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The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-08
SHIPPING CLAUSE
IN TARIFF BILL IS
To Be |NOPERATVE
Expected to Be Great En-
cOuragement in Building
Up a Merchant Marine
PLATFORM is PLAIN
IN DECLARATIONS
Investors Win Not Develop the Busi-
ness Unless They Can Compete
Successfully With the
Foreigners
BY G. E. STEWART.

Washington, November 7.-(Special.)-It
begins to look as though the administra-
tion has weakened on the provision In the
Underwood tariff bill, designed to free the
country from the errors of diplomatic in
competency, made years ago through
trade treaties which robbed the United
trade upon the high seas, and handed 1t
upon a silver platter to our foreign COM
petitors.
The per cent discrimination clause in
favor of American bottoms according to
the best information obtainabIe, is to be
declared imperative by the state depart
ment. The state department will follow
this course, 1t Is said, after an opinion by
Attorney General McReynolds. which,
though not yet made public in detail, is
said to leave the question open to such
an Interpretation. All along the state
department has shown a disposition to
yield to the clamor and protests of the
foreign governments against this pro-
vision, and has refused to avail itself of
the weapon placed in its hand by Congress
with which it could have begun a fight
that would have eventually restored our
merchant marine to its one-time pres
tige.
President Wilson Agreed
1t is known that President Wilson per-
sonally agreed with Mr.. Underwood re-
garding this 8 per cent differential In
fact, 1t is the only method left open to
the democratic party to make good On
it's promised aid to the merchant marine,
for the party has a consistent record for
opposition to ship subsidy direct, having
fought all proposed legislation in the past
years to this end. Mr.. Underwood, him
self, has frequently declared that he
was opposed to any plan the foundation
of which provided for the payment of
subsidy from the treasury of the United
States directly to ship owners, but he
was heartily in favor of returning to the
old democratic principle of aiding and
encouraging our shipping by tariff diff
ferential under which principle so or 60
years ago the American flag of commerce
was conspicuous in every port in the
trading world.
The democratic platform of 1912 de-
clares
I'VE believe in fostering, by constitu-
tional regulation of commerce, the
growth of a merchant marine which
shall develop and strengthen the ties
which bind us to our sister republics Of
the south, but without imposing addi-
tional burdens upon the people and with
out bounties or subsidies from the public
treasury"
This positively eliminates the demo-
cratic party--at least SO far as the pres
ont administration is concerned-from he
ing factor in any form of ship subsidy.
Since then they have refused the only
other method proposed to give aid to the
upbuilding OF the merchant marine, 1t
might be asked in what way do they pro-
pose to foster the growth of a mer-
chant mariner"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-08

Gus Favas and Miss Nadia Brooks. a
popular young lady of West Huntsville,
were married Tuesday at the home of the
BRIDES sister The Rev. J. d. Jones
performed the ceremony in the presence OF
z small party of friends.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-11-08
Alabama Comes Today

do not directly predict a victory, butt
.hink Sewanee has an excellent chance. .
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-12
Local Grain Quotations.

Tuesday,M March IL
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-12
VALUATION OF RAILROADS.

Congress has finally after many
years passed an act providing for the
physical valuation of railroads. 1t will
cost from sl0. O00. 900 to sl6, 900, 600 to
do the job, according to the estimates,
and will require several years. Those
who favored tho legislation based 1t
on the ground that the railroads are
over.capitalized and that freight and
passenger rates, being based in part
on the physical valuation, the public
10 overcharged for the two services
named. The transportation COM
panies, after years of opposition to
tho valuation, have apparently come
to the conclusion that they have moth.
ing to fear from it. Called upon to
meet heavier charges on account of
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-12
Water Treatment For Shoes.

A simple although effective way OF
"breaktng in" shoes is that employed
in tho United States army. After the
shoes have been fitted to their feet the
soldiers stand in water to the chloe
tops. until the leather is thoroughly
soaked. Then the soldiers are put on
. march, and this ''hike" is kept up
until the shoes are thoroughly dried on
their feet. For ever atterwsrd the
shoes are perfectly comfortable, for
they conform In shape to every little
popularity OF the wesrer's feet. This
method OF breaking in shoes, while
not new in itself, is one result Of the
recent investig alton of the foot trou.
bles OF the army, which the special ap.
pointed board of army officers has
been conducting.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-12

wages, forced to spend more money
for materials, and At the came time
prevented from raising rates, they
have apparently come to the conclu.
sion that q physical valuation may
give the opportunity to prove that
they must have more revenue.
In Wisconsin there is . physical
valuation law. and q paper says it
has not ruined the railroads., despite
predictions. and it is confidently
asserted by experts that the valuation
contemplated by the federal govern
ment, instead of disclosing facts dis
creditable to the companies, will do
the oppisite. That is to say, it will
be shown to be impossible to reproduce
existing properties, for the amount of
money represented by Issued securities.
Aside from changed conditions which
have given increased value to prop.
critics, and new factors which proper
~ enter into the item of actual re-
sources, 1t is claimed that every we'll
managed road has put 80 much Of it's
earnings into permanent betterments
that water has disappeared.
Instead, therefore, of property rep.
r~esenting less than stocks and bonds,
the railroads expect to justify them
selves on this score. 1t will be worth
while to clarity the railroad situation
and to know whether or not. and on
word Of the government, u common
carriers Of that class are fairly and
honestly financed. II they are, an
of diss a~tisfsction will be
and the way to . better
understanding between them and their
pstrons will be opened.-Helena Rec
ord.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-12
Many Settlers Arrive,

HELENA, March 8.-Figures com.
piled by the state livestock sanitary
board from inspections made by them
on Livestock entering the state for the
quarter beginning December l, 1912,
and ended March l, 1913, show tha,
the movement OF immigrants in Mon.
tsna from the thickly. settled Middle
West is we'll started and gives indica-
lions OF being the heaviest movement
Montana has experienced.
During this quarter 4Sl settlers en-.
tered Montana who had livestock.
which was inspected BY the board
with the Mallein test for horses, and
the tuberculosis test for cattle. These
4Sl settlers brought with them q total
OF 2.299 head of horses, 1929 head of
cattle and l5S hogs. Iowa sent 10
families, not quite one.fourth of the
entire number; North Dakota came
next with y families: South Dakota
third, with SIS families, and Minnesota
fourth, with 81 families.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-12
Assessment Values For 1919.

Announcement 10 made BY Assessor
E. L. Crane that taxable property in
Chouteau county will he valued &C.
cordiug to the following schedule:
Stations, jacks and saddle horses
left to the discretion Of the assessor.
Range horses to be left to the discre-
ton of the assessor, but shall be as
sessed at not lees than s35 per head.
Graded horses to be left to the dis.
erection OF the assessor. Work and
driving horses and mules from $50 up,
depending on the grade OF the animal.
Cayuse, very common, $25 to $35.
Thoroughbred cattle to be left to the
discretion of the assessor, but not less
than $40 per head. Dairy COWS to be
assessed at not less than $50 per head.
Common mich cows cows to be assess.
ed at not less than e25 per head.
Three.year.old steers left to the dis.
erection OF the assessor, but not less
than S35 per head. Beet steers at not
less than CAS- per head.
Range and stock cattle to be assess.
ed at $3.50 per head. Coming two.
year-olds at s19 per head. Coming
yesrlings 1t Ga per head.
Sheep OF all ages to be assessed at
not less than q so per head. Bucks
at not less than Is per head.
CGoats to be assessed at not less than
q per head. Hogs to be assessed at
not less than IS per head.
All 6rst-class hay, grain and alfalfa
lands subject to irrigation, moi less
than $12 per acre. All second class
hay, grain and alfalfa lands. not sub
ject to irrigation, not less than 81 per
acre. All other lands, such a. waste
and grazing lands, fenced or ~unfenced,
not less than 50 per acre.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-12
Prints $4,000 Stamps a Minute.

1t is . fact not generally known that
the United States has At Washington.
D. c., one of the largest and best
equipped printing plants In this or
any other country. Uncle Sam may
be safely said to hold the worlds rec
ord IS q printer-not only in size OF
plant, number Of employees and extent
of output, but also in up-to. d ate
scientific management, efficiency and
economy.
An interesting example of what this
sort of modern efficiency means is a
machine which prints, gums and per-
forates $4,000 postage stamps a min.
ute. Figuring on an eight.hour day,
this is q production Of S, 100, 900 two
cent stamps, worth S115. 200, as a days
work for the two operators required
OF the machine. The stamps are shot
out-there is no other way to express
it-at the rate of 70 feet . minute.
This means over six miles OF postage
stamps = day.
The machine eliminates 10 separate
oper atoms required by tho previous
method of printing and hss effected q
saving Of 81 per cent In COST. The
whole a%ppsratus, which 10 three feet
wide. Is feet long, and seven feet high,
10 driven by . motor. One man and q
girl are able to operate the entire ma.
chine and the perforsting device con.
nected with It. Mr.. B. B. Stickney,
mechanical expert of the United States
bureau OF printing and engraving, II
the inventor who developed the ma.
chine for the special use of the gov.
eminent printing plant.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-12
k~irschwing Demands Apology.

GREAT FALLS, March 6.-ThN Re.
preventative Joseph Ktrschwtng will
bring svit against the Great Falls
newspapers and . large number of
prominent business men who took part
In the demonstrst ions against himself
and Representative Durham % . result
of their votes In the state fair removal
matter vas stated BY that gentleman
today. following his return from
Helena.
Mr.. Kirschwing said he would dc.
mand reparation in the way of an ap.
ology from each of the men whom he
elaine took part in defaming him;
that he will prepare the drsit of an
apology, which will be mailed to each
of these parties, with the understand.
ing that the signed document shall be
then published in the local press. Mr..
Ktrschwiug intimated that suit may
be instituted against such as refuse to
furnish such apology.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-12
The Thirteenth Assembly.
Butte Daily Post.

1t is q cure thing that the Thirteenth
legislative assembly could have trans.
acted every item OF the sessions bust
ness carefully and in order without
making the clock stop ten or . dozen
hours. 1t could, in fact, easily have
handled ito work in such shape that
every bill would have been disposed
of . couple Of days, or half q dozen of
them, before the hour for final ad-
journment came.
Not q man among the membership,
in connection with his own affairs,
would permit things on the farm or in
Office or store or shop to get into q
heap, as business piles up in the CAPT.
toll. However, it isn't q habit with
legislatures to bring the public bust
ness to an orderly finish. Often, in
deed, there is method in precipitating
9 mixup; by that process measures
are put through which would have no
ghost Of q chance under sane circum.
stances.
Due to wind up for good at mid
night, of Thursday, the outfit at Hele-
ma was trying to transact business
until almost the noon hour of Frida az j..
1t would be the same we're the session
to run 80 days or six months. In this
respect the Helena aggreg alton is very
much like what is found at other state
capitols-no better, not particularly
wOran.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-12
Appointed BY Governor Stewart.

HELENA, March Ex-Governor Stew.
art today filed three more importan,
Offices, when be sent to tho senate the
following nomin atoms, which were
confirmed:
Commissioner OF agriculture and
labor, ]. M. Kennedy OF Libby, for
mer secretary OF the bureau of child
and animal protection.
Secretary bureau child and animal
protection, M. L. Hickman of Helena.
former commissioners of the labor and
agriculture bureau. now cut in two.
Commissioner of labor and Undue.
try. w. j. Swindlehurst OF Livington.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-12
New Train Service March I6.

The new passenger service on thit
division of the Great Northern will be.
gin Sunday, the new trains to be known
as Nos. 223 and PA. The official time
card corresponds with that formerly
announced, the schedule being ss fol.
lows:
The eastboundlwill leave Great Falls
daily At 7:30 .. m. arriving At Garter
1898; Fort Benton 9:20; Big Sandy
1l:10; Box Elder 1875; Havre 1890
making stops at all inte1mediste
points.
The wsstbound, No. 223. will leave
Havre st 200 p. M, arriving At Box
Elder 1858; Big Sandy 1916; Fort Ben.
ton 500; Carter 5:48; Great Falls TOO
p. M, making stops as intermediate
points.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-12
OFFICIAL PAPER OF cHoUTEAU COUNTY

An letters and communications containing mat
~ tatended for publication in this paper should
u sSdrsssed to "7he Rirer Press" and the name
q tAs scriter n'xst BE- given to insure attention.
Lecsl edvertisements viH be inserted In these
Se6sssSs at the rate Of ten cents per line from
teossjs~t and fss cents per Tine from regular ad-
OoSt6sers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1913-03-12

Fine Book and Job Printing q spe.
cialtv 1t the RIVER PRESS Office.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30

and lumbar region make with 1t angle
OF quite 80 dcgrees The modern corset
helps 10 maintain this development. so i'm
portant for motherhood.
IN the second place the classical Ideal
ignores that oblGuoiy inward set OF wo-
mans limbs. which Is q kind OF lateral
equivalent OF he previous character. To
The ignorant Il frequently gives AN i'm
preston that tie figure Is knock-kneed
Putting the matter boldly. without fear OF
words. one may say that tho highest type
Of female figure Is knock hneed. for this
chara ctcr means breadth OF hips. biologi
cal essential Of the highest type. TO the
Creek ..rtst. however. the idea Of any
thing knock-kneed was anathema He
uses tho most curious devices OF posture
TO avoid il. when no does not frankly dis
card Il for male straightness Of knee
The relatively longer torso OF woman
misled The classical artists Into the belief
that she was too short In the leg. Ac-
cordingly they fitted her with legs dispro.
portionately long. The Renaissance ar.
fists we're apt 10 90 further; Michelangelo's
Dawn. for instance. is monstrosity In
this rcspect
The point needs no lahorInE. The Venus
Of Milo does not even possess the char.
acteristic sci and pose OF woman's head
relatively 10 her shoulders. II is the up
right rigid set Of mans skull, not the
curved, fower-lika pose Of woman's
crown OF beauty. The conventional praises
OF the Venus broad waist ere perfume
tory tradition. Tho waist IS absolutely
male
Ihere are 'wo great principles which
concern US here. as being followed uncon-
sciously In all ages by the makers of dress.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30
William His the He
lone Of xd


brings us 20 another important general law,
called the Jaw Of multiple proportions. This
Law IS that the elements combine with one
another only In the relations " their COM
binng weights or in muitiples of the same
Chemistry has hitherto taught that th-
atom is tho smallest particle Of matter. Tn.
name atom means that II cannot be cut
up.
we know that all the atoms OF a simple
body or an element arc alike In weight
and size. If the atoms of an eieuent Ike
bromine were no, all alike Than II would
be expected that by q partial distllation.
BY Il partial freezing. 1t would he possible
Ia separate bromiDe inlo 4 portion that
buils or freezes IL little oTer than the re-,
naming portion. FOR the properties would
naturally depend somewhat upon the size
Of the atoms Since however. a pure suo-
stan nee is characterized hy he fact that II
IL transformed by constant conditions into
another state IL must be concluded that the
element is composed of a toms that are per.
fectly Identical with one another.
Compounds Of different elements are also
composed Of smallest particles. which, 5y
the same reasoning, are All perfectly sim
liar 10 one another To avoid confusion
tho name "molecuic' Is given 10 the su;-u
esr particlcs Of a compound
We ha We known for some time that ma n Y
of tue clements possessed certain reia
tionship 10 ol , another, and this in Itself
Indicates that they are not such elementary
bodies As had been supposed mere nr"
regular steps IN the scale Of atomic weights
;hat indicate this relationship. and tho Dos
session OF similar properties by different
elements suggests the same conclusion.
If Ramsay has changed various elements
into others. this ma turally tends 10 build up
a theory nat every element may be trans
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30

nodistes have emphasized what may ps
styled the first movement OF her beauty,
breadth Of hips and Of chest. the latter
being only relative. This, and this alone.
is the simple reason for that compression
of the wafst which has stirred the Walls OF
the wrath OF physicians from Hippocrates
and Galen downward. The object was
not to produce a narrow waist. 8 SUCH
but TO render more conspicuous the sec
ondary female characters OF pelvic and
thoracic breadth. Similar In principle was
the hustle" as emphasizing one OF the
two spinal complementary curves The
principle had been so thoroughly worked
out and worked over that by the time Of
the early Victorian period, there wss no
phylactery, so to say, left to make broad,
execept the skirt. Hence the crinoIine, a
reduction to absurdity Of the principle,
and no new one either for 1t had occurred
in the days Of good Queen Bess.
Now the modern woman and her dress.
makers have uncolsciously but inevitably,
believe hit upon what may be styled the
second movement OF woman's beauty.
This Is not width, but depth. I. may or
may not he associated with length; but
the probability Is that It will be to an IN.
creasing extent. Woman's torso ia, at
least to-day, characterized by depth MANY
q slim waist is thick when mea sured from
front TO back. The sloping shoulders char.
acteristic of 80 many tall women. as OF
Mr. Hewletts fine. long" Italian girls.
usually, as IN men Also, spell depth OF
thorax And this sthfrd dimension" OF
depth, added to breadth and to length. Ia
Characteristic OF tho female torso through
out. MoypholoSicelfy. II Is a significant
coincidence that 1t Is repeated in her char
acter1stio posture. that sinuous and for.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30
Why Modern Figure Milo

ward drhug beginning with the head
to which Meredith and other poets have
well applied the metaphor OF swimming
The modern corset deserves we'll OF ths
race. II is a second skin. end. like the
first, II protects the inner woman and sup
plies n model for the outer. 44Isthett
caily. il expresses tho highest development
OF female beauty. 1t is no chance Gninci.
dence that ite low-cut upper edge is an ex.
act replica Of the friTI Of sun flower petals
from which the lannon's bust OF Clytie
energies Biologically, it has the secoud.
AIRY result Of conserving and assisting
womans heart" For. as James has
shown. emotion {womans form of mind is
not brain function. but function of the
vaso-motor gystem, and long deep tnrsos
hide the warmast hearts.
But itS primary biological function IN
emphasizing, encouraging and assisting.
depth as we'll as breadth. In the racially
supreme part OF woman's body cannot be
lightly ignored For 1t may well he thai.
just as the evoluti of the civilized West.
ern woman shows an enormous increase
of pelvic apacity In breadth over that OF
barbarisrn. fact which, in other words.
Is simply the Increased sknl capacity, tina
Larger heads, Of Western men. so. perhapa.
II nature has Reached Ter maximum nj
breadth, Sue may now be trying an increase
in depth, and Thus allowing what has been
thought impossible further enlargement
OF the human brain and the human mind.
Whether this fs the meaning OF woman's
latest development Of her beauty Or not.
the statistics of the future will decida
At any rate. It fs on such Developments
that mans ideas of her beauty are bufTt
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-03-30

uut,d from ono r.. ,,,,h.s , 80, 49,,
,..,,, 49, ,
" ''''" CIV w
'nehtary substance which Is a; present un-
known 10 us.
Ramsay believes thet no has nrovo, sor,.
.h;rc ~ ~. i,.t.h,.
" '''ip o'''"ech iao'"h'
nenum. uranium. iit1um. copner and other
elements. II is equally probable hat we
shall discover The relationship betweau coi,l
49,, i,s roi,,oa t,
~ 'li'e conc"iF"nie IN me .Hat ""
shall succeed lu manufacturing gold from
,ca, mean. md ia, III. nroo,au, -,
, =.
VIZ "A W 81 Ni"'No' '""' ''' pr"
ent value. due TO its rarity and the diff.
Guilty of extracting IL; would DO enor.
, ,,
IN 'ha' case 'he ''"'ernmen' would havs
{" establish a new standard % value 1t
seems hat persons holding contracts. such
as bonds which require them to be mid In
a certain weight of gold only. might suffer.
n would nn be difficult to establish some
other measure OF value certificate en-.
ti,lIny the bearer To a bushe OF wheat
;TSafIiG' t.nt ,IA,., ysel,b more truly than A
gold coin >''''|<'"hr.v,>.,<
Ramsay. Interesting stndics In the pro,
dnc,ion Of matter from energy are partly
dine tn III, IA thnt he had piece OF radl.
nm OF enormous power and almost incalcu.
liable value In MS possesslon. For several
wears he enioyel the use or half "a grammc
OF rhdium bromide, OF the highest degree
of purify vet produced lent him tv the
Royai Aradeiny ~ Sciences o. Vienna
Probably no other chemist in the world ha.
had that amount % radInm in his posses