L FORCE ACIi
Congress Kusl Decide Recipcit
flow Or Hold Extra Session
House Will Pass Bill, But Action of
Senate Is Doubtful Paper
Trust Opposes.
Washington, Feb. 9. The degree
to which the administration will use
In behalf of the reciprocity agreement
with Canada "its utmost efforts to
bring about such changes by concur
rent legislation" .was made plain In
reports brought from the white' house
by senators who had talked with the
president. The reports left little
.,' doubt that, should congress adjourn
without ratifying the agreement, the
president would convene the new con
gress In extraordinary session to con
sider the matter afresh.
The reciprocity matter has moved
into the foremost place In the legis
lative purview and the president
shows every disposition to keep it.
there, if he can. It is said upon ex
cellent authority that Mr. Taft be
lieves the present congress will act
favorably in both houses upon the
agreement and that-there will bo no
necessity for an extra session.
Every indication now forecasts its
adoption by the house by an over
whelming majority. The only doubt
appears whether those senators radi
cally opposed to Its enactment will
be able, by obstructive tactics, to
prevent its adoption by the senate.
The . president apparently entertains
no such doubt.
It is known that Senators Heyburn
and Bailey are bitterly opposed to
the agreement and that the opposi
tion extends also to most of the pro
gressive republicans. Some of these
senators have hinted that their re
lations with the white house have not
been sufficiently pleasant of late to
cause them to exert themselves In
support of an administration meas
ure. Senators Carter and Crane, to
whom the president announced his
purpose, have begun a campaign for
votes.
The president does not couple the
tariff commission bill with the reci
procity bill in his demand for action
at this session, but, if neither bill
should pass, he would call upon con
gress to pass both measures at the
extra session and might promise data
on the wool and woolen schedule If
the democrats desire them.
FIGHTING AT JUAREZ.
First Encounter Results In Nothing
But Harmless Exhibition.
El Paso, Feb. 8. The first battle
and insurrectionists was exhibited Washington Feb. IL-Tho joint
here toriav .Khihitd u th n.r.nor resolution authorizing the president
word, ror no one was hurt on eitflei otflthe U,nId States to Invite the
side, and the "exhibition" was viewed "ation8 f he wor,1 t0, joln tln .0the
i.v n th0nnH in no Panama-Pacific celebration at San
whn iinH tho hnnu- r,f tho ,,. Francisco in 1915 has at last ended
Grande on the American side, about lt8 tedlol's ftnd tortuou,8 course ,n th?
DOINGS OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS
three miles west of this city.
congressional mill and now rests in
Thn v.hnn ri mi.ii. nonni.Jtle white house, which is a haven
about 15 minutes, during which of a?lute afey',f , '
about 200 shots were fired. Accord- William H. Taft will, as a good
lng to Pascual Orozco, leader of the
and enthusiastic friend of the Pacific
iniirmrtns hia men flreH nnlv Kn coast, on iuonuay or i uesuay auix ms
nf thfin Ho riBPiAruri that tho fort, signature to the precious bit of
firais rnt nwv an taat that thv worn document, and then it will go Into
out of range , before more could be Jhe Permanent keeping of the secre
flrort nt thorn "'J VI tuaic.
Tnnitrht thn floral nra hoh)rt A the same time the president
the -walls of the cathedral of Guade-P:111 8end his formal notification to
lnnno tho h.nrrka onH tho hniirin. tne senate and the house of repre-
of Juarez, across the river from. here. P"5"1"""5" "" w'u'
nHaQaittA nnH nr 1 f V fhnf f V - final tyi aa.
orozco remains in possession 0f r t
the position which he occupied at 8age can be sent to the exposition
noon and held against the federal ad- 10 r B,- ' tl ' .
vance. He declared in an interview iUB luI, tuuu "
wuh tho ASAnk(aH Pr. congress toward fixing the rates that
rosnnnrtont that ho firmiv intone tn sna be charged vessels using the
attack Juarez, but that he awaited fanama canal wa" impressed upon
the arrival of General- Blanco with
the house committee on interstate
350 men. He said that he looked cIrmmerc? today by . Colonel George
for the latter at any moment.
Orozco's present force in the vicin
ity of Juarez numbers under 600
men probably 550. Of these, 320
W. Goethals, chief engineer of the
canal
Colonel Goethals supported the
Mann bill, which presents the admln-
oro with him in tho ciimi.h thi istration ideals of what the tolls
aftornr, Tho fortomi fnmo hv suouiu ue. lie saia mat me canai
actual rnimt nnmhorort iRimn' fnnt would be completed by September,
soldiers and 84 mounted infantry. n' J;nat " would Practically put
They took with them no artillery the Tehuantepec railroad out of busi-
anil Oro'cn hast notio nesa anQ umx- lne snipping interests
Orozco quit the ranch during the 01 "v w" usi naye ai least is
forenoon and by moving through the 'etul uai "flr u
ripon nrmvna whirh Enar tho rt.-ort rates upon the basis of charges im-
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everywhere, reached a new position .lu ,
nn tho hiiia ainno- tho rivor maJ The officer said the canal would be
from the smelter. Here the cor- complet,edwf" 7,a th Jimit. f
respondents who had been on his J?0' 375 000,000-probably $15-
trail since daybreak discovered him. yuu;u"u unaer m.s amount, ims wiu
He carried a riHe, like his men. "?cIude he coaI stations, machine
He answered questions only after sh?P8 and BPY stations and prob-
deliberation and often evasively.
ably the drydock.
Wo waa nf mlnrt tr. hotrav hla sam me governmeni, Dy operai-
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plans. He borrowed some ink for "B eve.uUieut-cuutioiieu cuoi Bla
hu fmmtain nnrt oia writing tions, must prevent private interests
tablet. He expressed a wish to visit "um w uW,,
El Paso to get a "square meal."
PRELIMINARY WORK BEGINS.
the canal. Under any other system,
said Colonel Goethals, the danger
would exist of the private coal in
terests directly controlling the opera
tion of the canal.
National Irrigation Congress Estab
lishes Headquarters In Chicago.
$1,250,000" WILL EXPLOIT.
Harriman Roads Allot Large Sum for
Advertising West.
Chicago. An advertising appropri
ation of 11,250,000 is to be spent by
the Harriman' railroads in 1911.
The budget, said to be the largest
ever authorized by any railroad sys
tem, was completed at a meeting of
the passenger representatives of the
Union and Southern Pacific systems
held In Chicago. Within the week
announcement was made of the in
tended double-tracking of both roads
at an expense of $75,000,000. The
advertising budget is to secure
enough new business to operate the
system to capacity when the second
track is completed, within five years.
Newspaper and magazine advertising
is the central feature of the plan, but
illustrated pamphlets and lectures
with demonstration cars and Btereop-
ticons are to be financed from the
budget and advertising is to be
placed in publications in foreign
countries.
Washington, Feb. 10. Government
clerks who are paid from $600 to
ClfiHA a vaar rn wHfim tho huran
Chicago. Arthur Hooker, secretary Lf tho hich t f faiia m0t
of the 19th National Irrigation Con- heavil are hayl hard Bleddlng thls
gress, which will have its next ses- wint A few vear8 thG
OnS in Chicago, December 5 tO 9, atnra ani, ronrosontativoa ralaort tholr
has established executive offices at own galarieg 50 cent and Rt tne
214 Hotel La Sale where the or- same tjme refuged to ralse the gal.
ganlzation will make its headquarters arleg of the clerkg since then m
until after the close of the conven- fha ffiroro Bllfh aa rah.
"The preliminary work for the
coming congress is well under way,"
said Secretary Hooker, "and we ex
pect to begin our campaign for for
eign delegates within 30 days. Dr.
E. McQueen Gray, ot Albuquerque,
N.
inet members, supreme court justices
and others at the top of the official
ladder, have had substantial in
creases. Recently it was attempted to raise
the salaries of the United States cir
cuit judges from $7000 to $10,000,
M the foreign secretary of our Ij of the secretary t0 the presideni
organization, who has been in cor
respondence with many represeuta-
from $600 to $10,000 a year. The
increase in the Judges' salaries was
GOOD USE FOR WASTE MILK
.
Cklmmed Article Mixed WHh Phos
phate of Lime Produces Most
Efficient Phosphate.
A new and exceedingly profitable
use has been discovered for the waste
bershlp at 391, and then passed the
original Crumpacker bill, fixing the
TTIP m lif ruVi 1 n a 1 JTJ An nwA 4-
March 4, 1913. It Arizona and New "1 "f4 ,n uch Sundance by
Mexico are admitted to statehood secuons 01
they will be given one represents- the countrJ' where .this waste Is uaed
tive each, bringing the total to 435. b? tho farmers who sell their cream
to fatten pigs, but then again, there
..uauiuKiuu, reo. 8. senator are districts where the milk, thor-
vamoenain nas cieen lnrormea Dy ougbly skimmed and watery in char
tho D?JeCle 7 , Africulture Haya MtaP la ftiIowed to drain away. It
.ui. v-uauiucnuiu u uiii iur me reiiei 1 1 . .
of tho enot, ti ,,, ,.t. .u-uaB ueeu iuuuu, uowever, mai Dy mix
president's withdrawal of those lands ,U5 wt3 "
last summer. Chamberlain takes the u'"l e",u,e"t P"opnaie is proaucea.
ground that if the bill is enacted lt The Phosphate of lime is placed in
will relate back to the date- of the 8 bollow heap on the floor, the waste
original entries. He urges that com- milk is run Into the hollo-", and a
mon justice to the settlers demands handful of yeast is added. In course
some measure of relief, as most of of time the whole Is turned and thor-
tnem acted in good faith and have oughly mixed after the fashion of
been wrongfully denied what is theirs mortar. After It has dried and in
unaer congress OWn laws. He Will hrnlron nn It fa mrt offlMont fo.
ROolr anmo wav nut r, 1 tliA Jifflnuv I ... . .....
1 "l U.U.VU11.J. tuizer. contairunsr about 72.30 Der
H'n narlnr -.f lit il I "
JZrfJr e f luelcent of phosphate. and a little more
president today, Senators Crane and
Carter delivered to the members of
than 1 per cent of nitrogen. Unlike
the Ronato tho Z ' : : the manufacture of most phosphates,
declaring that ho wnM nnafttvoiv this process is not attended by any of
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cau an extra session of congress if luc u"w-u omer
the Canadian reciprocity agreement nuisances so closely associated with
was not adopted at the present TJQ ordinary tertiiizer factory.
session.
Senator Fletcher of Florida came CA U1MTQ
to the defense of Senator Lorimer l HVi X I III i 1J
yesterday when, in addressing the
senate, he declared the election of
Lorimer was a "dark horse" proposi
tion "and was brought about by the
commnauon or personal and non
partisan feeling."
The Humphrey bill, providing for
tne transport of famine supplies to
China, passed the house yesterdav
afternoon and will be rushed through
the senate. The bill authorizes the
use of any army transport to carry
supplies of food collected in the
United States across the Pacific
ocean. The collection of food will at
once be commenced by the Red Cross
and kindred associations. It will
probably be gathered for shipment
at beattie, whence the transport will
sau for Asia.
If the very young lady needs a frock
for dancing-school times, this model is
charming.
Light and fluffy it will be, if develop
ed in nainsook, with lace -insertions
and rosettes to finish the half-belt of
crushed ribbon.
tlves during the last three or four defeated ln the houae by a vote of
jcaia, ja uuciui iiiat luc luitrifeu 157 tO 130
delegation in Chicago next December
will be larger than ever before.
"The board of governors of the
In the senate other increases which
had passed the house were accepted
without protest, with one exception
congress, headed by R Insinger, of the senate became mlghty vlrtUous
opunauc, aau., ia aLlvviy ill wui tv,
and with the assistance given by the
Chicago board of control and our
members the coming convention
should be of vital interest and influence."
SHIP STRIKES; ALL SAFE.
FISHERMEN GO TO DEATH.
Finnish Village on Ice Floe Wrecked
and Hundreds Drown.
Vlborg. The ice, floe on which
about 250 fishermen had established
a village and which, after being
swept out to sea on Friday last, be
came stranded near the Island of
Heltskar, was partially destroyed by
a gale.
One hundred of the fishermen es
caped to land, while numbers are
known to have been drowned. Ice
breakers have been sent to the
rescue.
Mayor of Seattle Is Recalled.
Seattle. Py a vote of 31,983
against 25,992 and with but three
small precincts yet to hear from, the
people of Seattle have recalled Mayor
Hiram C. Gill ami elected George
W. Dllllng to fill out the unexpired
term. The recall was on account of
charges that an organized vice syn
dlcate was protected by Chief of
Police Charles W. Wappenstein, an
official whom Gill retained in office
over the daily protects of thousands
of citizens and the two leading daily
newspapers of the city.
Alfonso Has One Foe Less.
Madrid. One great menace to the
reign of King Alfonso was removed
when Juan Costa, leader of the Span
ish republicans, died here. Costa
was regarded as the strongest figure
in the propaganda, and his-death, it
is believed, may mean a drifting
apart of the republican factions-which
he had largely held together since
the execution of Professor Ferrer at
Barcelona.
Whiskey Was for Medicine.
Washington. On evidence that a
bottle of whiskey which he carried
through the Blackfoot Indian reserva
tion in Montana was for medicinal
purposes, President Taft has par
doned Guy Livingston, Dunkirk,
Mont., ranchman. Livingston had
been fined $100 and sentenced to 60
days in jail.
Steamer Victoria In Blinding Snow
Hits Rocks.
Cordova, Alaska. The steel steam
ship Victoria, of the Alaska Steam
ship company's fleet, went on the
rocks on Hinchinbrook island in a
thick snow storm Tuesday night
and struck out a clerkship of $900
per year.
The increases go to employes in
the higher ranks of the service, who
already are drawing salaries from
two to six times as high as the
average wages paid to civil service
workers. The rank and file, as usual,
go unrecognized.
The chief of the bureau of trade
relations in the state department is
raised from $2000 to $2500. The
chief clerk in the treasury depart
ment from $3000 to $4000. Five law
clerks in the customs division, treas
ury department, are raised from
v ashington, Feb. 7. President
Taft made no effort today to conceal
his displeasure over the rejection by
the senate of the nomination of
Elmer E. Colwell as United States
marshal for Oregon, but. on the
other hand, was decidedly outspoken
in discussing this matter with sev
eral of his callers.
The president, acting upon recom
mendations made by Senator Jones,
today sent to the senate the nomina
tions of Joseph R. H. Jacoby of
beattie to be United States marshal
for western Washington and W. A.
Halteman, of Spokane, as marshal
for eastern Washington.
The house of representatives yes
terday passed a bill which has here
tofore passed the senate, permitting
the secretary of the interior in his SIX TbTEALS A DAY TS JTOBWAY.
discretion to graduate payments re
quired of settlers now on government PImI Luncheon at ll O'clock Fortl-
irrigation projects, exacting of them flea Nature for Voum Ma-ht
small annual payments during their "We came to know typical Norws
first years of residence, but increas- rtan hoimoholrla. with thir whnlsnm.
ug me unui n we ena i iu years rene atmosphere," writes Caroline
rnL! M,V?a,d baCk t0,the ?V; Thurber in a pleasant narrative of A
r;:,T ,;'::"'r(rcl"r' Motor Invasion of Norway." in the
and operation. Century.
The house of representatives Mon- "Long evenings were spent among
day passed the bill heretofore passed musicians, lovers of Grieg, who inter
by the senate granting leave of ab- preted his strange music for us ai
sence to homesteaders up to May only Norwegians can. We learned
15, 1911. This bill also extends un- much of the intimate and personal sld
til that date the time in which home- of Ibgen ftnd BJornson from their own
Eh residence t0 fr,ends- and were made ,amlllar w,th
me arusis wno are maxing a name
Washington, Feb. 6. A'defense of f( the .young northern school of paint
Cullom of Illinois formed the most ing.
striking part of an address made in the "From the children in these horaej
senate today by Theodore Burton, of we had glowing descriptions of thi
Ohio, in opposition to the report of the famed winter sports ski jumping
committee on privileges and elections and coasting down the mountain sid
by which Lorimer, of Illinois, was ex- and through the forests about Chris-
AUTO BUFFALO HUNT
PRE8ENT 8TYLE BEATS THAT OP
THE EARLY DAYS.
Lone Bison Escapes From Farm Near
Minneapolis, and Charges a School
House Posses In Automo
biles Chase Animal.
Minneapolis, Minn. The screams of
school children barricaded in a dis
trict school seven miles from Anoka
prevented a charge through a window
of the building by the crazed buffalo
that escaped from James J. Hill's
farm, 20 miles away, and gave the
clue to the whereabouts of the beast
that led to its death.
Reporters ascertained In their chase
of the animal that it really is a full
grown American bison. In an auto
mobile the reporters began the hunt
for an animal now almost extinct.
Even the skeptical people of the
country, who scouted the first reports
of farmers who were terrorized by
sight of the beast, were convinced
that it really was a buffalo.
Early ln the day the countryside
was roused and the chase renewed.
After an exciting hunt the animal was
located in the heavy timber a quarter
of a mile from Barney Monion's place
on the state road. County Attorney
H. Pratt and Lee GIddings left the au
tomobile in which they had been pur
suing the beast and hastily entered
the timber tract. On the other side
of the woodland Pratt made out the
creature dashing through a field of
stubble. Though it was a long shot
Pratt fired. This was followed by a
volley from GIddings, and together tho
men hastened In the direction of the
clearings. A trail of blood was found
and another glimpse through the
farther thickets showed that the ani
mal was hampered in his rapid flight
by a slight limp. Later in the day the
buffalo was shot and killed by the
posse.
$2000 to $2500; assistant chief from nerted from the charge of obtainmg tlanla, under electric lights, when, al
Tho Victoria which waa oarrvln? " u aaoiouaui. wmci num
TJ1 JL rht CoI?,f U2000 to $2500; the law and bond
clerk the same increase.
passengers and freight from Seattle,
hung on the rocks a short time, the
limns uuo imiug nei uu, a laigB Wash neton. Feb. 9. The cam
hole was crushed in her bow and paign of the Taft administration for
sne maue water rapidly, out tne- ror- the ratification of the reciprocity
ward bulkhead held, and Captain agreement with Canada moved on
Davis at once crowded on all steam apace today. The house committee
and headed the damage vessel for on ways an(j means held its final
Nuchuck bay, where she arrived hearing and is expected in executive
safely. session tomorrow to vote it favOr-
As soon as the Victoria struck the auiy,
rocks, wireless calls were sent out. That the exposition In commemora
These were picked up by the navy tion of the completion of the Panama
wireless station here and by the canait )f he!d at San Francisco, would
operator on the steamship Bertha, be the greatest ever known is the
of the Alaska Coast company's fleet, opinion expressed by the senate com
The Bertha was only ten miles from nijttee on industrial expositions ln a
the Victoria, and hurried at once to report presented to the senate todav.
the imperiled vessel's assistance. This vew u based on the fact
that $17,500,000 has been promised
Grain Exporters Complain. by California for the proposed ex-
Washington.-Kerr, Gifford & Co. los'tion- The report makes it plain
That trip n mm ISA nf tho lnrcia sum
and Balfour, Guthrie & Co., of Port- had much lnfillence in taking the
land, have filed a complaint with the exposition to the Pacific coast.
interstate commerce commission A ., of ihp ni1v rnntrrosalnn.-il
against the O.-W. R. & N., alleging Record for every home Is contem-
that that company does not expend pated ,n a bilI introduced today bv
sufficient money in fixing up cars Senator Hevburn of Idaho. The biil
for carrying grain. Under its rules provides that the Record shall be
the O.-W. R. & N. agrees to expend sntjpH t tho mto nf 1 r vr
nl?, u1,2 .Per Car lD .mak,ng th,em and that all postmasters may take
available for cargoes of grain, and it subscriptions
is alleged in the complaint that there The democrats of the house, aided
Is frequently much loss of freight in hv fow pon-.i.iipo,,., hn Ant.uol,
transit. I fn , Y.a hnnnri hv tho nortw ,oiiiiio
won their fight today for an in-
Klnn's Critic l Bannrf. creased representation ln the lower
Paris. A threatened British boy- branch of congress under the cen-
cott has made it necessary for Ed- 8,18 or lsm'-
ward H. James to find another Tney vo,ed down th republican
printer for the Liberator. The caiIC"s bill to retain the house mem-i
printing firm that has been
ms seat Dy means or bribery. the hour for eating, the snow aboul
ine relerence to L-ullom, who is the quaint log hotel at Holmenkollen
Lorimer's colleague,, was called out by i3 planted so close with skis stuck up
a statement maae Dy tsaney, ot Texas,
in the senate during the excitement in
cident to the close of Root's arraign
ment of Lorimer last Friday. Speak
ing of the existence for years of a
right ln the snow as to look like some
new kind of colossal porcupine.
"Among the well-to-do in Norway
the frequency of meals and lighter re
freshmenta Is something startling, at
1QSIr st,v i.nH n ... . . L. I
j-wx ... uiinciiuii wiui t t th vpraeft AmerlrRn break.
the sessions of the Illinois legislature, f, ? tne avera American break
Bailey, who supports Lorimer. said fa8 ? 9' d nnefr at ffe6 a' halt
that the means used to elect Lorimer J'JT" T7 d?
were the same as had been employed ! ?ngl'sh sty 6 at half;paft BUPpe.f
in the election of Cullom. at 7' and at 11 naturd ,s nnaII7 fortl
Burton did not dwell long on the Bed wlth ,urther n""-1111" for th
Texas senator's inferences. At the lonS radiant night
joint request of Bourne and Chamber- "These long, radiant nights, by th
lain, the senate today rejected the wa7' are a constant peril to Chrlstla-
nomination of Elmer B. Colwell as nIa- They encourage many forms ol
United States marshal for Oregon, dissipation and immortality, much u
thereby rendering it necessary for the long winter brings In its train s
President Taft to pick a new man for -certain sordid depression, both, mental
this office. Who that man will be, the and physic'
MISFORTUNES OF A FARMER
Twin Dies While He Is Getting Cot
nn for Other Runaway
Follows.
Petersburg, Ind. James Fair, living
east of Petersburg, met with a series
of misfortunes. One of his children, a
twin a few days old, died and he came
to Petersburg to get a coffin for the
body, and when he returned home he
found the other twin' had died In hla
absence. He returned to Petersburg
to get a double coffin for the little
ones and when he reached the cor
porate limits of the town his horse be
came frightened and ran away. The
coffin was thrown out and the horse
ran into Joseph McBay's yard, striking
the pump and demolishing the wagon
aa well as the pump and knocking
down 25 feet of picket fence. The ani
mal was uninjured and Mr. Fair es
caped without injury.
CAUGHT IN TRAP DOOR; DIES
Aged Iowa Woman's Body Hangs by
One Arm and Rats Muti
late It.
Carroll, Iowa. News has reached
here of the tragic death of Mrs. Jen
nie Heundling, aged ninety. Mrs.
Heundling's lifeless body was found
suspended from the attic Just over
her bed, having been accidentally
caught and held by the right forearm
by a trap door until relieved by death.
Near the bed was an old ladder
which had been used to reach the at
tic. From all appearances the ladder
slipped from under the aged lady and
the trap door, which had been held
by a stick, fell and caught her arm.
When found her hand and right
cheek had been partly eaten away by
rats. Mrs. Heundling lived alone in
Wheatland township and had declined
offers of her son to live with him.
doing
the work notified him that they had
been Informed by a deputation from
the British Chamber of Commerce
here that if they continued the pub
lication of the paper that libeled
King George, they would cause the
establishment to lose other and more
Important business.
Suffrage Killed In Montana.
Helena, Mont. The house killed
the woman suffrage bill by refusing
to reconsider the vote by which lt
failed of a two-thirds majority.
president hs not yet intimated, but he
has stated that he would 'not act upon
the recommendation of Bourne.
"If the necessary appropriations
were available, I would establish
The Way of Life.
It Is being said of an elderly map
In business in Atchison: "He cant
stand punishment as he formerly
noatal saino-.. h.nWa l.mnrn.u, In finn could." And there is punishment to
additional cities and towns of the Uni- en5ured ,n making a living; don't
ted States " forget 1L Look over your own experl-
This statement was made by Post- ence and you wlU detect Punlbment
master General Hitchcock in view of ver7 hour of th day- If K Un,t at
reports of the first month's operation llonle H ,s on th 8tret or on
of the postal bank system. road- How man waB th(,r &r to
Favorable action of the house on the P8" ma no a" w
Canadian reciprocity agreement was et along and behave himself! And
assured tonight, when the caucus of after a man eU old H 18 mor
Democratic representatives formally nl Ter' eBr wn wm Pr Ifulow
pledged the party to vote for the 1 lna P""'""""" oouia
Baby Drowns In Lard Pail.
Middle River, Minn. Left alone for
a few minutes with a pall of water in
which his mother had been giving
him a bath, the one-year-old son of S.
Sorenson of this city crawled into
the pail head first and was drowtjed.
A wooden lard pail was used as a
bathtub. The bath water was left ln
the pail in the middle of the bedroom
floor and the child was playing in it
by splashing the water about his body.
The mother took him away from the
pail and left the room for a few min
utes. When she returned the child
was found helpless with his head un
der the water. A doctor was sum
moned, but the baby was dead.
agreement.
when be was younger.
Now a Telephone Trust.
Washington, Feb. 9. Anticipating
the formation of a multi-million dol
lar telephone trust, the United States
department of justice today detailed
special agents to investigate every
step taken by representatives of the
Independent Telephone association,
which Is meeting in Chicago this
week. It Is reported that a plan Is
being considered to consolidate all
the Independent systems ln the
United States with the Bell-Morgan
system.
LaFollette Goes After Taft.
The Biographer's Art.
Even ln the hands of a master lt Is
mSb,w0p t1.Tf?ir0Cth,,d?" dlffl'cuIt for a biography to escape be
rlhi StJo L?rCl ng tedious at times; but the deadly
answer the question whether he
attempting to dodge a decision in
dullth of the volumes put forth at the
the Cunningham coal land case was P" day might be i avoided. Critics
made, todav hr Sonatnr i.aPniiotto frequently deplore the tendency to
of Wisconsin In an open letter to the hero-worship In modern biographers
president, which was published ln OD would not surely fluarrel with
I-aFollette's Magazine and given out then or suppressing any fatuous
bete today. The letter is signed adulation but the fact remains that
"LaFollette's Magazine,' but is re- hero-worship is the feature of the great
garded as coming from the senator biographies of the world.
Peg Leg Makes Him a Masher.
Wllkesbarre, Pa. Mrs. Mary Or
nesky has had her husband, Peter Or
nesky, brought before the court here
in an attempt to make him stay at
home. A few weeks ago to keep him
home she burned his peg leg, but Or-
nesky had her arrested and the court
ordered her to buy him a new one.
She got him such a fine one that he
became a great favorite among the
girls and never stayed at home. Ac
cordingly she has had him arrested
for non-support
Japan's Oldest Port.
Tokio, Japan. Nagasaki is the eld
est port ln Japan, where the first for
eigners, Portuguese merchants, land
ed 326 years ago. It is one of the f.T
most Important ports of the country,
with a population of 75.000. The larg
est vessels ln the world can ancliot
In its spacious barber.