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COsT or LIVING INQUIRY.
senate & Smmittee Begins with Secretary
wilson and CommVssssner NellI.

senate Z ommittee beRns WIN SeeretnFt
Wilson and CommIssaeOer NellI.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2S--The Senate
committee appointed to investigate the
high cost OF living got down to business
to-day. Secretary Wilson OF the Depart
msnt OF Agriculture and Commissioner
Neiil of the bureau OF labor gave an out
line of the information they have obtained
on this subject az the result OF investi-
cations undertaken by them. The Dem
ocrats on the committee. Senators Sim
mons. Clarke and Johnson. made il
plain from the very start that they do not
wish to accept the results of invesiga-
tons undertaken by the various Govern
ment bureaus and departments. They
take the position that investigations Of
an ex parte character. where there IL no
opportunity for oral cross-examination.
OF necessity reflect the opinions OF the
investigators.
Secretary Wilson said that there has
been no substantial change in the prices
obtained by the farmer for his food prod
ucts during the last ten years. The Demo-
Gratis questioned this sta tement. and Sena-
tor Simmons. the ranking Democrat on the
committee. said this was conclusion TO be
established only after the cross-examna-
ton Of competent witnesses. He said
that the investigations conducted by the
various departments OF the Government
are worthless 80 far as the purposes
OF the committee are concerned, and he
asked that the committee summon wit
nesses and examine them for the purpose
Of developing the real facts with regard
to the high cost OF living.
II is apparent that the Democrats will
demand that the responsibility OF the
trusts and the tariff be made n subject
OF inquiry regarding the increased cost
of the necessities Of life. The committee
is at present conferring with the heads
OF the departments and bureaus that have
made inquiry into the reasons FOR the
increased cost OF living with the idea
OF developing the lines TO be pursued
in making the stigation. No definite
plan or action has yet been mapped
out. The Democrats will insist upon an
open hearing. to which the public shall
be admitted. The committee will meet
again Saturday morning
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4 THREE DOLLAR GILMAN.
C1rbIDE nar~lIiy the DonJ Give Damn
AutOnletDIie nriN er.


Coroner's Physician Philip o'Hanlon
was a witness In the West Side court
yesterday againt Michael Kochman, a
taxioob driver. who ran him down in
Amsterdam avenue. DR.. O'Hanlon was
driving up the east side Of Amsterdam
avenue in his electric automobile when
Kochman darted from the west side OF
the street behind trolley car and ran
his taxicab into DR.. O'Hanlon's car.
Both machines were wrecked. In the
taxicab were DIR. Carey Of III West Nine
ty-fifth street and a patient. ON their way
to a hospital The occupants OF both
cars were badly shaken up.
DIR. OHanlon told Magistrate Moss
that Kochman had been very reckless.
-Something ought TO be done 20 check
these reckless drivers he said. Daily
they are killing and manning people.
I know. because the Coroner's Office Ii
constantly making Investigations OF
deaths caused by irresponsible drivers"
you are right said Magistrate Moss.
sand I am going to fine this man" Then
the Court turned to Kochman and said,
"You had no business whatever on the
east side OF the street. II you couldn't
pass the car on your own half Of the road
you should have stopped when it stopped
Instead OF that you went rushing out
on the wrong side OF the street. III 6ne
you S." -
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PosrAL SAYINGS BANK BILL.
Senate Decides to rake vste Next week
--genatsr Daiiey Attaelxs the Measure.

oos@Nea As%at0S 6tNaUNAH Aaeo NAu0oNGDs
WASHINGTON. Feb. 7i.--The Senate
decided to-day TO vote on the postal
savings bank bin &C the close OF the legis-
lative day Thursday. March .. This
may carry tho date Of the actual vote
over several days. On " was agreed that
the Senate should rscsss from time TO
time if necessary I'm order to permit
an Senators who desire 10 speak to avail
themselves OF an opportunity. But the
nnal vote will not be delayed beyond
the end OF next week.
senator Bailey OF Tesas spoks for an
h6ur and q quarter in oppoeition to tho
postal savings bank bill. He declared
VI to be Questionable primarily because
unconstitutional, and secondly because
u violates q fundamental principle Of
al good governments by requiring the
united States TO engage In a business
which belongs directly TO individuals
and corporate Tho Senator advanced
q third objection TO it because Il would
produce moro harm than good In its
praoticai operation 2
The bill was referred 20 by Senator
Bailey As q bill to encourage honesty
and thrift on the part OF the people. and
be said N there wts constitutional fsuthor-
IT, for such q purpose other than through
the psssaae of equal and Just laws the
measure was q legal and constitutional
one; otherwiss e was not
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stYs raw YERs TRECkED HER.
Mrs. Won Clsussen wants divorced IIus-
band to support tIer Adopted child.

band 20 support tser Adopted child.
Mrs. Ida NJ. Won Claussen. the divorced
wife OF DR.. William +. Honan OF the
Hotel Regent. asked Magistrate Moss in
the West Side court yesterday to compel
DIR. Honan to support her adopted daugh-
ter Natalie. She said that when she got
Q South Dakota divorce from DR.. Honan
in 1905 she signed papers releasing DR.
Honan from all financial responsibility in
regard TO the child. She alleged that she
was induced 20 siRn these papers by two
well known attorneys through trick and
device.
Magistrate Noes said that IL she had
signed papers releasing DR.. Honan from
financial responsibility he could do moth
ing. III any wrong had been done her
he said she had better see District
Attorney Whitman.
At the District Attorneys ONCE she
had a talk With Assistant District Attorney
Rice. who told her that he was unable to
help her.
Mrs. Won Clausse is the woman who
says abe expects to sue Theodore Roose-
welt. former Assistant Secretary of State
Bacon and Charles H. Graves. Minister to
Sweden, for 81. .0O0,0 200 because Mr.. Graves
refused to present her to King Gustaf
Of Sweden and she could get no redress
in Washington. She is a daughter OF q
New York merchant. Andrew Ciaussen.
She lives at ~ West Seventy second
street
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ANNUAL NAVAL PROGRAMME.
Tive Battieships. Tive Coitiers. Five sub
marines and Three Destreyers.


WASHINGTON. Feb. 2I.-The naval ap-
preparation bill. consideration Of which
will be completed by the House Committee
on Naval Affairs on Saturday of this meek.
In all possibility will contain the following
items for the annual increase Of the navy:
Two battieships OF 5000 tons sach.
to cost sl1 .0oo. 900 each; one repair vessel.
two large size naval golfers, i've sub
marines and three destroyers.
When Secretary OF the Navy Meyer
appears before the House Naval Com
mittee next Saturday he will urge the
inclusion In the bill OF these items of
increase as a minimum proposition. IL
is understood that a ma ajority OF the COM
mittee favors the list.
Only to-day the COMMITTEES reached q
tentative CONCLUSION to authorize the
building OF 5000 ton battleships instead
Of 2e 900. as heretofore agreed to. Some
members are urging $4,000 ton ships.
but it is not believed that any OF THE type
will be authorized 1t this session.
As announced the other day, the Naval
Committee has already decided TO appro-
pirate for enlarging- the New York. Bre-
merton and Pearl Hsrbor dry docks 30
that they will accommodate battleships
OF 30. 600 tons or more.
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NuLLIFfEs ANTI-TRUsr ORDER.
AttSrney-General says Army COmMss-
sary-GenerAl May Ebuy Trust Articles.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BAyv Army AOunWAs-
sary-GenerAl May Hbuy Trust Articles.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2l.--Attorney- Cen
sral Wickersham has rendered an opin-
ion which will practically rullify Score
tary OF War Dickinson's recent order pro-
viding that no purchasing officer under
the jurisdiction OF the War Department
shall buy products OF corporations that
have been adjudged by the courts to be
parties TO an unlawful trust or com
bination.
Secretary Dickinson issued this order
last June. shortly after the decision was
rendered In the Federal court for the
Southern District OF New York in the
tobacco trust case. At that time the
Commlssary General OF the army was
forbidden from purchasing articles manu-
faotured by the tobacco trust. Last
December a similar order was Issued
against the Standard Oil Company and
its subsidiary concerns.
A short time ago Attorney General
Wickersham rendered an opinion that the
order should not be construed 30 40 to
forbid the purchase Of goods from those
who in good faith and IN their own right
have acquired title to them and who are
not middlemen OF agents Of unlawful
will be to enable the War Department to
deal with concerns which buy their sap
plies from trusts such a. the Standard
Oil Company. although the actual pur-
chase Of commodities from the trusts or
their agents and middlemcn is forbidden.
One Of the first applications Of the
modified ruling will be made within the
next few weeks in the award OF a con-
tract by the Isthmian Canal Commission
for the annual supply OF lubricating OIL.
Bids were opened at the Offices OF the com
mission here on February n last for 2es,-
900 gallons Of valve, car and engine oil
and l4s.O pounds Of lubricatinE grease.
There were twenty five bidders. The most
advantageous and at the same time the
lowest bid was submitted by Motley.
Green a Co OF New York. A letter accom-
panied their bid. saying that they were
not agents Of the Standard Oil Company.
but they admitted that they Intended to
furnish oil manufactured by the Gaiena
Signal OH Company, q subsidiary concern
of the Standard Oil Company.
While the commission cannot under
Secretary Diokinson's order purchase oil
directly from tho Gsiena Signal OH Com:
pany, the effect OF Attorney General
Wickersham's ruling will be TO allow the
commission to purchase oil manufactured
by the Galena company through an inter
The proposals have been forwarded TO
Lieut.. Col. George w. Goethals, chair
man and chief engineer OF the lsthmion
Canal Commission. An award will not
DO made probably for several weeks
Some OF the other bidders are disposed
to raise q rtmpus about the award and
have taken the matter up with Democrats
in the House. They contend that the
] original order OF the Secretary OF War
means practically nothing in the light OF
the Wioksrsham opinion. They add that
while Motley. Green a Co: are an inde-'
tent in oh from the Galena Signal Oil
COmpany
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PEARY,s RECORDS.
Melville and echIey and Gen. GFeely
May NE Chosen % Pass sa Them.

Melville and Aohiey ana 6eo. Gfeoty
May NE Chosen 90 Pass sa Them.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.-Rear Admiral
Melville. u. s. n. retired: Rear Admiral
Schley, q. 8. N retired. and Gen. Greely.
u. s. A.. retired. all OF whom were re-
warded by the United States Government
for di:tinguishsd services in, u eonnsctsSn s,n
be selected by the House Cofemittee on
Naval Affairs as a board to pass upon
Civil Engineer @Peary's proofs that he
reached the north pole.
Friends OF Mr.. Peary On the COMMITTEES
say that he would welcome the appoint
ment Of board OF this sort to review hin
notes and observations. IL ts pointed
out that while Admiral Melville has been
very much pro-Peary from the start. with
Admiral Schley an original indorser OF
Cook &C.,; GsG SreSy has o ,ss Kept s%s. al
Mr.. Peary VIII be sounded at once 10 de-
termine whether the three men named
would be acceptable to him.
The committee OF the Committee
on Naval Affairs held an extended meet
proposition was thoroughly disoussed.
No action was taken. Rear Admiral
Holiday, chief OF the bureau Of yards and
docks 0f the Navy Department. appeared
before the COMMITTEES to testify concern
ing certain outstanding claims conDected
welt in which Mr.. Peary made tho journey
to that point on the Arctic Circle from
which he began his over-ice trip to the pole.
The charge was recently made TO the
committee that Mr.. Peary was rcsponsi-
BILE for certain unpaid bills which oou-
stituted a lien against the Roosevelt.
According TO Admiral Holiday this 10
not so. the contract price for the ship
having been paid by the Peary Arctic
Club, which now refuses TO countenance
these additional charges. IL appears
that the Maine shipbuilding firm which
built the Roosevelt lost money ON the
contract and never paid for some OF the
material used In her construction
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CORPORATION TAX.

Attorney-GeneraI Hands Down an op'n'
Ion as TO Net income % Real Estate Cos
WASHINGTON. Feb. 2i.-In answer to
brief submitted 70 the Secretary OF tns
Treasury by the Allied Real Estats
interests OF the State of New York ana
Allied Real Estate interests OF the CltJ
OF New York Attorney General Wicker,
cham to-day handed down an opinion
a. TO the net income OF such corporatlons
al Il will be regarded by the Governmeu'
In assessing the corporation tax
The Attorney General held that wheIs
q realty corporation takes title 10. -,
property subject TO mortgage. but doess
not assume the indebtedness securso
tion's lndebtedness and the intere@
thereon would therefore not DO dedu1.
ible az necessary expenses from wv
gross income.
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HUDSON MAXIM CHOSEN
To NE President sS the AerenautIe seciety
Tue other Omcers.

At the annual meeting OF tie Aero
raWic Society held last evening at 1903
Broadway This ticket was chosen:
President. Hudson Maxim: first vice.
president lee =. BurridEe; second vice.
president. william Joseph Hammer: third
vice-president. Louis X. Adams; secretary.
Wilbur X. kimball. trensurer. Clarence F.
Blackmore assistant secretary. Alva ID.
lee: directors. Thomas A. Hill. Lee W.
DE Forest. Carlos de Zafrs. Hugo C. Gibson.
Dwight Tracy, Charles Wesley Howell, Jr.
Mr.. Ma Kim succeeds Mr. Burridge
Rules were outlined for a national
model aeroplsne contest in which the
trophy will be the Octave Chanute chai-
lenge cup The first elimination contest
will be at the Sixty ninth Regiment
Armory next Thursday evening at $50
O'Clock.
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CONSERVATION MEASURE.
BIII to Reserve Lands Valuable as Power
ana ResefvoIr sites. 3aJ; ~

WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.--A bill 'sub-
'mitted to the House to-day by Secretary
Bailinger proposes to authorize the
Secretary OF the Interior to set aside and
reserve lands chiefly valuable as power
and reservoir sitss before the surplus lands
are opened TO settlement. Il also author
ixes cancellation or patents ISSUED for
allOtments within such sites and reim-
bursement OF the Indians for their
improvements and the reallotment. of
such Indian allottees on other lands
within the irrigible areas OF the rsGsfva-
tions. This is another Administers ation
conservation measure.
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Fishing steamboat wrecked.

AS5LEsEA. n. j.. Feb. 2i.--The fshing
steamboat 0loriana. Capt. Joseph Osten-
rider. went aground this evening on the
bar in Herford Inlet and will be a total
loss. She was unmanageable because OF
the disabling Of her steering gear. The
those from the Stone Harbor station
succeeded in reaching the vessel in their
power boat and TOOK on the crew OF hve
men.
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ratiTles .ssD ARcnITFcrNs.


Ta4snksst leaders 8rsns Csart p4Ans
iten.f tss-.sned Tor Othsrs Iie Got.
NiuhasfJ. GaFyin. the Tsmmany leader
of the Thirty third assembly district, In
The Bfotx, 10 defcudfnt in suit brought
by Oscar Blnenaner. an architect of 10
East Thlrty-fourth street. 70 recover
s2u.oOo for services In drawing plans for
the nfonx Court House. 0arvin IL an
grehltect himself. although he has testi-
fed thak ~ never got an engineers q
degree or graduated From an architec-
furnish the plens for the Court House in
1908. r
Blalemner says that the plans drawn by
Grrvin were thrown out by the Municipal
Art Commission and that Garvin then
employed him to draw some that would
be scceHtcble. He says he spent I.07s
h0nrsson the plans that were approved
ana values his services nj s2O an hour.
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NO RELIEF EOR CORPORATIONS.
House Leaders Have No intention ef Ex-
tending Time for Making Returns.

tending Time fer MAKING Returns.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 24.-The leaders OF
the House have no intention at present
OF yielding TO the. pressure that is being
brought on them to pass a bill extending
the time for making the returns under the
corporation tax law. The leaders contend
OF time in which TO prepare to obey the
law. What they really seem to fear,
though, 10 that any attempt 10 push such
q bill through will stir up further rumpus
about the tariff act. No demand has come
from the Executive branch OF the Govern
ment for an extension Of the date. end this
fact has powerful weight with the leaders.
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wireless for An Gevevnment Vessels.

WASHINGTON. Feb. "a. One result OF the
loss Of the naval tug Nina with all ON board
was the introduction OF bill in the House
to-day by Representative 0'Connell OF
Massachusetts requiring all Government
vessels which 60 out Of sight Of land TO be
equipped with wireless apparatus. IL
would include tugs. barges. golfers, rev.
enue cutters and similar craft.
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Taonlas y. walsh Improyinx.

San ANTONIO. Tex. Feb 2E-Physi-
clans attending Thomas +. Walsh, now
hera recuperating from pneumonia, deny
that he has had n relapse or that his
condition ls ser+oUs- He In fast regaining
his strength, they say. i. ..........l4.t,
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No change in Psrkln.s CoadItisa.

WAsHINoToN. Feb. 24.-Cong gressman
Perkins's physicians said late to-kikht
that there has been practically no change
in HIS condition In the last twsnty4four
hours They see no chance for recovery,
however.
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The public accountants report said:

"Ths work Of the Department and its development b
hndered all elong the line by slevsh adherence TO old
methods and 10 precsents created In previous yeas, and
many rsform which might otherwise be instituted
hndered-M not entirely pfcvenrsd-by appeals TO the
ago under entirely different conditions Then again.
the conservatism Of Government ofBcah b . generally
admitted fact. Thsre h inducemsnt to employees to
sugxst improvements n the service for the reason that
those result in greater ecency o. sconomy
Of adminiefion thsy win receive kts credit: and,
the other hand new msthods not succcasul they
win be eh&rEed with the wkele bhme."
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Mercmeats % NayaI Ye~sl..

WARRINGTON. Few. 24.-Ths collier
Marcellus has arrived At Norfolk and the
battleshipt Michigan at Sewalls Point.
The collier Hector has sailed from
torpedo boat Preston from Key West
for Knights Key
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Ptace., sn the Rctirssi iII.t.

WAsHNoroN. Feb. 74-CoL Joseph r.
Euston. Nineteenth Infantry. and Surgeon
A. q. Gr,nwell OF the navy have been
placed on the retired LIST
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That Postal Deficit
The Joint Postal Commission in 1907
/, reported as follows:
reported. as follows:

"It appears too ebviors 70 require argument that ths
most efficient service be expected long the
direction of the business II. as at pfescnt intfusted 70
General and certain asstMns selsced with
Oat special retsfehce 10 ensence and Qualifications and
snbisct To ffednent change Before the Posfnsster-
with the pesaons Of ths service thfy rspzced by
ctAsfs ws In trn called upon to resign before they
e1Rs and sxpsssnce TO perform thsr allotted taslD.
Under seeh systsm hrge railroad, commercial or
industrial bunsms would ineviabH no into bankruptcy,
and ths PosOfcs Dspartsnf hrs avsted that fate only
bcsnss the Untsd Stst Treasury has bssn svailab 20
nesk dehcienciss"
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FLIES A VIE IN En.
Fftnifteu Also Inysdes Mexies and IN vts
About " Pase at viii.

EL PAso, Tex. Feb. 2i.- Charles M
Hamilton to-day few a mile in I:II. He
showed wonderful control OF his bipIane
He darted about the grand stand, oared
over 20 Mexico and circled the park.
He also shut on his engine in the air
at height Of 500 feet and descended
without power.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-09

Wheat saps the. life out of the
soil and this fact must be kept
close tab on.
The farmers of Arkansas are
having good results with wheat
because the ground is fresh for
it, but they must be careful and
not plant more than two success
sive crops. If they do. they will
wonder why the yield decreases
later on.
But the farmers of Arkansas
should educate themselves to
real wheat conditions. There
is no sense in them just raising
an average crop of i bushels
with the splendid lands they
have. They should raise 30. .
Gazette.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-09

er's union or syndicate which
would rent the land offered by
retired farmers, and sublet it to
desirable tenants, whose pre-
sence in the community would
not be a detriment. But this
plan soon proved its weakness.
So the sons Of the early settlers
decided they must go deeper.
They undertook to provide their
com munity with better schools.
They erected a building as good
as one finds in town or city, and
they abandoned the old country
schools, with their small districts
and poor teaching. They thus
assembled about hundred chill
dren In one school company.
They hired wagons to carry them
back and forth. They employed
GOOD teachers, and put in labor
atories, work benches, sewing
machines and ranges, for teach
ing manual training and domestic
science. They heated it we'll,
and lighted with gas, and on the
third floor they have a room for
meeting place for all the people
of the community. Out of doors
they have grounds for games,
baseball, tennis and football.
The result has been that the
retirement from the farm has
been stopped. The place has
come to be 50 desirable as a
place of residence that the rent
al of land has gone up, and the
average tenant will not go there.
Foreigners are excluded, and the
drifting element of the population
has been restored, and the con-
tinuous life of the institutions of
the countryside has been assur-
ed.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-09

THE MOST NEGLECTED ORGAN
0F~-FHE BODY IS ,T44E LIVER
Nowadays everybody treats the
stomach but it's the liver that
counts. If you suffer from consti-
patton, bad blood, half sick miserable
feeling it's your LIVER nine times
out of ten.
And today doctors are recommend
and endorsing
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1910-08-09
Liver Purifier

because it S the one liver remedy
that energises the liver, brings
back it's natural function stong and
young again.
Tell your druggist you want SIM
MONS LIVER PURIFIER and
nothing else; emphasize SIMMONS
Tin yellow tin boxes only, and in
sist upon 1t. It's the one cure
thgt cures the liver remeey that
does its work without gripping or
sickening.
At all druggists everywhere,
25c and 81