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Novo ritoJ tail mm capital Commit'o3 Reports favorably on Lodge Substitute For houte Su ar 1.11. Washington.—The sonate finance committee authorized a favorable re port on the Lodge substitute for the house free sugar bill, and an unfavor able report on the so-called house ex cise income tax bill, which proposed a tax on incomes in excess of $5000 a year. The Lodge sugar bill would eliminate the differential and Dutch standard from the tariff and leave the duties otherwise practically as at pres ent. Senator Simmons offered a substi tute sugar bill, prepared by the demo cratic members of the committee. It proposed a reduction of existing duties by about one-third, but was voted down by a strict party vote of six to eight. Both bills would reserve the 20 per cent discount to Cuba. There was 110 time suggested by the committee for a vote in the senate on any of the tariff bills, nor any renewed effort toward effecting adjournment of congress before the national party conventions in June. Amendment is Certified. The proposed amendment to the constitution providing for direct elec tion of senators has been sent to the governors of the states by Secretary Knox. The resolution was sent through the mails with a letter ad dressed to each governor, certifying that the resolution has been duly adopted by a two-thirds vote in each branch of congress. Naval Bill in the House The navy appropriation bill, carry ing $18,819,837, approximately $7,500,- 000 less than last year, h-r heer; in troduced in the house. A wireless system around the worid wan stations on the Pacific, the Canal zone, Hawaii, Samoa, Guam and the Philippines, is proposed, with an appropriation of $1,- 000,000 of-which $40C,000 is to be avail able next year. The bill provides for no new battleships, but increases the pay of officers and men more than $2,- 000,000. Senate Amends Agricultural Bill. Only two new amendments to the new agricultural bill were adopted as the bill passed the senate. One makes it mandatory upon the secretary of agriculture to segregate all agricul tural lands in the forest reserves and make them available for homestead entry. Another provides for the sale of dead and down timber in reserves to settlers at the cost of handling, in stead of at market prices, as at pres ent. House Passes P'jjo Bank Bill The house defied the banking inter ests and passed the Pujo bill giving congress the right to inspect the books of all banks. The fight in behalf of the banking interests will now be made in the sen ate. The bill provides that either branch of congress shall have visita torial powers over national banks, this right carries with it the power to send special examiners into the national banks. Democratic Women Breakfast. A democratic women's harmony breakfast was held Monday morning in honor of Dolly Madison, the leader of Washington society during the first days of democracy. Mrs. Champ Clark was toastmistress and around the tables were the wives and des cendants of the most noted democrats of present and former times. Among the gaests and notable wo men were Mrs. Grover Cleveland, Mrs. 'William Jennings Bryan, Mrs. Judson Harmon, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, Mrs. Alton B. Parker, Mrs. John R. McLean, Mrs. Adalai Stevenson, Mrs. William Randolph Hearst, Mrs. Henry Watter son, Mrs. Senator Martine of New Jer sey, and Mrs. Senator "Gore of Okla homa. National Capital Brevities Friends of the Borah-Jones three year homestead bill are greatly alarm ed over the delay of the conference committee in reaching an agreement. The interstate commerce commis sion has issued an order requiring railroads Dy June 1 to put into effect the reduced rates on wool that con form to its decision of April 12. The Panama canal bill, providing for the" administration of the canal zone and the operation of the canal, has beei> introduced in the house. A bitter fight seems certain over the provision which would prohibit rail road-owned vessels from passing through the canal, opponents prophe f v ; ig as a result the commercial over throw of Bostcj, Seattle and Portland. The first illustration of the activities cf the so-called money trust given to the house invest' jating committee was testimony that three lew York bank ing institutions —the National City liank, J. P. Morgan & Co., and the First National Bank —lent financial as sistance to Brazil to liftiit the output coffee and maintain prices at a prof itable figure for the benefit of Brazil ian planters and American coffee deal trt. JULIA C. LATHROP Miss Julia C. Lathrop, named head of the new Children's Bureau, will draw $5,000 per year, the largest sal ary ever paid a woman employee by Uncle Sam. 2 DEAD WHEN PLANK SNAPS Sixty Boarding Flyer at Seattle are Plunged Into Sea. Seattle. —Two persons are known to have been drowned and 50 were inj ured when the adjustable end of a temporary passenger gangplank at the Colman Dock dropped, precipitating 60 passengers into the water as they were preparing to board the Puget Sound steamer Flyer, for Tacoma. The dead: Mrs. G. V. Learned, Se attle. Carl Bruder, 1-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Bruder, of Seattle. The child was dead when taken out of the water and Mrs. Learned died on the pier. Most of the injured were only slight up bruised or cut by striking against piling and the hull of the Flyer when they fell into the water and all will recover. "Blue Sky" Law Passed." Phoenix, Ariz. —The Arizona senate passed the house bill termed by some "another Kansas blue sky law," pro viding that no corporation shall offer its stock for sale to the public until the state corporation commission has declared in writing that such stock is a safe investment. Floyd Allen is Guilty. Wytheville, Va. —Floyd Allen, first of the Hillsville mountaineers tried for the Carroll county courthouse mur ders, was adjudged guilty and will pay the penalty of his crimc in the electric chair at Richmond. RICHESGN PLEADS FOR QUICK DEATH Boston. —His nerves shattered, his body weakened by long abstinence from food, and all hope of life gone, Clarence V. T. Richeson, former cler gyman and slayer of Avis Linnell, begged that his mental agony be not prolonged, and that he be put to death. The execution of Clarence V. T. Richeson drew the curtain on a trag edy unsurpassed for cunning, cruelty and notoriety in the criminal annals of the United States. The minister, with his wedding announcement al ready in the hands of friends, and a discarded sweetheart importuning him to relieve her from a position that would cloud her life with shame, calm ly conceived a plan that would release him from his unwelcome liason and leave him free to marry the woman of his choice. With hypocritical cunning he sooth ed the fears of the little choir singer, pledging himself to right the wrong he had done, and then deliberately pur chased a quantity of cyanide of potas sium, a deadly poison, and advised Miss Linnell to take it. It was at first believed that she had committed suicide in a fit of despond ency upon learning the news of Riche son's approaching marriage to Miss Edmands. THE MARKETS. Portland. Wheat —Track prices: Club, 98c; bluestem, $1.03; red Russian, 97c. Oats —No. 1 white, $40" per ton. Hay—Timothy, $17; alfalfa, $12. Butter —Creamery, 27c. Eggs—Ranch, 21c. Hops—l9ll crop, 38c; 25c. Wool —Eastern Oregon, 18c; Wil lamette valley, 19c. Mohair —32c. Seattle. Wheat —Bluestem, $1:02; Club, |sc; red Russian, 94c. Oats —$39 per ton. Butter —Creamery, 27c. Eggs—2lc. Hay—Timothy, $17 per ton. Blackmore Resembled Greeley. R. B Blackmore." the author of "Lorna Doone." was. says W H. Ride- Ing in his volume of reminiscences, very like Horace Greeley in appear ance* He must have been some inches more than six feet in height in his youth and he towered above ordinary men even when his shoulders sagged, as they did in his closing years. His head was in proportion to his stature, and the sparse locks remain.ng had a »ort of debonair friskiness that hinted It a vitality reduced a little perhaps, hut without a sign of the cio.ud.x dregs of exhaustion, though he was well along in years His heard shaved away from his upper lip and c-hiu festooned a rosy face from ear to ear. a face of wholesome color, pink and creamy as a girl's and lighte l by hi: fiorous. twinkling 'eyes of mingie.l shrewdness and kindness. Rr.sticitJ i.ppeared in his loose fittin r. i'l match ed clothes, and an air of rusticity en veloped him. He seeijied to exhale th> very essence of the moorlands and coombs he loved and interpreted so well. Sleep. Investigation by scienlis's of the nature of the sleep of persons in nor mal health shows thai i! varies ac cording toyhe daily diet and the differ ent hours at which sleep is begun Al together the ideal hour for retiring is 10 o'clock. The sleep of a person going to bed regularly at approximately this time gradually augments -in intensity for the spat eof an hour. It then sud denly becomes very profound, reaching its maximum intensity at about 11:30 o'clock. Within five or six minutes from this time it has been found that the sleep begins to be less deep. In an hour the sleeper is again in the same condition of slumber as at about 11:15 From this time until after 2 o'clock the rest'is steady and light. From 2 until 4 it augments, and then it consistently diminishes until it ceases at the cus tomary time of rising. —Harper's. The Largest Dials. The art of the clock maker has achieved many remarkable triumphs. Sometimes it is in a clock wonderful for the complexity of its movements and its busy population of automatons that attracts our admiration, like that in the cathedral of Strassburg. At other times the immense si„e of the machinery and the dials excites aston ishment. This is the case with the celebrated clock in the tower of the Church of St. Rombaut at Mechlin This clock is believed to possess the largest dials that exist in the world There are four of them, one on each side of the great square tower, and their extreme diameter is nearly thir ty-seven and one-ha If feet The fig ures showing the hours are nearly six and one-half feet high, and the hands have a length of nearly twelve feet.- Harper's Weekly. Heads and Tails. A proposes to B to toss a coin eleven times for the price of the theater tick ets. A taking heads and B tails. Which ever comes np oftener wins for the man backing that side of the coin. "I have a better scheme than that." says B. "Let us toss the coin only ten times." "But it will come heads just as often as tails." objects A. "That is exactly an even chance." "If you think so." says B. "I will bei you $10 even that it does not come heads as often as tails, and we will re peat the experiment as often as you like to call the bet." What B is betting on is that in ten throws there will not be five heads and five tails, no matter in what order the heads or tails may come Try it.—Bal timore American. Luck. A modest game in a small town had a rakeoff which was devoted to the purchase of drinks and cigars. Every body won once in awhile -all hut Sam Pryor. who never was returned in front. He was down to* one chip in a table stake game and was age man. holding a pair of aces Everybody dropped out around to the dealer, who threw in a chip and stayed Sam drew another ace and a pair of tens, and the dealer didn't help. It was a show down, of course, and the dealer drop ped both chips in the hole because Sam held better than two pairs.—Chi cago Post. Detecting Shortcomings. Do you wish to find out a person's weak points? Note the failings he has the quickest eye for in others They may not be the very failings he is him self conscious of. but they will be their next door neighbors. No man keeps such a jealous lookout as a rival. —J. C. and A. W Hare. Fearless. "He's absolutely fearless." "Afraid of nothing, eh?" "Nothing Why. he'd actually try to find the way to his room in the dark, knowing well that his wife had that flay begun housecleaning." — Detroit Free Pres^. Outgeneraled. "What did you do with all the get rich-quick money you landed?" asked M. Flamm. " "Lost it." replied Mr. Flimm. "A fel low invented a get-rich-quicker scheme and lured me into it."—Washington Star. Fully Explained. Passenger Why are we so late? ; Guard- Well. sir. the train in front ; was behind, and this train was behind | before besides. — Loudon Punch. Principle is a passion for troth. —Wil- liam HazJitt. IN THE REALM OF FASHION A Spring Gown of Violet. This pretty spring gown has a foun dation of dark violet satin. Over this MOUSSEIjINE de sote dress. is a graceful veiling of cerise mousse line de soie. The deep V shaped yoke, collar and cuffs are of cream lace. Spring Flowers on Hats. The spring flowers are. of course, con spicuous on new millinery. Not only the customary violets, daffodils, prim roses and cowslips, but the less fre quently seen snowdrops, crocuses, wall flowers and primulas, are employed Fruit is mixed with flowers in an orig inal manner One wreath of cherry blossoms has knots of cherries intermingled, and an<.ther of the tiny white strawberry % blooms shows the fruit full sized and temptingly ripe nestling among great leafage. Heavy Laces. Thick lace is going to be the rage. Look among your odds and ends and see whether it is possible to find a piece of heavy guipure which could be transformed into the covering of a sin gle fiap lapel to hang outside the opened front of your coat or mantle. NEW FASHIONS FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS. A Wide Range In Desifits WWcti tos Sensible and Pretty. For play hours there Is nothing to take the place of rompers. They are a trifle scantier and more shapely than they were, this beiny sometimes gain ed through the introduction of a nar row yoke which is cut out about the throat. The blouse portion is then at tached with only a few or possibly not any gathers The belt is sewed to the shirr line .that connects the baggy lit tle trousers to the long blouse. Small boys always delignt in any thing that hints of the military, so braid and button trimmed suits are a specialty with the shops that cater to their diminutive majesties. Norfolk suits are still favored for both boys and srirls. and both boys and girls cling pertinaciously to double breasted effects that have loose belts of black or colored patent leather. In cidentally the new crop of belts for children include some gayly embossed ones illustrating nursery rhymes. Girls find no lack of variety in ap parel that has been evolved for their benefit. For first spring wear there are pretty serge dresses made up sim ply. with short skirts and lengthy blouses attached under a sash-or a fanciful belt. as. for instance, one of the ready to wear models that comes in navy serge, it is made with a semicircular flounce attached to 8 blouse that has u<> fullness except « very little where it joins the skirt. The blouse is cut round at the npck with a turnover collar ot navy silk and the front is' slashed down from the fop for a distance of seven in<*he>- ivnd is strapped across with ■40'itnche held do"'n. erch little strip wPh a silk .covered button. Slirilavh the sleeves art 3 nit out and strapped Fi'ling in the space made bv the slash Ing is some fine white mull. Bridal F'n-ry. A bride's gown ot silver and white brocaded satin, trimmed wiflt - lace, was one of the loveliest ereatious imaginable With it was worn ;> tei 1 of point lace, a family heirloom, and the train was a square court one three yards in length. Laces on Blouses. Lace yokes, three-quarter sleeves and trimmings of two kinds of laces, seer and heavy, are the especial points or distinction about new lingerie blouses. The Great Siberian Refrigerator. To appreciate the severity of the cli mate of northern Siberia it is only nec essary to understand the practical pur poses it is made to serve. The entire country is used as a refrigerator for the preserving of articles of food. One day a traveler, dining at Tomsk on a plump fowl, asked how long the bird had been kii'ed. The landlord evident ly softened bis reply as much as pos sible. knowing the repugnance of most foreigners to any food uot quite fresh. "Two months only." he said: "not a day more." No precautions are required for the preservation of beef, for it takes care of itself. Nearly all butchers kill at the beginning of the cold weather a sufficient number of animals to furnish provisions for the entire winter and allow the meat to freeze. There is no fear of any food changing in such a temperature. Fisli become so solid and stiff that they are set up on their tails against the walls of the market.—Ex change. A Curious Species of Birds. Among the curious birds of the East Indies is a species that is nearly ex tinct. These birds always travel in pairs that are hardly ever separated. The beak - of the male is short and strong, while that of the female is fine, long and curved. The male's work is to break with his strong bill the tough bark of trees in order that his mate may introduce her pointed beak into the holes dug into the trunk by insects and so extract food. When the male detects an "insect haunt" he lays it bare, and the female pulls forth the prey with her beak, divides if in two gives the male his portion and eats the other, continuing the process until both have had enough. Consequently the death of one or the other means star vation to the survivor, the female be ing unable to break the bark of trees and the male to take out the prey when its presence is. exposed. Sold by Gust. Johnson Old Eyes Made Young We can't give you new eyes, but we can make your old ones as good as new with a pair of our carefully fitted glasses. We Understand Eyes and Glasses. Our buy/ness is to fit one with the other. Let us help you see as you used to see—possibly as you never saw. D. ML Shreve OPTOMETRIST Expert Watchmaker and Jeweler Newport Harness Shop H. a. MURPHY, Prop. Horse Blankets—-Robes Harness of all kinds made to order Repairing Promptly Attended to Newport, Wash. Acre I Tracts! j ♦♦ f In a fews days I will have * some acre tracts adjoining J town, at prices that will be t like taking candy from a $ baby. They were bought right and will be sold. Don't | buy elsewhere without seeing 1 me first. 2 ♦♦ * R. T. ANKERSON { Real Estate * * A. Q. Powell Contractor and BUILDER, - CABINET WORK A SPECIALTY Phone 973-Newport, Wash. S.W.Nelson Blacksmithin^ lIOKSSESIIOING All Kinds of WAGON WOliK Opposite Miner Office Olson's Dray Line General Teaming and Transfer Work TELEPHONE NO. 16 NEWPORT, WASH. A. B. SIGGINS Carpenter and Builder All kinds of work in the building line taken by contract or by day. Estimates Furnished i J. R. PATTERSON CIVIL ENGINEER Home on Pend Oreille River Near Wolfred P.O.Newport Office: Wherever vou meet me Sheriffs Sale State of Washington, i ; > 88. , • | County of Pend Oreille, » By virtue of an execution issued out of the Honorable SuDerior Court of the State of Washi ington, for the County of Pend Oreille, On the Ist day of May, 1912, by the clerK thereof, in the case of Moeser Lumber Company, a cor 4 poration, plaintiff, vs. Alvaron C. Bennett and Loretta Bennett, his wife, defendants, and 10 me, as shewff, directed and delivered, notice is hereby given that I will proceed to sell to the highest bidder, lor cash, within the hours pre scribed bv law for sheriffs' sales, to-wit, at 1:30 o'clock p." m., on the first day of June, A. D. 1912, before the courthouse door of said Pend Oreille county, in the state of Washington, all the right, title and interest of the said Alvaron C. Bennett and Loretta Bennett his wife, said defendants, in and to the following described property, to-wit: Lot 18, block 12 of the town of lone, Pend Oreille county, Washington, levied on as the property of the said Alvaron C Bennett and Loretta Bennett, his wife, said defendants, to satisfy a judgment amounting to $.t33.»7 and together with interest at 6 per cent per annum from the 30th day of July, 1910. and $21 00 costs of suit, together with increased interest and costs, in favor of the Moeser Lum ber Company, a corporation. Given under my hand this 2nd day of May, A. D., 1912. B. F. Gardiner Sheriff. By A. L, Miller, Deputy, 51-6