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CONGRESS RAN UP
S~2,24O,OOO,OOO BILL
First Session Spent S1.llG.-
0OO. 200 and the Second
About S1.12O.O 0O. 900.
PORK BARREL FARES WELL

WAsHiNoroN. March lit is esti-
mated roughly that the Sixty.third Con-
gross. controlled bv the Democrats, au-
,horized appropriations that total So
240.0 0O. 900.
The first session OF the Congress au-
thorized si.ile. 900. 1000. The general eX-
pectatlon II that when the figures for
the session Just ended are tabulated
they will show q total Of moro than
si.i20. GOO. 900.
Representative Fitzgerald of New
York. chairman OF the House Committee
IN Appropriations. appeared 20 he wof-
ried to-day when he was questioned
about the expenditures OF the SESSION.
Il am not prepared to 81. Just how
the appropriate dom Will foot up, said
Chairman Fitzgerald. Il viii give out
the total on Friday or early next week. %
Tho late Congress was prodlgal In
appropriations. Such men AZ Mr. Fitz-
gerald who were responsible for tn"
budgets voiced q warning now and
then, bu. few took Mr.. Fitzgerald sett-
uusly President Wilson wrote him q
letter concentrating him on trying 30
keep It tight grip IN the pIrs"-tring-
but when tho estimates came up they
were bigger than ever.
In the closing days 81 :he Congress
even Mr.. Mann. the Republican Lender.
vaueht the Infection. A. a rule Ny.
Mann makes a noiSs like u watchdog
every time a money bill Is mentioned
tn his presence.
In the Early hours of this morning
Mr.. Mann not only approved. but adj
located. the passage OF a bin appro-
p~riatine $4,000 FOR a public building
for "A tiny town in Georgia In the dis
trict represented by Representative Bart
lett. whose term expired Today
II was suggeS:cd that a monetary
compliment ~ the lind should De paii
to Nj. Bartlett The bill had never even
been referred TO q cnmmitte" But
every body was feeling good and Mr..
Bartlett's bin went through with
whoop. M. Mann %whoopiug for !t ae
loudly as any other member
I'll. impression has ror" abroad iEa'
Congress was spar'ug an g. r4optTatioHs
for rivers ana harhors. Despite this
impression Congress laid a $3o.u00.o 90,
charee on the Treasury for such inn
provements 1t increased nearly every
item ~ public expenditure. allowing
slight advances Tor he army and tile
navy
In the closing hours of the session =
So. 000 600 claims bill was passed. Other
bills .appropriatirg moneys We're put
through. II was only bv the narrowest
sort of a margin that "a bil was de-
feated that would have put a <50.000 .0Oo
charge on the Government FOR rural
credits.
Chairman Fitzgerald IND his clerks
are now going over In. appropriations
making up a statement of expenditure
that Will soon be made public.
Mr. Fitzgerald may do a little jug
Cling" When he comes 20 talk In his
Official capacity hut speaking a. a pri-
vat" person to-day e cav i As hi-
opinion that the appropriations for the
session ar the b'gges; In the history ~
tho country--o large IN fact that Mir
Fitzgerald is convinced that a reaction
will set in that is bound 90 r-sul. IN tho
Introduction o. radical reforms designed
to keep down Government expenditure.
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BILL WOULD RELIEVE COURTS.
Magistrate would Also DO Work
OF special Sessions.

Albany, March 4-Senator Ogden l..
Mills introduced a hill to-day TO relieve
the congestion In tho Tomhs as well rs
the overcrowied calendars OF tho in
fcrior courts in New York city.
The plan embodied in the bill is to
terminate the Court Of Special Sessions
and city Magistrates Courts as now con-
st!tuted and have them all conducted by
members OF one board Of city Masis-
trates. each Of whom will be both "A
city Magistrate and a Justice Of the
Court Of Special Sessions.
The present Justices OF tho Court of
Special Sessions are continued az JUS
tlces Of the Court OF Special Sessions
and made also CITY Magistrates.
Thu night courts and Domestic Rela-
tions courts will be conducted as at
present. Power is given to the Board
OF Magistrates to establish new func-
tional courts ms tho need nav develop
II, for example, II should seem wise TO
establish an automobile or speed court
or a court for minors this may be done.
The Children's Court is removed as
far az possible from all connection with
the crimina courts, preserving only so
much OF It's character as a branch OF the
Court OF Special Sessions az Is necessary
under the constitution to give to It's JUS
tees valid jurisdiction.
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WOMEN JUSTICES HERE URGED
Nil Proposes appointment Of Two
for ChiIdren's Court.

ALBANY, March 4.-Senator CaraWe.l.
Democrat OF Brooklyn, Introduced "A bin
to-day providing for the appointment
by the Mayor OF two women rs Assoc
ciate Justices Of the criminal courts,
to he assigned to the Children's Court,
one for Manhattan ana The Bronx and
the other for Brooklyn. Queens and
Richmond.
Under the proposed law the women
Justices would hear and determine all
cases Of girls in childron's courts and
such other cases AS might be assigned
10 them by the Presiding Justice. No
is eligible for appointment who
has not practised as an attorney for
at least five years.
The bill was referred to the Codes
Committee.
pHiLApELrHiA, March 4--Phlladelphia
IL TO have women for assistant Judges
IN It's juvenile court. Judge German,
head OF the Juvenile branch Of the NUM-
cipal Court. named four women to MI
the positions, They will take Office to-
morrow. They will handle the cases of
delinquent girls under the age of Ii.
They will repor, TO Judge German, who
will make the ina decision.
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REPEAL UP on MONDAY.
Governor to send Emerg~ncy Mess
sage to Legislature.

: March 4-Gov. Whitman
said to-day that he would send an eIner-
: gency message TO the Legislature on the
< Spring bill to repeal the alien labor law
( on Monday night. He pointed out that
fthe State highway work would be seri-
ously affected unless some steps were
taken to modify the injunction against
alien labor on puplic works contained in
the present labor law. He said that "a
large number of the laborers on good
roads are alien and that contractors
would find 1t very difficult TO get native
= Americans.
The Senate Committee on Labor and
Industries to-day reported the hill and
Il was advanced 10 the order Of final
passage.
Senator DunnIgan. Democrat, objected
TO its y passage. Republican Senator
Brown said he would not urge the bin
for passage If the New York Senators
opposed II. The bill went over until
Monday night.
i Senator Dunnigan suggested a legisla-
tive investigation TO determine whether
the contractors were telling the truth
when they said they could not get citi-
zen labor.
Assemblyman Gothic. Democrat, to-
0ay introduced a bill amending the law
by permitting the employment of aliens
on public work II they hay filed n decla-
ration of intention to become citizens.
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SHIP STEWARD SEIZED
UNDER NEW DRUG ACT
Federal Officers Find $4,000
Worth Of Cocaine on'Pan-
anna Liner Alliance.

Taking advantage OF IN. drasti,
terms Of tho new drug act recently
passed by Congress tn. Federal authori.
ties began Yesterday a vigorous cam
phlgn against the expectation Of opium.
cocaine and other -contruband drugs.
The first man arrested under the new
oct was Joseph W England. n whose
quartet. AZ steward on The parsm,
liner Alliance. which was a5on. 10 sal
for colon. was found between $4,000 and
$1,000 worth of cocaine.
For years ire Federal authorities
nav" had reason TO believe. that the ex.
portation ~ drugs from this country.
especially to United States p-osseS !ons
vas almost as great as the importation.
Iney were never able TO dEht the evl
effectively. however. until me Harrison
act was passed. THIS act makes 4, a
crime. punishable by FIVE wears in ial'
"r "a >'."po fin". or both. 20 have opum
8" ones possession unless one has a l-
Gems" from the Collector Of Internal
Revenue, hio j. next 20 Impossible
for any one but a physician or drug
g.st To- obtain. The old drug exclusion
act only provided a punishment oil two
Years In JAN or a $4,000 fine. or hoth.
Now tee authorities can search out
going as We. as incoming ships and can
place under arrest passengers or mem
1ers % ,he rev who have rprtraSlud
drugs IN their possession or in their
quarters Assistant United states At
toln"y Edwin VI. stanton has his work
.u 'hurRc
steward England told NJ. stanton
that ne had oeen ASKED by 4 DENTS; In
Colon 20 A..ng the cocaine bach with
him
Cocaine can be- bought here for SIS
an ounce and sold IN Colon for. from
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WILSON AT CAPITOL.
President Passes TWO Hours There
BefOr adjournment.

WAsHI%GToN, March THE Prcsi-
dents room on tn" Senate side OF tar
CAPITOL presented a busy scene In the
two hours which preceded the adjourn
mont of Congress,
President Wilson arrived there at 10
o'clock. He was accompanied by Sec
rotary Tunulty, The President was
soon surrounded by members If his
Cabinet and their chief assistants, who
had been summoned TO Civ" him advice
in regard to measures which were to
be signed before noon.
Tho first measure signed by the Presl-
dent was the joint resolution of he
House and Senate which empowered
him to employ the army and navy TO
enforce neutrality.
Other measures which he signed were
the sosmen's bin, a resolution giving
medals to the "a, Il, &" modiatOrs for
their work at the Niagara Falls con
ference and the regular appropriation
bills, the last being tn" Joint resolution
to continue the Indian appropriations.
The President showed signs Of relief
this afternoon when he returned from
the Capitol after the adjournment, A
statement which he dictated almost i'm
mediately after adjournment gave high
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TO INVESTIGATE MILITIA.
BIi would Inquire Into Guards
Preparedness for War.

ALBANY, March i.-Senator Alvah II.
Hurlingamc of Brooklyn and Lieut.
Col, T. A. Wells of the Twenty-third
Regiment, "A member OF the Assembly,
introduced resolutions to-day prOv!d-
Ing for a thorough investigation OF
tn" preparedness Of the National
Guard for war, with special attention
to be paid to rifle work.
The main purpose of the investiga-
ton, il is stated, II 10 find out why the
rifle range AT Creedmoor. l.. l.. which
has been abandoned, cannot be used.
Lieut,-COl. Wells says he has some
interesting material concerning Creed
moor which could be developed in ties,
timony taken before a committee.
1T now costs 81 1856 "A man to take
guardsmen from New York and Brook
lyn up to the rife range at P~eekskiil'
said Lieut., Col, Wells, while We could
get to Creedmoor for so cents a mar
and give h men more time 1T prac'
tice,"
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evidently there are only two pos
sible WAYS OF prevent.rs this appalling
waste. one is to improve materially n.
efficiency Of our use Of coal. Of which
there seems to be no immediate pros
pe,:. and tho other is 20 utilize some
other means 81 Generating mechanical
power Fortunately his latter remedy
is At hand IN the splendid water power
available at numerous places
within our domain"
In conclusion Senator Burton said:
Il leave the senate with the FEELING
that Whichever party may prevail the
country may have confidence iA tae pa
triotls-u. the intelligence, the industry
Of the members Of the Senate and House
o. REPRESENTATIVES. May al your legis-
lation be |actu1ted by an abiding r~eaI!2t-
t!ou of the greatness OF this country
both rs domestic interests and is for
-igu relations.
Relieve GUY great business enter
Prise from undue hampering, hut pro-
vide such control that dishonesty and
monopoly may be impossible Let re-
gard be given 10 the humblest as Wei
as the strongest, with the View that on
Interests are ne. that the welfare u'
all our varied population VII he pro'
NOTED 10y rational policies based upor
justice and a due regard for the rights
of an"
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SIGNING OF SEAMEN'S
BILL RISKS TREATIES
President Faces Task Of Re-
newin@ Agreements Nio-
lated by New Law.

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LOST! $500, 900, 900 BILL!
FINDER RETURN TO MOON
Representative as Result of Mishap to Post
Office Appropriations Takes His Place With
Man Who Lost Bass Drum.

Wherever they went they are still
there the bew lldered official Of the
House told Mr.. Mann.
With the papers Of the post office bill
missing and no duplicates in existence
and with only a few hours of the session
remaining Mr.. Moon was in a pickle
So was Congress. SO was the POST Of
flee Department.
II the $500, 900, 900 appropriation bill
was found, as some House officials in
sist & was finally, IL was not recovered
himself from the most embarrassing sit
uation that ever confronted a chairman
of a Congress committee.
The story about the lost a%ppronria-
ton bill might not have become public
II Mr.. Moon hadn't picked a row with
Representative Fitzgerald. chairman OF
the Committee on Appropriations. White
Mr.. Moon was tearing his long hlacl,
hair and "A bevy OF Capitol constables
was searching for the missing document
time was flying and the end OF the Con.
gress was drawing nearer. II Congress
quit without passing the bill or reenact.
ING the bill OF last year u special session
would have been inevitable.
SO Mr.. Fitzgerald took the response
bility Of offering "A concurrent resolution
to reenact the postal hill Of last year
The fact that Republicans threatened e
nllbuster against the Moon bill anyway
helped Mr.. Fitzgerald N making his de.
cision.
Mr.. Moon heard about this resolution
and FASTENED 70 the House. He up
braided Fitzgerald for passing such a
resolution. declaring tina; the act wa.
d~iscourteous 70 him ~ the chairman o.
the House committee and insisted thai
he should have been consulted.
u did consult, snapped Mr. Fitz
gerald.
NO, you didn't
Yes. | did" responded Fitzgerald.
Then Mr.. Mann arose and DISCLOSED
last nights tragedy. Pointing an accus.
Ing finger at Moon the Republican leader
cried
He lost the Appropriation bill. thar.
what h. did"
Moon turned red. spluttered for a mo.
'nent and dropped into his seat with a
thud.
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WAsmNGToN. Marcn John Austin
Moon of Tennessee has taken his place
to-day in history in the House with the
man who admitted he had lost his big
bass drum.
Some time 'twixt darkness last night
and dawn Mr.. Moon lost a $500. 900. 900
Appropriation bill. carrying supplies for
the maintenance OF the postal service
for the fiscal year beginning July /.
This remarkable loss. unique in the
annals Of the House. was disclosed In
the closing hours of the session, but
some OF the details were omitted. The
physical disappearance of this budget
was one Of the contributing causes Of
its failure to become a law.
About 8 O'Clock this morning Republi-
can l.eader Mann. when he was leaving
the House. noticed a large man rum
msRing over some papers on the tloor
THE large person was obviously dis
;ressed and Mr.. Mann. who Is sympa-
thetic. inquired II he could render hrst
aid
IT'S simply awful. that's what IL ~ -
exclaimed the rummager. who turned
out to he Jerry South OF Mountain
Home. Ark. chief clerk Of tho House
IFS lost, There's no doub about IT,"
added the Hon. Jerry q second later.
Mr. Mann thought that perhaps some
body had decampcd with the mace. the
symbol OF authority IN the House, OF
that some other indignity had been in
nicted upon the lower branch OF con.
gresS. lie called FOR the hurrifying de-
tails Then Mr.. South told this story
Some time in the night Mr.. Moon. who
was one OF the conferces on the post
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OF perhaps more Importance than tIe
vast quantities OF coal we are consuming
IL the iameutable waste and ineificiency
which characterize IL systems of MINI
irg. AZ least unt!l recently. have been
wastcful IN "A degree which ~ ex-
c"eedingly impf evident Only the most
proita hlc veins have been worked. and
these in a manner which has left the
mine la such q condition ~ 70 make the
future recovery OF the large percentage
left behind impossible or inprncticabie'
The mos, deplorttble feature Of our
coal consumption. however. IS the eN-
IRENE iuonic.eucy OF it, use IN the pro-
duct!on o. power. OF our total aunual
production nearly three-fourths, or about
$4,000. coo tons, IL Used n he produc-
ton of power, an amount approximately
equal 10 q million tons = day being the
equivalent of some 10000 carloads. Now,
even under the most efficient methods
of steam-electric generation yet devised,
not more thau - PEE cent Of the latent
energy q. the coal consumed is converted
into disable energy. l. II highly improo-
able that on ne average more than :
per cent. is made available.
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WHAT CONGRESS DID
AND FAILED TO DO

wAsHrHoroS. March 4.--Here Is
a record of the principal enact-
ments OF the Sixty-third Congress:
The Underwood Simmons tariff
act with the income tax.
The Federal reserve act. cor
ganizing the currency system OF
the country.
Supplementary antitrust Law
legislation. including the Clayton
law and the act creating the Fed
eral Trade Commission.
Repeal OF the Panama Canal tolls
exemption for American coastwlse
shipping.
An act directing the construction
OF a Government railroad in Alaska
at a cost Of s35 600. 900.
An act TO regulate the cotton ex-
changes and TO penalize dealings in
purely speculative cotton future
sales.
The war tax legislation.
A Government, war risk insur-
ance bureau. authorized TO protect
American ships against the hazards
OF var.
An act providing for the transfer
OF foreign owned or built ships TO
American registry.
All OF these measures were
passed In the first two sessions OF
the Sixty-third Congress.
The last session. which ended to-
day. saw only three measures
passed OF a general character. They
were:
The immigration bill. which was
vetoed Ivy the President.
The hill consolidating the life
saving and the revenue cutter SER
vices.
The seamen's bill. improving the
conditions under which seamen
work.
Here are some OF the most i'm
portant bills that failed Of passage
and have died with the session:
The ship purchase bill.
The Philippine independence bill.
The conservation bills.
Rural credits legislation.
Bills looking to the reorganiza-
ton of the army.
The Administration bill providing
for regulation of securities issues
nv the Interstate Commerce Com
mission.
Child labor bill.
Woman suffrage and national
prohibition amendments.
President Wilson did not obtain
| from the last session Of Congress
IA single important Of a
general character recommended by
him in his annual message.
Here are the new records of Com
gress:
It authorized 81. $40 600 0Oo in APP
preparations.
1t put 20. 900, 900 words in the
Congressional Record.
Il sat 542 days out of a possible
500,
II enacted more legislation than
any other.
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URUGUAY HAS NEW MINISTRY.
President Niern Says lie VIII Fol-
low DRttlc'a Policy.

Jose RjChling, Consul-Generai Of Uru-
gUay IN New York, announced Yesterday
that AT The meeting Of the legislative
assembly Of Uruguay on March l. Or.
Fellciano Niera, the new president, said f:
- shall never forget that I am presi-
dent by the will of a political party
My work will logically be developed
along tho same lines as that Of former
Icsldent Battle and I shall lend my
full assistance to the reform OF the
Constitution on the basis of a Collegiate
Executive, guaranteeing equally all
rights without discrimination between
nationalitles or political parties"
The Cabinet appointed by President
Vicra is made IN MS follows: Interior,
Baltnsar Rrun Foreign Relations, Man
ucl - Otero Finance, Pedro Cosio A:
Public Education. lose Espalter; Indns-
tries, Juan Jose Amezaga Public Works,
Juan Carlos Blanco War and Navy,
Gen. Segundo Bazzano,
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SUFFRAGE DEFEATED TWICE.
Indisna House and Minnesota Sem
ate Down bills.

INpIANAPoLIs. March i~.--Sunrage got
a blow In the House to-day which was
taken to mean that the measure would
fail.
A resolution to report on the Senate
suffrage bill by 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning was tabled by a vote of SO Ia
Al. one woman leader said
II feel that the brewers won out
and that the vote shows the influence
Of the liquor element and not that OF
the good constituency of the State"
The women will now ask that an
etner suffrage bill which has been ready
for third reading for several weeks he
handed down.
ST. PAUL, March 1.-THE Minnesota
Senate this afternoon defeated the hlil
providing the submission to the voters
of "A constitutional amendment granting
fun suffrage TO women, Thirty-four
votes were cast against the measure ana
80 for IT, The House has not considered
the bill.
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SUFFRAGE BOOTH TO FAIR NOW
san Francisro 10 Re Centre OF
Years Activities.

Sufragists here were Interested yes
,erday in the news that n suffrage booth
mad been opened at the San Francisco
fair under the auspices OF the Congress.
sional Union for Woman's Suffrage. A
number of Eastern women were presen,
at the opening and made speeches, A
Tiny mode OF Bunker Hill monument,
sent all the way from Boston, occupied
the place OF honor in the booth.
Mise Doris stevens will soon leave
New York for San Francisco to direct
The campaign there, As California is n
strong suffrage state IL will be made
the centre Of activities this year. Women
from all the suffrage States will gather
there to arrange for campaigns In
States not won to the cause.
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BURTON, RETIRING,
DENOUNCES' WASTE
tree, senate to Make Use of
Water Power. Thus Say
ing Coal supply.
POINTS OFT RESOC RCES

WAsHtNGroN. March ~4-Senator Bur-
ton of Ohio. delivering his valedictory in
the Senate to-day. said
As ! lay aside the duties of this posi-
ton my chief regret is that there has
not been greater opportunity for con-
s~tructlve legislation. or the construc-
tive measures that have fallen by the
way there is none | regret more than
those relating to the conservation of u
natural resources or. ! mav say, rather.
relating to a rational utilization OF them.
There II readily available something
Ike 10000. 600 horsepower Of primary
water mower on the streams OF the
United states. Al "A cost of 5000 per
horsepower. this would require for Its
development a capital expenditure OF
$1,000. 600. 900. to say nothing OF the
COS, OF transmission lines and conSt uu-
tions for the affiliations of the power
after IL is generated An enterprise 50
vast mus, rest N a stable and carefully
devised policy OF government.
II. has been estimated by competent
engineers tina our supply OF anthracite
coal at the present rate OF consumption
will become exhausted in less than a
hundred years. Taking into account =
normal Increase in use. commensurate
with the growth of population and IN
d,strv. g, IL estimated that our deposits
Of bituminous coal will be depleted
within the next seven hundred years
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NOW GEN. COCKTAILS.
senate Confirms Promotions for
Canal Builders.

WAsHtNGroS. March 4-The Presi-
lent sent 10 the Senate to-day nomina-
lions of the army and navy officers re-
warded with promotions by Congress for
services in the construction OF the Fan
anna Canal and the nominations of all
TO their advanced grades were confirmed.
This ac, makes Gov. Gocthals a ma
tor-genernl OF the 0rmy Brig, Gen.
GorGaS. a maior-Eencral in the Medical
Corps col r. II. Hodges and Lieut., Col.
W. l. Sibcrt. acknowledgements, and
acknowledgements Rousseau Of the
Clvil Engineers Of the navy, q rear adj
mirul