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The Washington times., 1910-03-21
WATSON THE INSTIGATOR :,
OF UNCLE JOE'S" TRICK
Former Republican Whip From Indiana the Man Be-
hind Regular Forces in Fight on Floor of
the House Saturday.

Former Representative Jim Watson
Of Indiana, the old Republican whip. IS
the man who saved what was saved Of
the day TO the Cannon forces in the
House Saturday
1t is generally conceded that whoever
planned the scheme of having the
Speaker TO refuse 20 resign. but an
nounce that he was ready to entertain
motion to declare the chair vacant
Gid a clever piece Of work.
The man who did il was Jim" Wat
son 1t came about in this way:
After the battle Wednesday, Thursday.
Thursday night, and Friday, when all
the Cannon leaders " re sore and bitter
and tired. the Speaker got hold OF Wat
son. He had wired him earlier to come
on from Indiana When Watson arrived
fresh Saturday morning, and when
many or the Cannon leaders were uTg-
/ ing the Speaker 10 resign, watson said.
Don't do II, MIR. Speaker. Tell the
The Washington times., 1910-03-21
HOUSE DISORDER
NETTLES CANNON
Speaker Declares Some One
Will Get Hurt as Noise
Increases.

The House will be in order or some
body will get hurt"
Speaker Cannon, following the tumul-
tuous scenes of the past few days, had
much difficulty in keeping the mem
bers of the House quiet today. De-
mand after demand was made for order
and nnaHv Uncle Joe" addressed the
House as above.
There was comparative quiet for about
five minutes Then the hum Of con-
versation increased. Mr.. Bates OF Penn
sylvania said
Mr.. Speaker. I demand order. am
interested In the matter before the
House Of Representatives and 1 cannot
hear what Is being said in favor OF II,
against il, or the questions asked con-
cerning IT."
Again MI Cannon arose and slammed
the desk Then he said, with a trace Of
sarcasm
The chair appeals TO the galleries
which are not saying word to con-
tinue IN that condition. OF course. the
House itself win keep order
laugh went around the chamber
and the talkative ones, unable to ac-
custom themselves to the quietness Of
the usual procedure. following the
events OF last week, Obeyed the chair
fairly well
The Washington times., 1910-03-21

OF maEing the bid that he did for SYM
pathy, we would have elected another
Speaker before the end OF this week,
ana the Republican party would not
nave been obliged To carry the burden
Of CannOnism through the next cam
paign
1t is all ridiculous for Cannon or
anyone else 10 say that chaos or an
ar,'hy would have resulted II the Speak
er had resigned The insurgents and the
regulars would have had no difficulty
whatever in eleCtlng the new Speaker
preserved
The Washington times., 1910-03-21

House you will entertain a motion 10
have the chair declared vacant. Then
you will have the insurgents in q hole.
They will not dare to unseat YOU"
watson Is closer to Uncle joe than
any one in the House The Speaker re-
lies on him He said he would do IT,
Watson himself wrote the speech which
Uncle Joe" delivered to the House,
saying he would welcome a motion to
have the chair declared vacant
II worked out as Watson told the
Speaker II would. Somehow or other,
Burleson put in the resolution which
the Cannon men wanted, Just al the
right, time Many charged he was put
up 10 II by the Cannon leaders. II was
defeated ana Cannon got his personal
vindication.
All day Saturday watson was the gen
era' IN charge Of the Cannon fight He
took the management out Of the hands
OF Dwight, used the New York man as
az errand boy, and issued all the neces-
sary orders. Dalzell, Mann. and the
rest save way to the former member
from Hoosierdom.
The Washington times., 1910-03-21
IN THE HOUSE.

by purchasing the land as far as tn
Union Station Plaza was passed.
The Washington times., 1910-03-21
HANGS SELF WITH TIE.

ANDERSON. Ind. March 21-Wil-
liam r Rogers. known as Dude. q"
forty-seven years old, hanged himself
early this morning with his uecktie
For many years Rogers was the highest
paid workman in Anderson: in the ca
pacity Of roller IN the hot mills he often
earned $50 a day Domestic trouble was
the cause.
The Washington times., 1910-03-21
MADISON IMPUGNS
CANNON'S MOTIVES

We prov-i that we were better Re
pubIicans than Speaker Cannon" said
Representative Madison OF Kansas.
one OF The tried and true insurgents,
today
we had the courage Of our cOnvic-
tinns and voted for what We believe 20
he the course that would be best for the
party.
''If he had resigned as Speaker instead
The Washington times., 1910-03-21
What Congress Did
IN THE SENATE.

4
The Military Academy appropriation bill
carrying 100000 less than last year,
was reported by Senator Scott
The judiciary Committee ordered a "a
vorable report on he nomination OF
Judge W. s. Kenyon, of Iowa. to be
assistant to The Attorney General
Insurgents win out in the Senate on the
question Of referring fur seal matters
TO the Conservation COmnittee
The debate on tn railroad bill was con-
tinued at ? O'Clock
Senator Smith of South Carolina, named
TO succeed Senator Simmons n the
committee TO investigate the cost OF
living.
Conferees on the District bill aSain fail
TO agree on the appropriation for pIav-
grounds in the District.
Bill passed for the extension Of Reno
road.
The bill TO enlarge the Capitol grounds
The Washington times., 1910-03-21
SHIP wINDMILL TO TURKEY,

BOSTON, Mass. March 2s.-The first
complete windmill ever shipped fcorn
Inls country % Europe was packed
away In the hold OF the steamer Sannia,
which sailed for Azores. Naples. and
Genoa early this morning The wind
mill will be set Up near DsrdsneIles,
Turkey. and when erected viii be the
largest mill In that country
The Washington times., 1910-03-21

The House met at noon.
The session was devoted TO the passage
OF private bills on the unanimous con-
sent colendar The Senate and House
conferees were again unable to agree
on the Fairgrounds item in the Dis
trict appropriation bill
The Interstate and Foreign Commerce
Committee favOrably reported the
Hughes resolution. requesting the
Coast and GeOdetiC Survey 10 lay
Pcdry's arctic tidal observations be-
fore the House
Tanana leader., 1910-04-21
Notice of Forfeiture

To T. j. Wilson. Roy r. Henderson,
Alfred Place, J. c. Junkin. Chris 8.
Hill>tead, O. A. Laymon and c. H.
Hull:
You and each Of you are hereby no.
tilted that l have expended the sum of
one hundred (l00) dollars in labor and
improvement, for each year. for the
year 1908 and the year 1909, upon the
following placer mining claim, to wit:
The First Chance Association Placer
claim. situated and being on Golden
creek. a tributary of Illinois creek, in
the Fort Gibbon Mining and Recording
Precinct, Territory of Alaska.
Said work and improvement was done
under the provisions of section 1924 of
the Revised Statutes of the United
States, being the amount required by
said section 1924 10 hold said claim for
the years 1908 and 1909: also that proof
filed under chapter 1868. entitled IAN
act to amend the laws governing labor
or improvements upon mining claims
in Alaska" approved March =, 1907:
and that if within ninety days after
the last publication of this notice you
fail or refuse to contribute your pro-
portion of such expenditure, for said
years, as co-owner in said placer min
ing claim, your interest in said claim
will become the property of the under
signed under said section 1924.
Dated at Tanana, Fort Gibbon Pre-
c;nct, Alaska, March 10, 1910.
S. F. McDILL.
Date of LIST publication, March 10, 1910.
Date of last publication, June Is, 1910.
Tanana leader., 1910-04-21
Magnetic variation % deg.

$40 acres. Magnetic variation % deg.'
30 min. east -.
as additional to their original home
steads, respectively;
John r. Allen, as additional to orig
inal homestead entry No. 6963, at
Bonneville. Mo-, dated October p, 1869,
containing 3S.lO acres.
VIM. r. Hess, as additional to original
homestead entry on the west one-half
of the southwest quarter of section l, in
township 26 north, range 5 west. en-
tered April ). 1872, per homestead No
1923, and final proof No. 1857. at the
Ironton, Mo-. United States land Office.
Zachariah Johnston. Jr., as additional
to original homestead entry No. 43 at
North Platte, Nebraska. dated July I.
1873, containing 1890 acres.
Joseph B. Deaton. as additional to
original homestead entry No. 3Gs, at
Jronton, Mo-. dated June Is. 1866. con-
tanning 1888 acres.
Norris z. Jolley, as additional to
original homestead No. SAP. at juno
ton City, Kansas, dated February 10,
1870.
Notice is hereby given that any and
all persons claiming any portion of the
above-described land are required to
file a protest during the period Of pub
LEGATION or thirty days thereafter, in ac-
cordance with law, with the Register
and Receiver Of the L. S. land office at
Juneau. Alaska.
NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COM
PANY, by GEO. J. MILLER,
Attorney-in-fact.
Notice of the above will be published
in the Tanana T'eader. printed at Tan
ana, Alaska, which hereby designate
as the newspaper published nearest the
land described in said application.
f. H. JACK,
Register U. S. Land Office. Fairbanks.
Date of first publication. April !. 1910.
Date of last publication. June ,. 1910.
Tanana leader., 1910-04-21
STRANGE POWER
OF RADIUM

siderable mass, something of about
twice that of an atom of hydrogen: the
mass of the Beta particle is exceed
ingly small, and is only equal to about
one-,housandth Of the mass of a hydro
gen atom.
The Beta rays are being investigated
and it has been found that they play an
important part in the composition of
matter. II matter is not made up OF
Beta particles revolving around each
other like the planets of the solar sys-
tenn these particles are revolving
around something or other, or, accord
ing to Sir J. J. Thompson. like small
suns or planets revolving around each
other. Returning to the Alpha parti-
cles, Sir William proceeded to say that
when radium emits these particles it
loses energy. 1t is always losing en-
ergy and it cannot be stopped from do
ing that. 1t is true the loss goes on
very slowly and it is an interesting
question how long it would take to
emit ali the Alpha particles it contains.
The first question is: What are these
Alpha particles? The second is: Into
VIVA, does radium change after emit
ting these particles? The third ques.
ton is: How long does it take to un.
dergo these changes?
The first change appears to be into
this the so-called Alpha rays
Quite two thirds of the energy If the
radium is transferred to the gas which
it gives off. This raises the question
CT the transmutation OF an element. II
| was long believed to be possible t.
change one element into another, anC
Sir William was not going to throw
cold water on the ancient alchemists
because it is possible by the addition O
small quantities of certain substance:
to change altogether the appearance
of certain metals; and by the addition
of very small quantity of yeast &
large quantity of sugar into alcohol
These are changes of an alchemistit
nature, and radium goes on continually
doing what the alchemis;s of old tried
to do when they attempted to change
various elements into gOn or silver.
Prof. Rutherford had given the name
of emanations to the rays given off b,
radium because he did not recognize
them as gases, but it really is ordinar!
gas, or rather quite an extraordinary,
gas. 1t comes off radum at regular
rate, and that brings on the question
How long will radium last? His an
swer is, forever.
| The amount of gas is always pro
Tanana leader., 1910-04-21

portionate to the amount of radium
present. Suppose slice OF bread were
cut in two, taking minute to do it,
and then the half were cut in two
again, and so on continually, how long
would it take to cut the bread entirely
up? The halving would go on to in
finity and the operation would take an
eternity to perform. That is the case
with radium. The amount of gas pro-
duced is always proportionate to the
amount of radium there and it is al
ways being produced.
When would radium be half gone?
They had just measured it in Sir
Williams laboratory, and it would
take 1850 years, so that if any one in
vested in radium he would retain at
least half his capital at the end of
1850 years.
The Austrian government some time
ago entrusted Sir William with half a
gramme. or ffty-fifth Of an ounce, of
radium for private use. Its value is
about $45.O 900. DR.. Gray and himself
had performed the experiment of iso-
lating the Alpha emanation of radium.
and they enclosed it in fine glass
tube-much finer than the finest Their
mometer tube that ever was made.
They compressed it and liquefied it.
When liquefied it shone with pur-
plish light, though it was quite trans
parent, like water. 1t shone with a
light of its own. When reduced to q
temperature of minus 60 centigrade it
solidified, and then it glowed with an
extremely brilliant light like ninia-
ture arclight. The quantity they had
was extremely small, but they ascer-
tanned its boiling point, its melting
point and its specific gravity, and all
this was done with smaller quantity
than the point of the finest needle. Oh
course they used a microscope.
This substance is the most conceu-
tra,ed form of energy known. 1t is a
other things, to which various names
/ are given. These substances are named
rad;um A, radium B, radium c, and SC
/, on up to radium F. Some of them have
very short existence, lasting only a
half or three quarters OF an hour, and
he had never seen them. He had seen
radium D, a substance which would be
gone in about forty years. That gave
one time to look at it. 1t is rathe,
dull looking, like lead, aad that was
nearly all he could tell them about it
There are other substances. probabl,
like the polonium discovered by Nine
! Curie.
During these emanations radiuu
gives great deal of energy, general,
manifested as light, but as matter o.
fact radium keeps itself hot. There is
! great deal of heat generated. 1t car
; be calculated, and it is found that il
gives off about 100000 as much hea,
Tanana leader., 1910-04-21
Nv
(!::(O
~

Nearly everything known about ra-
~ by Sir William Ramsay before the
Authors Club in London not long ago.
Starting with definition of the terms
concentration ard energy, he traced
briefly the discovery Of radium by Nine.
Curie and the methods Of its extraction
from uranium ores. Becquerel, he said.
found that there are three different
kinds of rays given cut from radium.
First there are rays which can be easily
kept in brass tube, which are known
as Alpha rays. Then come second
kind, called Beta rays, which can pass
through glass: they are the same as
the cathode rays of Lenard. The third
kind, or Gamma rays. are very pene-
trating and appear to have some anal
ogy to light, but unlike light they can
pass through nontransparent SUBJ
stances. These rays can pass through
about six inches of lead, and possess
the power of discharging an electro
scope. Lead, in fact, is moderately
transparent to the Gamma rays. 1t is
not quite clear whether the word ray
is applicable to these emanations, rs
there is doubt as to whether they are
really given off or are simply undula-
lions or waves in the ether.
To his mind the Alpha and Beta rays
are something like minute particles
shot out from the radium, whereas the
Gamma rays correspond moro to waves
in the medium which surrounds US,
termed ether. AS to the Alpha rays,
Prof. Rutherford was the first to point
out that these were due to gas, but a
similar observation was made by a
German, DR.. Schmidt, in connection
with thorium, another element discov-
cred by the speaker to be capable OF
discharglng the elec,roscope when
placed near it.
The fact remains that radium is con-
tinually giving out gas. That is why
the Alpha rays can get out of a vessel
containing radium. The Beta rays are
also particles, smaller than the Alpha
rays and travelling at an enormous We
locity. The Gamma rays are not par
ticles at all, but waves or fluctuations
in the ether. These latter rays are
still being Investigated.
1t is possible in some degree by
means of calculation to measure the
wars of the particles of the Alpha and
Beta rays. Prof. Rutherford and Sir
j. J. Thomson found that while the
Alpha particles-that is, the gas which
escapes from radium-have very con-
Tanana leader., 1910-04-21

ARRIVALS

From Outside, Valdez, Fairbanks,
and Rampant Hot Springs, every Tues
day.
From Nome, St. Michael and lower
Yukon, every Friday.
From Dawson and Eagle, every other
week, Saturdays.
From Coldfoot. about the 18th of
each month.
DEPARTURES
To Outside, Valdez, Fairbanks and
Rampart-Hot Springs, every Saturday.
To Nome, ST. Michael and lower
Yukon, every Wednesday.
To Coldfoot, the 18th of each month.
REGISTERED NAIL and MONEY Or
DER BUSINESS will close every Friday
at noon and not open before departure
of Outside mail.
Tanana leader., 1910-04-21

APPLICATION.
United States Land Office,
Fairbanks, Alaska. March 30. 1910.
Northern Commercial Company. a
corporation Incorporated under the
laws of the State of New Jersey, as
signee of John r. Allen, William r.
Hess, Zachariah Johnston Jr., Joseph
3. Deaton and Morris P. Jolley, being
entitled to the benefits of Section 2306
of the Revised Statutes of the United
States. granting additional lands to SOL
diers and sailors who served in the Re-
beIlion, does hereby apply to enter U.
S. Survey No. 739, situate on the north
side of the Yukon river, near the town
of Tanana, about one-half mile east of
Weare (Tanana) postotfice. Alaska,
more particularly described as follows,
to-wit:
Beginning at corner No. l on the
north bank of the Yukon river. whence
witness corner No. stone 20xl2X7
inches. set flush with the ground,
marked "S-739.' bears north 40 links,
from which witness corner United
States location monument No. 739,
bears south 80 deg. - min. east 81 IL
chains distant: thence north II deg. So
min. west 1868 chains to corner No. ,.
whence corner No. > of survey No. $50
bears north 10 deg. 10 min. west %
chains distant, and witness corner No.
, bears north 40 links: thence north
1892 chains to corner No. 3 whence wit
ness corner No. 3 bears east 65 links:
thence east 1875 chains to corner No. 4;
thence south Gil chains to corner No.
/, the place of beginning, containing
Tanana leader., 1910-04-21

as would be given off by the oxyhy-
drogen blowpipe, which gives tenn
perature of over 1000 degrees cent?
grade. There, surely, is the greatest
concentration of energy ever known.
What does this energy do? 1t sends
out the Alpha rays at a velocity of
about 1000 miles second, and these
particles naturally carry great deal
of energy. The Beta rays, although
only about one-thousandth the size, also
carry great energy, owing to their
enormous velocity, which is still higher
than the Alpha rays. Plenty of things
can be done with this energy. With
it they can decompose water and me-
tallic substances, and in these decom-
positions elements are produced which
formerly were not imagined to exist in
the substances so treated. The expert
ments are still going on.
The Leader is on sale at the
Tanana leader., 1910-04-21

Ths Leader is on sale a. the Tanana
postoffice lobby.
Tanana leader., 1910-04-21

The Leader is on sale at the
pOStOffice lobby.
Tanana leader., 1910-04-21
Additional Entry

Under Section 1906 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States.
APPLICATION
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Suicide a. Gonnison.

Thomas Chambers was fognt dead
on the street fn Gunnbson ThGr@-
dag morning Of lzsr week People
OF the nelxhboraOOf heard the reDO-
Of q gun a few moments before he
was found. but paid no attention 70
il, thinking IT 70 b. nrecrzeker.
The dead man had written a nOte
which was found upon him signed By
himself. ad6rezsed 70 . sister At
IeadyiIle. notifying her Of his in
tentlonz. He wzs . member Of the
EIks a. Grand Junction. and also
belonged " the W. o. w.
Chambers had been in Paonia
and Delta only week before his
tragic death.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15

Joseph W. Folk was ia De.as&r
last week e4ar@lste TO Greel.sg 90 de-
live. an Address before th. Chan
essqess Circle.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Fight Not II Reflection.

A considerable element processes
a deep chagrin and deep sorrow over
what they assume to be the humil-
iation brought upon the white race
by the pugilistic supremacy of the
colored race established In the prize
fight ring at Reno. Nevada. July A..
To our mind the white race Is In
no wise Interested 1t being wholly
a personal matter between the In
dividuals directly involved. and 1t
Is not easy to conceive of more de-
graded humiliation possible for n
white man than to consent to en-
ter the prize ring and contest It's
doubtful honors with a negro, ply
sically, II not intellectually, more
animal than human. 1t is a refiec-
tion on white civilization. to assume
that the outcome of this brutal ex-
hibition, reflects In the remotest
degree upon white people as a
race.--Telluride Journal.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
About the Fight and Its
Effect on the White Race

Eject on the White Race.
II the recent encounter at Reno
shall result in regulating the brut-
ish exhibitions of the fight ring to
that element which. though of hu-
man form. is more animal than hu-
man, 1t will not have been in vain.
II Is idle to deprecate or denounce
such exhibitions; they are given In
response to a popular demand. and
to satisfy the same demand the same
press that criticises and condemns.
deyotes pages day after day to ex-
plotting and describing the exhibi-
tions, to the ininutest detail. When
the public ceases to contribute a
substantial fortune for a few mo-
ments exercise on the part of a
couple of bruisers whom they would
scorn to recognize on the street,
the encounters will cease: and when
the refined, intelligent newspaper
clientage OF the country turns its
taste into more delectable channels
the newspapers will eschew prize
fights and employ their resources
and talents In an effort to give tc
their readers what they want-as
they always have done.-Tellurid'
Journal.
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
u. A. Mckinney, the Directory
Mnn, Writes About the Fig

The following letter was received
by The Independent from +. A..
Mckinney, the directory man. just
too late for last weeks paper:
Editor The Independent:
Well. the fight is over. and ev-
crybody knows now that the negro
is too strong and clever for Jeffries
who, ] heard Otto Floto say after
the fight, "Isn't the same Jeffries
who used to NOW them down"
johnson showed In the Grst few
rounds that he was at least the
equal In strength and much more
clever In hghting. He seemed to
delight In showing his strength In
the clinches. and apparently he doch
not know how strong he really is.
Jeffries has seldom made clever
showing In any OF his fights In the
first six or eight rounds and today's
battle wns no exception to the rule
which he has established. This time
he did not possess the stamina and
endurance that he once had. This
was evident from the first. and nj
later developments showed, he had
no reserve power to call upon and
he gradually lost strength until the
end came.
Bob Armstrong was corralled In
The Delta independent., 1910-07-15
Mine Fire at Gunnison.

Sunday afternoon during the pro
gress Of a thunder shower the vul-
can mine shaft house caught fire,
and when discovered. the twenty
tons OF sulphur stored near By had
caught and there was no hope OF
saving IL.
The entire group Of surface build
inEs was consumed, the sulphur
machinery recently installed BY the
Vulcan Sulphur Co. and the stored
sulphur mentioned. The sulphur
company. had recently gotte9s into
deep water and the sheriff had at
tached the property, It being In con-
troll Of II. r. Bender. ID. l.. Grey
was representative OF the company.
Fred Russell having left on the 18th
OF June.
The sulphur company had been
carrying 5000 insurance. but the
last policy was cancelled last Satur-
day.-Gunnison News Champion.