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TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXIAN, TITURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1909. DENEEN DECLARED TO BE Deadlock in Illinois Over Can vass of Votes Broken by State Senate. DEMOCRATS WILL CONTEST Political Situation In Eastern State Still Involved, and Victory of Administration Republicans May Be Shortlived. SPRING n BT-D. III.. Jan. IS. The dead lock in the Illlnoln Legislature over the canvass of the vote for state officers was broken today when the Senators crossed the corridor oi the Statehouse and took their places in the hall of the House of Representatives to witness the canvassing of the returns. The Senate took this action on the understanding among themselves that their presence In the house was simply as witnessing the canvass of the returns, and was not a Joint session which could proceed with a recount. At the conclusion of the re count. In accordance with published re turns, the Republican candidates -were declared the state officers elected as follows: Deneen Declared Elected. , Governor, Charles S. Deneen: Lieutenant-Governor. John O. Oglesby; Secre tary of State, James A. Rose. The breaking of the deadlock on the canvass of the votes does not entirely clear the situation as there are many points of difference between the contend ing forces. The lines of clevaee between the Shurtleff Republicans and the adminis tration Republicans who attempted the Republican caucuses are as sharply drawn as ever. Will Contest Vote. Following the announcement of the canvass of the returns, declaring Gover nor Deneen and the other state ofTlcers elected. Representative Lee CNeil Browne, of Ottawa. Democratic leader, waa gtven recognition for the purpose of aervlng notice of contest for the office of Governor against Governr Deneen In behalf of Adlal E. Stevenson, behalf of Adlal E. Stevenson. .This must be considered at a Joint session. A fierce contest ia feared over the election of a successor to United States Senator Al bert J. Hopkins. Governor Deneen will be Inaugurated Monday. HER ILLNESS IS CRITICAL Miss . Helen F. Spalding Believed to Be at Death's Boor. Miss Helen F. Spalding, whose name, for many years, has been prominent In the literary and social circles of Part land, la critically 111, and Is not expected to live. She Is at the residence of her sister. Mrs. Charles K. Sitton, 4S3 Yam hill street, also prominent socially, with whom she has been making her home. Miss Spalding has not bet In good health In recent years but has not been confined to her home until tile past three months when her Illness assumed such a serious development that she waa un able to be up. 31nce that time she has had Drs. K. A. J. Mackenzie and R J. Welty, almost In constant attendance. For a number of weeks It was thought that Miss Spalding might recover but re cently It was seen that the promise of this was slender. 'Within the past 24 hours her conllitlon has taken a decided change for the worse and she has been sinking steadily. Among her friends U Is said that hope of ultimate recovery has now been abandoned and that her death is considered to be imminent. Miss Spalding Is remembered by many of the families of this city on account of having been for a long term of years one of the most efficient and popular teachers of the Portland High School. SWITCH CREW TO BLAME Coroner's Jury IteporW on Death of Trainmen. BELLINGHAM. Wash.. Jan. 13. The Coroner's Jury Investigating the deaths of Engineer Daly and Fireman Stuart, killed In a wreck on the Great Northern at Commercial Point Thursday, this even ing brought In a verdict declaring the switch waa left open and holding the switch crew responsiuie for the accident. This was In srlte of the fact that Fore man William Sarlnnd. Brakeman Homer Petty and Engineer David Monohan, of the switch crew, testified the switch waa not left open. Sarlund himself manipu lated the switch. Great Northern de tectives were not called to testify at the Inquest, but It Is known they still hold the theory that the wreck was deliber ately planned, and have not given up work on the case. SEQUEL TO LAND FRAUD Four Arrested Believed to Know of Queer Disappearance. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 13. Charged with conspiracy to defraud the Govern ment by spiriting away a witness In a land contest hearing In the Los Angeles office. Frank N. Chaplin. Mattle E. Chaplin. Washington Wilson and Mar garet A. Wilson were arrested today. Except In the case of Margaret Wilson, for whom no bond was required, the de fendants gave bonds of $1000 each. The charge is the outgrowth of the Government's Investigation into desert land entries In Imperial Valley. CONDENSED NEWS BY WIRE f'ht'-aso The first steel rail has been turned out at Gary. Ind.. at the Indiana Steel Company's plant. CTilraro Open-air treatment and tuber culin has restored to health Her. Morton C llartxell. after he waa convinced he would de of tuberculosis. New York Direct nominations as outlined by Governor Hushes In his recent mesnafre are to have the support of the Klntrs Coun ty (Brooklyn) Republican commluee. New York Anarchists and their methods and the possibility of a gigantic bomb plot t amonir the important features of an address delivered by Tollce Commissioner Bingham Tuesday. Chlao A ihw organization has entered the field to do battle for woman auffrase composed wholly of men and Is said to be. ths first man's society In the fnlted States to be launched for woman suffrage. New York The Metropolitan Psychical fc-rc-iety. whlrh some time atro offered a prise of IT.ooft to any one who could count ormnses without seeing them, has Just an nouueed a new test, with a similar reward. T.oe Angnlee, Cal The Burbank State Bank, located at Burbank. was dynamited GOVERNOR by two or more robbers shortly after I o'clock Wednesday morning and i-iOO in sliver and perhaps other valuable taken. Washington Brigadier - General - Robert Maltland O'Reilly, who has aerved as Surgeon-General of ths Army since September 2. will be placed on the retired list Thursday, on account of age, after 45 yeara' aervloo In the Army. New York Dr. H. W. Wiley. Chief of the Chemistry Bureau of the Department of Agriculture, was Indorsed by the New York Wholesale Grocers' Association In a resolu tion adopted at the annual business meet ing of the association Tuesday. Washington Senator Bulkier proposes In a bill the Incorporation of the Descen dants of the Signers." meaning the organ isation of lineal descendants of the sign ers of the Declaration of Independence, which was effected during the Jamestown Exposition. Dallas. Texas Following a movement started In Dallas, preparations are being made for the holding of an anti-saloon con vention of the negroes of the South at Atlanta. Ga.. on February 2. The meeting Is to be known as the -Southern Negro Anti-Saloon Congress." Helena. Mont. George Poole. Jack Adams and J. Williams, arrested Tuesday on a charge of wholesale forgeries, were ar raigned In the District Court and an order secured whereby all of the money secured from various merchants by means of al leged forged checks be TV turned pro rata and without expense. The goods secured will be returned to their rightful owners up on Identification. Washington Secretary Garfield Is prepar ing for a double experiment In the San Carlos Indian reservation In Arizona. There Is found on that reservation a peculiar stone SIGGESTKO FOR SKCBETART OF AGRICILTI'HE. v. H t V ' v7 . Dr. I. II. Bailey. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. (Spe cial.) Dr. I H. Bailey has been discussed lately as a possible successor to James Wilson as Secretary of Agriculture. He Is at present at the head of the commission appointed by Presi dent Roosevelt to consider im proving the condition of the farmer. Mr. Wilson desires to continue In the Taft administra tion, and it Is very likely, if Dr. Bailey is appointed, he will not take the office for a year or two to come. which Is called 'tufa." or "white ash." which is peculiar to tli, reservation. The Secretary haa asked ConKress to set aside three , sections within the reservation In which this stone is to be found for the use of the Indiana H thus expects to experi ment with the stone itseir and at tne same time ascertain whether It is possible to get the Indians to work. NEW SHOCKS CAUSE PIC QCAKES IX NORTH ITALY SCARE WOMEX TO DEATH. All Venetia, Lombardl and Tuscany Shaken, but Damage Slight. American Consul Moves. ROME! Jan. 13. A alight earthquake shock waa experienced at an early hour this morning throughout Lombardy, en- etia and Tuscany. No damage was done. and no one was Injured, but owing tot the general uneasiness resulting from the re cent visitations In Calabria and Sicily, toe people for a moment were thrown into a condition bordering on a panic. According to the records of the observa tories, and especially the establishment maintained at Florence by the Jesuit Fathers, the center of the disturbance was near Lembach, Saxony. The quake was , strongest In Italy at Trevlso. 16 miles north of Venice. Kiesl. the birthplace of the present Pope, is located In this territory. Longer accounts from Venetia. I Lom bard I and Tuscany describe th panic caused by the shocks, which, according to certain reports, were repeated with slightly diminished strength at 10 o'clock. Everywhere peoplo rushed out screaming "Earthquake!" Two women died of fright at Bologna. There were no other victims. The dam age was limited to broken windows, cracked cornices, etc. , The Italian government has agreed that the American consulate at Messina be removed to Catania, according to the recommendations of Ambassador Grls com. Mr. Grlscom today telegraphed Stuart K. Lupton. Vice-Consul at Mes sina, to move immediately to Catania. EARTHQUAKE SHAKES AUSTRIA Shocks Extend From Bosnia to Tyrol but Are Light. VIENNA. Jan. 13. Slight earthquake shocks were felt today In Southern Aus tria and the Tyrol. The disturbances extended from Sara jevo. In Southeastern Bosnia, to Mcran, In the Tyrol. Among other places where the shocks were felt were Trieste. Pola and Trlent- No damage has been reported. Illinois Gives $10,000. SPRINGFIELD, III., Jan. 13. The bill appropriating J1O.O00 for relief of the suffering Italians and Sicilians was passed In the Senate today. America Sends $728,000. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. The contri butions for the relief of the Italian earthquake sufferers to date amount to $728,000. SCHOOL BUILDING BURNED Klamath Agency Suffers Loss of $12,000 by Flames. KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Jan. IX (Spe cial.) The school building at Klamath agency was entirely destroyed by fire last night, with Its furnishings, school and library books and equipment. The build ing was 60 by 80 feet, with basement, and had a hot-water heating plant and elec tric lights. The attendance Is about. 130 pupils at present. Superintendent Wilson was at Klamath Falls on his way to outside points, when Information was received of the fire. He returned at once to take up the work of Investigation and provide means for con tinuing the school. The loas will approxi mate .12,000. F TO 'TRY All Talesmen Disqualified and Almost All Have Formed Opinions. ELEVEN CANNOT PASS Salesman Admits Changing Opinion to Suit Customer One Man De clares Calhoun and All Other Accused Are Guilty. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13. Six. men were disqualified as Jurors, the examina tion of a seventh was uncompleted and the prospect of securing 12 men to try Patrick Calhoun upon an indlcsVnent charging bribery of an ex-Supervisor of this city was discouraging as far as the present panel Is concerned when the sec ond day of the trial ended. Of the nine talesmen thus far subjected to the cross-fire of questions by prosecu tion and defense, eight have admitted bias or prejudice and two have openly expressed a belief that the defendant Is guilty. The ninth Is still on the stand and will be questioned further tomorrow; his answeia to several questions asked late this afternoon apparently having been unsatisfactory to the prosecution. A tenth man was called, but escaped ex amination by taking advantage of a tech nical exemption from Jury service. Everybody Has Opinion. Today's proceedings created a general Impresslen that the citizens of San Fran cisco are in large part disqualified for Jury service In the pending trial because of the wide publicity given all the testi mony to be introduced. Every man thus far examined who has admitted an opin ion based It upon newspaper articles and one of the earliest questions addressed to each candidate relates to the Identity of the publication to which he subscribes. Talesmen were asked today whether or not they believed it proper for the Dis trict Attorney to extend immunity to Supervisors who had confessed the receipt of bribes; what side they had championed during the contentions between the United Railroads and Its employes, and If they believed the prosecution of men charged with crime of similar character had in jured business In this city. Always Tries to Please. One of the talesmen, employed as clerk in a store, admitted that lie had dis cussed the Calhoun case with patrons and created some amusement by declaring that It waa his practice to agree with the opinions expressed by his customers, whatever side they chanced to favor. The prosecution emphatically protested when an attempt was made to connect the name of Rudolph Spreckels with an offer of Immunity, and again when A. A. Moore asked a talesman If he knew that the defendant had been clamoring for a trial ever since his Indictment. Early In the day's proceedings. Judge Lawlor Informed counsel that they should keep in mind at all times the possibility of affecting the minds of Jurors not under examination, but who might be prejudiced by the questions addressed to another talesman. In the course of his remarks, he said he was disposed to permit the widest latitude In seeking to define each Juror's frame of mind, but nothing ob jectionable should be presented within hearing of the talesmen. All Tarred With Same Stick. One of the men examined today was Charles R. Dalton, a furniture dealer, who, when asked if he had formed an opinion relative to Calhoun's guilt or In nocence, replied: . "Well, I think he is guilt?." There was no objection to this frank avowal, and the talesman later was led on to express an opinion relative to Abra ham Ruef and the ex-Supervisor, saying: "J believe they are all tarred with the same stick." The juror who had already been chal lenged was finally excused on account of a physical disability. The court upon two occasions summar ily terminated an examination when It be came apparent that the talesman under examination was clearly disqualified by his opinion. GRAFTER TO STAY IN JAIL Court Refuses to Give Cameron An other Chance to Flee. PITTSBITIG, Jan. 13. Judges Brown, Ford and Van Swearingen, sitting today in quarter sessions canrt. unanimously re fused to permit Charles S. Cameron, president of the Tube City Railroad, con victed yesterday of offering a, bribe to Councilman William A. Martin, to give ball. After his conviction. Cameron s bail was increased from $10,000 to 120.000 and counsel for the prosecution pointed out today that Cameron had once before for feited $12,000 ball by going to Canada and argued he would not hesitate to take a larger risk to escape going to the penitentiary. v The maximum penalty Is five years Imprisonment and a fine of $10,000. Counsel for Cameron today filed a mo tion for a new trial and arrest of judg ment. The case Is ths remit of the Tube City Railroad scandal of three years ago. FATAL FIRE AJJIEW HAVEN One Woman Dead and Several Oth ers Seriously Injured. NEW HAVEN. Conn.. Jan. 13. In a fire that destroyed the residence of Sam uel Hlggins. general manager of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Rail road, here early today, his mother, Mrs. Moore, lost her life, his mother-in-law. Mrs. E. Corbln. was probably fatally hurt, and his wife, his daughter Isabel, his young son and Mr. Higglns himself barely escaped death by Jumping from a second-story window. , The house occupied by Benjamin Campbell, a vice-president of the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, took Are, but the fames were extin guished. The loss Is estimated at $75,000. Soldier Charged With Murder. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 13. Thomas J. Jordan, a private in the Fourteenth Coast Artillery, was today formally charged by a Coroner's Jury with the murder of Po lice Sergeant A. J. F. Nolting. The offi cer waa shot dead while attempting to subdue a disturbance caused by three sol diers on Montgomery avenue early last Tuesday morning. The preliminary hear ing on this charge of Jordan, who Is In custody, will be held before Jollee Judge Deasy. Attend Rosenthal' great aboe sale. J PR OUND CALHOUN Thursday Is Housekeepers Day at 'Kins J 30 Unordinary bargains are to be had all over the store, and no matter what you need 'tis to your advantage to purchase before the Clearance Sale is over, but special attention will be devoted to house needs, as usual, on Thursday, and every woman in Portland with a house hold to keep up, should avail herself of the savings to be had in the departments that handle Home Supplies. Tablecloths and Napkins Lace Curtains and Draperies Towels and Bed Linens Blankets and Good Bedding Silverware and Chinaware Sheets and Pillow Cases Rugs, Carpets and Curtains Tinware, Graniteware, Etc. Every Woman 's Garment Reduced Clearance Prices on Silks All Children s Coats Reduced Women's Underwear Clearance All Muslinwear Reduced Clearance of Men 's Goods Clearance Prices on Dress Goods Clearance Prices on Shoes Specials From Third Floor Bargains in Finest Linens COAL IIL HEATERS Large size, burs a small amount of oil for a large amount of healPfl Ot special value at the low price of, each, only.JrTi.tu READING LAMPS Special on either gas or elec tric lamps that will make you decide to own one. Complete, with shade, etc. Regular $8.75 values, special price... $6.00 Regular $14.00 values, sale price $9.95 Regular $19.50 values, sale price $12.00 Regular $22.00 values, sale price $15.00 GRANITE IRONWARE Special bargains in all odd lines for the Clearance Sale. There are dozens of other bargains, but to interest you we'll mention the following few specials: 11-inch Wash Bowls, special price only 10 3-quart Puddipg Pans, special, only ,1Q 10-inch Pie Plates, special price only 1Q? Hanging Soap Basket, special price 10 Closing Out All Odd Lines of Candle Shades, and During the Clearance Sale Go at Less Than Cost. SHIP IS TOTAL LOSS Steamer Sybil Marston Runs Ashore Near Surf., TWO OF CREW DROWNED Lumber Vessel From Grays Harbor Mistakes Depot Lights for Light house and Goes on Rocks. Loss About $138,000. SURF, Cal Jan. 13.-The ateairt schooner Sibyl Marston, Captain, Charles Sohllllnsky. which left Grays Harbor Thursday for Redondo with 1.100,000 feet of lumber, went ashore about a mile south of Surf at midnight Tuesday and Is now a total wreck. John McCarty and Dick O'Nell, firemen, both of San Fran cisco, were washed from the deck by high waves soon after the vessel struck and were drowned. The body of Mc Carty was recovered, but that of O'Xell Is burled In the wreckage, which lines the coast for almost a mile. The wreck was caused by the mistak ing of the lights In the railroad depot at Surf for the lighthouse on Point Arrnin. The shlD struck the rocks and stove a large hole amidships. The vessel, which is ownea oy mrarr & Minor, of San Francisco, and valued at about J13S.O0O, will be a total loss. Part of the cargo of lumber probably will be salvaged. The schooner carried a crew of 20 men ; .uA ..ntain HTM tWO TT1 ft tfS. The urniuco crew was unable to land last night on account of the hlgn water, wnicn wasneu the lumber from the deck, but today a 11 run frnm nhnre to the wrecked craft and the men reached land In safety. They are now campea on tne ueaca mm will spend the night In the waiting-room of the Surf Station. The Sibyl Marston Is owned by the Eschen Lumber & Mining Company, of i7s-an(a.n And wan hutlt in 1907. at a cost of J13S.0OO. She has been engaged in carrying lumwr m una un iui t Bllnn Lumber Company and the Southern i.iirn,nio T.nmhr f'nmrmn v for several months. The vessel Is 215 feet In length, 42 feet In breadth, with a depth of 16.5 feet. Iter gross lonn&ge ia ivid. juiiu u.i.n nf Ran Pf rtrn Is chief engineer. The crew, besides the captain and mates, consists or tnree engineers, inree flromon. two oilers, three In the steward's department and nine sailors. The Sybil Marston was launched from Bool's shipyards at Oakland two years ago, and waa christened by Miss Sybil Marston, of Berkeley, daughter of Cap tain W. H. Marston, one-third owner In the wrecked craft. MESSAGE ISF0R REFORM Governor Mead Keads His Third Before Crowded Galleries. OLTMPIA. Wash., Jan. IS. Notable for its strong advocacy of local option and anti-racetrack gambling legislation, the third messaga of Governor Albert E. Olead waa delivered In- Joint session of the Legislature this afternoon. Vigorous applause from the members greeted those portions of the message, relating to re form legislation. The Joint session convened at 1 o'clock In the House and a committee consisting of Senators Smith and Paulhamus and Representatives Rogers, Beach, and R. A. the Olds9 Wortman anuary Jackson was appointed to conduct the Governor to the chamber. Prior to the arrival of the Governor, the following telegram In response to greetings sent by the Joint session yes terday to Governor-elect S. G. Cosgrove In California, was read: "President Senate and Speaker House: I am grateful for services rendered me by State Legislature. Will add that I shall be in Olympia to qualify as soon as health and the weather will permit. "S. G. COSGROVE." The galleries of the House were crowd ed to hear the Governor read his mes sage. COMMITTEE EVEXLY DIVIDED Most Powerful Under Body In Sen ate Favors Neither Side. OLTMPIA, Wash., Jan. 13. (Special.) The rules committee of the Senate, which exercises a powerful Influence in legis lation, particularly near the close of the session, will probably consist of Ruth, Falconer, Knickerbocker and Metcalf. This Is the Lieutenant-Governor's own committee, of which he is chairman. As outlined, the committee Is evenly divided on local option and legislation of similar nature, with the Lieutenant-Governor holding the controlling vote. Tentative chairmanships decided upon tonight, but subject to change, give Ruth appropria tions; Graves, Judiciary; Smith, banks and banking: FlchbacK, public morals; Huxtabie, labor; Rosenhaupt, constitu tion revision; Falconer, revenue and tax ation. OREGON ASSESSORS MEET ASK LEGISLATURE TO MAKE THEM TAX COLLECTORS. Committee of Three Named to Draft Bill at Conference Held - In Portland. The .Assessors' Association of Oregon, In session at the convention hall of the Commercial Club yesterday, appointed a committee of three to draft a bill or bills to provide that the Assessors shall collect the taxes. In place of the Sheriff. This committee 19 composed of Assessors S. L Payne, of Malheur County; Jack, of Clackamas County, and B. D. Sigler, of Multnomah County. Sheriff O'Dell, of Malheur County, re cently wrote to the Sheriffs of the state, asking- them If the collection of taxes properly belonged to them or If It could be more advantageously done by some other county officer. Individually he thought it should be placed In the hands of the Assessors of the state. Owing to the stormy weather there was a smaller representation at the meeting yesterday than had been expected. Those present were: Payne, from Mal heur; Peetz, from Sherman; Campbell, from Gilliam; Kunz, from Wasco; Clark, from Columbia; Graves, from Polk; Miller, from Yamhill; Rice, from Marion; Ball, from Lincoln; Kenney, from Lane: Jack, from Clackamas, and Sigler, from Multnomah President Helps Orphans. Hundreds of orphans have been helped by the President of The Indus trial and Orphan's Home at Macon, Ga., who writes: "We have used Electric Bitters In this Institution for nine years. It has proved a most excellent medicine for Stomach, Liver and Kid ney troubles. We regard it as one of the best family medicines on earth." It invigorates the vital organs, purifies the blood, aids digestion, creates appe tite. To strengthen and build up thin, fiale, weak children or run-down people t haa no equal. Best for female com plaints. Only 50o at all druggists. Clearance paie SATIN DAMASK PATTERN TABLECLOTH, with Nap kins to match; cloth 2x2, 2x2V2, 2x3, 212x212. or 2V2x3 yards; large assortment, all patterns; the 51 1 f( regular $12.50 values, on sale for, the set. . P uu SATIN TABLECLOTH, in exauisite closisrns, for round tables; sizes 22 for, each, $3.74 and. TABLE LINEN, extra yards wide; regular TINE SATIN TABLE DAMASK, full bleached, 7Cp two yards wide, worth $1.00 yard, on sale for. SCOTCH DAMASK, heavy weight, cream 7Qf bleached, 85c value, selling for t aGC BATH TOWELS, bleached or cream; big reductions on several sizes. PILLOW CASES, plain with hemmed ends, 42x36 1 Q and 45x36; special, each FULL BLEACHED MERCERIZED TABLE QEJ DAMASK, 2000 vards, worth 50c yard OsJC TABLE NAPKINS, bleached satin damask, ttO Q(Z fiAl size, worth $5.00 dozen, on sale at pJ.e7U TRAY AND CARVING CLOTHS, all linen, fancy damask, sp'l., ea.l8 IRISH LINEN LACE TEA CLOTHS, $3.50 values, special $2.08 DOILIES to match, each 50 GERMAN LINEN HUCK TOWELS, with fancy damask bor- 1 g der, regular 22c value, selling for, each luv" JOINS ISSUE ACAIN Bacon Asserts Senate Power Over Departments. RIGHT TO ALL INFORMATION Proposes Bill Asserting Absolute Power to Demand Papers and Reports Lodge Defends Position of President. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. The author ity of Congress to direct heads of ex ecutive departments to send to the Sen ate or House information In their pos session was the subject of an extended speech in the Senate today by Bacon of Georgia. Bacon took the broad view that Congress had absolute power to demand from heads of departments any Informa tion w.ithin their possession and to re quire them to give reasons for their action or non-action on any matter com ing before them. Lodge questioned the power of Cnn gress to demand papers on file in depart ment matters and Insisted upon the right of the President to exercise discretion In such matters. Hale declared that he did not believe that the President intended to state In his message to Congress that he would not furnish documents and Information, but merely that he declined to permit a Cabinet officer to furnish reasons for the action he had taken. Fulton. Teller, Clapp, Money and others Joined In the debate, all of them upholding the power of the Senate in Ura matter under consideration. Bacon's bill declares that "any public document, paper or record or copy there of on the flies of any department of the Government, relating to any subject whatever over which Congress has any grant of power. Jurisdiction or control under the Constitution, and any Infor mation relative thereto within the pos session of the officers of the departments Is subject to the call or inspection of the Senate for its use in the exercise of con stitutional powers and jurisdiction." Bacon said the President had but one royal power, and that was the power of pardon. All other powers, he said, he exercised In conjunction with Congress. Hale declared that he did not believe It practicable for the Senate to ransack the mind of an executive officer, de manding from him reasons for a particu lar action, but he was firm in his con viction that Congress had power to de mand papers and information. The resolution was laid aside for the day. MORE MONEY FOR BREMERTON Naval Appropriation Bill Will Give Navy-Yard $180,000 Extra. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. In addition to the items heretofore enumerated, the naval appropriation bill will carry the following amounts for the Puget Sound navy yard: One marine barracks, $150,000; tools for repair work, $28,000; crane on magazine wharf, $1000; telephone line from navy yard to magazine, $1250; watchman's clock system at magazine, $3000. Also por tion of the appropriation for repair of the marine barracks. Representative Jones today conferred with the Postoffice Department relative to the proposed creation of a new railway mall district to embrace Oregon, Washing and 2x3 yards, on sale dj1 Of) a a $1.48 heavy, full bleached, 2 $1.75 value, the yard. ton, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. He learned the department had already rec ommended the creation of this district, the headquarters to be located later. Mr. Jones was assured by the Secretary of the Interior that the Vancouver land district would be allowed to remain In the Spo kane Inspection district and not trans ferred to the Portland Jurisdiction. PENSIONS DECREASE $2,000,000 In History of Nation Over $3,0 0 0,- 000,000 Has Been Paid. WASHINGTON, Jan. 13. An appropria tion of $161,018,000 for pensions was aifreed to today by the committee on pensions In drafting the annual pensions bill. This amount is over $2,000,000 less than the appropriation lust year, which wn $163,053,000. In the report to the House it will be shown that the Republic has ex pended since Its beginning $3.751. 10S.Mll In pensions. The committee Inserted In the bill a provision that the 18 pension agencies throughout the country be re duced to one, to be located in Washing ton. Congress has failed to agree to such a proposal heretofore seattlTfairTn trouble WORK MAY STOP ON BUILDINGS IF BONDS ARE NOT SOLD. Exposition Commission Asks Aid From Legislature to Prevent Possible Fiasco. OLTMPIA, Wash.. Jan. 13. (Special.) The prediction that work will have to stop on the construction of the state's buildings at the A.-Y.-f. Exposition un less the Legislature will ulse the rate of Interest on the series B warrants and guarantee the payment of the interest, is made here tonight by L. H. Burnett, of Aberdeen, one of the members of the Exposition Commission. Those warrants amount to $400,000 and Mr. Burnett says that only $60,000 of them have been floated. The series A warrants for the construc tion of the University buildings to be used by the A.-T.-P. Fair, amounting to $600,000, have been floated more easily, because they are first liens. Series B paper has been found hard to dispose of, however, and the amount placed has been done only by hara work. These warrants now draw 5 per cent, and it Is desired that it be increased to 6 per cent. The state receives 6 per cent on deferred pay ments on shore lands sold for the benei fit of the exposition, the principal of the payments going to the exposition fund, and would, therefore, lose nothing by the Increase. Burnett Is anxious to have the amend ments to the A.-Y.-P. Exposition act of the last session go through early to pre vent stoppage of progress on the build ings, and after a canvass of the situ ation, says he believes the matter can be accomplished. Why Does It Cure Not because It Is Sarsaparilla, but because It Is a medicine of peculiar merit, composed of more than twenty different remedial agents effecting phenomenal cures of troubles of the blood, stomach, liver and bowels. Thus Hood's Sarsaparilla cures scrof ula, eczema, anemia, catarrh, nervous ness, that tired feeling, dyspepsia, loss of appetite, and builds up the system. Get it today In the usual liquid form or is chocolated Ublat form called SaruUb. 1