THM N'nitlWI.K WKI'rfM NTKWS .1011 UK M. KMMIlAY MAlKMI 1 < ) 1909
STABILITY OF
THE GftTUH
Official Report as to This Part of
Panama Canal.
THE SINKING WAS EXPECTED.
Statement ns to the Rock "Toe , " Whose
Settling Caused Serious Rumors.
Purpose of the Dnm nnd Explana
tion of Its Construction No Lake
Under Its Site.
Kxplalnlnu' the HottlliiK of the rock
"toe. " which started tin- rumor Hint
thy foundation of ( he ( iiitim dam WUH
Kinking and that a subterranean lake
Inul been discovered under thu canal ,
as an ovcnt that WUH expected , a re
port has been iniulo to thu authorities
nt Washington which , It Is hoped , will
dispel miapprehension. .
A portion of thin "too" on the up-
fltri'iun end of the dam Rank ahout
forty feet on Nov. 21. During Heveral
weeks prior to thin tlato a slide under
thu high trestle of the relocated Pan
ama railroad nt ( iatun made neces-
miry the dumping of an additional
quantity of rock hefore the roadbed
WUH brought up to grade. On Nov. 15
the Chagres river Hooded the tracks
at Gatim. At the mime time the ru
mor of having discovered a subterranean -
nean lake on the site of Gatun dam
and heneatli It came out. The report
nays In part :
"The purpoHo of the dam at Gatun
IH to Impound the waters of the
Chagrcs ( an artlllclal ) lake that will
form In the valley of the Clmgrcs riv
er. Thin dam will extend from one
V- : . rldgo of hills west across the valley
to thu rldgo on the hills east and will
lie one and n half miles long. At the
extreme east end the locks are being
built through a small hill on which
nlnitH the dam , The dam Itself Is di
vided Into two parts , from the site of
the locks to the spillway , the other
from the spillway to the hills west.
The spillway will bo located through
n small hill that rises In the middle
of the dam. A temporary spillway
00 feet wide , which will let the
Chagres How during the construction ,
Is completed and concrete laid there
early In January. There are three old
channels running through the dam
site.
"Tho plan for constructing the dam
Is to pump sand and clay upon the
Bite selected until the hill Is 135 feet
above sea level and 1.700 feet wldo
across the valley. This sand and clay
have been found In large quantities
down the Olmgros valley , convenient
to the site , and have proved to be
good material for a dam. The dam
will bo made by suction dredges ,
which will pump the material mixed
with water upon the site , and the wa
ter running off will leave a closely
homogeneous material. For the pur
pose of adding weight to the dam and
to prevent material from sliding north
and south , as a great mass of earth
Is likely to do , two walls , or toes , are
being built across the valley.
"Tho north or downstream too Is
composed of rocks and earth taken at
the site of the locks. The south or
upstream toe Is composed of hard
rock taken from the cut at Has Obis-
po. The ridge of Has Oblspo rock Is
thirty feet broad at the top and when
completed will be sixty feet high. It
"bns reached ( lint height In one place
nnd has one to one and a half slope.
"Net ween the north and south toes
3.000.000 cubic yards of play and sand
from the Cluu'ros valley will bo pump
ed. The object of these toes Is to hold
the material of the hydraulic till until
the water has drained off.
"The rook wall of the south toe has
been extended to the spillway , closing
the old channel of the Chagrcs and
east diversion beside the old French
canal , the river finding an outlet
through the east diversion dug by the
Fronrh. The old French canal crosses
the Cha'-Tos at five different places be
tween P.ohlo and Gatun , and It Is
through that channel that the greatest
part of the Chagres flows to Gatun.
"A short distance above the dam the
/ atunolllo flows Into the Chasros. The
oulldlng of the too forces the water of
the Gatunclllo and that of the French
channel or canal to seek an outlet at
n right anglo to Its natural course , and
It has caused the flats south of Gatun
to bo flooded when heavy rains occur ,
as the diversion of the French canal
Is not iVlde enough to receive the
quantity of water that flows down the
valley and floods the lower parts. The
hleli water of Nov. 15 was simply the
repetition of what happened several
times durlnir this rainy season. floodIng -
Ing the flats of Gatun on the south of
It , ai'il It was unusually high , as the
water rose In some places as much as
eight Inches above the rails.
Halfway between the foot of the
east hill and the spillway the old
French canal channel runs through
the dam site , but It has been closed by
tl'p construction of the south toe. The
Bill and Soft mud that had collected
tn the bottom of this channel for the
past twenty years were not removed
when the construction of the toe was
besun , and when the weight of the
rock became great enough It displaced
the soft bottom of the old channel
nnd forced It up UOO feet north of the
toe Into the site of the dam.
"This was anticipated nnd desired.
It Is also anticipated that other parts
of the too may settle In the same way ,
The more they settle the Hnrer will
bo the foundation of the toe. for the
result Is simply wnat it would hnv (
been If a big trench bad been duf
across the valley down t- > the stratuu
of stiff clay which underlies the dan
ite and had then been filled wltl
tone. The work on the dam la not li
nny way Interrupted by these small
BoUlliiBB. Hock will be dumped until
the toe has reached the desired height
of sixty feet , and each settling will
only result In more rock being dump
ed there until the solid foundation IH
reached and au equilibrium estalr-
llshed.
"The Idea that there Is a lake under
the site of Gatun dam probably orig
inated from the fact that the borings
made at close Intervals all over llie
dam Bite revealed water In about 10
per cent of thu holes sunk. The re
sults of these borings were published
Sept. 2 , IPOS , and nothing has devel
oped further. The report on these ex
ploratlons , which will appear In the
annual report of the chairman and
chief engineer to congress , covers the
matter thoroughly from a technical
standpoint. Itrlelly , It shows that wa
ter under pressure was found In sev
eral places under the dam site.
"Tho fact that there was no commu
nication between the various holes
shows beyond question that the water
under the dnm situ Is In pockets and i
Is not a pool or lake , and the fact that |
the water was under pressure and rose
In the test holes shows that It has no j
outlet. In addition to the borings two )
test pits wcro sunk 100 feet below nea
level , and they merely continued what |
the borings had already shown that
the dam Is being built on a very line
foundation of Impervious clay. |
"What Is true of the foundation of
the dam Is also true of the foundation
of the locks. There Is no question at
all of Its satisfactory character. The
lei ks are being constructed In n series '
of three double locks , making n rise
from sea level to the eighty-live foot j
level of the Gatun lake. Kach lock Is |
1.000 feet long , 110 feet broad at the [
'
entrance and -II 1-3 feet deep In fresh'
water over the sills.
"The excavation for the south or up-
. ) cr lock Is practically completed , and
the1 concrete wi-rk will bo begun as
soon as the power handling and mixIng -
Ing plants are delivered on the Isth
mus and can be put In running order ,
The excavation In the second and third
locks Involves the removal of I.'IOO.OOO
cubic yards of material by steam shov-
1s and ItMKf ) ( ) ) cubic yards by suction
dredges. The steam shovel work Is al
ready well advanced , and the dredging
will be begun soon.
'The locks will bo built entirely of
concrete , forming a series of three wa
ter tight boxes , each divided Into two
parts. Beneath the level of the floor
of the upper and second locks a cur
tain wall will be sunk to a mifllclent
depth to keep out whatever water Is
now finding or Is likely to find Its out
let beneath the lock site. The excava
tion on the curtain walls will be begun
In a few weeks. The plans for the
locks have been completed In all but a
few details. The stone and sand nec
essary can bo delivered at the handling
plant In Gatun as soon as they are re
quired.
"The slide on the relocated line of
the Panama railroad at Gatun Is simi
lar to those which occurred at Cnca-
racha and at other points along Cule-
bra cut and at Mlratlores tunnel. It Is j
caused by the earth , which has become ,
saturated from the excessive rains and i
has been burdened with the weight of I
the (111 ( , sliding on the surface of the |
rock , which underlies It. This slide !
has reached Its angle of repose for the '
present , but It Is expected that during
the next rainy season , when the fill Is
continued to the ninety-five foot grade ,
the slide will begin again. More mate
rial will then be dumped Into the de
pression , and the filling will bo con
tinued until the material has reached
Its angle of repose , when no further
trouble Is expected. "
AN AMERICAN POMPEII.
Excavation of Prehistoric Buried City
at Casa Grande , Ariz.
An American Pompeii Is gradually
being brought to light , according to
the annual report of Charles 15. Wai-
cott , secretary of the Smithsonian In
stitution at Washington.
Under a special congressional appro
priation the work of excavating a pre
historic burled city at Casa Grande ,
near Florence , Ariz. , has been con
ducted by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes. Al
ready a number of structures have
been discovered , but the largest one
excavated during the year was a build
ing 2t)0 ) feet long , with eleven rooms ,
the massive walls Inclosing a plaza.
In the central room there Is a seat
called by the I'hnn Indians "the seat
of Montezuma. "
The ruins at Casa Grande were
frund to be very much more extensive
than was anticipated , nnd It Is stated
that their permanent preservation Is
of great archaeological Importance.
BIGGER BATTLESHIPS.
Government Planning For 25,000 Ton
Vessels With Fourteen Inch Guns ,
Anticipating that future battleships
will bo larger and will carry heavier
guns than any now afloat , the board of
construction of the navy department
has prepared plans for large battle
ships of several different types. Two
of them contemplate n displacement of
! ! 5. < iOO tons , with n battery of eight
fourteen-lnch guns mounted In four
turrets , two placed forward and two
nft.
nft.The
The third type of vessel will be of
20.000 tons displacement and will car
ry twelve twelve-Inch guns. The ves
sels are designed for a speed of be
tween CO1 ! and 20Vi knots an hour.
City With a Municipal Flag.
Knston , Pa. , has adopted n municipal
flag.
A Good Reason.
"Pa's a great admirer of the secret
ballot system. "
"Why ? "
"Because It affords him a great
chance to Bay afterward that he voted
for all the winners. " Judge.
One pound of learning requires ten
pounds of common sense to apply It-
Persian Proyerb.
Correspondent Completing Pacific
Coast Tour Sounds a Warning.
CANADA HOTBED OF HATRED.
Situation Only Awaits Some Trlfllno
Incident , He Says , to Precipitate
Scenes of Widespread Violence Im
placable Animosity Among Labor
Men Hears Talk of Vigilantes.
Completing nt Vancouver. It. C. , a
recent t < mr of Investigation extending
throughout the Pacific coast from
Prince Itupert , the terminal < > f the
New Grand Trunk Paclllc railway. In
the north , to I.os Angeles , In the south ,
a New York Herald correspondent has
found overwhelming evidence that the I
anti-Japanese sentiment Is stronger In
Hrltlsh Columbia than It Is In the
Btates of Washington. Oregon nnd Cnl-
Ifornla.
Careful Inquiry has shown that
among the llrltlshers who have nr-
rived In the Canadian Paclllc province
within recent years the dislike to the
Japanese amounts to a positive frenzy
of hatred that only waits upon occa
sion to find vent In action that may
strain diplomatic replatlons between
Great Itritiiln , Canada and Japan to
the utmost.
California has of late been given
pre-eminence a bad nnd a wicked pre i
eminence , many people call It by giv |
ing outward and visible expression to
the strong anti-Japanese feeling that
today exists among the great majority
of the people of I he Paclflc coast. , It
Is merely a fortuitous Incident that the
bitter anti-Japanese sentiment should
have found expression In the assembly
at Sacramento , In the speeches of
Grove L. Johnson and the more matter
of fact statements of Assemblyman
Drew of Fresno. Many citizens of the
Pacific const were beginning to fear
that the first Intelligence that might
reach the people of the cast would be
a record of outrage and broken beads ,
with possibilities of Infuriated mobs
stringing up Japanese to the lamp
posts in the main streets of San Fran
cisco. Seattle. Vancouver and some of
the principal Inland towns. This pic
ture may scorn overdrawn , but for a
year or more such things have been
openly talked about and approved by
men who would bo likely to be mob
leaders In the event of nny such re
grettable outbreak.
The anti-Japanese riot that took
place at Vancouver two years ago was
spontaneous and not premeditated. It
arose in the first Instance from a tri
lling' street brawl. There was no mal
ice aforethought. If there should be
another anti-Japanese riot in any coast
city , it will bo Impossible to say the
same thing , for there will bo malice
aforethought.
The newly arrived ISrltlshers who
have gone * o Krlllsh Columbia , attract-
ed by the Blowing accounts furnished
to them broadcast by the Dominion
and provincial governments , find them-
selves In competition of a degrading
nature wlt'i the servile labor of the
orient and more so with the Japanese
than witli .ho Chinamen.
At the time of the civil war the bit
ter cry of lie people of the south was
that the people of the north and the
' eastern states did not understand them.
History repeating Itself , the complaint
of people v cst of the Uocklos today is
that tlio people cast of the great moun
tain range do not understand and ap
preciate the situation. And truly there
is ground for the complaint , for the
burden Imposed upon the white man
of the Paclllc slope and his family by
the Asiatic invasion is getting too
grievous to bo borne.
The. patient , nonassertlve Chinaman
could be tolerated , but the saucy , self
assertive Jap of the twentieth century ,
on terms of equality or superiority , is
i too much for self respecting white
I wage earners. It Is this feeling that
Is really at the root of the whole of the
present trouble on the Pacific coast.
( The employers of the Japanese no not
1 see It , for to them the Jap Is deferen
tial and complaisant , but to the white
1 man who has to work on anything like
terms of equality with a Jap his ctcr-
1 nal "cockiness" Is a bitter pill a con
stant thorn in the llcsh.
Curiously enough , the Chinese on the
coast hate the Japs even moro cordial
ly than do the American wage earners ,
and there have boon many Instances In
which tills has been brought out , some
of them rather amusing. A Jap en
tered a Chinese laundry one day In San
Jose and deposited a bundle of soiled
linen on the counter. The Chinaman
did not touch It with his hands , but
shoved it off the counter with a stick
and then kicked It into the street , be
ing much applauded by his colleagues
in the laundry. A contractor in the
i San Joaquln valley had a number of
! men In camp , nnd the work got too
heavy for his Calnaman cook. lie
went to the nearest town and brought
out a Jap to the camp to assist the
Chinaman.
Ten minutes later the Chinaman
came to the olllce with his bundles on
his shoulders , ready for departure.
"Surely , John. " said the employer ,
"you're not rolng to leave us like tills.
What's the trouble ? "
"You all llghtee , velly good man ,
velly good boss , " answered the Chlnn-
ninn cook. "I gocd cook , velly good
Chinaman. All llghtee. Thct Jap
scoundrel , all Japs bad men. f
go. "
Explanations followed. The Jap was
sent off to town again , and the China
man resumed work , doing cheerfully ,
single handed , work that was far too
heavy for him rather than have a
Japanese helper.
For the present strained relation ! 1
with tbe Japanese many of the larjre
employers of labor ar * urueh to blame.
They are never tired of extolling the
virtues of the little brown man and
holding him up as a model for Imita
tion. Of course they have not got to
work alongside him and only know
him tn his Invariably deferential atti
tude toward hU employer nnd pay *
tniiHtor. People who recollect tholr
school days will remember how very
cordially bated was the model boy of
Hie class , who was always praised and
held up for Imitation. The Paclflc
roast wage earner has much the same
sort of feeling about the Japanese ,
only , being u grown man Instead of a
schoolboy , ho has It worse , and , be
lieving that he Is master of thu situa
tion , he means to get rid of the brown
Invader , by constitutional means , If
possible , but , falling these , by other
less desirable methods which are cov
ered by the phrase that Is often heard
"making the coast too mighty un
healthy for Japs to live on It. "
When people are living from day to
day with this rancorous feeling deep
down In their hearts It wants only
some trifling Incident to occur that
will In n moment transform It Into
overt action that would have far-
reaching and very deplorable cense
quences. It Is not the business of tllo
present writer to offer theoretical
views as to the situation or to write
denunciations of the wage earners of
the Paclflc coast. This Is a simple
chronicle of facts ns they exist facts
which have to be looked In the face ,
facts that every man familiar with
the const must admit unless his In
formation Is obtained solely In club
smoking rooms , expensive hotels or
the olllces nnd private homes of lend
ing merchants , shipowners nnd em
ployers of labor. There Is n large nnd
highly respectable nnd Influential
class of people who come little In con-
tact with the Japanese except In the
capacity of servants , In whHi walk
of life they arc admirable. This class
of people are largely tolerant of the
little brown men and In many cases
enthusiastic about them. Tills en
thusiasm , Injudiciously displayed , Is
often the means of adding fuel to the
existing ( Ires of hatred.
In a large hotel a German waiter
brought n new revolver to the writer's
bedroom tc ask his opinion as to Its
merits. It was n cheap but deadly
little gun , obtained from a firm In the
east by mall order. Asked as to his
motive In purchasing the weapon , the
German waiter cheerfully answered ,
"To shoot Japs when we drive them
out. " He added that many men of
his class were buying guns.
Inquiry among the new and second
hand dealers In firearms In the coast
cities elicited the fact that sales dur
ing last ye-ir had been unprccedently
large , and particularly was this the
case In British Columbia. There are
now no British soldiers In Canada.
The garrison at ICsqulmalt Is manned
by men of the Canadian permanent
force. Ksculrnalt ; Is about four miles
from Victoria , the capital of British
Columbia , and the men In garrison
nre depended upon to quell any anti-
Japanese or other riot that may break
out.
out.The
The men spend much of their time
In Victoria , fraternizing with the people
ple there , and In the event of an anti-
Japanese riot they could not be de
pended upon to take an active part
ngnlnst their white fellow subjects , a
fact which Is perfectly well known to
their olllcers and to the department of
militia nt Ottawa. In all the coast
cities the sympathies of the police nre
with the people against the Japa
nese.
News as It reaches the east comes
mainly from the large cities , but It Is
not In these , with the exception of
Vancouver , that the anti-Japanese feel
ing Is strongest. There Is little of It
to be discovered In Los Angeles. There
Is more In San rrnncb- , but It Is con
fined In a measure to certain parts of
the city and to certain classes. A
study of the situation , however , In
places like Stockton , San Jose , Sacra
mento , Merced , Fresno , and so on , Is
something of a revelation. In these
localities the anti-Japanese attitude
has been taken up by n different class
of people , principally the younger gen
eration who want the old association
of vigilantes resurrected.
There are many reasons why British
Columbia should feel the Japanese In
vasion moro than the American states
OH the Pacific coast. First , the Jap cn-
1 ters the Canadian province ns an ally
I of Great Britain with more assurance
j nnd swagger than he ventures to put
' on In landing on United States soil ;
second , the British Columbia of today
i dates practically , as regards Its pros
perity , from the time of the mining
boom In the Kootenays , ten or twelve
years ago. Attention was then drawn
to British Columbia as a desirable field
i for British emigration In n way that
I had never happened before. Crowds
I of well to do Britishers have flocked
Into the province since the beginning
of the present century , nnd It is these
very desirable settlers who are most
bitterly opposed to the Japanese. Take
fruit growing , for Instance , Unlike the
Chinaman , the Jap does not propose to
work ns n wage earner. Ho proposes
to be n fruit grower on his own ac
count nnd employ other labor , and ,
while that Is no doubt praiseworthy ,
his Canadian neighbor does not like it
n little bit. He proposes to go Into
1 Eiilruon canning , not as n laborer , but
ns n cnnner on a large scale , for which
ho can get ample backing from capital
ists In his own country. He offers to
bring all the money that is necessary
1 anil enough of his own countrymen to
i do nil the work , nnd the white man
does not take kindly to the project.
!
| After a careful survey of the whole
1 North American Pacific coast there Is
little doubt In the mind of the present
writer that In a settlement of the
Japanese Immigration dllllculty It is
the Canadian subjects of King Ed
ward who nro likely to give most trou
ble.
Force of Habit.
"I wish. John , " said the editor's wife ,
. "that you'd try not to be so absent-
, minded when we are dining out. "
"Eh ? What have I done now ? "
"Why , when the hostess asked you
If you'd have some moro pudding you
replied that owing to a tremendous
preSHuro on your space you were coin-
Ptlltd to decline. " London Tit-lilts.
BEST NEW YEAR RESOLUTION
To Live More Faithfully by the Golden
Rule , Says Edwin Markhnm.
The noblest resolution that any clll
WMI could make for the New Yenr
would be the resolution to live more
faithfully by the Golden IHile. that
mihllmc principle of condut t for thlo
world and for all worlds. Failure to
live by this law causes the chief sorrows
rows and collisions among men.
Let each earnest man sear ; h Into his
words and ways , determined to t'.nd
tin1 special manner In whit h he biv.l.s
the golden law. his special habit that
work * Injustice nr unlnpplnet-s In bin
> hi p. hh ( ill'ce. MH homo Ills < | iy. K-IVH
Fdv.'ln Mnrklinm In Sue e M Magazine
ft r January. He will llr.d pr'i'ps '
that In the shop be Is In t'ic li-blt of
mlspkiclir ; tools , and this hli'drn t'.ie '
wi.rk of bis comrades : thai In the of
flic he U In the habit of belli1. laic In
keeping appointments and thus sicil.
other people's time : that In the lul.
he N In the habit of belittling wnrtliv
competitors and thus Joins the rang of
thieves who steal reputations : that In
the home he Is In the habit of monopo
lizing the conversation and thin fail-
to draw out the powers of other.i : that
In the city he Is In the habit cf spit
ting on the f-'Ulewalk and thus spoils
the comfort of hln townmcn : that In
business he Is In the habit of nil -rep
rerouting bis got ds and thus robs un
der the i over of t ustmn.
These are problems In the Golden
llule , anil here are ample space ai.d
verge for New Year resolutions , space
and verge for building character-
character which Is the greatest tilng !
In man.
CARACAS REVOLUTION.
Author Back From Venezuela Says It
Looked Like Opera Douffe.
Samuel Hopkins Adams , the author ,
who recently returned to New York ,
was In Cara. as. Venezuela , when Pres
ident Castro sailed for Europe and
saw the rioting In Caracas Dec. H ,
which constituted a revolution , he
thinks , that lifted Acting President
Gomez Into the permanent place of
president , so far as any olllce Is per
manent In Venezuela. The "revolu-
tlon"was like an opera boiifl'o to Mr.
Adams and other foreign observers.
"Few believe that Castro will ever
return to Venezuela. " said Mr. Ad
ams. "He Is really sick with liver
and kidney trouble , and , besides , he
must soon know that It would bo fool
hardy to go back there now. He car
ried with him and sent out before he
started some $ SWO ( , < )00 ) which he had
squeezed out of the country.
"Castro Is very unpopular with his
own people. He ruled for private
profit. In the nine years that he had
1 con president , so far as 1 could find
out , he put his hand upon e\ery surf
f trade nr enterprise out of which
money could bo made , calling It a gov
ernment monopoly and taking money
for It. Thus the necessities of life
were made monopolies and farmed
out. sometimes for political profit ,
moro often for private profit. "
In a Strange Land.
Two belated disciples of Bacchus
staggered ann In arm up Walnut
street about 3 o'clock the other morn
ing. The street was dark except for
a single ground glass globe that blazed
In front of an apartment house. One
of thu inebriates , spying this lone
light , observed :
"Oh , look at zho moonsh ! "
The other seriously contradicted him ,
saying :
"That ain't no moonsh ; 7.nsh sun. "
This started an argument , which
lasted for several minutes , as to wheth
er the globe was the moon or the sun.
Finally they decided to leave It to the
first passerby , who happened to be an
other "happy" gentleman. They stop
ped him and , pointing to the globe ,
asked :
"Settle an argument , old pal. Is
that the moon or the sun ? "
The third party stared knowingly at
the globe for several minutes before
he shook his head and replied :
"Gentlemen , I really couldn't tell
you. I'm a stranger In this town. "
Philadelphia Record.
Compassionate.
Small Margie drew tlio picture of a
dog and cat on tier slate and , calling
her mother's attention to It. sbo said :
"Of course a rat ought to have only
four legs , mamma but 1 drew this on < -
with six so It could run away from tln
dog "
NICARAGUA MAKES
PEACEJROMISES
Situation , However , is Irritating
to State Department.
Washington , March 1C. Nicaragua
through her minister here , Senor Espl
noza , protested to Secretary Knox that
the military and naval activity now
In progress In that country Is destined
entirely for defensive purposes , that
she docs not contemplate making any
attacks on her sister republics an I
that conditions are quiet within hoi
borders.
AMERICAN STOREJTIRS LONDON
English Firms Make Frantic Effort !
to Outdo New Competitor.
London , March 10. When the doora
of the first American department
store in London closed last evening
about 150OuO persons had Inspected
the buildlui ; . Thu great majority of
the visitors were women , who were
anxious to discover what an American
store was like. Despite the snow and
slush , every street waa crowded with
vehicles and people , and the business
of the underground railways leading
to thli point was almost unprecedented.
BOOM IN STATE
BANKCHARTERS
One Result o ! Proposed Deposit
Guaranty Law.
MANY EEO'JESTS ' ARE RECEIVED
May Have Effect In Ninny Instnnces of
i
Forcing National Qanks to Come Under - i
der Its Provisions Suijtjeatloni
From Governor Shallcnbcrcjer ,
Lincoln , March 10. The committou
on banking and eutroncy bus lecolved
soiuo suggestions from ( loveinor Shal-
lunburgoi of whut ho thinks should bu
In the guaianty bunking bill. Thu jjov.
urnur thinks u. provision should be
made whuroby bunks which eom un
der thu provisions of the proponed
law may advertise this fact , In order
that tholr lationn may know tholr ac
counts In thuso hanks uro guaruntccd.
Ho would funilbh u cvrtlllcato to theuo
banks showing they come under thu
provisions of the law , and permit thum
to so state on thulr letter heads. A
penalty , he bellovos , should bo pro
vided tor misrepresentation. The pios-
pectlvo law has lesulted tn a boom In
bank charters , many requests Imvlnt :
recently been received. It Is believed
the advertising will have tbu oiled In
many Instances of foiling national
banks to yet within the piovlslons ol
the law.
Other Amendments Suggested.
A number ot other amendments
wore suggested by the governor , lie
suggests that tlio board of directors
ot a bank bo ot not less than three
or more thai ; Illteeii members selected
from the stocklmldors , whoso terms
shall bo ono year , the latter to bo lul-
ly bonded. Uliuctors shall have two
regular meetings a year and the in
spection of the books and holdings ol'
thu banks shall bu thorough. After
each meeting a certificate of the con
dition of the bank shall bu forwarded
to thu state banking board.
The executive siiKBustB that the pro
vision of thu bill providing that thu
bank when declaring semi-annual divi
dends may sot off one-tenth of the not
profits to surplus until this ahull ivuch :
ail per cent of the capital stock , bo |
changed that the bank shall set apart
one-filth of tbu net profits until the
surplus shall reach in amount 50 pur
cent of the capital stock.
Directors , the governor thinks ,
should bo givun anthoiUj to assess
stockholders to restore the credit of
the bank it' for any reason this maybe
bo desirable.
Suffrage Bill on General File.
Despite a standing committee report
to the contrary , the senate placed the
woman suffrage bill on the general
file. The expected also happened
when the llntfleld prohibitory amend
ment was indefinitely postponed by a j
vote of 1C to 15. Consideration of
both bills was had to crowded gal
leries , the women forming the greater
proportion of the spectators. The wom
en refused to leave until the two bills
had been voted on , altbought they j [ '
were forced to remain nearly two
hours. I
Appropriations were again the or
der In the house. The Wayne normal
school bill , carrying $100,0,0 , was ac ,
cepted , but an attempt to purchase
the Frnnont normal was turned down ,
after considerable debute. The atatu
deaf Institute at Omaba got $30,000.
SAVING BABIED II.EIR . AIM
New York Workers Against Infant
Mortality Meet Today. |
New York , March 10. Philanthro
pists , soi 1 .ogisis aad other : ; Interest
ed , n tbu saving of babies' lives met
heio today in a conference to plan thu
establishment 01 an academy for the
instruction of mothers in the proper
euro of children. The conloiencu was
held under the auspices of the recent
ly organized Infant Science academy ,
the founder and lending spirit of
which Is Mrs. Gibson Arnoldl of this
city.
city.The
The leaders of the conference aim at
securing the co-operation of the moth
er , the nurse , the family physician and
the infant specialist In their endeavors
to check the ravages of Infant mor
tality. At the conference statistics
were produced to show that in New
York Inst year the deaths of bablos
less than ono year old exceeded In
number the deaths from tuberculosis.
Mrs. Arnold ! and her coworkers de
clared that , while vigorous measures
are being taken to save the lives of
those attacked or threatened with con
sumption , very Httlo In comparison Is
beiiiK done to help the Infants.
MbTOR BOAT RACES TODAY
Little Sea Fliers Begin Four Days
Contests on Lake Worth , Florida.
Palm IJeach , Fla. , Maic.li 1G. Al
though the absence of the Dixie II.
America's fastest motor boat , detracts
somewhat I rum the Interest of the mo
tor boat races which began on I > ake
Worth today , there is a largo enough
list of entries In the races to satisfy
tbu motor boat enthusiasts assembled
hern nom all parts of the United
States. The races will last four days
Half a Thousand Athletes.
New York , March 10. Moro than
600 of the country's best athletes will
contend at the annual Indoor meet ol
the Now York Athletic club tonight.
SUel Company Reduces Wages.
Harrlsbuti ! , Pa , March 10.--The
Pennsylvania Stool company , one of
the largest of the Independent steel
companies In the country , has an
nounccd a reduction In wages of 10
per cent , effective April 1.
HOUSE RULES
AMENDED
Fitzgerald Resolution Is Adopted
Atter Hot Fight ,
PARTY LINES BADLY BROKEN
"Insurgents , " With Aid of Dnmocrnt ,
Win Preliminary Victory by VotliiQj
DOSMI Motion of Ualzell to Adopt !
Rules of Former Congress.
Washington , March 10. Aftur ono
of the Bluimicst scsHlons In Its lnutory.
thu house of rcplesentiitlveii , regurd-
lobb of party alignment , ndupluii , UlJl
to 171 ! , u resolution by Ht/turnlOI ;
( Dem. , N. Y. ) whereby the rules wer
amended In several important pint leu-
la rn. The resolution was a Huhstltutci
for one ottered by Clark ( Mo.J.
Its adoption was accomplished only
ufler the "insurgents , " with thu aldl
of the Democrats , with ono or two ex
ceptions , hud won a decided prelim
inary victory by voting down a ruuuht-
tlon by Dai/.ell ( Pa. ) making the ui > -
ftmcndcd rules of the Sixtieth con-
cress applicable to tfioso of the pres
ent congress.
Thu call of the roll on the resolutiou
WHS lollowcd with intense Inteiotit.
Clark and Dalzell Tilt.
Such wus the f ver heat that Clarfc
( Mo. ) got Into a spirited colloquy
with Dal/ell , who bad mounted thu
rostrum lu read thu resolution of thu
minority leader. Clink wanted him
ordered away from the desk , to which
proceeding Da I/.ell objected , saying bo
had a right to Inow what thu mcasura
contained. Tins Incident led to u con-
troveisy with the speaker , which hint
ed long eiioiiKh lor Dul/ell to get tins
Information bu desired , and be stopped ;
from tbu platform and returned to bin
eat.
falioitly afterward , whun Fitzgerald' *
resolution was up , Fitzgerald wan
drawn Into u colloquy with Clark , when
desired iilm ( o yield for n question.
FltKgorald at first refused to yieliL
Ho later did so , but Clark declined hlw
proffer ol time , remarking that thu
New York member would liveto ro-
grel bis action , which called lorlh Ihw
retort fiom Ftt/Kcrald that ho wus not
to bo "scared" by any throats.
Thre < s Important Changes.
As analyzed by parliamentarian ! ! ,
the amendment makes thioe Inuiortantt
ehnnye : . J'irsi , It entabliHhcH cal
endar for unanimous consents. " the ef
fect of which Is to enable a member
to have a proposition brought bctorw
the house without having to go to tlici
speaker for recognition. This change ,
they say , will he a relief to the spi-alc-
or. Second , when consideration or u
bill Is concluded a d the previous
Question is ordered tlio rules hereto
fore have provided for u motion Jo
commit with or without Instnictiona ,
it has been thu practice to rocogni/.a
a meiiiotr of the majority party to
make Ibis motion and thus prevent tbo
minority from ol'ierlng such inslruo
tions ns it may desire. Thu new rulei
gives the minority the preference In
milking such u motion and thus en
ables them to get a record vote on
propositions which would otherwise hu
settled in coimnllt.ee of the whnla
house , where no record vote is possi
ble. Third , it protects thu calendar
Wednesday by requiring a two-thlniB ,
Instead ol a majority , vote to set it
aside. Foui th , it is also claimed that
the amendment will have the uffc'ct of
preventing favoritism by the action ol
the commiitiij ui i u.ea in spoclul cases.
A prominent leaturo ot thu Ciiirls
resolution was an amendment provid
ing for a committee of fifteen members
to revl&e , amend and codify the rulea
and much of the opposition to it waa
because of this taut. As ad.i.itod , tliw
Fitzgernld amuidment mal.es no
change in the piesent method of tliw
selection of the committee on rulos.
which Is made by the speaker , nora \
there any change In the method of se
lecting committees.
Calls It Triumph Over Bryan Forces.
Speaker Cannon is inclined to regard
gard the amendment as a slight im
provement on the present rules , In
that instead of throwing the responsi
bility for recognition on him it sola
aside certain days for the consider- ! '
, lion of measures under unanimous con
sent , but , he says , under the now rules
members will have to wait for thosn
days. In a conversation soon after tlm
action of the house he commented
freely upon the fact that Mr. Hryan
had Interfered in tbc interest of tba
changes submitted' by Clark and spoka
of the adoption of the Fitzgerald sub
stitute as a triumph over the Bryan
j forces , saying that the conservative
! Democrats who really want legislation
1 had practically stood for the old rulea
with the amendments offered by Mr ,
1 FltzRc-rald.
i "It was , " he said , "a protest by thu
conservatives against Populism and all
kindred
STANDARD MUSTWlY SMALL FINE
Judge Hazel Denies Motion for Rehear
ing in Rebate Caoe.
llutfulo , March 1C. Judge ilazol iu
the United states court dunlud ttiu mo
tion of the.Standard Oil company for
a new trial and Imposed u line 01 $2U-
000.
000.The
The case was based on thu Stand
ard's accepting concessions from rail
roads on tbu shipments of oil from
Glean , N. Y. , to Rutland and other
points in Vermont. There were In all
U4U counts luutui against thu oil com
pany , but thus far only forty-uigat
have been considered. Thu rallrouda
involved are the Now York Central ,
the PuuusylvauU Central and the Rut
land.
