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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-08
PASSED RAILROAD BILL.
Important;Me asure Receives Liberal
Support In Senate.

Important;M easure Receives Liberal
Support In Senate.
WASHINGTON, June 4.-The rail.
road bill passed by the senate last
night returns now to the house where
it was passed several weeks ago.
While still bearing the title and mum.
Der as q measure passed by the house
It has been radically amended by the
senate and the}stage into which it will
pass lei that Of conference.consider-
alton by q joint committee which will
seek to reach . ground of agreement
between the two houses. 1t lie not an.
ticipated that the conference will begin
before Tuesday.
The senatejpassed the administration
railroad bill at $3.50 o'clock last night.
It had b~een):under cosideration for
more than five weeks and practically
no other business except appropriation
bills were considered in that long per-
iod. Only twelve votes, all by demo.
Gratis, we're recorded against the bill.
The pr tactical unsnimity with which
the measure was passed was due to ra.
dicsl changes made in the measure
from the form in which it was drafted
by Attorney GeneralOWickershsm fol.
lowing numerous conferences at the
White House on the subject Of amend.
ing interstate commerce. laws. All the
"insurgents" who opposed many fea-
lures of the original bill voted for it.
Through the elimination of pooling
and merger sections and by eason OF
the adoption of;many amendments in
the interests of shippers, the progress.
sive republicans claim q signal VIC
tory and most of the democrats ex
pressed themselves as favorable to the
large portion of the measure.
Had it notIbeen for the retention of
the sections to create q court of COM.
MERGE it is likely that the vote for the
bill would have been unanimous.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1910-06-08

not favored In the distribution of ben.
efts, who formed q large majority OF
the public, and conditions became so
intolerable that q vigorous appeal for
Legislative relief was made. Partial
relief was afforded by the Hepburn act
and other measures, and the proposed
law now receiving the attention of con.
gress contemplates further protection
of the public interests.
According to press dispatches from
Washington. the principal features of
this measure are given in this sum.
mary of its provisions:
The bill provides for the creation Of
q new ''court of commerce." for the
consideration exclusively of appeals
from orders OF the interstate commerce
commission. The court is to consist
OF five judges to sit in Washington.
Each, as be retires to take up the
work Of q circuit Judge. is to be sue
ceeded by . designation from the cir.
cult bench, these and other vacancies
to be filed by appointment by the chief
~justice Of the supreme court.
The long and short haul provision
of the present interstate commerce law
is amended 30 as to permit q greater
charge for q short haul than for q
long haul only with the consent of the
interstate commerce commission.
Especial provision is made against
the fixing of q lower rate for the pur.
pose Of destroying water competition.
Railroad companies are required to
furnish written statements of rates
from one place to another upon the
written application of q shipper, un-
der q penalty of $3.50 for q misstate.
ment or failure to comply with such
applications. In addition, the ship
per can bring suit for additional dam
ages.
Either upon complaint or upon its
own initiative, the commission is au.
horized to determine the reasonable.
ness of individual or joint rates or
classifications and II such rates are
found unreasonable, discriminatory,
preferential or prejudiciary, the COM
mission is authorized to prescribe q
proper minimum rate.
Unless set aside by q competent
court, orders:of the commission are
to continue in force for two years.
Authority is alec given the commits
sion to establish through routes and
joint classification and to prescribe
maximum rates over them, whenever
the carriers themselves neglect to do
90.
Shippers are given the right to des-
ignate q through route or part of q
route over which their property shall
be carried. A penalty of $4,000 is
imposed upon carriers for disclosing
any information concerning ship.
ments.
Telegraph and telephone lines are
placed under jurisdiction of the inter.
state commerce commission. The
commission is authorized to determine
the reasonableness Of rates and a
pena atty is imposed of from 500 to
$4,000 against granting franks or
passes for the transmission of mes
sages. Special night and press re-
port rates are authorized.
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ter intended for publication in this paper should
b. addressed to "The Rirer Press" and the name
Of the ,criter must be giren to insure attention.
Local Advertisement WiH be inserted in these
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Cerfisers.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-17

sized beat the now" of the earlier practice They
would count from this start until the touched the
blackboard
Additional safeguards could be introduced here. If
the man made mark sharply, with quick scratch, it
served warning that the number odd one
if he moved the chalk slowly the number even
The advantage of this great for while the young
woman might be counting slightly faster than stand
ard tempo and might almost have reached seven, a
slow stroke of the chalk at this point would
her and settle her at six.
Still another refinement of the system
approached dead pause of nine or seconds on
stage is dangerous. The skeptical and the know
ing quite likely to observe such lapse, and to
observe, moreover that while of the intervals
are remarkably long others very short To over
this difficulty the numbers 1, 2, g. a. 5,
panied by sharp tap of the chalk, stood, respec-
lively, for E, Z 8, 9 and 0. Thus for number it
not necessary to count beyond FIVE, and no long
pause ensued If the wished to communicate 8
he stopped the count at the third beat by simply
placing the chalk against the board But he wished
to communicate he stopped the third beat with
tap.
There remained, after all this, the necessity for
regulating the standard of the tempo the most i'm
portant point of all Excitement incident to public
appearance, any slight nervousness, ndisposition,
might throw either completely out of harmony with
the proper beat. SO they composed series OF SEN
tences that would scan, after fashion: I think
it is-a ive-dollar BILL "Now-put down-the
figure six" 1t was not difficult to find some such
rough syllable rhythm to fit each utterance of the
When she gave one of these sentences she
thereby set the tempo for the count, which picked up
from her last syllable. "The next-appears-to be-
eight" q, 2, g. etc.). Always the last sound that
came from her mouth the emphatic beat from
which the silent count took its start Both persons
continued the tempo she laid down until stopped by
the signal Long drilling made it necessary to
force the rhythm, and the could be spoken
IN the ordinary way steadily and in perfect measure
The series letters that precede numbers bills
formed specific problem While the first letters of
the alphabet are most common system was arranged
to cover all 2o. This was done by grouping three
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-17
THE ONE DOLLAR BILL

THE ONE DOLLAR BILL
When he was ready before the blackboard she said
'I think it is dollar bil1' Then both began
count. At six the man touched the board with the
chalk and scrawlcd 100" slowly, without any dollar
mark Sixth line. third columR. OF the table ind
Gated "R"
"The first is the letter r. she said, and the
stopped the the first beat with quick easy
dash of the chalk as he began to write the "R."
"The next I see is the figure l." she went on.
He stopped her this time the fourth beat with
sharp tap and quick scratch the board This
gave her "nine and showed her that she right in
taking an odd number. So it went on, figure by
figure until the last Having received the signal for
''0' from five beats, tap and slow mark she gave
it. The delayed marking it on the board until
the beat had passed beyond any recognized signal
Nov, there is kind of mark after the
ber," she said They counted to the proper place.
where he stopped by placing his chalk in position
if waiting instructions. "a mark like three dashes
coming to point" she added And the test was
Silent counting in less elaborate form is
the basis for almost all the second sight and mind
reading for public performance. Different sys
TENS and variations have been introduced and sue
cessfuly practiced but all silent methods work upon
the same principle. There several good appca-
tions, being the card test.
Eight kings threatened to
Nine fair ladies for one sick Inave"
Did they really? They certainly did, probably
back in the time of Merlin whoever invented the
first card trick The time honored dstich affords the
best rotation and the one most easily remembered,
translating into
Eight, king, three, ten, two, seven,
Nine, 6ve queen, four ace six, knave"
The suit is indicated by the in which the
card is picked up from the table inclined plane
which the test is exhibited Thus, clubs is indicated
to the blindfolded medium" when the operator
draws it toward him the table; spades is
shown by sharp twist in picking up the card so
make audible scratching sound; hearts by
setting the fingers down upon the card with a
thump and diamonds by thump followed by draw
ing the board as for clubs
The dapper chap calls for some from the
audience for the stage committee take charge
of pack of cards and select any eight cards. more
if desired These the volunteer places on the table
inclined board exposed to the audience. We will
suppose that the cards selected Sd, OH, &c, sc,
Al, OH, rs, AS The operator busies himself ar
ranging the cards, meanwhile noticing that he has
8-the first beat in the distich.
"Are you almost ready now?" asks the young
woman, impatienty-not so impatiently, however,
but that she sets the tempo, "Are-you almost
ready now?" They both begin the silent count
with the last sound she utters The operator in this
stops her the first beat by picking up the
card, drawing it sharply toward himself across the
board, then holding it up for the inspection of the
audience.
OF COURSE IT'S EASY
81 see black card" says the young woman with
shameless mendacity-"a club. 1t seems to be the
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-17

The terminating hieroglyphs that punctuate bill
number asterisks dashes, crossbar and others,
easily tabulated and made to to correspond
ing numbers from on. Of course, the young woman
did turn her attention these heroglyphs until
she received the signal from the that the number
itself stood complete.
Finally day when they to put their
long days of training to the test possibly before some
manager in the kindlier presence of friends The
young woman was blindfolded, placed with her back
the blackboard, where she sat listening acutely
The dapper chap asked persent for bill.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-17

variations of the method of chalkng down the dollar
sign with the regular count The could start
to write the dollar sign with sharp taps, gently
he could omit the sign altogether. The silent count
ing did the rest, using the safeguard of the quick
slow stroke to confirm odd even in this table,
Count. Manner. With Taps. No Taps. No
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-17

eight of clubs" Here is another rhythmical sem
tence and both begin counting Immediately 1he
operator has noticed that the next card IN the rota
ton is the g. which FITS in the third beat OF the
dstich, there being no king At the third count he
stops bv laving down the 8 He picks up the 5,
humping gently and drawing it toward him.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-17
She Goes on Easily from Character to
Characterl While the, Dapper Chap Fol-
lows Her Announcements on the Black
board

His acknowledgment of Thanks" indicated to her
at that its denomination 81. What she had
discover piecemeal the fact that it marked
"R1o684o2O"
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-17
DRILL rs PERFECT

From then they did their drilling in the silent
count with the last syllable of sentence uttered by
the young the starting signal and the sound
OF the chalk against the board the stop signal Il
can see that four is the the BILL" she would
say The word "bil' corresponded with the empha-
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-17
OF COURSE IT'S EASY

81 black card" says the young woman, with
shameless mendacty-"a club 1t seems to be the
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
street Openings.

To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen - Your Committee on
street Openings, 10 whom was refer
red the resolutions presented by Ala.
Zoelier relative TO the opening OF cam
field avenue, between Bellevue avenue
and the easteriy city limits. respect :
fully report that we have had the mat
ter under consideration and believe that
the amended plan for opening said
street as prepared by the Corporation
~ will save the City several thousands
~ dollars OF damages and at the same
time accomplish the desired purpose.
We therefore recommend that said
resolutions presented Mt a session held
on the 10th uit g.. c. c.. p. ios3). be
Respectfully submitted.
CHAS w. BURTON
JAMES VERNON,
ALBERT T. ALLAN
A. J. WALSH.
Accepted and adopted as follows:
Adopted as follows:
yeas--Ald. Allan, Burton, Ellis. Field.
Freiwa1d. Garvey. Goeschel, Grindley.
Gutman. Harpfer. kesting' korts o.
Rutter. Schultz. shapland. skrzycki.
Thsisen. Thompson. Tossy. Trevor. Yer
nor. walsh Watson, Wing. link. and the
President--3e.
Nsys--None.
FROM THE SAME.
To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen - Your Committee on
street opsn,p,ss 70 wsoT n.s wss r :, II,
Tor the opening and widening Of Hoi-
comb avenue from Mack avenue to
that said thorouehfsre between the
points mentioned has been dedicated -
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
Erom ths Board Of lHeaIth.

To the Honorable. the Common Council
Gentlemen-On July 12fh last, the
Board OF Health presented communica-
ton to your Honorable Body emoracing
bids for certain plumbing In temporary
closets and urtnals for use during the
Elks' convention and stated that con-
n had tss ps9
G.. e.. page 1,065. On July 18th this con-
tract was approved and confirmed The
work under this contract was installed
and completed TO the satisfa ction or the
Board OF Health. and as the time was
short between the letting OF the contract
and the date these closets had to be
ready for use. OConnor BIOS. acnng un-
Immediately began the work or INSTALL
ing them. and before any formal con-
tract was prepared and signed by the
parties thereto the work was completed
The Board of Health therefore respect
fully request your Honorable Body to au-
thorize the Controller to pay O,Connor
Bros. the amount due them under this
contract without the formalfty or pre-
pairing and fiing the contract mentioned,
upon the presentation OF the proper
voucher therefor to the City Controller.
The Board OF Health IL DESTROYS OF
erecting railing partition across two
rooms In the Board OF Health building TO
be constructed of oak and TO contain two
gates, the estimate for which Is $16S. 90.
small cabinet Is necessary In the
BOARD OF Health laboratory, which can
be put In for $4,000
The Underwood typewriter now In use
by the Permit Clerk Is In need OF extern
sive repairs, and as the company oners
to take the old machine In part payment
for a new one. and on payment OF SSIIe
in cash 10 deliver us n new machine. II
is deemed advisable TO make the trade.
The Board OF Health therefore respect
fully requests your Honorable Body 10
authorize the transfer from the balance
In the Board OF Health Fund brought
forward from last year the sum Ut
s225.75 TO meet the payment OF the last
mentioned three items.
Respectfully submitted,
THE BOARD OF HEALTH,
BY JOHN r. McKINLAY.
Secretary.
Means
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03

block bounded by EIsmere. Lawndais.
rvlton and Cottage Grove evenues.
Estimatsd cost, per iinsai foot, 1Leo.
block bounded by Woodmere avenue
and r. H.. stone and Fort streets
Es.imated cost per iinsai' foot U.So.
Lateral sewer No. 2l4o In aiieg In
place.
Estimated cost Per i,nssl foot; 400 :,
block bounded by collins and Moran
streets. Mllwaukee avenue and sar-
Estimated cost per iinsai foot, $50.
block bounded by Military and Cavalry
avenues. n. r.. and Husssr avenue:
Estimated cost per lineal foot. si;eo.
And e !. hereby declared declared that .rd sn y
OF chapter ! title of the charter OF
lsss, aufhorisinE the Common Council
to direct and regulate the construction
pose Of more etrsctSsiIy draining all
lots or cellars. yards and sinks when
ever In their opinion the same shall be
Resolved. That Tor the purpose of
assessment for defraying and paying
the cost OF said vitrinsd crock lateral
sewers. the lots and parcels OF real es.
:sss within a the limits 81 sssh t 81 saS
which each of said lateral sewers is
ordered 20 be constructed. as set forth
and described In the plat thereof sub
mitted by the Department OF Public
Works. shall be and the same Is hereby
constituted and declared to be one To-
cal assessment district for the lateral
sewer 80 constructed.
Resolved. That the City Engineer be
and he In hereby ordered and directed
to make an assessment on the lots and
parcels of real estate within the limits
OF each Of said lateral sewers and abut-
ting thereon according TO the benefit
said lots and parcels of real estate
Resolved. That the Department OF
Public Works be and 10 hereby ordered
to advertise Ave times for proposals
for constructing said lateral sewers.
Adopted as follows:
Yeas-Ald. Allan. Burton. Ellis. Field
Freiwald. Garvey. Goeschel. Grindley
Gutman HARPER. Heating. Korte, Os-
trowaki, Owen. Reinhardt Rosenthsl
Rutter. Schultz. shapland. Skrsycki
Theiscn. Thompson. Tossy. Trevor. Yer
ror. Walsh Watson. Wing, link. and the
President Pro Tem-30.
NayS-NOne.
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03

To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemsn---Your Committee on Claims
ann nGIGo1n'in; 20 WON was refsrrsd the
August End. 1910, respectfully report
that we have examined the same. and be-
ltevinE them to be correct. recommend
that they be paid from the proper funds.
Respectfully submitted.
JOHN GRINDLEY,
JAMES VERNON.
CHAS. #, WING.
GODFREY FREIWALD,
CHARLES #. WING.
r. M. WATSON,
STEPHEN s. SKRZYCKI, (
Accepted and adopted a. follows.
Yeas---Ald. Allan, Burton, Ellis. Field.
Freiwald. Carney. Goeschel. Grindley,
trowski. owen. Reinhsrdt, Rossnthal,
Rutter, Schultz. ehapland. skrxycki,
Theisen. Thompson, Tossy. Trevor, Yer
nor. Walsh. Watson. Wing. link and this
President--30. ts+
Nays-None. ~
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03

To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemen--I herewith submit to your
Honorable Body my report for the week
ending July the 31st. 1910.
The gas furnished the gas consumers
by the Detroit City Gas Co. during the
above period. was found on test to quail
ify with the City ordinance. The pro-
duct delivered from Station on the
West side showed an average illumina-
ting value OF 1915 candles. while that
from Station Il on the East side aver
aged 1881 candles. The heat units
present per cubic foot OF gas averaged
633 b. T. Us. gross. The total sulphur
present per 100 cubic feet OF gas was
i4.0s grains. The ammonia Tor the
same volume of gas was IL grains. No
hydrogen sulphide was found.
The Detroit Il Suburban product on
the 2sth failed TO qualify with the or
dinance In illuminating value. having
only 17.0S candles against a requirement
OF 1900 candles On being notified they
Immediately remedied the same. Later
tests showed 1860 candles. The heat
units averaged 635 b. 7. Us. gross. No
hydrogen sulphide was found
The gas pressure in all districts with
the exception OF few fluctuations quail
ified with the ordinance.
Respectfully submitted,
T.. F. HYLAND,
Gas Inspector.
Adopted and placed on file
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03
From Board Of Library Commissioners

To the Honorable the Common Council:
conference.-the Detroit Library
Commission transmits herewith deeds
covering the property at the southwest
corner OF West Warren and the Boule-
ward. In this city. under purchase for
a branch library site, the title to which
has been approved by the Corporation
Counsel. the deeds examined and APP
proved as TO formal execution by the
Corporation Counsel, and the descrip-
tion by the City Engineer. The matter
10 ready for hnal payment. and the De-
troit Library Commission requests that
the necessary steps be taken 80 that
The Detroit times., 1910-08-03


To the Honorable the Common Council:
Gentlemsn--The Department OF PUP
lie Works. 20 whom was referred the
petitions for lateral sewers as nerein
on sanitary grounds. that the prayers
Of petitioners be granted
The following are the petitions re-
Lateral sewer No. 2ii7. or Thee.
Schmalzriedt. NJ u. ct al, for con-
struction OF lateral sewer In alley In
block bounded by woodmere. Elsmere,
"a Lateral S saver No ai2s. or Theo.
Schmalzriedt, NJ. D.. ct al, for con
struction OF lateral sewer In alley In
block bounded by Woodmere' E's"ere'
Lateral sewer No. 2133 or Board OF
Health. In alleys in block bounded by
Cooper. Pennsylvania (extended nly),
Lateral Sewer No 1885 or Charles
r. Howard. for the construction or n
lateral sewer In the alley In the block
bounded BY. Crane. Holcomb. Dumon-
Lateral sewer No. 2i37 OF Charles
M. schulz ct al. for the construction
Of g lateral sewer In alley In the BLOCK
mere and Lawndale avenues.
Lateral Sewer No. 2l3s. or August
Kukhahn ct al, for the construction OF
n lateral sewer In the alley In the block
bounded by woodmere avenue. Stone
street and wabash railway.
Lateral Sewer No. 214O OF Stevens
Land Co, Ltd. ct al. for the construc-
block bounded by Grand River West
Park place. Cass and Begley avenues.
Lateral Sewer No. 2141. OF G. M.
Burton for the construction OF a lateral
sewer IN the alley In the block bound
ed by Milwaukee. Sargent, Collins and
Lateral sewer No 2i42. or Richard
q. THsrding. for the construction of a
lateral sewer In the alley In the bloc X
bounded by Hussar. Military. Wabash
railroad and Cavalry avenue.
Respectfully submitted.
Commissioner.
Accepted. and leave being granted.
tho following resolution was offered.
nv Ala. Korte:
Resolved. nv the Common Council OF
the CITY Of Detroit. that II II deemed
iaeral sewers In the following alleys
Lateral sewer No. 2l17. In alleys in
block bounded nv Woodmere. Elsmere.
knapp and Blackstone avenues.
Estimated cost per lineal foot. $40.
Lateral sewer No 2122. In alleys In
block bounded by woodmere and Els
mere avenues. Fort street and Black
estimated cost per ineal foot. $40.
Lateral sewer No 2133 In alleys In
srcck bounded by Cooper Peunsylva-
ria textended My, Shoemaker and
Cratiot avenues.
lEstImeted cost rer lineal foot t1.70.
Lateral Sewer No. 213s In alleys In
hieck bounded nv Crane. Holcomb. Du-
montier and Kolb avenues, where not
already built
Estimated cost per lineal foot, $40.
Lateral Sewer No. 1881 In alleys In