WILL TEACH I'HITE
PLAGUE PREVENTION
BILLBOARDS TO BE PUT
TO BENEFICIAL USE
Twenty Thousand Colored Fosters to
Re TMfmlATed During Next Three
MonthsValue $1M,000.
During the next three months, the
billboard! of the United State will
display 20,000 educational posters on
tuberculosis, according; to an an1
nnnnmment made today by the Na.
tional Association for the Study and
Prevention Of Tuberculosis.
This will conclude the campaign
begun a year ago, when the National
Blllnosters' association donated free
pace to the tuberculosis cause, the
Tntr winters' association Offered
tree printing, and nine paper manu
facturers gave the paper for the post
mrm. The eomblned value of these sev'
ral donations for this three-month
campaign Is nearly $100,000.
The posters are in six different de
alms and are all nrtnted In three col
ors. They are 7 feet wide and feet
hlrh. Already nearly 2100 of these
posters have been hung on the bill
boards of 46 different cities, and It Is
nlanneA to distribute 20,000 more oe
fore Anrll 1st In oyer 400 towns and
cities. Any anti-tuberculosis society
In the United States may receive free
f oharse. except for transportation,
as many of these posters as can be
huns on the boards in Its territory.
Tho Nations! association with the tu
berculosls committee of the national
billposters and distributors are con
ducting the campaign.
The posters show in graphlo form
' how fresh air, good food and rest cure
tuberculosis; how bad air, overwork
and closed windows lead to consump
tion j and how the careless consump
tive menaces the health of his family
by spitting on the floer.
PRAISES BUSINESS COLLEGE.
ry, Cathedral and Leaning Tower,
Pisa; (c) Typical Cathedrals, Sien-
la, Farrar Genoa, Milan, the Certosa
at Pavla; (d) " Secular Monuments,
Palaoe Vechlo, Campanile and Loggle
del Lanze, Florence Mrs. Robinson.
Renaissance: Characteristics of
this Period, Architecture, Palaces at
Rome, Florence, Venice, Sculpture for
Church Decoration, Cathedrals, Du
omo, Florence, S. Andrae, Mantua,
F. Esplrlto, Bologne, M. Delle Carerl,
Prato, S. Peters, Rome Miss Boyd.
At the conclusion of the program
views of some of the beautiful Ital
ian and other European scenes from
the collections of Mrs. Bishop, Miss
Boyd and Mrs. Smith were thrown on
a screen. These pictures were made
still more Interesting by the remarks
of members of the club who have trav
eled abroad.
Miss Fay Bartholomew played "A
Day in Venice" and Mrs. Thomas
Vaughan sang "Deh Non Volere Coe-
tringue" by Domlzettl.
Dainty refreshments suggestive of
Italy, were served.
INTERESTING BOYS
IN GARDEN WORK
PORTLAND Y. M, C. A. STARTS
SERIES OF CONTESTS
Boys Between Ages of 12 and 16 El
igible to Compete Contestants to
be Divided into Classes.
houses and their coming is eagerly
awaited.
The idea of a free newspaper li
brary for the section foreman, their
families and near neighbors In the
country pierced the Sunset lines
much of the territory being only
sparsely settled, and therefore, neces
sarily Implying Isolation for employes
and their families at such points or
iginated with the general passenger
agent while he was on a trip through
western Texas. His suggestion recelv
Portland boys are to be interested
in gardening by the local T. M. C. A.
A contest for the most successful
growers of vegetables among boys be
tween the ages of 12 and 16 years
will be started, with prizes for the
winners.
Any Portland boy Is eligible to en
ter and the only expense will be the
actual cost of seed. A plot of ground
10 by 15 feet in extent is to be used
by each contestant and If such a pjece
of ground Is not available In his own
back yard, the contestant will be given
Demanded Dy American interests in the use of a tract by the T. Mv C. A.
boutn America. Contestants will be divided into
The crying need or American in- two classes. One wll raise earlv and
tercets in South America Is the es- the other late vegetables. Each dl
tabllshment of American banks, ac- vision will raise four vegetables yet
cording to Prof. Paul S. RelnBch, of to be named, and the first division,
tne university oi Wisconsin, wne re- m addition, will cultivate sweet peas.
AMERICAN BANKS NEEDED.
cently returned from the Pan-Ameri
can conference at Buenos Ayres, Argentine.
"We have the business," said Prof.
Delnsch, "and now we need banks to
The first division will close its con
test on June 23 and on that day, and
the one following, an exhibition of
the products will be made at the au
dltorlum of the Y. M. C. A. Suitable
accommodate American firms doing prlzeB wlu be pre8ented to the wln-
Dusiness m ooum a ners, the Judges passing, both on the
banking methods prevailing In South L..,..., aA th. .a-jA ,v.mu1
American cities are extremely slow whe un(Jer cuItlvatlon The contw
ana antiquatea. iny wouiu qu., for tne Becond Beotlon will close Sep-
iuiuvu omud diiuwu w i tember 29
Dan it enter into competition wnn
them.
"At present, the only method of ex.
change is through London or other
European financial centers, a most
roundabout and Inconvenient system
The co-oporatlon of the Oregon
Agricultural College will be given to
the contest. Instructors in that in
stltutlon will give advice to the boys
and will place bulletins Issued on
a i i.n gardening In their hands.
business In South America Is practi
cally entirely In the hands of foreign
ers. In Buenos Ayres, for example,
outside Of the National Bank of Ar
the T. M. C. A., and J. C. Clark, boys'
secretary, are starting the contest In
order to Induce the boys to spend a
Chlcao Instructor Tells of Good Ac
complished by Educational
Institution.
Morton MacCormao of Chicago,
president-elect of the National Com
mercial Teachers' Federation, repre
senting 20,000 Instructors In the Unit
ed States and Canada, which will have
Its next convention In Spokane In
July, 1112, baa sent the following
telegram to the Spokane chamber of
eommeroe: '
"The fathers of. business education
bullded better than they knew. They
sowed the seed which Is today ripen'
Ing Into the flower of the most prac.
tlcal sort known In the history of the
educational world. The business col
lege has widened Its Influence until
today we are a co-operative body of
business schools, high schools, e al
leges and universities, organised for
the sole purpose of strengthening
courses of study along the lines of
commerce,
"We are not only Interesting the
high school and college graduate, but
also those who have been lax or un
interested in regular public school
work, and, in addition, provide them
with a salable education, which la a
passport to the best commercial en
terprises and positive Insurance
against disaster.
"We stand for continued uplift, for
progresslvenesa and for thorough co
operation among all the forces of ed
ucation, whose aim and desire Is to
make practical and valuable our ed
ucatlonal system.
"Originally the universities were
the fathers and their offspring the
college and the high school. Today
we find the lnflluenoe emanating from
the business training school domlnat
Ing the future policies of our unl
verslties. The age Is one of common
sense practicability In education.
"The united efforts of our com'
mlttees will be exerted along the line
of making the coming Spokane con
vention an epoch in the American
school."
i .11 tw h.nm r wn. Part the'' time in the open
ed by Europeans. There are several air engaged In a useful work, while
British banks, an Italian bank, Oer- - " """ w . --
man banks, French banks, and so on." "cal knowledge of gardening. They
Prof. Relnsch'a views are shared
bv Secretary of the Treasury Mac-
Veagh, who In his annual report sub
mitted to congress, urges legislation
which will permit national banks In
the United States to establish branch
es in foreign lands. .This attitude Is
endorsed by officials of the state de
partment.
HOMESEEKER HELPED
BY NEW RULING
PRACTICE CODE IS
CHANGED BV BALLINGER
ed the hearty approval and co-opera- Secret Induces Cost of Private
Contests and Eliminates Speculators
--Collusion Impossible New Sys
tem for Serving Notices Other
Changes of Interewt.
Important changes in the rules of
tlon of the general management In
Houston and the library was immedi
ately organized. From that day the
work has grown through generous I
donations of literalture by officials
of the company, local newspapers and
others until now more than 6000 pa
pers and magazines are sent out every practice in the United States land of.
week to the more than 120 sections of If ice effective Feb. 1, 1911, have been
the road in this state, supplying not made, according to advices received
only the foremen, their wives and at the local land office, says the La
children with wholesome literature, Grande Observer. The new code
but through them 1000 to 1600 fam- has been prepared with a view of re.
ilies living near the sections get the I duclng the work connected with the
benefit of the library. Not only this handling of contests in the local or
but during the past year more than ficcs and reducing the costs to per.
BOO books were bought by the com- sons desiring to contest abandoned
pany for the section children.
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
SURPRISE THEIR TEACHERS
entries In order to secure the land for
the purpose of establishing a home
thereon. By means of an oath, a more
effective manner of reaching those
filing collusive contests is provided.
Snokane. Wash. When the srlrlfl' The professional locator wno oiten
senior Mans of the North Central hhrh files many contests In order to sell
school reported for study Thursday his preference rignt to enter me ianu
mnrnino. thorA mi a. tm nnfnrmatinn after he has successfully contested
that for a tima led the nedarosruea to tne entries is entirely eliminate,
believe the world had become young- brief statement of the Important
er In a nleht. Following the annual I changes In the rules has "been prepar
niatnm of th senior a class it was ed by Receiver Colon R. Eberhard,
ordained by a bevy of girls that for of the local office, it rouows:
on (lav tirevloua to er&duation each Contestants Must be Qualified.
should appear in, maidenly simplicity, The first Important change Is that
without "rats" and frills and the van- making it a perequisite to the filing
itles so dear to the feminine heart, of a private contest mat tne person
The transformation won masrlcal. instituting the proceeding De quan
Great masses of soft tresses, shorn fled to enter the land and this fact he
of their hldeoua Elizabethan en- must set forth In his amaavit oi con
eroaehments. ellatenefl In tha subdued test, together with a statement of the
light and "Sis Hopkins" braids found character oi ining ne intenas to pmra
favor among the schemes of slmpll- on tne lana, it successiui. a contest
city. Youthful hearts that had been ant must aiso swear mat tne proceeu
wont to worshin at artificial beauty's ing ne asss to institute is not curnia
.him twvroai n Dkw nmnj ha. live. Otherwise, the requirements at
fore their resnectlva oueens. But tne time oi tiling tne ainaavit oi con
tomorrow, the discarded f rills will re- test are practically the same as at
A NEW CUL" IN BELGIUM.
Followers of Healer Ask Permission
to Erect Now Churches.
Nearly 200,000 persons in the min
ing districts of South Belgium have
signed a petition asking the govern
ment for permission to erect churches
for a new creed of theirs, which they
have called "Antolnlsm." Antoine is
the name of a coal miner who some
years ago inherited a little fortune
and started curing people gratuitous
ly by mere spiritual means, based on
spiritualistic practices.
He was several times prosecuted
for illegal practice of the medical
profession, but acquitted, as lie does
not pretend to make use of scientific
methods and employs his alleged mys
terious fluid only, as a medicine to
free the sick of wielr diseases. Prob
ably by the simple means of auto
suggestion many invalids have been
restored to at least temporary health
by Antoine le Ouerisseur, who has
become so immensely popular that he
is now considered as being gifted with
divine power hence the desire of tit
coal miners to practice the religion
of "Antolnlsm" in specially appoint
ed temples.
It is not believed that the govern
ment will accede to the request al
though the petitioners' do not desire ,
the state subsidies to which all offi
cially recognized creeds are entitled
by law. The government Is of the
opinion that there are enough creeda
already in existence to satisfy the
people.
MAKE WORKING MODEL
OF BIG HOTEL BUILDING
do not believe that everyone should
go back to the farm, even If It were
possible, but as a substitute they have
outlined the gardening , contest to
utilize vacant back lota. -
ELECTRICITY IN MOD-
' ERN APARTMENT HOUSES
The limit of luxury and convlenoe
seems to have been reaehed In a new
apartment house at tha corner of
Broadway and 18th street. New York.
It will cover several city blocks and
will contain a perfectly equipped hos-
. pltal, a kindergarten, bowling alleys,
Turkish baths, billiard rooms, an el
ectric grill, reading rooms, gymnasi
um, swimming pool, roller skating
rink, tennla courts which are to be
transformed Into an ice rink In the
winter, an enclosed playground on
the roof, and on tha first floor an
arcade In whleh there are a model
dairy, butcher shop and drug store.
In the apartment will be electrlo dish
washers and electrlo ranges, electric
washing machines and electrlo Iron
era and clothes dryers, not to men
tion the garbage Incinerator that
"goes with" each kitchen. Every room
except the klthens, butlers' pantrya,
bathrooms and servants' rooms will
have outside light and air and with
all these advantages the house la auf
flclently far np-town to permit low
rentals, ranging from $360 to $1800
year.
CURRENT IJTKRATTJRE
CLUB DISCUSSES ITALY
The Current Literature club was de
lightfully entertained by Mrs. C. J
Smith and Mrs. R. B. Rlngo, en Fri
day afternoon. December 16, at the
home of Mrs. Smith. The architecture
f Italy waa the subject of tha pro
gram which waa aa follow:
Kmrly Christian Architecture, Early
Christian Bareophogt, Deoerattv Mo
saics, Churches of thla Period, Roma
and Bavaria Mrs.
Bysantlne Influence (early and
late) L. Qlortfe Maggolra, Library of
t Marks, B. M. dl Cartgnaao, Do gee
Palaoe and St. Marks Mrs. Colee
worthy. . Romanesque and Ootals: (a) Dec
orative Sonlftar. Baa Reliefs) (b)
Origin of Stained Olaaa, use; Baptist-
MOST BEAUTIFUL IN WORLD.'
How Millionaire Describes Three Chil
ean Women Whose Photos He
Shows.
New York. John H. Hanan, multi
millionaire shoe manufacturer, re
turned today from a tour of South
America with photographs of three
women whom he describes aa the
most beautiful In the world. The or
iginal of the pictures, ho says' he met
in Santiago. Chile. He refused to
give the names of the women.
Mrs. Hanan, formerly Mrs. Charles
Talbot-Smith, whom he married af
ter his other wife, Mrs. Henrietta Ha
nan, obtained a divorce, met her hus
band at the pier.
Mr. Hanan showed her the photo
graphs of the beauties, but she re
fused to share her husband's enthu
siastic admiration of them.
BOMBS FOUND IN DEBRIS.
Wreck of London Anarchists' Fort
Yields Important Papers,
London. Five supposed bombs
were discovered in the debris of tha
house In Sidney street where anarch
ist outlaws were shot or burned to
death during the police attempt to
capture them. Important documents
whioh, It Is hnped, will clear the mys
tery of the Identity of the anarchists
also were unearthed.
CONCORDANT CHANGE NEAR.
Spain to Name Oanalejaa Friend Am
baaaalor After Negotlaaona.
Madrid. The government la pre
paring an association and a liberal
education bill for Introduction in the
Cortes,
The government la prepared to
name Senor Calbeton, friend of the
premier, aa Spanish ambassador to
the vatloan at soon as the latter In
dicatea a desire to resume negotiations
for a revision of the concordant.
MERCHANTS WOULD
CURTAIL CREDITS
Spokane, Wash. Members . of the
Inland Empire Retail Dealers' associa
tion, representing more than 100 cit
ies and towns In eastern Washington
and Oregon, north and central Idaho
and western Montana will discuss ways
ad means of curtailing credits and
legislation prohibiting false and mis
leading advertisements at the annual
convention In Spokane, January 18
and 19. There will also be discus
sions on measures to amend the phar
macy act and resolutions urging the
payment of wages to public officials
and employes at not exceeding semi
monthly Intervals and weakly or semi
monthly payment of wages to laborers
and mechanics. ' 1
The annual smoker and high Jinks
will take place In the armory the eve.
ntng of January 19, the manufactur
ers and wholesalers of Spokane being
hosts. The Invitation gives thla Inti
mation of what may be expected:
"Bring along 'the glad hand' and
'the eagle eye.' Everything else will
be supplied. The prettiest girls and
classiest vaudeville stunts obtainable
have been imported at great expense,
and oratory such aa Is rarely uncork.
ed save before crowned heads will
bubble In short spasms. Start the
year right by getting on good terms
with yourself and your neighbors."
Among the speakers will be Mayor
N. S. Pratt, W. A. Thomas, Coeur d'-
Alene, Idaho; Rev. Dr. W. J. Hlndley,
Alexander Green, S. C. Edmund, Ed'
win T. Coman, H. C. Sampson, Spo
kane; Ben R. Vardaman, Des Moines,
Iowa; Martin McLean, Davenport; L.
Davis, state food Inspector. B. C.
Defengach, Sandpolnt, Idaho, will
preside In the absence of W. E. San
ders of Coeur d' Alene, president of the
organisation.
present. Equally important is the
change In the form of the notice or
summons issued to the - defendant.
Heretofore this notice informed the
defendant that at a certain time an 1
place a hearing for the purpose ct
taking testimony in the contest
Houston Heights, one of Houston's ""'J
suburbs, has added 618 persons to her I ' . ,
.. . . . i. was made by or on behalf of the de-
ZZl n ":;Z.i U hr. : Uendant, the testimony of at least two
appear and the sweet dream of mas.
cullne youth will, like the Arab, van
ish In the night.
TEXAS CITY SUBURB
CLAIMS GREAT GROWTH
years, a growth which has scarcely
been .equaled In the United States by
a similar town so far as Is dlsclosel by
the last census reports. Ten years
Celebrating a Future Event.
London. 4lr - Ernest Shakleton,
who enjoys the distinction of having
reached farthest south in his polar
expeditions than any other explorer.
will entertain a numbet of scientists 1 1 hissing noise from the depths of the
DEEP WELL BEGINS
ACTING QUKERLY
On an orchard tract near Wenat
chee, Wash., west of Spokane, there Is
a well 120 feet deep that has been
acting queer the last few days. The
well was put down two years ago und
until recently displayed no peculiari
ties. A member of the family ap
proached the well for water a few
days ago and waa astonished to hear
witnesses was required to be taken
for the consideration of the land of
fice; while under the new practice,
the notice will state "that unless the
Houston, Tex. Employing a force
of carpenters, obtaining a city permit
for the structure and erecting with
painstaking care a working model of
a gigantic building, the model being
one hundred . by one hundred and
fifty feet, is a new departure In '
structural methods In this city. Jesse
H. Jones and associates have com
pleted all arrangements for the erec
tion in Houston of a seventeen story
hotel building which is to cost a mil
lion and a half and this company has
adopted the plans for the structure
but before beginning actual work, it
was decided to erect a model "of the
building. The main lobby, offices,
halls and rooms are shown In the
structure and It might pass for a pe
culiar frame dwelling were it not for
the fact that it does not possess a
roof. The model is 11 feet high and
Is an exact duplicate In miniature of
the ground floor of the hotel. It Is
expected that through this medium
several complicated problems In ar
chitectural and constructional work
which have arisen since the comple
tion of the plans will be solved.
ago Houston Heights had 800 popula- V . """" "
tr. .TI Party appears and answers
ed with 6984. There are half a dozen
communties similar to .this and ad-
Joining this city all served by Hous-I
the allegations of said contest with'
in thirty days after service of notice
upon him, the allegations of said con
test will be taken as confessed." Un
:JtVtbJL er Pr-nt practice, usually one of-
"""" fleer of a local land office alone is
in Houston and their business men notice; under the new prac-
city but owing to Houston's restricted
boundaries, sixteen square miles, the
federal census shows this city with
less than 80,000 population. By 1920
tlce, both are required to sign the
notice. '
New Manner of Service.
Heretofore It has been the usual
mode to serve the defendant with the
it Is proposed to have all of these out- noUce of conteat delivery or the
Ivlns AldtAt. lnnt.ll.4 I n XT 1 "
proper. .
COLLEGE MAN IS FOR SALE.
same to him in person, If he could be
found In the state in which the land
lies; otherwise by publication in a
newspaper. The new rules provide
that the notice may be either handed
to the defendant in person by any
person over 18 years of age, sent to
Graduate Offers Himself in Exchange
for Board and Clothes.
Offering himself into slavery. pro-Li , m.n , ,h.,ah
vlded his purchasers supplied food ln a new8paper within the county In
and clothing Charles H. Scott, twenty wn,cn the land to ,ocated and when
four yeara old, college graduate, book- the ,atter meth0d is used copies of
keeper, typist and possessing a knowl- thB rlnt,PB m,..f .,. hn HBnf .hB
edge of medicine, secured free space fflt h .ra,ataA mn ,.
in the "For Sale" columna of char- toff,CB nearest the lan(ii th6 aa
tably inclined newspapers in New Or- are8a ot record ,n the lani offIce and
I at the present address of the defend-
SCOtt says: 1 .,. if i,nowT1, When anrvlna la not
I WOuld like to get a Job Of anym.rtB hv nnhlloatlnn a Mr, nf tha
kind. That's why I am willing to sell ,i,,ioi .m. mt .1.
myself outright, and take good board nmnanv tv. nntin. nf mnt..t
no musing m return lor my servicw. whlch thla re.nact 1. .lmllar to the
I have pawned my overcoat, suitcase,
last elean shirt and all my trinkets.
practice of serving a copy of a com
plaint with the summons ln an action
It's a case of slavery or starve. I am at law under Oregon code. It is
willing to bind myself by legal con.
tract'
at a rather unique dinner at tha Rlta-
Carlton this evening. The dinner la
to be given In celebration ot tha dis
covery of the south pole on Decem
ber 12, 1111, by the Captain Scott ex
pedition. Sir Ernest makes the pre
diction ' deliberately. Ha aald in
Interview, discussing tonlght'a cele
bration: "I am willing to go on rec
ord aa having fixed that data for the
discovery ot the south pola I may
be a few days out ot tha way, but it
will be about that data that Captain
Scott, who has all of my records, will
plant the English e align at the top.
My prediction la baaed upon a knowl
edge of conditions and of tha prep
aratlona made for the Scott expedl-tlon."
Chinese like Bagpipes.
In a contribution to musical lore
General S. 8. Knabenahue reports
from Tientsin that tha only foreign
mualo tha Chinese massea hava ever
shown any interest ln ta tha skirling
ot the bagpipes ot the Camer on High
landers, when they were In garrison
there a couple of years age. Ha there
fore advisee an , Ohio piano concern
that tha market for the Instruments
la practically confined to foreign res
idents. Soma few Instruments have
been sold to wealthy Chines, but
simply as pieces ot furniture, there
being no teachers ot Instrumental mu
alo for Chinese ladles and no demand
tar them.
well. A closer Investigation showed
that a blast ot air was belching forth
through openings In the covering cf
the well. Curiously led to further In
vestigation and a couple of tha planks
covering the well were raised. It was
found that a warm current of air was
floating upward and aa near as could
be ascertained It was coming from a
point Just below the surface ot the
water. The welt kept belching wind
for a couple of hours. About (
o'clock In tha evening a Chinook wind
started to blow, and the well imme
diately quieted down. The same phe
nomena waa repeated a few days later
and those who witnessed It are great
ly pussled to know what connection
the current of air can have with the
chlnook.
TEXAS HAS UNIQUE
FREE RAILROAD LIBRARY
There la ln operation In thla city
one of the most tmlque free libraries
to be found In the United States. It
has Its headquarters In the general
offices ot tha Southern Paclflo rail
road and is presided over by a wo
man who delights In scattering good
cheer. She Is engaged every day In
making up hugs bundlea of newapa
pera and magaslnea which are ad
dressed to the various section fora
men of tha several lines and these
bundles ar dropped from express and
baggage cars at stations and aectlon
HOBBLED MAN IS DUCKED.
Male Masquerading in Tight
Falls from Ferryhoac.
Philadelphia. Tripped by his hob
ble skirt, in which he was to hop past
the reviewing stand at the city hall.
Charles Crosby ambled on a ferry
boat in the Delaware river this morn
ing when the Columbia club was
crossing from Camden. Though Cros
by could not swim, Impeded as he
was with his tight skirts, he was res
cued by the deckhands, who threw
half a dosen life preservers as soon
as the cry was raised, "Woman over
board!" . He was drawn out at the end of a
rope, looking much the worse for his
ducking, though uninjured. He de
clared he would purchase some new
finery and take part In the parade
with hta club members.
Solves Perpetual Motion.
John R. Kirk, a passenger agent on
the, Santa Fe, living at Las Vegas, N.
M, claims that after twenty-seven
years of study and research ha has
solved the problem of perpetual mo
tion and perfected a machine capable
of a power nothing short of marvel
ous. Like others before them who
also thought they had achieved a like
result. Kirk has tha moat visionary
Ideas of what will be accomplished
with hla Invention.
Greatest Elevator tm World.
With Its recent completion the
Grand Trunk now has at West Fort
Williams the greatest elevator ln the
world. Ita capacity ia S.2S0.000 bush
els. ' It Is the first of a unit of six
to b built, with a total capacity of
10.000,000 bushels and which will
have three piers. Then It will be pos
sible to unload 2798 care a day( and
discharge 200,000 bushels an hoar In
to vessels.
It takes your enemy and vyour
friend, working together, to hurt 70a
to tha heart; tha one to slander jou.
and the other to get tha news to yon.
also provided that no contest pro
ceeding shall . abate because of any
defect in the manner of service where
ln any case It la shown that a copy
of the notice actually came into the
Skirt J hands of the defendant - In case the
defendant makes and files his sworn
denial of the charges; it ia provided
"that the register and receiver will
forthwith fix time and place for tak
Ing testimony and notify all parties
thereof not lesa than 20 days in ad
vance of the hearing.
Trial Procedure Unchanged. "
There la no material change ln the
procedure at the trials, except the
power to summarily stop irrevalent
examinations by attorneys is broad
ened and authority to exclude witness
es not testifying is . expressly given
local officers, though such power has
been exercised her for many years
when occasion arose.
Costs Taxed Equitably. .
The most Important change is ln
the manner of taxing costs ln all cases
except private contests where a pref
erence right is to be exercised. In the
latter event the contestant will con
tinue to pay all costs, though it will
be borne in mind that the new pro
cedure will ln all those cases where
no appearance is made by the de
fendant eliminates any tees for taking
testimony or necessity for the em
ployment of an attorney, 1 except to
prepare his original papers. . In all
other casea each party must pay the
cost of taking the direct examination
of his own witnesses and the cross
examination on his behalf of other
witnesses. The cost of noting motions,
objections, and exceptions must be
paid by the party on whoa behalf
the same are made. In thla respect ln
particular will the hardens of extend
ed, and ln many casea useless, cross
examinations be transferred from the
party offering the witness to tha par
ty making the long examination.
Only In minor respects ar the oth
er rules in force changed and those j
would be ot no particular public in
terest New blanks win be supplied
soon.
LOOKSTEP ABOLISHED
IN WALLA WALLA PEN
Declaring it utterly useless and
worthless, a thing without good, C. S. ,
Reed, warden of the state peniten
tiary at' Walla Walla, Wash., for
mally consigned the prison lock-step
to the oblivion from which it came.
Since the beginning the lock-step has
been the custom at the penitentiary.
When the prisoners came in . to their
meals or marched out to them they
did so in lockstep. The lockstep,
stripes and other relics of a more bar
barous age are a thing of the past at
Walla Walla. "The lock-step and the
striped suits," continued Warden Reed
"have come down to us from the
past. Why or how they originated Is
now of little interest It suffices that
whatever may have been the reasons
which actuated their originators, they
do not hold good today. The lockstep
serves no purpose. It accomplishes no
good. It Is a aenseless custom whioh
has outlived its time. The striped
suit has not been seen here for some
time. The prisoners wear plain gray
clothes, with no distinguishing mark
but the prison number."
FIND NEW GULF STREAM.!
Geologist Locates It Off the Coast of
Siberia.
A Russian exploring expedition in
the Arctic sea, off the coast of Siberia
under the geologist M. Rusanoff, has
discovered a warm Gulf Stream, which
passes round the north of Nova Zam
bia, but not through the narrow strait
of the Kara Sea, to the south of that
land, where all previous explorers, in
cluding Nansen, have hitherto sought
It and where British navigators, Ilka
the late Captain Wiggins, always met
wlfh ao much peril from the Ice ln try
ing to keep the open sea route to Si
beria. ,
The conclusion la therefor arrived
at that the future maritime trading
route to the mouths of the great Si
berian rivers will be via the open sea
passage rounding the north of Nova.
Zembla, '
Wrinkles should merely
wher smiles hav been.
Indicate
ARE APATHETIC TO TREATY.
English Show Little Interest in Pro
ject Backed by Taft
The project ot reviving the negotia
tions for a general Anglo-American
arbitration treaty on the subject of
which President Taft la sounding the
senate committee on foreign relations
attracts comparatively little interest
In London. Few of the newspapers
express an opinion.
Undoubtedly the British govern
ment would meet the United States
half way. The liberal party is par
ticularly favorable to such an ar
rangement .
The general feeling, however,' Is
that the senate may block tha plan
and the English statesmen ar not
anxious for a repetition of tha experi
ence of the Hay-Pauncefot treaty.
Compromise liabilities.
Washington, Jan. 10. The Ameri
can Sugar Refining company has de
posited $700,000 in cash in tha United
States treasury to compromise its civ
il liabilities In tha sugar drawback
frauds at New York. Secretary Mso
Veagh probably will accept the mon
ey tomorrow for the government
Henry A. Wise, district attorney at
New York, and attorneys for the de
partment of Justice had advised the
secretary to take it If accepted. It
settles tha government's civil clalsa:
only, and doe not prejudice the right
to criminal proceedings, .