The National tribune., 1911-01-12

The House Committee on the Census,
after many weeks Of hard work, has
whitfield the House membership under
the new census down to 432, which will
be a gain of Al seats in the House
When Arizona and New Mexico are ad-
mitted the number will be increased to
AS, being three additional. Under the
bill as now framed the South gains 10
members counting Oklahoma as a
Southern State The North gains 81.
The gains are divided as follows:
In the South-Alabama, 1; Florida,
4; Georgia, L; Louisiana, 1; Oklahoma,
8; Texas. 2; West Virginia, 1.
In the North-California, 3; Colo
RADIO, l; Illinois, 3; Massachusetts, 8;
Michigan, 1; Minnesota, 1; Montana, !;
New Jersey, 2; New York, 6; Ohio, 2;
Oregon, l; Pennsylvania 4; South Da-
kota, 1; Utah, 1, and Washington, 2.
Did you ever get locked in a storm
door? That was the experience of
young business man in Washington on
New Years Day. He has an iron grill
work door on the outside and a very
substantial night-latch door on the in
side, with revolving storm doors in be-
tween. On New Years Day he emerged
from his place of business and slammed
the inner door, calmly walked thru the
revolving doors to the grillwork door,
and found it locked and his pockets
minus a key. There he was, like a
squirrel in a cage, and all he could do
was to go around and around until he
could get a small boy to go to his home
in the suburbs, search his everyday
pants pockets and bring down keys that
would unlock one of the doors He was
only Gagged up about two hours.
The new regime in Nicaragua was
recognized by President Taft on Jan. l,
when he received Gen. Juan ]. Estrada
as President, and recognized DR.. Saliva
tore Castriilo as Nicaraguan Minister to
Washington.
Richard Parr, the Customs detective,
who discovered the steel springs on the
scales of the American Sugar Refining
Company's dock at Williamsburg and
furnished most of the evidence thru
which more than $S,000.000 has been
returned to the Federal Treasury, got
the remainder of his reward of 100000
the first of the year. He received 800
600 some time ago. The emergency
and deficiency BILL passed in December,
carried an item OF $4,000 $50, 600 of
which would go to Parr.
Baron earle de Geer, formerly of
Paris, but now resident Of Richmond
Va, who has been in the city, has been
lions in Washington, and says that he
has also interested himself in society of
other large cities.
Women in society in Washington
work harder than most men," said
Baron de Geer. What with the many
official functions they have to take part
in every day of the season, your society
woman has great deal more stren-
uous time than the men, who have only
occasionally to attend receptions, din
nerS and other things. Society in Amer
lea, like everything else, is made bust
ness affair. The women enter into it
with the idea of succeeding, just as men
do in business. 1t has been my OBJ
servation since coming to America that
your people make everything a. BUSH
ness-everything. There is little or no
actual diversion or recreation. But with
all this life in America is charming,
and / have been exceedingly happy
since came here"
One of the infreauent cases of rank
misuse of franking privilege has just
come to light in Philadelphia. Earnest
]. Stevens. of Philadelphia, is charged
with mailing New Years greetings un-
der the frank of Senator Bourne. of
Oregon. Postal inspectors have shown
very rank attempt at stealing IS
worth of one-cent postage which will
cost Mr.. Stevens. of Philadelphia, very
dear, indeed, If it can be proven. The
postal inspectors say that 800 copies of
speech which was delivered in Phiia-
deiphfa by Senator Bourne about
year ago, We're mailed in franked en-
velopes, an1 this man Stevens got hold
OF the whole 500. They were in unad-
dressed envelopes, and bore the frank
of Senator Bourne. Stevens mailed the
speech all right, but he tucked in with
1t New Years greetings hearing his
business card. and. of c.iE.sc. this
means criminal oifense.
The United States postal banks were
opened Jan. 3 in many of the States,
but up to date there has been no rush
TO deposit funds in them, much to the
surprise Of those who have been advo-
eating postal savings banks.
THEY'RE having a mischief of a time
with landslides in Culebra On Jan. ,
there was a tremendous one in the
Culebra Cut, when 100000 yards of
earth, mostly red clay and gravel,
slipped down the side of the, overhang-
ing mountains and closed the trench.
No lives were lost, but ii was an act of
Providence that saved them. The men
were at work clearing up the big slide
which occurred only few weeks ago.
The officials say that there is no way in
the world to prevent these slides after
the rain storms, except to keep digging
until there is nothing left to slip over
the mountains into the canyon, which
seems like a costly preventive.