is t he should be shot as a traitor. "irtie.i at the stake, boiled In oil all hr.-e at once. "The only conclusion that the Amerl- an people may deduce from the whole itrog!lo Is that Ions; acquaintance id Intimate association qualify each Imant of the Republican party to scribe the other with entire accuracy lind authority. "Even Roosevelt, the human Seld- tx powder, who for seven years held Is party In an undivided and resist - ess mass. who. while President, evaded revision of the tariff with a skill 'hat made his the noblest standpatter -f them all. ceased to bunt wild beasts Africa to hunt standpatters in the nlted States." .f 'J r i! Stringent New Rule Adopted by Votes of Both FVirties Limiting Debate. :all amendments cut off COT XT ALBERT G. APPO.VTI. ID APPONYI In Addition, Detectives Dog Count's Chicago Footsteps. SLAV FANATICS FEARED Great Precautions Taken to Guard Hungarian ez-Minlster of Vaca tion, Again Whom Threats Hare lice a Made. was a rival of voting Hutchinson for the hand of a Dnlkeith girl. The latter was present at the dinner party and was mads seriously ill. RAILROAD SHOPS BLOCKED lloroon Foresee AVar. Faying Japan Is not "hard up" be 4Ue that government already baa ft - Inanced her next war. Hobson drew a xloomy view of the nnpreparednesa of he I nlted States for war. Hobson predicted that the Panama Canal would I never be used by this Government in I war time, because It would either not I be completed or adequate means would be found to prevent Its use Instantly upon a declaration of war. He pic- I lured Japanese occupation of the Phil ippines. Hawaii. Guam. Samoa. Aleutian I islands. Alaska, puget Pound and other parts of the United states and its poa- icsaiona. S100,C00 OPIUM SEIZED berret Agents I-lntf rucct Sound . Kerrlvlnit-PIaoe for Smugglers. WASHINGTON". Feb. . With a record I of more than Co ranis) and the a-ixur of saiugsied opium having a commercial value of :. nr the Nation-wide .-ampalcn against tho llleial traffic In the I drug cgan a few weeke ago. secret agents of the customs! service say their worit is about tlnislied. They found that practlcatly all the opium smuggled Into the I nlted States font's from iuiada. Mxlco. or from the Orient through the Puget Sound terri tory. President Taft and Jtecretary MacVeagn re personally Interested In having Hie traffic suppressed and a large force has been enirejred in the work. Tle opium slied l!I be sold at public auction and only to recognised drug dealers. CHICAGO. Feb. XO. (Special.) Two hundred Chicago policemen guarded Count Albert 1. Apponyt. Hungarian ex-Mlnlster of Kducatlon. upon his ar rival In Chicago this afternoon, and guard also was provided when he ad dressed the Twentieth Century Club a me no rue or it. enton a. Turek. on ar as r.urope Sees It." The hugs guard has been deemed necessary by friends of the Hungarian tatesman to protect him against pos I bio attack- from Slav fanatics who have been aroused to fury airainst A rt- ponyl on account of his alleged oppres ton or the blav people In Hungary. In addition to a guard of bluecoats. th same number of private detectives will dog the Count's every footstep while he In In the city and every Diace he visits be will be surrounded by men ready to arrest any person without credentials who tries to approach the vis i tot The police guard was requested from Chief steward by Dr. Krnest A. Loew lncer. president of the Hungarian American Federation. Ir. koewlnger In an Interview- said that although the attacks on Count Apponyt were based upon false 'premises of his attitude toward the Slav people, he feared some Irresponsible member of the Slay race might attack the visitor. Following a denunciation of Count Apponyl at a mass meeting of 2 blavs. those responsible for his visit to Chicago decided to leave no stone unturned to protect him during his stay here. "The Slavs In Chicago have threat ened me bodily violence If I assist in the honors for Count Apponyl." said I nr. Loewtnger. "but it's going to make no difference in my attitude" POISONED COFFEE KILLS YOCSG SCOTCn.MAX TAKES FA TAL. DltlG WHEN AKREsTED. New Gnlnea Natives Kill Britons. BRISBANE. Australia. Feb. 10. Word was received today from Papua, a division of the Island of New Guinea. ef the massacre of Mtanforth Smith. the British Administrator of Papua; two white officers, and a party of na tives by Inhabitants of the Interior. Smith, accompanied by the officers 14 native police and 14 carriers, left i'ort Moresby, tho capital of Papua, on N -vember It to explore the Interior. The tarty was last heard from lxmber 7 Subsequently searchers were sent out an.1 these have failed to return. Two BAtlvrs who accompanied the Kcglisn men arrived at Gourtbart with the tid lns that all the rest of the party were killed by the natives. rx-Banker Adnata Korgcry. NKW TORK. Feb. Ja Charles A. Pe!l- iry:. ex-third view-president of the l'.ronx National Hank, pleaded guilty today to forry on an Indictment charging him with having fslslfied certificates of the lark l sto. a and obtaining a loan of j:n from the Knickerbocker Trust ltim jvany. It aa a'.lrx-.l he forged about M.we worth of stuck. Jealousy Snpposed Cau.e of Crime WTilch Kills Cnlprit'a Father and Rival for Girl's Hand. LONDON. Feb. S Tho coffee-poison ng mysrery at Ialketth had a tragic ejuel today In the suicide of John Hutchinson, a' son of one of the vic tims, who swallowed a fatal drug In the presence of officers sent to arrest htm. The suicide was a chemist and was accused of having placed poison In the coffee served at a dinner party at his father's house, resulting In two deaths and in the serious Illness of several per sons. On the evening of February 4. Charles B. Hutchinson gave a dinner for 1 friends. At the end of the meal, coffee was served, first to the ladles and later to the men. After only a few minutes several of the ladles became 111 and then a number of the men complained of dis tress. Physicians were summoned, but the host died during the night. Later Alex ander Clapperton. a relative, died. Two others were more or less seriously ill for some days. Post-mortem examinations revealed that the deaths were due to poisoning, and suspicion fell on the son. John. A warrant for his arrest was Issued and today the officers found him at a hotel at Guernsey. The young man drew a vial from hla pocket and. despite the efforts of the officers to prevent him. drank the contents. He died la a few momrnt-. A possible motive for the poisoning Is suggested by the report thai Clauurtoa , Boilermaker Strike Against Piece Work on Vandrrbllt Lines. CLEVELAND. O.. Feb. 20. The strike of the boilermakers in the shops of the New York Central Railroad lines, which began today, has the sympathy of the machinists and blacksmiths employed In the shops, according to the officials of the Boilermakers' Union, and- within a few days, it is predicted, more than 2000 of them will walk out Vice-President Weyand, of the Inter national Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Shipbuilders. In charge of tbe strike, claims about too boilermakers and helpers struck today. These fig ures are disputed by the railroad offi cials, who also say many of the men returned to work and that In most of the shops the majority of the strikers were promptly replaced with non-union men. "The New Tork Central violated Its agreement with the union, and we are in the fight to stick," said Weyand tonight. O. K. McCain, superintendent of mo tive power of the Lake Shore & Michi gan Southern Railroad, said tonight: "We will have enough men by tomor row night to take care of the situa tion satisfactorily. The railroad has not violated Its agreement with the boilermakers, entered Into on December 27. 1910, when the men on day work were allowed 3S centa an hour. That agreement did not contain reference to piecework, over which began the dis pute which ended In the walkout to day. "The boilermakers really have no grievance. About half of them were put on piecework, and their wages were Increased 20 to ii per cent as a result. It appears, however, that piecework is contrary to their constitution, and a change was demanded." Weyand said today that a sympa thetic strike of machinists employed on all the New York Central lines might be called If tbe demands of the boiler makers were not granted. This would affect thousands of men. When Two-thirds Say So, Debate Is Cat Down and Bill May Pass hy Two-thirds Majority War Claims Bill la Passed. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Filibuster ing in the lower branch of Congress Tn this session became a thing of the past today, when the House voted by a large majority for a rule which when invoked by a two-thirds' vote as to any pending measure, forthwith re duces the time of debate to 40 minutes and cuts off all amendments. The rule was immediately Invoked against the filibuster on the omnibus war claims bill and that meas House substitute for a Senate waa passed in short order. Th bill cuts out all of the French spolla tlon and the navy-yard overtime claims. There is not a great deal of hope that it will be accepted by the Senate. Characterized as a gag" by some of its opponents, the rule adopted today can only be brought into play when two-thirds of the House desire it, and even then the passage of a bill under the suspension provided for can only be accomplished by a two-thirds' vote. I Taft Will Probably Settle Contro versy Over Agencies. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The pen sion appropriation bill was reported to the Senate today carrying JluS.6S8.000. This is 272.000 in excess of the amount of the bill as it passed the House, the difference being represented by salaries and expenses of the 18 pension agen cies throughout the country, which the House proposed to abolish. There have been controversies be tween the Senate and House over the pension agencies for the last seven or eight years, it Is understood now that this fight will be settled by President Taft, who proposes to abolish all bu six of tbe agencies and consolidate th work in large districts that now exist. Under this understanding; the Senate amendment probably will be allowed In the bill. Army Officers Promoted. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. President Taft sent to the Senate today the tol lowing nominations: Krnest . R, Thompson, reappointed Register of th L&ndoffice. Salt Lake City. He also recommended the following promotions In the Army: Brigadier-General Arthur Murray, chief of coast artillery, to be Major-General. Colonel George A. An derson. of the Ninth Cavalry, to be Brigadier-General. M DEPEW'S CHANGE MISSED HAD REPUBLICANS NOT PAIRED ELECTION WAS POSSIBLE. Democrats Favor New Rale. In the rules committee it was pro posed at first to allow a majority to Invoke the rule. The Democrats ob jected to this and the two-thirds pro vision was Inserted. In urging the adoption of tbs rule in the House, the Democratic leaders pointed out that this provision was a sufficient safeguard and the minority party would always be tn a position to mus ter more than one-third the member ship of the House and could therefore defeat any undesirable measure. Through this power of veto, it also was said, the Democrats were tn position to demand thnt appropriation bills called up under the rule be put In satisfactory shape. That the new rule was not Intended wholly as a "steam roller," but as means of ending useless filibusters waa demonstrated within a-very few hours after its adoption. The House resumed consideration of the naval appropriation bill under the ordinary rules. Mora than two hours were spent In general debate and then the reading of the bill for amendment under the five-minute rule was begun. Two Battleships In Donbt. The naval bill, as reported from the committee, calls for the repeal of the eight-hour clause in the building of battleships snd other naval vessels at private yards. It also provides for two battleships. It was not believed by those In charge of the matter that the two-battleship provision could muster sufficient votes. When the House met the filibuster gainst the war claims bill was re newed by the supporters of the spolia tions claims, the elimination of which had been secured by Mann's filibuster. Roberts of Massachusetts offered the spoliation claims as an amendment and demanded the reading of the entire 70 pages. Mann made a point of order that fRe amendment was not germane. While the point was pending. Dazell brought in the new rule, and Its adop tion ended the struggle. Eleventh Hour Arrangement Saves New York Democrats From Los ing Benefit of Majority. ALBANY N. T., Feb. 20 Chauncey M. Depew might have been re-elected United States Senator if the Repub licans present at today's session had participated in the joint ballot. An eleventh-hour arrangement between Democratic and Republican Assembly leaders in recognizing unofficial pairs was all that prevented the breaking of the deadlock. i ue vote: Democrats Sheehan. 47: Kernan, 13 Shepard. 2; Littleton, 2; Sulzer. 2: Hop per, z; Glynn, 1; Parker, 1; O Brien. Republicans Depew, 44. Total vote cast, 118; necessary to a choice, 60. After the joint ballot had been taken Mr. Merrltt explained to the - Repub 11 can members his reason for urging them to attend today s session. 'The leaders of the majority," he said, "declined last week to recognize pairs for today. It occured to me that by some mischance tbe situation might be awkward to some of those who had been paired. "I therefore took the re sponsibility of sending a telegram to every member of the minority." Resolutions were offered in the As sembly today for a legislative invest!' gation of charges that Assemblyman Friedman, an Insurgent Democrat, was offered inducements to vote for Wil liam F. Sheehan. The formal announcement by Mar tin W. Littleton, Representative-elect from Theodore Roosevelt's Congres sional district, of his candidacy for the United States Senatorship failed to change a single vote In his favor. Conrad's Wife Dice. HELENA. Mont.. Feb. 20. The news of the sudden death of Mrs. W. G. Con rad, wife of one of the leading candl dates, waa received just after the vote for Senator was taken today by the Legislature. CANAL BONDS ASSURED TURKEY HAS EARTHQUAKE Much of Monastir Wrecked and Pop ulation Camps Out. CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. I0.-A vio lent earthquake was experienced at Monastir and elsewhere throughout the vilayet of Monastir today. There was some loss of life. Several mosques and houses were de stroyed. The population is camping out and Buffering intensely with cold. The authorities have appealrd to the govern ment for 300 tents and relief funds. Monastir is a town of European Turkey. rnpitnl of the vilayet of Monastir in Macedonia, to miles northwest of Salon- Ica. It Is an Important millinery center and -has a large trade in wheat and to bacco, besides having manufactures of gold and silverware and carpets. The population, which Is estimated at 45.W0. is a medley of all the nationalities to be found in Macedonia, the Christians num bering about half of the total. MRS. CLARK ENDURES KNIFE Wife of ex-Senator Undergoes) Opera tion for Appendicitis. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. Mrs. W. A. Clark, wife of ex-Senator Clark, of Montana, waa successfully operated on for appendicitis In Roosevelt rtospuai this afternoon. Mr. Clark was at the hosp'til while the operation was being performed. Mrs. Clark was resting comfortably late this afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Clark were married in France in 1901 and until, a few weeks ago li-red a major part of their time In Paris. They returned to Amerl-a when the Seuatai-s 2S.000.ono mansion on Kll'.i avenue wis completed. Mrs. Clark before her marriage was Miss Anna La Chapellc, daughter of a Canadian pliysicton. PRINTING BILTi IS REPORTED Senate Considers Changes In Regula tions for Government Work. WASHINGTON, Feb. 20. The com mittee on printing today reported to the Senate the Smoot hill, providing for a revision and codification of the laws regulating Government printing. Among the most Important changes Is one for the gradual exchange for power presses of hand-roller presses now in use in the Bureau of Engrav ing and Printing. This already has aroused criticism because of the claim that it would displace many hand printers. The bill proposes to grant each Sen ator 22500 and each member $1S00 worth of such public documents each year as he may choose. Another provision concentrates all the department printing offices in the Government printing office. The printing committee estimates the changes would save the Treasury about 21.000,000. ISSCE OF PANAMA SECURITIES AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC. If Congress Authorizes Withholding of Paper as Basis for Bank Notes, Action Is Certain. PARSONS REPLIES TO EDWARDS New York Representative Denounces Knowledge of "Lobbyist." WASHINGTON. Feb. 30. Representa tive Parsons, of New York, who was absent from the House yesterday when Representative Edwards, of Georsia, eaid that on Saturday night a "lobbyist" for the French spoliation claims had entered the Speaker's lobby and had come to the door of the chamber In an effort to pass some documents to Mr. Parsons, arose today to a question ot privilege to give bis side of the matter. He said he did not know the lobbyist In question and never had any communication with him. Mr. Parsons said an employe of the House had twice tried to hand him a pamphlet but he had refused to accept It, and had resented it being sent him. Mr. Edwards said he had not wished to reflect on Mr. Parsons and said he did not believe he had any knowledge of the attempts of the lobbyist to communicate with him. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. The Issue of 230,000.000 to J50.000.000 3 per cent Pan ama bonds seems certain as soon as Congress passes the bill authorizing the ecretary of the Treasury to withhold the new securities from use as a basis for addition National bank notes. In the event that the present opposi tion to the legislation affecting the bonds should prevent its passage, an is sue of 3 per cent certificates of indebt edness, having one year to run. Is prob able. That is the Treasury's tentative plan now. In view of the sale or about jiuu.uuu.- 000 Industrial Improvement bonds in January and the prediction that about 2500,000,000 more will find their way to market In the next few months. Treas ury officials agree that this is a pro pitious time for an issue of Government securities. In any event they would have to be Issued In the Spring or early Summer. It would not be considered practical to attempt an Issue In the Fall when the crop-moving season is on and money Is In demand. Aside from that. Secretary Macvelgh Intended to make the Issue a popular one. Treasury otuciais interpret tn demand In some parts of the country for a system of bank deposit guarantees as the response to the establishment of the postal savings system Investment, such as would be made by bonds available to the public. Secretary Mac Veagh believes that this can be accom plished only by withholding from future issues the circulation privilege wnicn has tended to keep United States bonds In the hands of the banks. " ' --ew, ' I f f V- r . . X, 4 IT I"- - J - v L. .i i ,i liiTl - ),-'r AT THE Heilig Theater All This Week 'Come in and bear the following' VICTOR RECORDS of the best selections from the big musical comedy No. 31744 Gems From Havana No. 16326 Hello People Wholesale and Retail Sheniiean jpay& Co. Morrison and Sixth Streets ' HEYBURN FILLS BREACH SENATOR ' PREVENTS VOTE " DIRECT ELECTIONS OX After Nelson Has Spoken for Fed eral Control, Oratory Seems to Be Exhausted. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20. Xo opposi tion was encountered by Borah when, at 11:30 o'clock today, he called up for consideration In the Senate tlie resolution providing for the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people. Nelson immediately took the floor. He supported the adop tion of the resolution, but advocated the Sutherland amendment placing con trol of Senatorial elections in the hands of Congress. He expressed the opinion that if necessary Congress oUKht to have the power to resrulate the elec tion of Senators, even if the case should be so extreme as to require the use of the Army. Bacon elicited asqulescence In the statement that the Sutherland amend ment would permit the use of Federal registrars,. Judges, marshals and re. turning bpards, as well as the mili tary forces. The Minnesota Senator contended, however, that in urging the amend ment he had no especial reference to the South. - His purpose was rather to protect the large cities of the North from a condition of chaos that might arise. When Nelson concluded it appeared as though there were no one to pro ceed, and the chair was about to put the Sutherland amendment to a vote. Heyburn of Idaho Jumped to his feet. "We are not yet ready - for a vote on this question," he exclaimed. Proceeding with a speech against the general teffor of the resolution, Heyb irn said there was no need of haste In the proposed legislation. Ad mitting that some state Legislatures had petitioned for it, he said such petitions should have no more weight than if presented by an equal number of men. Not One Drop of Alcohol En This Ayers Sarsaparflla is a tonic and alterative, free from alcohol. What is a "tonic"? A medicine that imparts strength or tone; a medicine that builds up, gives vigor and power. What is an "alterative"? A medicine that alters or changes unhealthy action to healthy action. Ayer's Sarsa parilla does all this without stim ulation. Never take a medicine your own doctor cannot endorse. J. O. ATTR COMPANY. Lowell, Mass. The endorsement of your doctor will certainly greatly increase your confidence in Ayer's Pills as a family laxative. Liver pills. All vegetable. Ask your doctor about them. GAS, DYSPEPSIA, ALL OTHER INDIGESTION AND . STOMACH MISERY GOES Take a little Diapepsin now and your Stomach will feel fine fire minutes later. If your meals don't fit oomfortably. or you feel bloated After eating, and you believe it is the food which fills you: If what little you eat lies like a lump of lead on your stomach: If there Is dlfflaulty In. breathing arter eating. eructations of sour, undigested food and acid, heartburn, brash or a belch ing of gas. you can make up your mind that you need something- to stop tooa fermentation and cure Indigestion. To make every bite of food you eat aid in the nourishment and strength of your body, you must rid your Stom ach of poisons, exoessive acid and stomach gas, whioh sours your entire meal Interferes with digestion and causes so many sufferers of Dyspepsia. Sick Headache, Biliousness, Constipa tion,. Griping, etc- Your case la no different you are a stomach sufferer, though you may call It by some other name; your real and only trouble is that which you eat does not digest, but quickly ferments and sours, pro ducing almost any unhealthy condition. A caso of Pape's Diapepsin will cost fifty cents at any Pharmaoy here, and will convince any stomaoh sufferer five minutes after taking a single dose that Fermentation and Sour Stomach la causing the misery of Indigestion. No matter if you call your trouble Catarrh of the Stomaoh. Nervousness or Gastritis, or by any other name always remember that a certain curs la waiting at any drug store the mo ment you decide to begin its use. Fape's Diapepsin will regulate any out-of-order Stomach within five min utes, and digest promptly, without any! fuss or discomfort, all of any kind of food you eat. Maine KeDreentatIve Dies. WASHINGTON. Feb. SO. Representa tive Amos Allen, of Maine, died ot pneumonia at his apartments here ear ly today, following several days' Ill ness. Kepresentatl ve Allen was burn In Waterboro, York County. Me.. March 7. 1837. and was graduated from Bow- dotn College In 10. He was private secretary to Speaker Thomas B. Reed and upon Reed's resignation he was elected Ua Couxress to fill the place. CANAL WILL BE FORTIFIED llonae Will Vote $3,000,00 0 for Be ginning of Work. WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. Represen tative Fitzgerald. of New York, a member of the committee on appropri ations, announced In the House, today that the sundry civil bill would carry a provision for the fortification of the I'anama Canal. The statement was made In response to a question from Mr. Hobson, of Alabama, and was greeted with applause. It Is understood that the sundry civil bill, when reported by the appro priation committee, will carry $3,000, 000 for the fortification of the canal. -U He) burn Opposes Court CliafSge. WASHINGTON. Feb. Ml Senator Hey burn today announced in the Senate his determination to prevent any change In the Commerce Court law for.the present. Don't Wait For spring to come, but begin to build up your system now by cleansing your blood of those impurities that have ac cumulated In It during the winter. To build up the system now will help you through the sudden and extreme changes of weather at this season and very likely save you from serious slck- nees later. Hood's Sarsaparllla is the medicine to take. It purifies the blood and gives strength and vigor. It combines the utmost remedial values of more than twenty different ingredients, roots, barks and herbs, each greatly strengthened and enriched. There is no real substitute for Hood's Sarsaparilla Get It today In usual liquid form or chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs. W.M. liH President T. B. Wacox, Vice-Pres. R$rijr When Interested in Life . f'jbft Insurance fgij M IT WILL PAY YOU MM To Talk With an Agent of v. This Company dfiy L Cookingham, Yice-Pres. M. HL Johnson, Secretary S. P. LOCKWGOD, VICE-PRESIDENT AND GEN. MANAGER Harry Ricfaey, Mgr. Portland Agfa. Home Office, 9th Floor Spalding Bid?. Portland, Ot i t