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G? Nebraska. Independent
APRIL 5 190
WIRELESS SPANS OCEAN
Transmit 572 Words From Coney
Island to Coast of Ireland, a Dis-
4 tance of 3,200 Miles. .
Wednesday night, according to of
ficers of the De Forest wireless tele
graph system at New York, 572 words
were flashed across the Atlantic ocean
from Coney Island to the coast of
Ireland, a distance of 3,200 miles,
without the use of cables, wires or
any other medium than' the atmos
phere. This trans-Atlantic achieve
ment is regarding as marking the
greatest forward step yet taken m the
development of telegraphy without
wires.
A total of 1,000 words was sent out
from the Coney Island station. The
messages were sent in various keys,
pitches or tunes, to use the wireless
vernacular, in order to ascertain the
correct one. Ireland reported by
cable yesterday morning that 572 of
tnese .words were received and rec
orded. Heretofore the longest dis
tance reached was between Coney
island and Colon, Panama, stations,
2,100 miles apart.
In the experiments the Conev
Island operator began with the long
est distance, or Colon, pitch,. and con
stantly changed his pitch at the end
of fifteen minutes in sending a new
code message. The result showed
that 428 words were Ditched in the
wrong key. Comparison will show in
. what key the 572 words were pitched,
ana mat key win become the most
Important to the world at large among
recent inventions.
The passage of the resolution will
be welcomed outside of the state as
well as within it. Both houses of the
Iowa legislature, on Governor Cum
min's suggestion, have passed a reso-
miion ror a convention of the states
to meet in Des Moines next summer.
Many of the-states. which have alreadv
gone on record individually, are anx
ious for leadership which will unite
them in a movement that can not be
Ignored by senatorial obstructiveness.
Leadership is absolutely necessary.
It is only a question which state will
take hold first. The state that does
stand in the lead will make itself a
name in history. Record-Herald, Chi
cago.
A NEW POLITICAL MOVE
KAISER PARTIAL TO WEALTHY
Poor, But Aristocratic, Germans Cha
grined by Change in Ruler.
Berlin The kaiser's growing par
tiality for millionaires, trust magnates
and such rich men as own yachts and
automobiles is causing intense cha
grin among the proud but poor Prus
sian nobility, who see their influence
with the emperor lessening.
At one time, thev conmlaln thev
were favored with the kaiser's con
fidence and were exclusively admit
ted to his set, but since he has be
come interested in yachts and auto
mobiles he-has sought the society of
the plutocrats, who can afford these
luxuries.
250,000 PERISH IN INDIA FAMINE
Failure of Cotton Crop Adds to Regu
lar Yearly Disaster.
Calcutta India is threatened with
another great famine. The alarmine
premonitory symntoms were naturailv
- - v
not allowed to interfere with the re
ception of the Prince and Princess of
wales on their recent tour, but now
the real facts are becoming apparent
through official statistics.
These show that nearly a quarter
of a million people are receiving gov
ernment relief. The chief cause of
the famine is the failure of the cot
ton yop. Although there are about
half a million more acres under cul
tivation in-British India than in 1904-5,
the crop has decreased by 16 per
American Federation of Labor Wi
Question Candidates for Office Upon
Matters Affecting Labor.
(Special to The Independent by George
-. H. Shibley.)
Washington, D. C, March 31, 1906.
The executive council of the American
Federation of Labor has taken vig
orous steps for carrying into operation
its recent threat to retire to private
life such of the representatives in the
federa government as are opposing to
labor interests. The following reso
lution was adopted March 23rd:
"The American Federations of La
bor'a policy of interrogating candi
dates for public office upon question
affecting the interests of labor and of
tne people generally will be continued
and more aggresively prosecuted."
, This brief declaration contains three
prominent features and one that is
implied, namely: that all candidates
are to be questioner; that a more
vigorous eaniBalem la to be conducted :
that the interests of the Deonle in gen
eral are to be worked for; and that
all who are oDDOsed to machine rule
and private monopoly are invited to
join in questioning candidates.
The far-reaching possibilities of this
For Popular Election of Senators.
The Ohio legislature, which has been
busily considering the relation of the
United States senators' to the people,
and which has strongly indorsed pop
ular election, now has a new propo
sition before it tending toward that
end. A house committee has reported
favorably a resolution providing for
the creation of a committee to seek
to procure the co-operation of the
necessary two-thirds of the states to
secure a constitutional convention.
A Tired Stomach
Does not get much good
for you out of what you
eat,, for It does not digest
much it is wasteful. It
feels sore and lame and is
easily distressed and often
upset by food. The best
treatment is a course of
Hoods Sarsap or ilia
which is positively une
qualled for all stomach
troubles.
For testimonials of remarkable cares
end for Book on Dyspepsia, No. 5.
C I. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass,
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cent. The area under cultivation In
the native states shows a decrease of
3 per cent.
Cotton is the staple industry of the
Indian peasantry, and the effect of
its failure is the famines which deci
mate the population about once in
five years. -
Dieting Puts Engineer in Asylum
Santa Barbara, Calif. -Louis Janin.
Jr., known throughout' the west and
in many of the great mining fields
of the world as a most brilliant min
ing engineer, has been stricken with
a religious monomania and adjudged
insane. He is the son of Louis Janin,
Sr., of San Francisco, also an expert
mining . engineer, and is thirty-nine
years old. Both .father and son are
well known in . San Francisco club
circles.
For nineteen years the afflicted man
has been traveling the world over.
handling mining engineering proposi
tions. Recently he has lived on a
large ranch belonging to his father in
the northern part of this country.
Lately he became so deeply impressed
with the necessity of dieting, as he
believed, under divine guidance, that
had he been let alone he might have
started himself. He took no other
nourishment than a few crackers and
a small quantity of milk daily.
Upon all other subjects than this
one Janin's mind seems to be perfect
ly clear.
program are puzzling the politicians.
Few, however, are realizing that the
declaration for "the people generally"
means a campaign for the immediate
establishment of the advisory initiative
and advisory referendum a system
wnereby the voters may instruct by
referendum vote. It is to be installed
by a mere majority vote in the national
nouse and senate, with a forced-action
by the United States senators through
instructions. Then initiative netitfrms
Incorporating the more pressing meas
ures, Including constitutional amend
ments, are to be filed at the opening
of congress. In the several legis
tures, too, the advisory initiative and
advisory referendum are to be Installed
at once.
This is the program of the American
Federation of . . Labor, Pennsylvania
Granges, People's Sovereignty Leaenp
of America, National Direct Legisla
tion League, and other organizations.
It was the program two years a en. and
in Missouri it resulted in the pledging
of twelve of th esixteen congressmen,
and five of the ten representatives
from Chicago. Mere questioning by
the Peoples Soverignty League re
suited m 143 signed pledges by - con
gressional candidates.
The. great strategic feature In this
program is that it is expected to enlist
all who are opposed to the existing
senate soverignty and party rule,
namely: practically all the people.
Organized labor bv adontine- tlila
broad policy is creating much friendly
comment. .By asking for the people's
sovereignty (majority rule) it is on
firm ground. Few. if any, candidates,
will dare to openly oppose so sane a
lit -
proposition.
The program, in a nut-shell, is for
the immediate establishment of the
people's soverignty in place of machine
rule, and in nation, state and city; to
be accomplished in this year's cam-1
paign through the systematic ques
tioning of all candidates. Candidates
wnen forced to go on record pledge,
almost invariably, for the DeoDle's
cause. Every non-partisan organiza
tion that is opposed to special priv
ileges is expected to take Dart in
questioning, also citizens in general.
For copies of question apply to the
American Federation of Labor, Wash
ington, D. C.
To spread the news and thus in
form the people, a news bureau Is to
be established. Thus the entire news
of the movement will be gathered at
a central point and distributed to the
nawspaper editors of the country. It
will no longer be surDressed. The
Associated Press, owned by monop
olist and dominated by them, can no
longer conceal the campaign against
private monopoly.
It is expected that funds for the
work will be forthcoming. The treas
ury of the American Federation of
Labor is at the'disDOsal of the no-
litical movement, and special contri
butions are to be asked for from every
affiliated union and from the well-to-
do reformers throughout the country.
As the contest waxes warm, the nurse
strings will open. Heretofore the re
form movement has been sadlv lackine
in funds.
It is expected that a thousand or
more of the dally papers will take up
the anti-machine cause, while the 500
labor papers will increase their use-
of people's soverignty material.
.Lastly, and of the most importance.
the campaign is open now. , Hereto
fore the campaign has not been opened
until August or September. This year,
however, the candidates are to he
questioned early and their replies pub
lished. In most cases the candidates
will be questioned before the primar
ies are held. This will brine the Iskua
within each party and lay it before
the rank and file.
Reviewing all those new factors in
politics factors which have demon
strated their- tremendous nower it
is clear that a landslide aearnst. ma
chine rule is in operation. Its extent
for this year it is difficult to predict,
but that it will be very great and
wide-spread is beyond question.
Lawson Asked For Proof
Boston Thomas W. Lawson was
summoned tonight to ' appear before
District Attorney John B. Moran to-
morrow at 2 o'clock to substantiate
his charges of insurance graft in this
country. These charges are that
agents in Boston of the big New York
companies have written policies for
which they received no premium pay
ments or considerations other than
proxies from the insured. The charges
were laid before the state Insurance ,
commissioner and by him sent to the
district attorney.
Free Alcohol Bill Reported
The house committee on ways and
means, Washington, authorized a"
favorable report on the free alcohol,
bill. The vote was 16 to 2, Dalzall'
(Penn.) and Grosvenor fOhiol onnos-
ing. The measure provides that, be-'
ginning tnree montns arter its pas-,
sage, domestic . alcohol may be with
drawn from bond without the ' Dav-
ment of internal revenue tax for use
in the arts and industries and for
fuel, light and power, provided it shaH
have been mixed with denaturing ma
terial which destroys Its character as
a beverage and renders it unfit for
medicinal purposes.
A noil of the house is in nrocress.
to-ascertain whether there, are votes
sufficient to pass the measure under
suspension of the rules. 1