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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-14

struments must be returned to the bureau
for correction. Thousands of these are re-
ceived each year for this verifcation. Large
hospitals send many annually and the
bureau officials hope this interest will in
crease throughout the country. Thermome-
tiers used for scientific purposes, as well as
those commonly used in registering the rise
and fall OF every day temperature are also
verified at the bureau.
Testing the accuracy OF gas, electricity
and water meters is a line OF the bureaus
work that has of late developed rapidly.
Much of this has been done for Washing
ton concerns, but calls for this service are
coming more frequently from other parts Of
the country as the information that this is
done here spreads Electric lighting and
power companies, doing business in such
generally unfamiliar terms as ohms, am
peres volts and watts. have The public at
their mercy, and It is in dealing with these
that even more suspicion is aroused among
the unfamiliar than with the proverbially
maligned gasman.
Measures of Electricity.
Electric companies commonly sell the cur
rent by the kilowatt which is equivalent
to 1000 watt-hours. The watt is one OF
the units, or standards, adopted arbitrarily
to designate portion of electricity, but as
the commodity is measured as a current,
the element Of time must be taken into
consideration. too, and the watt-hour indi-
Gates the time included in the passing Of a
watt OF electricity. and does not mean an
hour OF time is consumed. In fact, il re-
quires from eighteen TO twenty hours for
kilowatt, or 1,0OO-watt-hours, of electricity
10 pass through the ordinary incandescent
1a 81 lsr
10 cents, so that the customer who makes
note Of the number of hours his lights
burn can figure approximately whether his
meter Is correct Most states now require
accuracy OF meters for measuring both gas
and electricity, and the coming OF the In,
spector at an unexpected time tends to keeI
companies attentive TO the quality OF theil
service.
other practical work OF the bureau o.
! standards appears in the testing OF cement
I steel, and other building materials to de
. termine II they are up TO the Requirement
OF Specifications. This is most importan
where large contracts are concerned, anC
it is often to the advantage OF the manu-
facturer or builder to have the verdict o.
the examiners here. The building ma
terials used in the new offices for the sen
ate and house OF representatives all pas
| the scrutiny OF the bureau, which de
termines their availability under the speci
fcations. The vast amount OF steel manu-
featured into beams. girders and rails /
all expected 10 conform 10 certain stand
ards established as the best for the pur
poses the product Is intended Their main
tenance Is highly important in safeguard
ing life and property.
The bureaus fine equipment is now value
| M annroWinatelv 500 co and not e~cepi
ing the excellent Laboratories OF our gres
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-14

lions in religion and humanity to be dis
cussed, 1t is beneath the attention of the
clergy and press to waste their time over
the sex OF the angels"
The Rev. Dr. Peters took occasion IN
deny the other night that he had ever said
TO Sculptor Borglum that III any woman
mad been around posing as the Angel Ca
orlel she was an impostor." DIR. Peters.
however, clings to the belief that Gabriel
was male angel-and that the models.
now subject to revision, were a bit too
mobile in their pose ...
And Mr. Borglum. having silently watched
the clerical art critics wake themselves I'M
from their first spasm of frenzy against un-
masculine angels and limit their specihc
disapproval TO tvs models, has silently set
tied down to work and is waiting for the
next epidemic OF ecclesiastical correction
New York Sun.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-14
NO FIGHT TO GUST zIMMAN
Cornell Says Council President ia Coed
and May Hold Seat
PRESENCE AT MEETING SAVING GRACE
Had He Not shown UP at Al.
tOurned Session COnneI Says
Fight Would he Made
ON Him,

According to Attorney w. J. Council there
is little chance that the threatened pro-
ceedings to Gust H. b. Zimman as president
of the city council will be undertaken.
1.-THE fact that Zimman attended the ad-
iourned meeting Wednesday morning was
all that saved him." said Connell when
he came in the strongest grounds for at
tempting to declare the presidency vacant
because the incumbent failed, neglected and
refused to perform his duties were de-
stroyed. l had prepared a resolution reclt-
ing the reasons and arranging for the
choice of a new president, which would
have been introduced had he not come in
or had he succeeded in leaving during the
meeting without permission from the coun-
ell.
las a matter OF fact the gas contract
ordinance is properly passed and is good
and valid. I do not fear the success OF any
suits attempting to invalidate It. II is not
material TO the lighting contract when the
mayor goes south for the benefit of his
health. The deal Is closed,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-14
SCALE And MEASURE TESTS
Machinery Employed by the Government to
Insure Accuracy.
EQUIPMENT OF BUREAU OF STANDARDS
Quarter of n Million Dollars Invested
In a Plant where Experts OPP
erate-ImpOrtance of the
Duties Performed.

short weights and scant measures were
once i'm common use, and many of the com
plaints by purchasers that they never Sc
cured their fun moneys worth was just
Trades people were not at fault, however;
they doubtless found the same trouble in
their dealings with the wholesalers, who In
turn may have questioned their sources OF
supply. Il was not that people in business
were dishonest but that the whole scheme
OF measurements was disordered. No uni
fornity existed; no local standards Tor
COMPARISON were available and every maker
OF scales, gallon measures. bushel baskets
or yardsticks relied on the accepted pat
terms Of the market as his guides Slight
errors In reproduction scattered the faulty
service until the complications seemed I'M
ending.
The manufacturers first appreciated the
dIfhculties with them II was lack Of ac-
oessible standards. accurately computed and
established European scientists had fixed
standards which were available for COM
parlson, and the more enterprising Of our
large manufacturers made practical use Of
the opportunity for securing accurate pat
terms But the delays and expenses Incl
dent 10 sending instruments snd patterns
overseas were. however, considerable and
annoying and many manufacturers failed
20 80 10 the bother
In response 60 the econoihic demand for
an improvement of these conditions in our
commercial field, tho Office Of weights and
measures IN Washington was some years
ago. equipped 10 do a part OF the work re-
quired IN the verihcatscn OF length. mass
and volume. but IL was still necessary to
send electrical standards, thermometers and
many other pieces Of apparatus TO Europe
when results OF highest accuracy were de-
sired. This necessity was damaging to the
self-esteem Of our scientists and manufac-
tursrs 81 teehnioal apparatus, and consTes
was urged TO make provision for giving
them hotter standing, Accordingly, -four
Gears ago the National Bureau OF Standards
was established. lis field Of activity has
steadily widened until the variety Of serv
ice now performed ~ il Is a source OF sur
prislng interest.
standards Determined.
The relative purity of the sugar In one
eoffes. the weights on l. . scales Al tn
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-14

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-14

neighborlng coal yard, the measures of feet
in the front yard, the reckonings of the
agile gas or electricity meter, and the
register of the Thermometer which the ply
sician slips under ones tongue, all have
their accuracy determined at this COM
paratively new bureau. What the stand
ards shall be is not fixed here; these were
decreed long ago by European scientists
who, with a genuine appreciation of things
practical, reduced the heterogeneous units
of that continent to a trustworthy scale.
The metric system was the result, and
though many countries have peculiar forms
and names for different fixed quantities, all
are computed by metric measurements
when accuracy is to be determined. When
the metric system was legalized in the
limited states in 1866 the metre was le-
cIared equivalent to 39.37 inches and the
lilogram to 22O4 pounds.
Seventeen countries united in 1875 in
forming the international bureau OF stand
ards. and in 1898 copies OF its originals
were sent TO this country. These are now
at the bureau here, and the accuracy is
maintained by returning the copies from
time TO time for correction. Weights and
scales are made by the thousand in large
factories and although everyone cannot
| no COMPARED with the standards at the ma
I
! THE manufacturer spurred by competition
wishes TO claim the most accurate ,cales
IN the market lie sends the modcl' Cor
/ his scale bars and the weights, represent
! ING various amounts. to the national bu-
! reau. where careful comparisons are made.
! T4e is advised of any correction needed and,
/ of course, profits by the information. The
nrocess is the same with the manufacturers
J Of delicate balances used by chemists, and
the long steel tapes employed by surveyors
1 such accuracy has been attained in the
manufacture Of these that tests AT the
bureau of standards show a variation often
of scarcely 1-1Ooth OF an inch in 100 feet
Testing Food Articles.
The testing OF sugar and other articles OF
| food is usually done for the information OF
the government. but any manufacturer or
wholesaler whose claims warranted serious
consideration, would be accommodated for
a small Zee. The government collects in
duties on sugar approximately 100000 a
year. all the rates being determined by the
relative percentage of purity. Often the
importer claims different results from tests
by his chemist than were found by this
chemist at the eustomhouse. and It is neces
sary to determine which is right Accord
ingly duplicate samples are taken in every
instance. one analysed at tine port and this
other at the Bureau Of Standards.
Clinical thermometers require much atten
tion. The manufacturer approaching tn
importance Of extreme accuracy in thes,
instruments asks for a frequent test an,
endeavors 10 put them on the market cor
Tectly graduated. After the thermometer
have aged, however, variations between m
actual indications of the mercury and tn
} scale beside 1t frequently arise, ana tn In
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-14
ART VALUES
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-14
simply Matter of Routine.

General Manager Mohler and the party
of Union Pacific officials which went to
Salt Lake City last week to attend the
annual meeting Of the stockholders OF the
Union Pacific, returned Friday morning.
Mr. MohleT said the officials simply went
over the standards. revising the mainten-
ance and way plans matters purely Tou-
tine. lie said the officers simply met al
this time 70 become more conVeTsant with
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-14
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-14
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-14

The relative purity Of the sugar In ones
eofIss. The weights on l. . scales At the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-14
Right to Can Police.

LAS TO the right Of the. council majority
to invoke the aid Of the police In
compelling members to remain so as not To
break quorum and prevent the transac-
ton OF business. II is sanctioned by the
rules Of tho body by law and by prece-
dent. The same methods were used In the
ffty-first congress by Tom Reed TO prevent
the democrats from tying up congress and
preventing action on the tariff bill and
other business. I was a member Of that
congress and supported Reed by word and
vote. l believed then, as ] do now, that
majorities rule. II was necessary TO force
the minority to remain present in that con-
gress, just as it was in the council cham
Der Wednesday. The plan worked then
just as IL worked at the national capital
1t was just as legal and Just as proper
No new moves, OF at least visible moves
were made in the gas fracas Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05

out causing occasional emissions Of more
than a minute. Other cities have passed
through the same course and have found
that to secure practicable and equitable
smoke regulation It 10 necessary to grant
permissible smoking periods not to exceed
three minutes continuously, and they have
wisely limited the total number Of such
periods during the day. The law which
failed last spring was based upon careful
analysis of all the existing working stat
utes in force in other cities. 1t was rea-
sonable. definite, equitable, smoke-iimiting
measure, the nearest possible approach in
terms of business necessities to a smoke
preventing law.
Given such law. there would be no re:,-
son to question the wisdom or justice or
the Presidents recommendations. Apply
ing them, however, to the law as # STANDS.
and they threaten, If adopted and en-
forced. to throw into Jail fully one-hatf OF
the business men of Washington and per-
manentIy to close two-thirds of the power
plants. Such system of punishments, on
the basis of even the health officers gra-
tuitous Interpretation of the statute, would
paralyZe the District.
Let us be reasonable in all things, even in
smoke. Give the city an equitable law that
will work. and there will be no objection
to any degree of rigid enforcement, for then
the sincere believers in practically
smoke-free Washington will be grat1fied to
see the real offenders given their deserts,
instead of escaping, at present. in the
multitude of technical and involuntary Of
tenders. with whom the existing law con-
fuses them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
Smoke,

The President is entirely correct In his
Recommendation. strongly expressed IN his
message TO Congress, that the District
should be freed from the smoke evil and
that to that endathee law on the subject
should be effectively enforced No law, is
worth a picayune unless it is applied and
works the end for which It is framed.
And 1t is on that very ground that the
District hopes to see the smoke law so
amended that its enforcement is possible
As it stands, It Is impracticable, uncertain
and uneven in its bearing upon the COM
munity. It is the worst possible law to at
tempt to enforce as the President suggests
with heavier fines. with Imprisonment for
repeated offenses and with injunctions pro-
hbiting the continuance OF plants which
frequently fall under the ban.
On the other hand such a law as thai
proposed in the bill which the President re-
fused to sign last March would be properly
subject TO the radical methods of enforce
nent outlined in the terms of the message
That Dill offered to the business commun-
ity relief from the uncertainties of the
present law, made certain the detection or
all violators. and at the same time per-
mitted the furnace owners of Washington
to operate their plants in practical man
"eA ~''Aoot payAhe HeaFy ana otten m
equitable penalties for technical violations
which they can not possibly avoid.
The smoke law as II stands today is in
IT'S own terms absolutely prohibitive of all
dense smoke emissions. 1t Is utterly i'm
practicable. Its enforcement to the letter
would close every power and heating plant
In the capital or else subject their owners
to constant prosecutions. No business man
would be safe from accusation at any hour
The health officer, recognizing this result
OF an absolute enforcement, has adminis-
tratfveiy and arbitrarily amended the law
to grant one-minute emissions without PEN
atty. Experience has proved this margin
10 be insufficient Save in rare Instances
Il - impossible to operate furnace with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
watterson.

It so turns out that Mr.. Watterson. who
Tor years has been leader in the cause OF
tariff reform, and on more than one occa-
sion the particular leader to prevent a
retrograde movement of his party on that
subject. has been in town revisiting the
glimpses of the political moon and looking
into matters present and prospective. He
nnds his party friends few in number In
congress, and the Issue to which he has
given SO much thought and language in
something Of a pocket. The republicans,
Tor tactical and other reasons. are shy of
1t, and the democrats not as united as men
should be to whom genuine and aggressive
reform must look for ultimate success. Mr..
Watterson himself Yields nothing to time
or circumstances. He stands where he
stood years ago, in favor Of tariff for
revenue only, and as convinced that his
party has nothing to promise itself from
hating or temporizing policy. Which
makes The Stars uggestion-although not
welcome to Mr.. Watterson-of seat in the
Senate for the distinguished Kentuckian
the more to the point, and the basis of
what would be hope for tariff renaissance.
Mr. Watterson's personal welcome In
neutrality-suspicious. In by men of
both parties and all parties, and even
by men to whom politics makes no stirring
appeal--ts always of the heartest A native
OF the city, and resident during his prep
arauon Tor the career which has been so
useful and distinguished, he is on familiar
sround here, and in the presence of activ-
tiles which he thoroughly understands and
among many public servants with whom
his relations are most cordial. He carries
MS years as though he liked the weight
and actually thrived under It,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05

enters into everything with u. and con-
trolls many things absolutely, Ambitious
and able men. with their eyes on Office. or
on strengthening their party in Congress
by votes In the Senate. are busy now trying
to make two states grow where one should
do, and they are not to be despised In the
equation
But there are men-some of them in high
places-whose attitude In the premises is
open to serious criticism. They are oppos-
ing union and statehood on the score OF
their pocketbooks. Their sole consideration
seems to be of tax<rates and the value OF
mining. investments, and some of them are
non-residents. II any such are members OF
either house of Congress should they not
feel delicacy in voting In matter In
which they are thus financially interested?
Do they not stand somewhat in the relation
of judge or Juror in the case?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
Beautiful
Decorative Screens.

In our Screen Department, an
second floor, G street, we are show
ing very large assortment OF Fold
ing Screens, both practical and or
namental, selected with great care
and with especial reference to the
holiday trade. They are useful and
convenient and welcome in every
home. Oak and mahogany, with
filings of silkoline, burlap with
pyro-etched designs, French panel
effects, Japanese designs and PLAIN
and fancy effects in burlap, leather
cite and other materials. Prices
range from ST.. so to $500.
s-fold mission Oak Screens, niied with silkoline
and meresrized sateen.
$3.25 to $4.25 each.
sfoId Screens, Of plain and figured burlap.
$50 to 5000 each.
4-fold from $500 to $500.
ssod Mission oak Screens nilsd With ,d plain color
$50 each.
4-fold, $1,000 each.
4-fold Japanese Screens, In black and gilt en-
Special price, $500 each.
4-fold japanese Screens In all coiors; very pref
thy decorated and embroidered with silk.
$3.50 to $3.50 each.
sion sna sosen S.H frames sd With basps and
tapestries.
$1.5o to $500 each.
Specials:
Small A-foid Japanese Fro Screens. embroidered
Special price, $3.50 each
| lot Of e-fold Mission Oak Screens, with solid
wood panels lifted With cathedral glGss n top.
Special price, $500 each.
! Sseond floor. q Et.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
The Statehood Contest.

The President in his message recommends
two new states. Indian Territory and Okla
homa forming one and Arizona and New
Mexico the other, and the recommendation
should count for much In the statehood
contest His knowledge of the situation Is
thorough and his sympathy with the peo-
pie of those sections has repeatedly been
manifested. AS young man he roamed all
over the west and the southwest, as an
author he has studied and described their
development. and as the chief executive Of
the country he has spoken for the reclama-
ton and enrichment of their arid lands, and
made their representative people particu-
larly welcome at the White House. He can
not be accused, therefore, either Of short
sightedness or unfriendliness In the stand
he takes for the settlement of question
which long has vexed the country, and
which by delay seems to grow In difficulty
all the time.
It would be superfiueus to go over the
grounds OF the contests at this time They
have repeatedly been stated and have not
changed In the slightest since the latest
statement. The hot battle In the last Com
gress was fought on lines which still re-
main, and, with the exception OF Mr.. Quay,
whom death meanwhile has taken. the old
commanders on either side are still In
charge of the forces. They know each
Others formations and tactics, and the yic-
tors in this new struggle viii earn what
they get. Nobody Is likely to go to sleep
ON his watch.
Now. as heretofore, the difficulty Is in
joining Arizona and New Mexico In the holy
bonds of statelock. There are interests In
both territories which oppose the match
They are largely personal and financial.
but some are political. It Is useless to try
to keep politics out Of such question. It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-12-05
The New Congress.
New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
The Fifty-ninth Congress assembled yes
terday with large republican majority, in
which 1t Is impossible not to take satisfac-
ton as an evidence of the peoples trust In
the party and its policies, but which from
other points of view Is not without its dis.
advantages. Speaker Cannons short adj.
dress acknowledging his deserved re-eIec..
,,srfornance Of dutV m his rart ,nstlv ena
forced upon the minds OF the members their
duty to attend to business and make the
session a success.
It not infrequently happens in legislative
bodies that small majority is really more
competent to transact business than very
large one, because under q greater sense
Of responsibility.