U. s., BRITAIN, JAPAN
FAVOR 3-POWER PACT
MOTHER JONES NEAR 100
Agreement W ill Cut Am eri
can Navy 200,000 Tons.
London. — An agreement between
America, Great Britain and Japan on
the basis ot a three-power navy limita
tion treaty was formally recorded at
a meeting of delegation chiefs from
those nations to the London naval con
ference.
This trl-party agreement,
putting an end to competition In navy
building among the principal naval
powers, will be concluded In the event
a failure to reach a compromise on
the differences between Great Britain.
France and Italy makes a five-power
treaty an Impossible achievement.
A fter Aristide Brland, French for
eign minister, conferred with Secre
tary ot State Henry L. Stlmson and
Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow at the
American headquarters, however, mem
bers of the American delegation pre
dicted that a five-power agreement
would be announced at the next
plenary session.
M. Brland, It was officially stated,
had called to report to the Americans
the progress of the Anglo-French nego
tiations on the security guarantees
France Is demanding and the reduc
tion In French tonnage claims Great
Britain Is calling for.
W ith the approval of the Anglo-
American-Japanese agreement mem
bers of the American delegation con
sider their navy limitation objectives
virtually accomplished.
Mr. Stlmson
still maintains this three-power agree
ment represents a reduction of 200,000
tons In the American navy built, build
ing, or provided for.
The American delegates point out
that Anglo-American agreements have
now been reached on a lower tonnage
basis for cruisers than Great Britain
would consider at the 1027 Geneva
conference, and on what they regard
as a substantial parity in combat
strength.
The British demanded 70 cruisers ag
gregating 400,000 tons at Geneva.
They now accept 50 cruisers aggre
gating 330,000 tons.
America, which wanted a limitation
of 250,000 tons at Geneva, now agrees
on 827,000 tons. America must build
a great cruiser fleet to approximate
a parity with Great Britain. This In
crease will be offset by a reduction, of
battleship fleets, now assured by Ja
pan's agreement to scrap Its oldest
capital ship,the battlecruiser Kongo.
America Is to scrap three and Great
Britain five.
America withdraws its demand for
the right to build a super-dreadnought
the equal of Great Britain’s Rodney,
which Mr. Stlmson proposed because
of the American Inferiority In battle
ship strength. As a result ot this
scrapping. Great Britain and America
will have 15 battleships each, and Ja
pan nine.
Great Britain Is to be allowed the
same privilege for the same reason.
America, having fallen behind Great
Britain and Japan In navy building,
will be fully occupied In all available
yards for the next five years.
The American delegates are confi
dent the senate will ratify the treaty,
Including the consultative pact. They
believe the American people will re
gard the ending of navy building com
petition as outweighing the conces
sions made.
The principal concession to Great
Britain was the acceptance of the lim
itation to 18 eight-inch gun cruisers
for the American navy Instead of the
21 President Hoover originally de
clared essential to parity establish
ment. Japun, demanding 70 per cent
of America’s big cruiser strength and
total auxiliary tonnage, was given 60
per cent of the tonnage of America's
18 big cruisers, but, by virtue of Amer
ica's agreement to complete only 15 by
1030, gets in reullty a 72 per cent ratio
during the life of the treaty. Japan
Is also given 00 per cent of the aux
iliary tonnage and a parity In subma
rines.
Senate Passe* * Measure
to Increase Pension*
Washington. — The senate passed
bills to provide pensions of *50 a
month for soldiers and sailors of the
regular establishments and their de
pendents for disability Incurred In
service, *30 a month to all who served
in the wnr against Spain, the Philip
pine insurrection and the China re
lief expedition, and *72 a month to
anyone who served In the Civil, Mex
ican or 1812 wars.
A dm iral Byrd and Four
Companion* Delay Return
Dunedin, New Zealand.—Hear Ad
miral Richard E. Byrd and four of
his men are the only members of the
Antarctic expedition remaining here,
the other 23 having set sail for the
United States on the Eleanor Rolling.
Byrd desires to accept numerons Invi
tations to visit New Zealand cities
and he and four companions probably
will not leave here until April 24.
Thursday, April 10, 1930
THE HERMISTON HERALD
Page 4
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERALJNTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.
Central Oregon’s first forest fire ot
1*30 blacked a small strip of land on
the Fremont highway right of way.
Ancient automobiles that have been
on vacant lota and streets In Bend for
many years are to be gathered up by
the city authorities and made Into •
huge bonfire.
A special election In the Cove school
district has been called to vote on
floating an *8000 bond Issue to build
and equip a new gymnasium and re
creation halL
Raymond Turnldge, 8-year-oId son
of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Turnldge, was
burned to death when the explosion
of * kerosene lamp set fire to the
family home near Willamina.
Mother Mary Jonas.
Upper Marlboro, Md.— Hundreds of
'pilgrims" will Journey here on May 1
to greet "Mother” Jones, famous labor
leader, on the one hundredth anniver
sary of her birth.
11 K IL L E D IN B L A S T
A T F IR E W O R K S P L A N T
Many Employees Injured; 200
Dwellings Are Wrecked.
Philadelphia.—Eleven persons lost
their lives and more than thirty were
Injured when a series of explosions
virtually wiped out the plant of the
Pennsylvania Fireworks Display Com
pany, Inc., at Devon, 16 miles west of
Philadelphia.
Most of the dead were employees
of the plant, which was comprised of
ten small buildings on a seven-acre
tract near the main line of the Penn
aylvanla railroad.
Although hospitals reported treat
ing only about twenty Injured persons,
many more were treated on the scene
by emergency ambulances.
Many others In the 200 homes which
state police reported were damaged,
were treated by family physicians.
The explosions were terrific. The
shock of the heavier explosions were
felt 30 miles away.
Heavy damage was done to houses
nearby tenanted by workers. Roofs
were caved in, porch roofs wrecked
and window» blown out. There was
extensive minor oamnge over a large
area, some places more than a mile
away being affected.
At times the exploding fireworks
sounded like machine guns. Rescuers
were forced to remain at a distance
until the explosions ceased, when hun
dreds of persons rushed Into the scene
Planting Season Keep*
Pace Despite M arket*
Washington.—Farmers are going Into
the new season with production pro
gram similar to that of recent years
despite declining commodity markets
and a general feeling of economic un
certainty, says the bureau of agricul
tural economics of the Department of
Agriculture In its April report on the
farm situation.
"The new season," the bureau says,
"appears to be opening up favorably
and spring work la- fairly well ad
vanced over most of the country. A
large proportion of the oats are In
ground, spring wheat sowing la under
way and coni planting Is alreudy
progressing northward toward the corn
belt proper.
“The general commodity price level
during recent weeks has fallen In this
country to a point some 8 or 10 per
cent below a year ago and to the low
est levels since 1021-22. hut the same
thing. In decree, has been happening
all over the world.
M i»* O rc n tt W ia* Tourney
Southern I'lnea, N. C —Miss Mauren
Orcutt, eustern and metropolitan wom
en’s golf champion, won the raid-south
tournament for women wttli a score of
240 for the 54 holes. Glenna Collett,
national champion, was second with
244.
M * * * * « h n * * *t t* Back* D ry L aw
Boston. Mass.—The Massacliusetta
senate defeated by 20 votes to 11 an
Initiative petition for Hie rejieul of the
state prohibition enforcement act. Pre
viously the house of representatives
defeated the petition 123 to 110.
Rasa Plank in S ta te P la tfo rm
Jamestown, N. D.—lte|>eal of the
Eighteenth amendment and the Vol
stead act was urged In a plank In the
platform adopted by the North Dakota
state Democratic convention.
43 H ead e f Steell B e n i
Preston, Iowa.—Twent.v-one milk
cows. I t horses and I I calves were
burned to death In a fire which de
stroyed a large ban» on the farm of
William Wllcke. The total loss Is
estimated at »Ift.OOft
Norfolk, Va.—With the area in the
Richmond district developing a,on«
Industrial lines, ocean-going steamers
now are plying np and down the
James river between Norfolk and the
capital city.
10 Deed e f B eer Trlcbiaoal*
Seek Sakaal BIM o Cearaa
S team er* P ly R iver
Stuttgart, Germany.—The proprietor
Memphis. Tenn.—A resolution ask
of the restaurant which a few days Ing establishment of special courae«
ago served bear meat to Its patrons to of Blble study In llemphla puhlh
deed of trichinosis. He was tbs tenth schoolt has been adopted hy thè
Victim.
Protesi snt Pastora’ associa tlon bere
The state land department turned
over to the state treasurer during the
month of March a total of *129,171.0»,
according to a report prepared by
■George G. Brown, clerk of the state
land office.
Committees from Medford, Bend,
Ashland and Phoenix will meet with
the baseball committee of the. Kla
math Falls Elks Sunday at Klamath
Falls to form a Southern Oregon base
ball league.
Selection of timbered land on both
■ides of the Salmon river near Grand
Ronde aa a site for the establishment
of a national forest by state and na
tional authorities was announced at
McMinnville.
The 16,000-pound load lim it signs ot
the Old Oregon trail between Baker
and North Powder were taken down
and the regular lim it of 22,000 pounds
re-established. The road is said to be
In good condition.
Lorraln Laxon won the Malheur
county declamatory contest for On
tario. Marjorie Humphrey took sec
ond place for Vale. Third place went
to Valley View, Edith Brown being
the champion of rural schools.
A dividond of 2.8 per cent baa been
declared by the state bank examiner
on claims growing out of the defunct
Jacksonville bank, which closed Its
doors a number of years ago. The
present dividend w ill close the matter
Indefinitely.
Ole B. Olson. 40, fishing crew super
intendent for the Columbia River
Packers’ association, was killed In
stantly on the Astoria-Seaslde high
way when he was struck by an auto
mobile driven by L. S. Leach, deputy
dairy and food commissioner.
Lebanon’s annual strawberry fair la
to be financed thia year by direct sub
scription by business men. This will
obviate the need ot a queen contest
to raise funds. Enough money baa
already been pledged to cars for the
financial needs of the festival.
Klamath Falla’ water aupply was In
creased 1000 gallons per minute re
cently with the completion of a larger
well near Link river by the California-
Oregon Power company. Thto means
E000 gallons per minnte dally w ill be
pumped into tanks for civic use.
Announcement has been made by
R. J. Hubbard, manager of the W in
chester Bay Lumber company, that
the mill, closed for the past three
months, resumed operations with a
toros approximately of 250 men. Thto
means a payroll of about *20,000 a
month.
Word haa Just been received at the
Owyhee Irrigation district office at
Nysaa that the contracts for ths two
large tunnels of the Owyhee project
have been awarded by the bureau ot
reclamation. Tnnnel No. 1 to to be
SH miles long, and tunnel No. 5 to
to be four miles long. W ith these
awards more than *10.000,000 worth
ot work Is under contract on ths Owy
hee project
T H R MARKRTS
Portland
Wheat—Big Bend blueatem, *1.23;
soft white and western white, *1.13;
hard winter, northern spring and west
ern red, *1.10.
Hay—Alfalfa, *1 * per ton; valley
timothy, *20.50 0 3 1 ; eastern Oregon
timothy, *23.50024; clover, *17; oal
hay. *17; oats and vetch, *17.50013.
Butterfat—37041c.
Eggs— Ranch. 21024c.
Cattle— Steers, good. *11011.75.
Hogs—Good to choice, ,9.75010.75
Lambs—Good to choice, *9.25010.
Seattle
Wheat—Soft white, western white,
*1.11; hard winter, northern spring
*1.10; western red, *1.0*; bluestem
»1.31.
Egg«—Ranch, 25029c.
Butterfat—40c.
Cattle—Choice steers. *11015.
Hopa— Prime light. 510 80O10.75.
Lari be— Choice, *»010.
•pokana
Cattle— Steers, good, *10.26011.
Hex«—Good to choice, *10.60.
Lambs—Medium to good, *9.50015
The board of trustees of Albany col
lege has voted to build ■ modern gym
naslum to be ready for use next tall
Including equipment, the coat ot th*
structure to estimated at *50,000.
COSGRAVE IS RE-ELECTED
WHY WE BEHAVE
LIKE HUMAN BEINGS
Poetofflce receipts In Eugene during
Br C E O *G £ DORSKV, Ph. D . L t. B.
the Brat quarter of 1930 amounted tc
*41,99*.11, according to D. E. Toran, f t - ................................................
postmaster. Tbto to aa increase oi
Death Rate I* Declining
mors than 12 per cent over the re
H ER E to every reason to believe
celpta of the first quarter in 1929 and
that we may look forward to a
to taken as an indication ot the growth greatly Increased control over evolu
tionary processes. Why not! Think
of the city.
Alpine, a small school on upper But of the already enormously Increased
ability to control growth In living or
ter creek, took the three first prise*
ganisms. Thto control haa only come
at ths divisional declamatory contest
with an understanding of the nature
for high school students. The same of the stuff or organisms In which en
school won three out of four of the ergy to transformed, and of the rela
Bret prizes In the grade contest tion of organisms to the external
Boardman won nearly all of the see world. W ith wider understanding will
come wider control. But progress
ond places.
A total of *101,170 wae reached dur must be slow, because, as Child warns
us, we deal with Internal conditions
lng March by the city of Klamath
which are the result of millions of
Falla for building permits. Of thia to
years of alternating change.
tal 68 permits were Issued for resi
I t to all so new. There are today
dences, further evidence, according to a half-dozen flourishing sciences de
realtors, of the rapid growth, not only voted to the study of life where a few
In the business section, but through years ago there waa not one. For
the first time In human history man
out the city.
W illiam T . Coaqrava.
Unusually warm March weather at has trained his new-found Instruments
of precision on newly conceived prob
Dublin, Irish Free State.—W illiam
Roseburg has caused much damage to
lems. He can at last ask questions
broccoli, with temperatures ranging about himself and about life In gen T . Coagrave waa re-elected president
of the executive council of the Irish
dally from 76 to 82 degrees maximum. eral. Direct questioning haa replaced
Free State parliament by a vote ol
The heads have spread out Instead ol vague and childish speculation. Prob- 80 to 65. President Coegrave returns to
maturing smoothly, and also have lews have been formulated and solved. power after only a five day lapse. Hia
been sunburned and discolored, mak And every problem solved has opened ministry, having held on since 1022,
wider vistas—and more problems. But fell a few days ago by a two vote
ing them unfit for shipment.
no problem waa ever solved by propa margin on extending old age pensions.
For the first time In the history of
ganda. Nor to disease checked by
Masonry In Oregon, so far as grand mere optimism—though digestion can President Coagrave opposed the ex
tension aa being too great a financial
lodge officials know, a public cere be checked by a bill collector and a
burden.
mony for conferring life memberships mouse’s heartbeat Increased from 175
upon veteran members was held re to 600 per minute by a mouse trap.
cently by Cottage Grove Masonic
The death rate to declining; lt haa T A R IF F M E A S U R E IS
Lodge. Milton L. Myers, Salem, grand been declining for centuries. Men
SENT T O CONFERENCE
born today can expect longer life than
master, represented the grand lodge.
men born twenty— fifty— five hundred,
Marion Cox, 43, sought a refund of
or five thousand years ago. Why thia
*3 at Oregon City tor the marriage li to so to not at all well understood. Bill May Be Ready in Three
cense he didn’t use, but the Clacka The decline In death rate In modern
Weeks for Final Vote.
mas county clerk refused him. Cox times Is as true of “backward” coun
didn't use the marriage license be tries as It Is of Germany, England,
Washington. — The
Smoot-Hawley
cause Ella Strucken, 20, changed her the United States. The drop Is aleo tariff bill waa aent to conference aa
mind Just as the minister was about as true of the non-preventable dis the house settled the question by a
eases as of those which are supposed record vote of 221 to 153 and both the
ready to tie the matrimonial knot.
to be subject to control.
senate and house appointed conferees.
A packrat gnawing on matches ft
I t to estimated that the conferees
The part that health officers, etc.,
had carried into a nest In a store
play In this decline to uncertain. W ar may take from three to six weeks to
room caused a Bre at Bend which re haa been Increasingly waged against adjust the differences In the rates and
sulted In considerable damage to a tuberculosis for nearly a century; the other sections of the bills passed by
local grocery store. When the place ' tuberculosis rate has dropped less the two chambers.
The house members of the confer
where the fire originated was examin I tlian that for diphtheria, croup,
ence are Representatives W lllla C.
ed, the packrat was found burned to ' typhoid, and dysentery.
The cause of many diseases to yet Hawley, of Oregon, chairman of the
death In its nest, with blackened
unknown, of others only partially sur house ways and means committee;
matches nearby.
Allen T. Treadway, of Massachusetts
mised.
W ith the enrollment of 89 new stu
Startling facta come from phyaio- and Isaac Bachrach, of New Jersey,
dents, the University of Oregon has i logical- laboratories, They force na to Republicans, and John N. Garner, of
reached a new high campus figure of , revise our conceptions of life and Texas, and James W . Collier of Mia
3262 at the close of the second day death, of yonth and old age. All alsslppl, Democrats.
The senate conferees are Senators
of the spring term, ft was announced protoplasm to potentially immortal.
by Earl M- Pallett, registrar. Thto Man to protoplasm. H ence. . . But Reed Smoot, of Utah, chairman of
exceeds the entire total for 1929, when man to highly complex protoplasm— an the senate finance committee; James
E. Watson, of Indiana, and Samuel
3242 were enrolled. A tew more are organism of Infinite complexity, of j Shortridge, of California, Republicans,
tissues
and
organa
and
systems
great
expected to enter.
ly differentiated, some more, some and F. M. Simmons, of North Carolina
Word was received at Roseburg re less. This mass of protoplasm func and Pat Harrison, of Mississippi, Dem
cently that the senate has approved tions, lives, because these parts work ocrats.
Senator Smoot said he expected the
Senator McNary’s bill appropriating a together for a common end. They are
tract ot 160 acres on Little river, 26 marvelously balanced. Upset the bal bill to come out of conference for a
miles east of Roseburg, for public park ance: disease; i f the balance cannot final vote In about three weeks, ami
added that the senate conferees would
purposes. The county recently ap be restored, the machine to broken.
come back t<r the senate for Instruc
A
few
minor
parts
may
be
restored;
plied for thto land, which to in the
tions on the flexible provisions and
Oregon and California grant, and will a few many be dispensed with. The the debenture amendment. The house
machine breaks when a vital part
open It for park uses.
leaders have an agreement with cer
breaks. I t never runs again.
tain western Republicans that votes
Lake county sheepmen have or
Isolate the liver or one brain cell
ganised the Lakeview Woolgroweiw’ and study lt a lifetim e: liver as func w ill be bad on cement, sugar, lumber
Co-operative association and will co tion and cell as behavior are as mean and shingle* before the house con
ferees are permitted to settle the dif
operate with California woolgrowers' ingless and aa lifeless aa a last year’s
ference in rates on those Items. The
association In marketing thto season's blrdneat The parts of the human house action In sending the bill to con
clip. About one million pounds of body are meaningless In and by them ference was taken on a roll call vote
wool In Lake, Klamath and Modoc selves. Put some cell» In a glass Jar on the rule brought in for that pur
and watch them grow. Where does
counties w ill he handled through the
this land net Those cells are Im pose.
newly formed corporation.
mortal—In "proper medium."
Organization of the dairymen of
Each of the billions of cella In the I. C. R. R. A d d * $2,000,000
Linn county for the advancement of human body must also be kept In
in Orders for Equipment
Those cells them
the industry was effected at a coun proper medium.
Chicago.—Expenditures for equip
ty-wide meeting held In Albany re selves are the medium. On their own
ment by the Illinois Central railroad
cently. D. O. Woodworth, Albany, re shoulders rests the harden of keeping
for 1930 w ill top snch appropriations
that
medium
proper;
they
and
they
tiring president of the Oregon Jersey
alone can right the machine, they and for 1929 by *2,000,000. The road
Cattle club, was elected county chair
they alone know the levers. I f they spent »8,000,000 In 1929 for new loco
man to carry out plans outlined by cannot reverse, there cornea a crash. motives, cars and other Improvements,
P. M. Brandt, state chairman.
but thto year the equipment appropria
The machine to broken.
As a result of the increased federal
Nothing yet haa come from the tions w ill total *10,000,000, it was an
appropriation for the benefit-of feder- laboratory to give ns hope that the nounced In a statement Issued by L.
al-alded highways la the various states crash to not Inevitable. All vital A. Downs, president.
Ths road soon will ask for bids on
Oregon will receive, beginning thto processes are reveralble; they mdat
year, *600.000 la excess of Its previous 'be. To live to to keep making com 2,330 units of equipment to cost abont
*9,000,000, In addition to orders total
federal allowance, ft to announced by pensations: changes, backward and
ing 51,000,000 which already have been
forward.
Simple
organisms
have
It
In
Roy Klein, state highway engineer.
themselves to make these compensa placed.
For several years the federal appro
Included In the new equipment will
tions; they have their dynamic
priation has been approximately *75,-
be 9 electric locomotives, 1,000 auto-
equilibrium In their own hands.
000,000, of which Oregon received *1 /
Man does not: it to the price he furniture cars, 1,000 gondola cars, 200
200,000. Oregon w ill receive *2.000,- pays for hands.
Hands wear o u t flat cars. 15 mall, baggage and ex
000 nnder the new apportionment
Even brain cella We cannot grow press cars, 15 passenger cars. 20 elec
The state treasurer sent to tho new hands or new brains They grow tric suburban cars, 65 cabooses, 2 rail
state's fiscal bank la New Tork city up together, though of different herit motor cars and 4 diners.
a check for *2,190,768.2», covering the age, the brain being far mors ancient,
retirement of *887,500 of state high hence more enduring. They live to Federal T a x Collection
way bonds, *711.514.64 Interest on out gether, a pin-prick on the finger may
be the death of the brain.
Show* M arked Increase
standing highway bonds and »691,-
Tlie break may come from within,
Washington.—Total federal tax col
753.75 Interest on Oregon veteran*’ or from without, or from anyone of a
lections for the current fiscal year,
state aid bonds. Outstanding highway vast number of causes
which began last July L to April 1,
bonds In Oregon now aggregate *80.-
Pearson In his Chances of Death reached 51,812,137,800, an Increase of
004,250 aa compared with the original pictures a Bridge of L ife across
5128,000.000 over the same period a
laanea of *38.700,000. The total bonded which to a trickle of humanity. They year ago, according to treasury fig
indebtedness of the state haa been re are under the fire of the five marks ures. Income tax collection» for March,
men. oae for each age. They fire with however, total 5550,508,700, a decreta*
duced to *59,877.010.
different weapons. apeeda, and degrees of *42,000,000.
New wealth brought to Oregon by
of precision. The first marksman
famines locating during the Brat three concentrates a deadly firs upon In-
C « M | . B ays * 4 0 ,0 0 0 Estate
months ot 1930 to estimated at *557/ fancy—before as well as after birth;
Northampton, Maaa.— Former I ’real
414. aaya W. G. Id», manager of the "heating down young Hvm with tlw
■Ute chamber ot commerce. Thto to Mines of their ancestors." The second dent Calvin Coolidge has purchased
an estate known as "The Beeches."
more than twice the 1939 figure foi ' marksman alma a machine gun at
valued at *40,000, In a well aeculded
the same period, which was *393.426 i childhood; his fire to concentrated, the
section of thto city and will occupy
According to the Bagley Caaala» ' loss la leas appalling. The third It within a few weeks
shoots
at
youth
with
a
bow
and
a
r
company, with plants at Ashland sad
row; there Is no great losa. The
Talent, the tomato acreage w ill he In
C *■*»*■ C abin et T a b ** O atb
fourth Brea slowly at maturity with
creased 50 per cent In Rogue rivet ‘ a blunderbuss: bis hits are scattered.
Berlin.—Chancellor Otto Kruenlng
valley. The company to making prep The fifth marksman of death to a and hto coalition cabinet took the oath
aret Iona to put np the largest pack sharpshooter; no one can escape the of office recently, which wae admin
of tomxtuea la ita history thia yaar death of senility.
istered by President ven Hlndenbnrg
HE kr O«»t s * A. Drnmr-9
at hto residence.
T
CENSUS WILL BRING
HOUSE ROLL CHANGE
28 State* M ay Be Affected,
in Representation.
Washington.—Important changes ft»
the membership of the house w ill auto
matically follow the fifteenth decen
nial census, the taking of which 1*
now In progress.
A reapportionment of representation
In conformity with the growth and
shifting of the nation's popnlatio* w ill
be made for the first time In 20 years
and will become effective with the
congress elected In 1932.
Under the terms of the reapportlon-
ment bill, passed last year, the census
bureau estimates that 17 widely scat
tered states w ill lose an aggregate of
23 members of the house and that 11
states w ill gain by the same number.
I t to expected that the representa
tion of the larger cities w ill be In
creased, and, »Ince these are usually
regarded as opposed to prohibition,
a careful watch to being kept fo r the
effect of the reapportionment upon the
liquor Ijsue.
In the bitter contest that preceded
the passage of the reapportionment
bill by the house, members from met
ropolitan areas charged that repre
sentatives of rural districts were at-
tem-ftlng to defeat tho measure In an
effort to prevent an Increase In the
size of the house wet bloc. The wets
hailed the passage of the bill as n
victory.
Although the Constitution provide*
for reafiporilonment every ten years,
the last took place In 1911 on t h *
basis of the 1910 census. The law
passed last year provides that In t h *
futnre a reapportionment be made by
every fifth congress, with congress re
taining, to meet emergencies, the pre
rogative of changing representation a t
any time.
Tlie cenaua bureau estimates that
the states to gain In representation,
are Arizona, Connecticut, Florida,
North Carolina, Oklahoma and Wash
ington, one each; California, s ix ;
Michigan, four; Ohio, three, and New
Jersey and Texas, two each.
The states which probably will lose
representation are:
Alabama, Kan
sas. Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts.
Nebraska, New Tork, North Dakota.
Pennsylvania, Tennessee,
Vermont,
and Virginia, one each; Missouri,
three; Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky an<3
Mississippi, two each.
Senate to A ct on B ill*
to Reduce Unem ploym ent
Washington. — Legislative remedies,
for unemployment. Including ■ stabil
ization agency with authorization for-
a *160,000.000 federal appropriation,
are slated for final discussion on th e
floor of the senate on Tuesday.
April 15.
•
The senate agreed to take np t h *
meaaurea hy Senator Wagner ( b e m .
N. T .) after Ita commerce committee-
had approved them.
The committee action followed In
tensive Investigation of present condi
tions hy a subcommittee that heard-
W illiam Green, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, and other»
iden titled with labor paint dismal pic
tures of the existing situation.
Witnesses unanimously Indorsed t h *
three Wagner measures. These would-
expand government machinery for col
lecting unemployment Information.
Provision would be made that on t h *
basls of thto Information a federal sta
bilization board could accelerate or’t * -
tard public construction to meet chang
ing conditions.
Lindy and W ife to Fly
at Loftiest A ltitude»
Burbank, C a llt—CoL Charles A.
Lindbergh to watching the construc
tion In an airplane factory of a new
speed wing for hto private a ir speed
ster. The wing was designed with re
cesses to receive the landing wheels
while the plane to In flight
The snug shape of the plane with
the wheels drawn Into the wing 1»
expected to add twenty miles an hour
to Its top speed.
When the colonel and hto wife fly
East at the conclusion of their w inter
visit here, they w ill wear newly de
signed electrically heated flying salts.
Their Pacific and Atlantic sea coast
flight to to be made at the loftiest al
titudes ever used for such a trip.
Coast A rtillery School
Planned fo r F t M onroe
Washington.— The moot complete
const artillery establishment in t h *
service will be soon assigned to F o rt
Monroe, guarding the entrance t *
Chesapeake bay. It was announced by
the W ar department Anti-aircraft
guns, machine guns, searchlights, rail
way and tractor-drawn artillery and
fixed harbor defense guns are being
concentrateti at the post and will be
used In practical demonstration and
Instruction of coast artillery school
students.
T a Give Dog* T ria l la Coart
Frankfurt. Ky.— Any dog In Ken
tucky accused of sheep killing or oth
er crimes will be entitled to a tria l
In court, nnder the provisions of a bill
passed by the general assembly which
to now law.
W a rn e d to C o t T e b a c* » A creage
Washington.—The
federal
fa n *
hoard haa sent a telegram to tha sta t*
agricultural extension directors o t
Kentucky warning fanners against
increasing tobacco acreage for 1900.