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^Why You Should^
Read These Talks
Every Day
Br JOHN P. FALLON
They were started tour
months ago in one newspaper.
Xow they appear
simultaneously in nearly
four hundred and fifty daily
newspapers which are read
by more than twenty million
people every day.
i The purpose of these talks
i is to show you the importance,
the value and the
i economy of reading adverc
riiP\* will
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vince yon of the superiority
of advertised goods and the
J reliability of merchants and
manufacturers who advertise
continuously and persistently.
It will be to your interest
to read each of these daily
talks everv day this month
and profit by the information
and suggestions they
will contain. Read the advertisements
in The Star
tonight and every night for
the latest merchandise news
and for the money-saving
opportunities thev feature.
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VIOLATE NAVIGATION LAWS.
Owners of Motor Boats and Sailing
Vessels Pay Fines.
Fin#?s amounting to SfiOO have been
imposed upon motor boat and sailing
. raft owners by Collector Stone of the
Baltimore custom house, within the pa.?l
two days. upon reports of navigatior
aw violations made l>y Commandei
I.incoln Dryd?*n of the T'nited State?
n s petti on launch Tarragon. Two own
rs?one of them a c olonial Beach mat
were lined JI00 each for navigatins
motor boats without proper lights anc
for not carrying sufficient life preserv
rs aboard.
fines of $200 each were assessed
against two sailing craft owners foi
not displaying lights oti their vessel"
w h!!e lying at anchor at nig: t.
The total of fines Imposed upon th<
\es?el owners and masters reported b}
the Tarragon in the past six weeks nor
amount to $11.4*0. The Tarragon ha
not yet visited this City, but she is ex
peeted to come up the Potoma. earlj
in the spring, about the time the bij
fleet of pleasure craft go Into rommis
sion.
Fire Wednesday night destro>ed tin
power house of the Maryland an?
tlenrges Creek Mining Company a
-Monteil, near Mount Savage, Md.
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for cough 9, colds and sore
throat. All druggists.
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TENSION ON BORDER
Russ Papers Keep Public
Alarmed Daily.
AUSTRIAN AGENTS ACTIVE
Emissaries Busy Due to Critical Situation
in the Balkans?Riis
sian Precautions.
I Foreign Correspondence of The Star.
VfEXXA. Austria, February ."O. 1913.
Xews lias come Itere from St. Petersburg
and Russian towns along' the Austrian
border showing that Russian newspaper
readers are daily perturbed by war
alarms, due to the critical situation in the
Ralkans and the difficulties in AustroKussian
relations. Many Russian papers
arc serving the people daily with alarmist
reports from towns along the Austrian
frontier.
Mysterious aeroplanes and airships, always
equipped with a high-power searchlight.
have a habit of appearing nightly,
| turning their searchlights upon the city
halls, railroad stations and other buildI
ings and then disappearing in the direction
of Austria or Roumania. Or a band
of Austrian or German emissaries will
visit the cabin of a railway section hand,
bind and gag him and then make an elaborate
survey of the bridges and culverts
in his section, presumably to see if they
will bear the weight of Austrian rolling i
stock.
Sometimes the reports have more sub- |
stantial foundation, as In a case just re- |
ported in an order of the day by the com- i
mauder of the Russian frontier guard.
Tap Russ Military Telephone.
A sentry on the frontier noted a group j
of Austrian gendarmes at some mysteri-:
ous work in a little copse on their side of
the boundary.
Investigation showed that they had
managed to tap the Russian military telephone
line at a i>olnt near the border.
Tlie case was reported to the RubsI&u
emperor and tlie intelligent sentry received
tlie imperial thanks and a substantial
gift of money.
Another verification of tlie Austro-Russian
tension is furnished by tlie removal
of tlie highly venerated miraculous Image
of the Virgin from the Russian monastery
at Rochaieff to a place of security at
Zhitomir.
Rochaieff is only five miles from the
Austrian border.
Aaaiirn Rnfetv of Tmfltrp
By a standing order dating from tlie
time of Nicholas I the monies are required.
in case of danger on the western
frontier, to remove the image to Zhitomir,
and in more serious cases to Kursk.
L>uring the present crisis the monks applied
to tiie holy synod at St. Petersburg
for instructions and tlie removal of the j
image was ordered. It took place with j
great solemnity, the image being borne in '
solemn procession, followed by hundreds j
of peasants, to tiie nearest railroad sta-t
tion and thence by special train to Zhitomir.
where it was welcomed by the commander
of the troops of the Kiev military
district. Gen. Adjt. Ivanoff; the governor
of the province, the archbishop at
I the head of the clergy and all the soldiers j
of the garrison.
PEIRCE DENIES CHANGES.
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Files Answer to Report on the Fur
Seal Situation.
11. if D. Pierce, former third assistant
secretary of state, has filed with the House
committee on expenditures In the Department
of Commerce and I.abor a gen- j
eral denial of charges contained in the
committee's recent report on the fur seal i
situation in which he was charged with
having pressed an illegal claim against
Russia at The Hague in the case of the j
sealing vessel James Hamilton I^ewis,
said to have been owned and outfitted toy
Isaac Liebes and Herman Idebes and
C'apt. Alexander McLean.
Mr. Peirce declares he knew nothing
! about the Liebes brothers when he was
prosecuting: the claim for the I^ewis at
The Hague. He sets out that he represent
wl a claim for an American vessel,
confiscated by tl^ Russian government,
regardless of her owner, and that there is
no evidence in the committee s testimony 1
to show that he agreed or combined with
the Uebes brothers, as was charged in |
the report. i j
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STRIKE DECLARED OFF.
Garment Workers Accept Terms Of-'
fered by Manufacturers.
NEW YORK. March 1.?The garment
I workers' strike in progress here since
| early January involving at Its height 150,!
000 or more workers was officially declared
off last night. The workers ac-,
cepted the manufacturers' terms, which
included raise in pay, revision of certain
working conditions, arbitration as to
hours and the open shop principle.
The strike, called the first of the year,
paralyzed practically the entire garment
Industry of the city for weeks. Rioting in
which women were prominent was frequent
during the height of the trouble
' and disturbances continued to a recent
date
Settlements with individual manufacturers
and by trades as a whole began I
l?efore last month ended and by degrees
all the workers on women's garments and
the w hlte goods workers went haek to
' their shops. As nearly as could be estl- 1
' mated last night about 50,000 workers rei
niained out in the men's and boys' cloth|
ing trades. These, it is expected, will all1
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hike, the hikers and the object of the
hike.
Suffrage meetings were held at noon
today at the National Capital Press, 425
11th street northwest, and at the bureau
of the census. Meetings will be held tonight
at the Universaiist Church and
at Ingram Memorial Church. The speakers
at the first meeting will be Mrs.
Tinnln and Mrs. Street. William Spencer
will be the chairman at the Ingram Memorial
(Tiurch meetjng. the speakers being
Mrs. Glendower Evans and Judge
Montgomery. .
Meeting at Public Library.
Dr. Celia Parker Wooiley of Chicago
will be the principal speaker at a meeting
to be held at the Public Library at
8 o'clock tomorrow evening, other speakers
being Mrs. Flora Denison, president
of the Canadian Suffrage Association, and
Dr. Stowe-Gullen. honorary president of
that ^organization. Miss Janet Richards
of Washington will also speak.
A suffrage meeting at Congress Hall at
i S:J?0 o'clock tomorrow night will be addressed
by Mrs. Ovid Butler Jamison of
[ Indianapolis, who is a sister of Booth
i Tarkingrton, the novelist: Mrs. Raymond
Brown of New York, Miss Harriet Noble
of Indianapolis, Mrs. Champ <71ark. who
will be chairman of the meeting, and Mrs.
J. Otho Stevenson.
Pennsylvania avenue will be roY>ed Monday
under the supervision of the police
department. It is the intention of Maj.
Sylvester to have the ropes in position by
noon, so that after that hour crossings at
intersecting streets will be closed to traffic.
Proposed Suspension of Traffic.
The Senate today gave material assistance
to the success of the woman
suffrage pageant Monday by passing
a resolution stopping traffic on Pennsylvania
avenue along the route of the
parade while It is going on. The parade,
as regards the stoppage of street cars
and vehicles, will be accorded the same
Courtesies as the inaugural parade
every four years. The resolution must
still be passed by the House.
Senator Sutherland proposed the resolution
in the Senate suon after today's
session began, and asked immediate consideration.
Senator Overman suggested
that if traffic is to he suspended for the
suffrage parade it also ought to be suspended
for the inaugural parade. Several
senators hastened to explain to hiin
that Congress h*d already gjven authority
for the suspension of traffic iutuiguration
day.
There was no further delay in the passage
of the resolution.
Helen Keller at Headquarters.
Among the notable arrivals at suffrage
headquarters yesterday was Miss
Helen Keller, the blind, deaf and dumb
girl, who spent a part of the day assisting
those at the F street headquarters.
Miss Keller will speak on equal
suffrage and votes for women at the
meeting at Continental Memorial Hall
Monday evening.
Dr. Anna Shaw upon her arrival here.
Is expected to speedily determine the
question as to who will present to President-elect
Wilson the letter that was
borne to Washington by "Gen." Rosalie
Jones and her band of pilgrims.
Copy of the Letter.
This letter, which was given to "Gen."
Jones and her hikers by the national
officers in New York, which was later
recalled, and still later restored to the
little general and her pilgrim band, follows:
"In behalf of the women of the United
States, the National American Woman
Suffrage Association begs that you in
your Inaugural address and in your first
message to Congress advocate the national
enfranchisement of women.
"We also respectfully request that you
begin your administration by urging an
! amendment to rObIstinrtloo of Ihe
United States granting to the 47;O0O,<)qn
i women of .-this coOntry A voice ih the af|
fairs of government.
! "We are sending yon this message in
the name of justice and democracy, in
behalf of the women of this country,
who, like t+ie fathers of this nation,
protesrt against taxation without representation.
"No force can stop our cause, and we
look to you. as the chief servant of the
people of tiie United States and t lie
representative of the democracy of tincountry.
to support our light for justice
and equality."
The letter was signed by Anna Howi
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ard Shaw, as president of the National
American Woman Suffrage Association.
Judge Lindsey Denies Rumor.
The allegation made by leaders of the
anti-suffrage propaganda that Judge Ben
Lindsey of Denver had repudiated the
suffrage movement wae disproved yesterday
afternoon when Representative
Edward Tao lor of Colorado made pub
lie a letter he received yesterday from
the Denver Judge In which the latter
declared that the report of his defection
from the ranks of the equal suffragists
was absolutely fal.se.
Judge Lindsey'? letter is as follows:
"Any statement that I have repudiated
! woman sunrage is> aosonneiy misc. ?
| am more than ever In hearty favor of
j woman suffrage. T have written In be'
half of woman suffrage and have lectured
In Its favor all over the country.
Woman suffrage is right. It is fair and
just, and 1 believe will be adopted in
every state in the I'nion within a few
years, as it ought, to be. Equal suffrage
has been of great benefit in Colorado.
It has been a great uplift to the
moral and political life of our state. It
has given women, children and men
opportunities and lights' they would not
have had but. for the fact that women
vote in Colorado. Women have been
chiefly instrumental in the overthrow of
the boss, the corrupt machines and the i
beast in Colorado. I favor equal suf- j
fra^e with all my heart and soul, and
all the strength that I am capable of
giving to so just a cause. I nave never
wavered In this belief, in which I am
more confirmed now than I ever was
before.
"Regret that official duties here make
it impossible for me to come to Washington
to take part for a just and righteous
cause."
Contributions to Expense Fund.
The following contributions have been
received at suffrage headquarters for expenses
of the national legislative committee:
Alice T. Brandis, $.'>0; Klsa Coumbe.
$5: Mary I.. Adam. $5: Woman's
Clinic Society, $<>; Susan M. Stenger.
$5; Fred E. Foutz, $10; Pennsylvania
Guild for Suffrage, $2f>: Miss L. H.
Coburn. $5; Mrs. E. M. Foulke, $10; Columbia
Theater meeting, $21; Medical
Women's Club, $5; Equal Suffrage Club,
Eynchhurg. Ya., $H; Seattle Suffrage Club,
$5; Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, $5; Emily Atkinson,
$)jgt Alice P. Hadlev of Swarthmore,
$27; Theodore W. Noyes, $15; Dr.
Ida Heiberger, $5; Dr. Harriet N. Jones,
$5; Elizabeth Towers, $5; meeting at
Rochambeau. $12.90; Grace "Woodruff. $5;
Iiina Rosc-ntield. $5: Mrs. C. C. Cooper, $5;
Myrtle E Burn, $5; Florence Ethelridge,
!$5; Garflnkle Company, $25; Janet Richards,
$50; Misses E. F. and Ida Mason,
$25; Rosalie Jones, $25; Pennsylvania,
through Mis. Eawrenoe Eewls, jr.. $60;
Murgaret Judson, 05; Eliza O. X. Montgomery,
$5; Columbia Theater meeting.
$47.50; Mrs. Eucy Madierla. $6; meeting at
Mrs. Clephane's. $22; W. S. A., Maryland,
$10: North Conway, $.">; Mrs. Mary SI.ockwood,
$;>.
Doctors' Division to Meet.
The members of the doctors' division in
the woman suffrage parade to be held
Monday will meet at 1 o'clock Monday
afternoon at 111 1st street northeast to
receive their caps and gowns. This division
will be composed of doctors, pharmacists
and dentists and will carry twenty
banners. Fourteen states will be represented
in the division.
GOT BEST OF CARNEGIE.
Rockefeller Fought Him for Control
of Ore Lands.
NEW YORK. March 1.?John D. Rockej
feller and Andrew Carnegie fought each
other in the late nineties to monopolize
the L-ake Superior ore lauds, and Mr.
Rockefeller caught Mr. Carnegie's company
violating an agreement and forced
it to give up ore properties containing
7.YOOO.OOO tons, according to testimony at
the hearings to dissolve the United States
Steel Corporation under the Sherman
anti-trust law, resumed here.
James Gayley, former vice president of
the corporation, and a director of the
Carnegie Steel company previous to its
acquisition by the corporation in 1901, was
the witness through whom, the testimony
was adduced.
Wants Oil Land Correspondence.
Secretary* Fisher has been called on by
the Senate to forward all "correspondence
and protests" relating to the proposed
leasing of the oil and gas lands of the
Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma before
concluding any leases covering them. The
resolution was introduced by Senator
Owen. Secretary Fishery refusal to issue
leases to the Uncle Sam Oil Company in
that field has recently been the subject of
hearings before congressional committees.
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Dullest in Years.
WAR A DISTURBING FACTOR j I
! Mobilization of Troops Took Thou
sands of Men Away From
Austrian Capital.
VIENNA, Austria, February JO, 1013.
Lent brings to a close what is probably '
the dullest carnival season Vienna has 1
I ever seen. There has not been a single *
| court festivities of any kind, the usual '
public balls have without exception been
dismal failures, and there has been prac- '
tieally no private entertaining.
The Balkan war and the uncertainty
of the international situation have para-j*
lyzed trade and industry throughout the J
dual monarchy, and the complete failure >c
of the carnival season has brought bank-|
ruptcy to many Viennese storekeepers. I
At the beginning of the season it was i
hoped that theremight be some one court ,
I function, if not a court ball, then at
least a soiree. But everything was
against it. 1
At eighty-two years of age the emperor
finds it impossible to stand the strain of
! tedious court ceremonial, and his doctors
peremptorily forbade his taking any
risks. His nephew and heir. Archduke r
Francis Ferdinand, could easily represent i
[ him. but being dissatisfied with the po- t
sition that court etiquette requires his ^
morganatic wife. Princess Hohenberg, to
assume. the archduke steadily refuses to
take part in any ceremonials at the Hof- ^
burg in which women join. i
No Court Festivities. j f
The leading archduchess at court, .Zita, 1
wife of the next heir to the throne. Arch- ,
duke Francis Joseph, is only twenty, too i
young to preside at imposing state cere- f
monies, and furthermore, she recently be- ?
came a mother, presenting her husband t
with a son who stands third in the sue- i i
cession to the imperial crown. And in j t
other households of members of the im- ! t
perial family there were various reasons !
against joining in court festivities tills '
year, so that in the end it was found lm- j
possible to arrange even so much as a i
concert. J <
The mobilization ruined the public balls. ?
Apart from the enormous expense it en- |
tailed and the loss of business, it has
taken thousands of men away from the
capital, especially a large number of of- 1
ficers who are the life and soul of dances (
j in Vienna. Recognizing the necessity of <
| doing something to help the storekeepers, s
who had no Christmas trade at all. un- j
usual efforts were made to insure the i
success of these public gatherings. But it ]
was useless. i
Male Guests Lacking. i i
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I The male guests were lacking, and tlie j 1
j balls fell flat. At one of the most im- j
i portaut of the whole season there were
j not enough persons present to form the
lines through which distinguished visitors
are led from the entrance to the dais at
the top of the ball room.
The death of the aged Archduke Rainer,
just ten days before the end of the car- )
i nival season, caused a general abandonj
nient of public festivities. Secretly the .
committees of the balls thus given up
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iejuiceu, i or 11 saveu mem irom a very c
embarrassing situation, since there was j
not the slightest hope of any of the func- (
! tions attaining even a passable measure 1
| of success. !
And now that the social season is finally (
j ended and1 with it all hopes of the trading '
i classes recouping themselves for the !
| worst Christmas trade in many years, it t
j is feared that many bankruptcies will be j
i recorded. The January figures of insol- ' i
1 vencies are the highest since the panic t
of 1K73, especially in the dry goods j 1
! branches. Wholesale houses of many 11
years' standing are hard pressed to meet j t
their engagements, and retail firms are in i j
an equally bad plight. Everybody is com- j i
plaining that there is no money to be got. 11
and collectors arc going round begging ; j
, customers to pay debts so trifling that in ; ]
: ordinary times the firms would have 1
waited months before applying for pay-i (
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HOBSON TO GIVE LECTURE.
Speaks at Leesburg, Va., Tomorrow ,
for Anti-Saloon League. 1
j Special Correspondence of Tlio Star.
DBESBURG. Va.. March 1. 1913. j ,
Representative Richmond P. Hobson j ,
I will deliver a lecture at the town hall i
jn Leesburg tomorrow evening, under the 1
auspices of tlic Anti-Saloon League of j
tlic town. <
The Loudoun Guard will join the 1st <
Regiment. Virginia Volunteers, of which 1
it is Company H, Monday evening, and j
! march in the inaugural parade Tuesday. <
A musical and dramatic entertainment
I was given at the L/oudoun Seminary for ]
Girls at Bluemont. this county. Friday ,
i evening. The program included Piano j
i solos by Misses Mary Chapin, Marion (
Parker. Helen Martin: vocal solos, by {
Miss Grace Ward, and readings by
Misses Wllmer Simpson, Ethel Simpson i
and Frances Parker. A comedy In two j
acts was presented, in which Misses C?- t
leste Vinson, Lillian Frost. Carrie Cam- i
pher. Mary Chapin, Rebacca Howard, i
Marion Parker. Ethel Simpson and WI1- i
mer Simpson participated. The comedy,
which was entitled "The Rainbow Kimono,"
was greeted by an enthuiastic
I audience.
A union prayer meeting at the Methi
odist Church Wednesday evening, in the <
. interest of the "dry" ticket at the ap- 1
I proaching local option election, was large- t
ly attended. Addresses were made by
| the minister of the cliurch and a number
of citizens. *
Hugh S Bruin of Aldie has moved. <
! with his family, to Leesburg. and is oc
cupying the Bentley liouse. j <
The holding of a Chautauqua in Bees- ] (
burg is now assurer], and the date set for ! (
tMe week following May 21. L;
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AGAIN URGES LAW
Col1. Haskell Seeks Passage of
"Net Weight" Measure.
MAY REGULATE COAL SALE
En Report to Commissioners He
Thinks It Would Remedy Existing
Conditions.
Passage of the "net weight package
aw," now pending in Congress, is Hgain
urged by Col. W. C. Haskell, superintendent-of
weights, measures and markets.
in a report to the District of Coumbia
Commissioners* today, as the most
ffective means of remedying local conlitlons
respecting the sale of coal.
Recent investigations by Col. Haskell'slepartment
revealed the fact that some
Washington dealers have been selling
loal by "sack" and "can" measurements,
he former containing '-".a* and
jounds, respectively, and selling at the
ate of $12.50 per ton. while the "can"
neasurements. li-oldlng from to JPr
leeks, have sold at the rate of $10.30
>er ton.
Conditions Greatly Improved.
In his report to the Commiss4oners tolay
Col. Haskell states that conditions
especting the sale of coal here have
>een greatly improved within the last
veek or two. There is but one dealer in
he District at the present time, he says,
vho is believed by the department to be
lping the alleged short measures.
Under the existing laws. Col. Haskell
states, it may not be possible to prose ute
persons selling coal by the "sack."
vhen the sack Is simply a container, regardless
of the contents* But there can
>e little doubt, he continues, that tlie
tale of coal by the "can" is a violation
>f the laws governing the department,
is cans are instruments of measurement,
ilthough called by a name other than
lie one generally accepted and referring
o a. standard.
Public Questions Measure.
"I am of the opinion." lie states, "that,
lue to the decrease in the demand for
:oal "by the sack,' it will not be long
>efore sacks containing full standard
lieasure will be the only ones offered
for sale, as, according to information,
the public is requesting to know of the
iealers the amount contained in sacks,
md is refusing to purchase if not
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?viu in ?iHiiua:<i measure. i ne suuition
will be fully remedied by the
massage of the net weight package law'
low pending before Congress."
Referring to the quality of coal now
neing furnished local consumers. Col.
Haskell says:
Slate and Bone in Coal.
"1 have investigated in a number oi
nstanc.es the grade of coal delivered,
md found in nearly every case that there
vas justice for the complaint of an unreasonable
amount of slate and bone. In
such cases the matter was taken up with
the dealer who made the sale, and. with
)ne exception, a satisfactory settlement
irrived at between seller and purchaser,
^s is well known, a large quantity of the
coal shipped Into the District during tht
>ast four months is practically unservceable
by reason of the large percentagt
)f slate and bone which it contains. Dealers
have been helpless in the face of a
(carcity of coal, and have been forced
.o take What they could get.
"While they have been at such disadvantage,
they have shown, when their at:ention
was called to the situation by
:his department, on complaint received, a
Jisposition and willingness to remedj
:he matter as best they could, and deserve
commendation. The sale of fue
jnfit for burning is one that should bt
Jeriously considered, and a method ol
oreventlng it in the future be arrived at
Vot only does the consumer get fuel thai
le or she cannot satisfactorily burn, bul
>n the other hand, is getting combined
vith the coal a foreign substance weighng
heavier than the fuel ItselfLocal
Dealers Helpless.
"The question as to whether or not fue
of this nature could be separated, the coa
from tlie slate and bone, and the weight
of the actual coal taken as a basis fin
net weight, and the slate and bone considered
shortage, for the purpose of se?ur1ng
conviction under the weights and
mAaaurAR laws waa submitted tr? thp mr.
poratlon counsel of the District in an informal
manner, who states that he is oi
the opinion that it Is doubtful If a remedy
could be secured in such a way; moreover,
it would seem to us unfair to do sc
because action would have to be brought
igainst the local dealer, who has evilently
been helpless to avoid the present
conditions.
"Inasmuch as there is commercially alowed
a percentage of slate and bone
ranging from - per cent in furnace to 2tl
oer cent in buckwheat size, much difficulty
would be encountered in attempting
i separation.
"I am pleased to state, however, from
eliable information received, that the
situation in reference to the excess
imount of slate and bone in coal from
low on will gradually improve, and In a
ihort time normal conditions will prevail."
Advocates Budget System.
A plan for the creation of a budget
committee, to concentrate in one committee
jurisdiction over all appropriation
>ills, was advocated in the House yesteriay
afternoon by Representative Sherley
if Kentucky. He proposed a committee
if twenty-six members.
Mr. Sherley declared the situation now
confronting the House, with a big increase
in appropriations over the last
Congress now in prospect, was intolerable
i.nd that the time had come for action.
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MR. WOODWARD PRAISES !
I WORK ON PANAMA CANAL
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Hearing Completion.
Full of praise for those connected with
the building of the Panama canal. S. W.
I Woodward of the firm of Woodward &
Ix?throp has just returned from a twen!
ty-eight-day tour In southern waters,
{which included visits to the Canal Zone.
| the Bermudas, Cuba. Trinidad and Vene|
zucla.
[ "From what I learned while looking
over the Panama canal," sai<l Mr. Wood-1
ward, "the canal will be ready for a
try-out about the first of August. Col. j;
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office in the army.
> "The wants of the workmen on the
- canal seem to be well supplied, and. 1
am told, they obtain their clothing and
I other necessities cheaper than they can
j get them in the average city of the
| United States. The government. I under
stand, keeps $4.000,0u0 worth of goods
1 there to be supplied the workmen.
"The tiatun dam is a wonder. From a
I lake of approximately eighteen or twenty
square miles, the dam will. T was ini
formed, increase it to nearly 1tJ0 square
miles."
i Mr. Woodward said he #pent only one
day in Venezuela. He made a hasty trip
to Caracas, the Capital, but it was a '
sight well worth seeing, he said.
"It is a model city. They have paved
streets, electric tramways and public
buildings of a fine character. But no
building is over two stories high." Askfd
the reason for this. Mr. Woodward said j
he thought it was on account of the danger
from earthquakes. "To go to Caracas,"
he said, "you have to travel up to
an altitude of 4,000 feet, and then down
again l.OOO feet." He explained that the
city was situated behind a mountain.
Cuba, he said, was fascinating. Kspecially
was this so when one observed th<vegetation.
'Mr. Woodward was asked
if the Cubans seemed to openly resent :
Americans when they saw them. He said j
: j he saw none of tills. "They seem to treat j
\merieans fine." Ihe declared.
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FRAUDS IN PARCEL POST.
Evidences of Stamps Beinp Raised
in Value Are Found.
NEW YORK. March 1.?Fraud# In tha
use of parcel post stamps are beinir revealed
here. Although the denominations
of the new stamps range from 1 cent to
?1. they are all printed In the same color
?red?and are of similar design. This
confuses the parcel fiost clerks and opens
the door to fraudulent practices on tin*
part of certain persons.
The demonination of 1 cent is indicated
by the word "one-cent-one" on the bottom
part of the stamp. In the dollar
stamp the word "dollar" takes the place
of "cent." It has been found, it is said,
that in a number of Instances the word
"dollar" has been cut out of an ol<l
stamp and pasted over the word "cent"
on the one-cent stamp. The clerks, in
their hurry of canceling the stamp-,
have mistaken the patched up one-ceiu
for the dollar stamp.
MUSTER ROLL TO STAY. J
Not to Be Abolished, But to Be Simplified,
Is Ruling.
As the outcome of a compromise,
reached between conflicting element* in
the army Secretary Stimson has decided
to continue in existence the muster roll,
wbicli It was proposed to abolish in the
interest of economy. It was concluded
that the muster roll is the only means by
which the military records of a soldier
can he kept throughout bis service in
condition for quick reference. The svstem
will be modified, however, so that the
amount of labor required for Its preparation
will be reduced about ?#) per cent.
Military Academy Bill Passes Senate
The annual appropriation for the Military
Academy at West Point passed the
Senate yesterday .carrying' SI. 123.000 and
an amendment restoring the status ?>f
four cadets discharged August. 1911, for
violating th^ regulations regarding the
use of liquor. Toe cadets who would !??
restored to the rolls should the Mouse approve
the provision are lialph I Sas?? .
Kliett II. Preeland. Tatnall I). Sim Mis
and James D. Christian.
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