The Independent . © International Film MORE POWERThe Bear River dam, now under constructionat Emigrant Gap, Nevada County, California,is to be the biggest yet—600 feet long, 260 feetdeep and 260 feet foundation. It will supplypower to the Pacific Gas and ElectricalCompany disposal of the government in case ofwar. Professor Pupin of Columbia Uni-versity has offered an improved wire-less telegraph apparatus of his inven-tion to the army and navy. T -. t-v With less than a week re-Last Days , j. i * maining before the close of Congress of Congress the Demo. cratic majority is almost at the me
The Independent . © International Film MORE POWERThe Bear River dam, now under constructionat Emigrant Gap, Nevada County, California,is to be the biggest yet—600 feet long, 260 feetdeep and 260 feet foundation. It will supplypower to the Pacific Gas and ElectricalCompany disposal of the government in case ofwar. Professor Pupin of Columbia Uni-versity has offered an improved wire-less telegraph apparatus of his inven-tion to the army and navy. T -. t-v With less than a week re-Last Days , j. i * maining before the close of Congress of Congress the Demo. cratic majority is almost at the mercyof the Republican minority for the suc-cess of some of the most important leg-islation of the session. For some time afilibuster was threatened in the Senatein order to necessitate a special sessionof the new Congress immediately afterMarch 4 to pass the revenue bills needed. I I M tint 1, A TAMMANY TRIUMPHRepresentative Thomas (*,. Patten, by President Wilson as postmaster ofNew York City to succeed Postmaster EdwardMorgan, Republican, who has been in the ser-vice for thirty-five years and has proved him-self particularly worthy of his present position for national administration. Some Sena-tors wished an immediate session of thenew Congress in order to pass legisla-tion supporting the Government in itscontroversies with Germany, others forthe opposite reason that Congress wouldact as a restraining and moderatingfactor and prevent the President fromtaking any action which would makewar inevitable. The filibuster beganwith a debate over the new taxes onexcess profits provided for in the emer-gency revenue bill. The whole systemof direct taxation upon which the ad-ministration relies to pay the cost ofpreparedness is opposed by the Repub-lican minority, who believe that tariffincreases would yield the needed reve-nue. These contentions we
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