Show ilaine rules for federal courts ala aarion AS riON chief justice white iby of the united states supreme court has appointed a commit tee to revise the rules of equity practice in the united states courts the committee is composed of himself jus and van deventer the of the supreme court who hare had experience on the bench of the united states circuit court jus on since 1893 and justice van dernier since 1903 throve Th move is the initial step in a areat reform in federal court procedure which has long been advocated by justice white who has often cratl alsed tile antiquated practice on the chancery side of these courts rules were promulgated in they are adapted in their en the ancient rules of the high court of chancery of england and are cumbersome and complicated in degree lending them delays and embarrassing letl gation rather than expediting causes it Is significant that the rules irom si which the united states court rules of equity practice were adapted have long since been displaced in the eng elsh practice and in almost every minor jurisdiction in the united state where they were in the last century have been abandoned for code procedure or amended in accord with modern ideas and practice members of the bar in commenting on the proposed reform without excel alon commend it they say that the rules as they now stand if rigidly en forced would involve litigation in an endless snarl and that the present rules have been tolerable only by rea son of the disregard of many of them which have been found impractical of enforcement in modern procedure but in such cases they say that special or ders and short cuts in suits are made to fit the individual case and thus the whole procedure Is up in the air or in the discretion of the court which Is in many cases just as bad no intimation was given by chief justice white or either member of the committee just what form the revision will take but it Is agreed that it will look to the expediting of causes and the relief of litigants from the almost prohibitive expense of the present equity procedure the committee Is expected to report its recommendations to the supreme court early in the tall term nation r has a great naval scrap heap ani fat e 0 the battleship texas once he pride of the united states nay recently sent to the bottom ol 01 tangier bound in chesapeake bay by the guns or her sister ships as an ex perl pent naval science has called public attention to the prodigious size of the nations naval scrap heap rot hotly ly la the government spending more than GC on its new now under construction but away annually mil lions of dollars worth ot battleship construction of the older type now os of dated elthe haval junk pile in he last ten years 36 vessels have been i atte cost the government to buy ready built 9 from the sale of the refuse per cent or has beep received the alps have been destroy ed outright are but the smaller part ol 01 the br abandoned naval ves eels 26 in the past ten beirs the greater part are those alch sw technically counted as a puh asset would be of no value in war an d would never again be used for that purpose they are in use aa raining the naval re states the monitor destined lor use at 81 louis Is a type of these ships which are useful only in providing possible future recruits tor the service the texas was the first modern bat constructed tor the navy it was surpassed in speed by the iowa the oregon and other vessels in the battle off santiago but its name was written as large as any on the page which records that day s fighting and it will now be but a few yeara according to the inexorable rules of the navy department before the oregon massachusetts indiana and iowa follow the texas as targets tor the projectiles of newer vessels or are relegated to the ignominy of the junk heap the oregon most costly of the old type of sea fighters cost the govern ment less than the new york biggest of the ta now building at eastern shipyards will cost nearly 13 v kh prosecution a check to mail frauds in i der aei stiff in the joints lack 0 exercise the boffl cl also athe attorney general s office are doing at their desks and the ma tobe grinding out so merrity Is rusting from disuse the loyld seart eftie growing bet arter 9 ftc leaett th part of it which formerly indulged aln 0 o many get rich quick schemes seems to be less active than in days gone by and the declare that it Is all due measures to stamp out fraud and protect the unwary y j passed alace we bave 1 domestic fraud arder said 10 authorized publicity gent of the department farmer ams scarcely a day passed without the issuance of one or more against individuals or firms who were fleeming fleecing flee cing the people As a matter of fact the get rich quick schemers are coming to the conclusion that the adman will not stand tor them and that in consequence it will be healthier tor them to keep within the bounds of the law they know that it they conduct shady enterprises nowadays they face not only the penalties ot a fraud or der them of the use of the malls but also stand a very good chance of getting into the alary the victory ot the government la the harrlson case in cincinnati had a very salutary effect and the prosecution now being pushed against the officials ot the united wireless in new york Is another object lesson showing that yie government Is very much in earnest in its determination to send moneyed crooks to jail just as readily as though they were men ot no means at all the only cases that we are called on to handle nowadays seem to be the mall for lotteries in foreign chuu tries maine uncovering has been gradual t i i ff e aw aale le at havana ARM be at hitler work be gan on pumping out the water in the aboudi maine in HM aal expert opinion er it was an ineida or outside ex that sank the veasel ar iaci wreck lowered afu eteh of tho it baa been expect the water vaa enough to expose the to tock fK dolff drably pr ably jooa wa tr laa and the tessel de on ahe here will T the the eck below will abea be undertaken without un ofle but it Is believed that the overdown down the water goes abo more atu b UM work of clearl nc the mud away the problem of in lon also will be made more cult as the successive stages of pumping out progress as daylight will not penetrate into the hull of the vea sel and work will have to b done with artificial light what can be saved of the maine and what it la most expedient to do with the vesel can only be well de ter mined when she 1 exposed to view many engineer officers fear she can never be floated and alir have to be taken apart in sections if it Is decided to save her at all oth er officers believe she will break am fall to pieces when the 0 the cof ferday ceta U under way |