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was made recently 10 interest Presi-
/ dent Roosevelt in Esperanto, the new
/ universal language. by Edmond Pri.
/ vat, who represents the Esperanto
4 congress and the universal congress
I of peace which met In Munich In
/ September # is proposed 10 have Es-
peranto taught in The public schools.
/ Wants Tax on Stocks.--A bill 10
/ tax the sale and transfer OF stocks
| was introduced in rhe house by rep
resenlatiye Hepburn OF Iowa few
days ago The tax provided Tor is
fixed at 30 cents per hundred shares.
I II does NOT undertake 90 impose tax
upon any agreement criucing the de-
pOsit OF stock certificates as cOllatcr-
al security, which certificates are not
actually sold nor upon any such stock
certificates 50 deposited. II provides
that further tax shall be- impOunded
upon the delivery oil the certificate or
stock or upon the actual issue of
new certificate when the original GER
tihcatc of stock is accompanied by
the duly stamped memorandum Of
sale.
Mississippi No Slave Camp-Mr.
Humphreys Of Mississippi in the house
the other day charged that "A systema-
tic campaign had been waged for the
past ~ months through the press or
the country by those whose Interests
could best be- served in that way
for the purpose of disCOuraging immi-
grafton to the South. Stories OF peOn-
age and white slavery, he said, had
been COnjured mp ana given TO the
press with sensational Culoring, and
the state Of Mississippi, especially,
held up to the world as "A slave camp.
Agents of the Italian government, he
said had busted themselves in con-
cocting and circulating these stories.
President Addresses Lumbermen.-
In receiving The members Of the Ma
tional Lumbermcn's association al the
White House. recently President
Roosevelt voiced his intense interest
in the conservation Of the natural re-
sources OF the country.
I'VE arc on the verge of "A timber
famine" he said. and il bchOOves
every man who wishes to see the land
left better instead of worse for the
children who come after him. 10 join
the government i'm taking steps 10
make the lumber industry permanent
industry. 10 pcrpctuato through it the
forests of TIA" country.
Admiral ION the Job."-Evcr since
Sen. Hale of Maine conducted the
questioning of Washington lee CappS,
bureau admiral and construction
chief. about the building Of American
battlcships. there has been much ad-
mration for the latter as an officer
who is "on the job" There have been
more or less ribald remarks on the
side about several other witnesses,
but none about Admiral Capps. over
at the navy department, men say the
admiral has a mind that works as
regularly and as strongly as the travel
ling beam of steam engine. His
mcin Is stern and people who call to
see him are likely to feel that the at
mosphcro i'm the vicinity is frigld
This is explained by the fact that
when the admiral is working he Will
not ALLOW his mind to be diverted from
the proposition i'm hand. During Office
hours. il is related. he will not laugh
at a Joke or listen to q iCu d'csprit
After i2O p. m. however, or before
. a. m hc is more attentive TO the
| ioyial triNialiDics of human Kind and
| ON occasion has been known 20 laugh
as though his sides would split
Navy Gunners Unsurpassed d.-Fow
! naval officers, all experts i'm turrct
/ construction and ammunition manufac-
| turo. recently testified before the SEN
! ate naval committee i'm defence OF the
/ American navy against all forms OF
! criticism Three of the witnesses,
/ prof. T. r. Alger, instructor in mathe-
matiCs at the naval academy and Il
member ot the special board on tur-
rets. Commander +. +. Fletcher, and
! Lieut. Commander V. q. chase, spoke
in detail concerning turret accidents
| and the methods that have been adopt
| od TO make turrets safe. None or
these officers seemed To think there
was great danger from the direct hoist,
! il some changes were made to provide
| more effective sCrecnine between the
ammunition handling room and The
big guns Commander Chase defend
ed the American navy AGAINST the
criticism made 10y Commander Sims
that poor craftsmanship was shown
at Santiago he declared that AmcU
can guuuery was as good rs that "
amy other navy at that time, and that
at the present time there was mo-
navy i'm the world that would surr9ss
the American I'm straight Shootiug
Charges Against P5tcnt Office.
I Startling statements affecting jhc
work OF the United states patent ot.
fee were made I'm an interview last
week by Representative Curricr of
New Hampshire. chairman ot the
house committee ON patents That the
work Of the patent Office. inyolNiug
property rights worth millions of dol.