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The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
WILL CHANGE
B0RAH BILL
MEASURE AFFEcTING HOME.
sTEADERs is TOO LIBERAL
AND INDEFINITE.
$4,000 FOR FREE SEED
AID FOR COLORADO DROUGHT.
STRICKEN FARMERS ASKED
OF CONGRESS.
Western Newspaper Union New. Service.


Washington.-It is believed certain
that the Borah three-year homestead
bill must be materially amended be-
fore 1t can get out of the House public
lands committee. The secretary OF
the interior and all the bureau heads
of the General Land Office are op-
posed to many of Its provisions, and
with this opposition 1t is practically
certain the measure cannot hope to
pass. Secretary Fisher is preparing
amendments to the bill which will be
presented to the House committee.
The House committee on public
lands discussed the bill and other
Western land matters with officials Of
the Interior Department and General
Land Office. The officials declared the
Borah bill entirely too liberal and in
definite. The six months leave clause,
Secretary Fisher declared. was so In
definite that under its provisions
homesteader might prove up on his
claim after less than nine months ac-
tual residence. He wanted definite six
months periods of absence incorporat-
ed in the measure. The secretary was
convinced that his exaction of the cul-
tivat.on of one-eighth of the land dur
ing the first year was too severe, and
told the committee he would consent
to reasonable modification of that
feature. He has also agreed that set
tiers under reclamation projects
should have title after five years resi-
dence. the deferred water right pay.
ments being made lien on the lands.
Senator Guggenheim introduced
bill to provide an appropriation of $685.
900 to enable the secretary of agricul-
ture TO purchase seeds for distribution
in those sections of Colorado where,
on account OF the drought OF the last
two years. the crops were failure.
Also bill to appropriate $3.S05.257
to pay the net amount of a judgment
rendered by the United States Court
of Claims Feb. 10, 1911. in favor OF
the ccnfederated bands of Utes.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
Expedition Camp In Patagonia.

built mountain wagon and Its COM
plete scientific equipment, penetrated
to the valleys of the Chubut and the
Rio Chico and traversed the almost
barren tableland that stretches be-
tween. Living trees are SO rare in
this country of the pampas that
throughout the settled portions of the
territory the inhabitants build their
dwellings of corrugated iron imported
from abroad. Practically the only veg
citation which is common is a stunted
growth resembling the sagebrush of
the American desert
While the college men often found
water scarce luxury. they have had
an abundance of buzzards and os-
trich eggs. One of the latter makes a
huge omelet and the shells are worth
IS apiece in the United States. Under
date of October last Professor Loom
is writes:
Il have not yet SO many fossils as 1
would like, but can already see that
we will be able to revise pretty thor
oughly the geology. have for mount
ing the skin of guanaco, which
Shumway shot and which we are eat
Ing. 1t is three hundred pound buck
and We got one hundred pounds of
good meat from 1t. Then later ran
into an ostrich nest. with fifteen good
eggs. Each night 1 blow two and we
have big scrambled egg dish for
breakfast"
In the Chico valley the American
scientists came across an interesting
colony of Boer ranchers. With the
same spirit that led their forebears
to trek back into the hinterland from
Cape Colony. when the British occu-
pied 1t almost century ago. some of
them have emigrated to this new
country rather than live under Eng
lish domination In the Transvaal. In
Patagonia they have found a country
not unlike that Of their old South
African homes. They are all sheep
growers. for the shrubbery, sparse
though 1t is, seems to supply sufficient
srstenance to make that industry
profitable. In some localities, MT.
Turner writes. the Beers form so
large proportion of the population
that Boer phrases and words are be-
coming a part of the colloquial Ian
guage, the hills being designated "kop-
1es" and journeying from point to
point being commonly spoken of as
"trekking."
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
FIND MANY RELICS:
Amherst Men Make Many Dis
coveries In Patagonia
Biological Expedition Now on Its Way
Homo With Many Scientific Trsas-
ures and After Finding . Col
. ony Of Prosperous eoers-

New York.-After having passed SIX
months devoted to scientific eJplorar
ton in the wilds Of Interior Patagonia.
the members of the Amherst college
biological expedition are homeward
bound from Buenos Ayres to New
York by way of London. bringing Win
them many important contributions to
science and a fund Of interesting e1-
periences.
The expedition, which left for Pata-
gonia on July last is In charge OF
Prof. F. B. Loomis Of the chair OF
biology in Amherst college. His asso-
ciates are Waldo Shumway. Amherst
1911; Layton Turner. Amherst. 1slS'
and William Stein.
Letters recently received from Pro
lessor Loomis by his associates IN
Amherst and from Mr.. Turner by his
mother report that the expedition mas
discovered some entirely new bioiog-
ical specimens and gathered much val
liable geological data. 1t has shipped
to the college four more or less COM
plete prehistoric skeletons. ID skulls
and large number of Jaws. which IN
clude fine specimens of the Eocene-
horse, elephant, rodent, primate.
notostylopus and large variety OF
other specimens taken from the bone
beds discovered by the party. Pro-
lessor LOOMS reports that many or
the specimens are entirely new to
this country and suggest several new
scientific ideas.
Some of the most valuable additions
to geological knowledge are the rich
marine deposits which the Amherss
men discovered, in some instances az
levels a thousand feet above the SEAL
Amongs these are specimens OF pstra7
fed trees. some six feet in diameter.
which are supposed to have been
driven in by Atlantic storms OF the
prehistoric ages. In one spot they
found what appeared like an entire
raft of these huge trees. Members
of the party also collected the fossil
remains of marine life, such as
sharks teeth. alligators and turtles.
from beds hundreds Of feet above the
present sea level. Shells Of bivalves
similar to the oyster, but foot or
more In diameter. were found in the
same locality.
The present expedition is the third
of series which has been financed
by the Amherst class OF 1896. of which
Professor Loomis was a member.
Striking inland from Rawson, a
small town on the Chubut coast. the
little party. with its tents. specially
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WESTERN.

A man walked into jewelry store
in Chicago. picked up two sample
cases full of jewelry, worth 100000,
walked out and has not been found.
The sixty-two miners entombed in
the Bunker Hill mine at Suffer Creek.
Cal. by cavein In the mouth OF the
shaft were rescued after a night OF
desperate work by miners from near
by mines.
Three children were burned to
Death one man fatally and one wom-
an seriously injured in mysterious
explosion which destroyed the home
of Isaac Smith, q farmer living near
Maxwell, la.
Police of California cities and all
coast towns are searching for Earl
Standard, twenty-four, accused OF the
emoezzlement of $4,000 from the
American National Bank of Pomona,
where he was boOkkeeper.
Two persons were killed, and six
othets injured. one seriously at lola,
Kan. In. collision between Nilsson
ri s:ifc passenger train and street
car. The dead are Mrs. William
Short and Mrs. Anna Coblantz.
Citizens of Olathe, Colo, have
planned monster celebration over
completion OF the municipal water
plant. Mayors of western slope towns
and ne wspaper men have been invited
to the celebration and banquet and 1t
is expected more than 200 will attend.
Broadcast warnings against accept
ance of fraudulent San Francisco
postoffice money orders have been Is
sued following discovery of the theft
of 100 money order blanks from a
substitution in San Francisco. The
thieves also stole the sub-station
money order stamp.
Shunted about from place to place
rs the result of the long government
investigation to determine whether he
was a leper or not, John r. Earle. for
merly of Washington. d. c.. has been
located at Summit, near Tacoma,
Wash, and will be fenced in on an
acre of land.
Discussion as to how much money
a young man should be earning be.
fore he marries led to a remarkable
discovery in frugality in Chicago. Mrs.
Hannah Kruger. wife of day labor
err, has raised three children on an In
come of $40 week and deposited 81
each week for six years.
Just as the chaplain was about to
pronounce the benediction at the close
of the morning chapel service at the
state penitentiary at Lincoln, Neb.,
Albert Prince, negro. under SEN
tence for assault with intent to Kill,
attacked and fatally stabbed Deputy
Warden f. ID. Davis. The warden re-
ceived six wounds. He died some
hours later.
A bill granting a second home
stead right has been introduced in the
House Under its provisions anyone
who has forfeited or abandoned for
mer entry will be permitted to make
another upon showing to the secre-
tary of the interior that the former
entry was made in good faith, that 1t
was abandoned because of matters
beyond his control, and that he has
pot speculated in his homestead right
or otherwise attempted fraud in con
nection with the prior entry. 1t is
understood this bill has the approval
of the Interior Department.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16

ners of the room or the passages Of
the house.
In one of the houses of Great Ches-
tiers there Is q beautiful example of
hypocaust, the name of the Roman
heating apparatus. Great Chesters
was the site Of an important Roman
military station along the great wall
which the Emperor Hadrian built to
keep back the barbarians. descending
on Britain from Scotland. The house
was that of the Roman military COM
mander.
Hot air was generated by a circular
furnace, which heated water and gave
out streams of hot air into the hypo-
caust, which was chamber under the
ground floor Of the house, containing
arrangements OF hollow tile pillars
called "suspensurae."
From the hypocaust the hot air was
distributed throughout the building by
a series of wall and floor fiues, giving
an even temperature throughout the
house.
This system was invented shortly
before the time Of the Emperor Aug
ustus. who reigned from 81 B. c. to
IA A. D.. and was soon adopted not
only in public baths, but in private
houses.
1t is surely a wonderful fact that
those ancient Romans nearly 1000
years ago. on the very confines of the
habitable world. in northern England,
introduced this scientific system of
house heating. which the modern in
habItants of the island have not been
able to approximate even remotely.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
GENERAL.

Thomas A. Edison recently cele.
brated his sixty-fifth birthday and de.
clares he feels only twenty-five.
Thomas F. Ryan is now credited in
Wall street with being in complete
control of the American Tobacco
Company.
The historic mansion at Springfield,
Md, birthplace of "Betsey" Patterson
and home of Governor Frank Brown,
was burned.
Mrs. Henry w. Taft, sister-in-law of
President Taft, has renowned the
Episcopal faith and was received into
the Roman Catholic church in New
York.
The price of beer will be advanced
from soc to 81 a barrel by several
Milwaukee breweries because of the
increased cost of hops and other raw
materials.
Truman C. White, former justice Of
the Supreme Court, who pronounced
the death se;.tence on Leon Czolosz,
assassin of President Mckinley, and
presided at many notable trials, is
dead at Buffalo. N. Y.
1t has become known that officials
of the Westinghouse Electric & Manu-
featuring Company. at the East Pitts
burg plan, will make a final test of a
discovery of color photography which
excels all methods now in use.
The vacancy on the Supreme Court
bench, the fifth that has occurred in
the present administration. probably
will be filled by Secretary of Com
MERGE and Labor Chas. Nagel of St.
Louis. President Taft is expected to
send the nomination of Mr.. Nagei to
the Senate within a few days.
The national park bill recently in
troduced by Senator Smoot is to re-
ceive early attention. This bill asks
for central authority to control all
national parks and scenic reserva-
lions, and recommends that appropri-
atoms be made Immediately available
for development of these places.
When the stockholders of the Stand
ard Oil Company of Indiana, formerly
subsidiary of the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey, hold their an
nual meeting March 18th, the capital
stock will be increased from $1.000.o0Q
to s30.O00,O00.
Rear Admiral Chas. d. Sigsbee, U.
S. N, retired, in an address before
the Woman's Welfare department OF
the National Civic Association, de
clared that the gunnery in the navy
is /, 200 times more efficient than dur
ing the Spanish-American war.
While the clerk at the marriage Ii
cense bureau in New York was making
out license for Benjamin Rosenberg
and Miss Liza Segal, Rosenberg de.
serted his bride-elect, taking with him
she said, jewelry valued at $4,000
which she had entrusted to his care.
Parcels improperly or inadequately
wrapped will not be accepted by post
masters for mailing. The Postoffice
Department has received complaints,
particularly from foreign countries,
that parcels contained in the mails
from this country have been received
in damaged condition.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
WASHINGTON.

President Taft has decided to delay
the appointment of a successor to the
late Justice Harlan of the Supreme
Court.
Three army motor trucks on an en-
durance run left Washington on l.
500-mile trip to Fort Benjamin Har-
rison. Indianapolis. The machines are
operated by soldiers and each carries
5000 pounds Of sand.
The House committee on expendi-
lures in the War Department has
dell resolution calling for information
regarding the various Western posts
recommended for abandonment by the
secretary Of war.
President Taft's meditations ON i'll
ing the present vacancy In the gu.
preme Court were momentarily dis
turbed by communication from the
Woman's Suffrage Association of the
District of Columbia. suggesting that
woman be appointed.
A reduction Of the cavalry force of
the United States army from fifteen
to ten regiments. with consequent
reduction OF the enlisted force to the
army by $3.50 men. was voted into
the army appropriation bill in the
House after bitter fight.
Judge Gray in the United States
Court of the Third district has issued
an injunction restraining the defend
ants in the governments antitrust suit
against the United States Steel corpor-
alton from destroying books and pa
pers desired by the government.
The House public lands committee
authorized favorable report on the
Mondell bill extending the provisions
of the act permitting agricultural en-
tries on coal lands to entries under
the reclamation act. the Carey desert
land act. lands selected by states I'M
der grants by Congress and lands sold
as isolated tracts.
A mild sensation was produced in
the Senate Lorimer committee hear
ing by Miss Helen Seavers, telegraph
operator in a Washington hotel, who
testified that Edward Hines, the mil
lionaire lumberman, had offered her
money to let him see telegram De
tective Bailey had just sent to H. q.
Kerr, some two weeks ago.
Worldwide Significance attaches to
the visit soon to be made by Secretary
Knox at the direction of President
Taft to the countries bordering on the
caribbean sea. European diplomats,
recalling a recent speech of Mr.. Knox
before the New York State Bar Asso-
citation. looked upon the proposed trip
with interest That speech is being
interpreted as the latest notice given
by the United States that the principle
of America for Americans must be
observed.
Dispatches have been sent to the
governors of all Western states by
the War Department asking for de-
tailed information as to the war foot
ing of the state militia. This act is
interpreted as a preparation for a
military occupation of Mexico. The
governors of Colorado, Wyoming,
Utah. Arizona and New Mexico were
asked to submit at once estimates OF
the military forces which these states
could throw into the field in the
event of a call for volunteers.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
FOREIGN.

The Empress of Germany has >ap-
vointed commission to look into the
state of the beggar children OF Ger
many.
King George and Queen Mary have
returned to England from the most
memorable journey ever undertaken
together by king and queen Of Great
Britain and Ireland. After an alb
sence of three months, during which
they had been crowned emperor and
empress of India and had received the
homage of many of their princely
yassals in the vast Eastern empire,
they were given a hearty welcome
back to London.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
HEAT FOR ANCIENT ROME
House Heating Apparatus Just Found
Demonstrates How People Kept
Warm 1000 Years Ago.

London.-The discovery of extern
sive Roman remains at Great Ches-
tiers, on the Tyne. has demonstrated
that the Romans 1000 years ago en-
joyed a much better system of heat
ing houses than Englishmen do at tho
present time.
By the Roman system the heat was
distributed evenly throughout the
walls and floors of the house, where
as the usual British system is an open
fire at which your face roasts while
your back freezes, and you are liable
to die of cold If you go into the cor
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16

Peiting.-After occupying the throne
OF China for nearly three centuries.
the Manchu dynasty, represented by
the child emperor, Pu vi, abdicated.
Three edicts were issued, the first
proc'aiming addiction; the second,
dealing with the establishment of the
republic. and the third, urging the
maintenance of peace and approving
the conditions agreed upon by the I'M
peral premier Yuan Shi Kai, and the
republicans.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
INNOCENT MAN is PARDoNED
New Yorker Serves Year In Federal
Prison for Crime He Did
Not Commit.

New York-Pardoned by President
Taft after serving one year in the
Federal penitentiary at Atlanta for a
crime he did not commit. Oscar Krue-
ger. a decorator. reJoined his wife and
fve-year-old son in their home. at No.
312 East 125th street. the other day.
Mr.. Kruger. upon whom the disgrace
of his conviction. although innocent,
had weighed heavily throughout the
period of his Imprisonment, Is in Ill
health. due to nervous collapse.
Mr.. Kruger says that his convic-
ton was partly, II not wholly. due to
the activity Of Anthony Comstock, SEQ
Rotary of the Society Of the Suppress
sion Of Vice. Mr.. Kruger rehearsed
the story Of his unhappiness from the
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
Copper.

New York.-The statement of the
Copper Producers Association for
January shows a decrease in stocks
on hand of 23,174,052 pounds COM
pared with the previous month.
Production for the month was 49,
337,753 pounds, decrease of 3,55S,944;
domestic deliveries, 62,343.9O1. de-
crease of 3,645,573; foreign delivery.
90,167,9O4, an increase of 929,1SS. and
total deliveries 142.511,so5. decrease
OF 2,715,3S5.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
svffraoettes Want Woman Judae.

Seattle.-Suffragis leadersof WASH
ington are preparing to formulate a
petition to be signed only by women.
asking President Taft to appoint n
woman to the federal bench for the
dictrict of western Washington to sue
coed Judge George Denworth, who will
retire soon.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
Wreck of Maine out of wator.

Havana-The wreck of the Maine.
which has been buried for fourteen
years, is almost on level with the
waters of Havana harbor. The engi-
neers are awaiting orders from WASH
ington to tow out the ship.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
Fifty-Four Were Indicted.

indianapolis, Ind.-On the eve of the
arrest OF the men indicted in the dy-
Mantle conspiracy cases it is reported
that the number of defendants would
be fifty-four. The arrests may take
place Immediately. Most of the defen-
dants have been located.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
Live Stock.

-Cattle-Market, steady to
strong. Beeves, s4.S0@s.65; Texas
steers, $4.65@5,S5; Western steers.
$4.9O@7.1O; stockers and feeders.
$3.S5@6.10; cows and heifers, $2.15@
60; calves, S5.75@s.25.
Hogs-Market, quiet, steady. Light
s5.S5@6.20; mixed, $5.9O@6.3O; heavy.
s5.95@6.32h; rough, $5.95@6.10; pigs,
$4.25@5.S5; bulk of sales, $6.05@6.25.
Sheep-Market, slow. Native, $3.15
@4.6O; western, $3.45@465; yearlings.
$4.70@5.5O; lambs. native, $4.25@6.55;
western, S4.50@6.6O.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
Woman peIlvers Mail.

White Plains. N. WHEN her hus-
band, the postman, became too Ill to
deliver the mail. Mrs. William Girl
ing went forth in the gale, and jour.
neyed % miles alone. Not house on
the rural route was missed.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16

Boston.-With engines going full
speed ahead, the Hansa Line steamer
Braunfels Travelled backward 81 miles
in "a hours during a storm which she
struck few days ago on her way to
this city from Calcutta.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
PennsyIvanla,s Biggest Man Dead.

Pottsville. Pa.-Ambrose Moose, the
biggest man, physically, in Pennsyl-
vania, died in Mount Carbon. He
weighed 525 pounds. was five feet ten
inches tall and measured three feet
across the shoulders and was over five
feet in girth.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
coaIEamlne Relieved.

Washington.-The coal famine in
Nome, Alaska. has been relieved by
the army post there, which supplied
the inhabitants with eighty-two tons.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16

New York.-Three million persons
in central China are on the verge of
starvation, according to a statement
Just issued.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
Eastern Produce.

Chicago.-Butter- Steady; cream
cries, 2S@32c; diaries, 24@30c.
Eggs-Easier; at mark, cases in
Guided. 27@29c; ordinary firsts, 200
zoe; firsts, 32c.
Cheese = Steady; daisies, 17A@
17kc; twins. 16k@16Ac; Young
Americas, 17A@17kc; long horns.
17A @171ac.
Potatoes-Steady; $102@1.0s.
Poultry-Easy; turkeys, 14@19c;
chickens, 12k@14c; springs, 14@15c'
Veal-Steady, 7d11c.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
ST. Louis Wool.

st. Louis.-Wool, steady; medium
grades, combing and clothing, 200
211ac; light fine, 15@19c; heavy fine.
12@15c; tub washed, 27@30c.
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16

Hay.
Colorado upland. per ton. .15.OO@16.0O
Nebraska upland, per ton. 1880 q 1850
Second bottom. Colorado
and Nebraska. per ton 11.50@12.50
Timothy, per ton ....... .15.OO@16.OO
Alfalfa, per ton .......... 11.509 l2.oo
South Park. choice, per
ton .1G.00@1700
San Luis Valley, per ton. .13.50@ 1850
Gunnison Valley, per ton. .15.O0@16.o0
Straw. per ton ........... 4.OO@ 500
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.

Eggs. case count, less com. $500
The Springfield herald., 1912-02-16

Sheep.
Lambs, good to choice .....5.75 @6.5O
Lambs, fair to good ..... .5.00@5.75
Feeder lambs, I. p. r. .4.50@5.50
Yearlings, good to choice ..4.50@5.2o
Yeerlings, fair to choice ...4.00@i.50
Wethers, fair to choice .4.00@4.50
Wethers, feeders, +. p. r. .3.O0@3.50
Ewes. fair to choice 3.25@3.S5
Ewes, feeders and culls, (.
p. r. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2.O0@ $40